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Dash Starlight - Jedi Instructor  |
Greetings,
it will only be a few more weeks until the Jedi Academy has officially been around for five years. For an online community, this is a very long time. Some of you may remember the first days of the Academy, others have joined in somewhere along the way, like myself. In any case, the upcoming aniversary is quite an achievement of what I think is a great community to be part of. This should not pass by unnoticed. Hence, there is going to be an event which will bring back some of the old days' feeling: A Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Tournament! This time it is going to be there unless something very extreme happens. I would like those who are interested in taking part to sign up in this thread. Signing up is rather easy; just let me know you are interested and I shall add you to the list of participants below. On June 7th, 2007 the Jedi Academy will have been around for five years exactly. This is the last day during which you can still sign up. Everyone who signs up after midnight, BST, will need to be a reserve. My plan is to launch the tournament on the eighth. Next are a few details, so you know what you are signing up for. General The tournament will be a one versus one double elimination tournament. It will consist out of a mixture of NF and FF duels in the Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast game. You can sign up by posting a comment below, from May 27th until June 7th. Rules These are the basic rules to the Tournament. Although this is likely the way the Tournament is going to be run, changes can be made if absolutely necessary. Rule #1: All matches must have a referee, though this can be any member of the Jedi Academy. (JAK+ overseeing matches in JKII will probably be hard to find.) The referee's decision is final. Rule #2: Some attacks are not allowed. Thus far do not use spinning. Rule #3: Contact your opponent as soon as possible. Rule #4: In case there is no duel, it is up to the referee who proceeds, based on the amount of effort the duellers have put in to arrange a match. The one having made the most effort will advance. Rule #5: Complete the duels in the prescribed order. (The order shall be in the upcoming thread.) Prizes Although it is always fun to have prizes, there has been some trouble with them last time. I shall try my best to arrange some, but I will not guarentee anything. Afterall, the tournament is a celebration of the Academy's fifth aniversary. On another note, there is interest in JKII classes. I would love to cater for a few, but on the one hand I lack time and on the other I lack expertise. However, there have been JAK+ in the past who used to teach JKII. If you like you can leave a comment in this thread, stating which class you would like to run. I shall put one up for you, which you can then teach. We will all learn more about JKII in preparation for the tournament, and having ex-JAK+ teach JKII classes will bring back some of the old times which is pretty much what this celebration is about. Please feel free to sign up. Below is the list of participants thus far: Masta Smilykrazy D@RTHMAUL SaZ Mune Tallepyon Monty Rosered Shar Hardwired Kain tarpman Hat Lirael ^Mikeh Qin-Tay Senatu Rin Mintaka Setementor JP Amik_Mintaka LEO2033 (SKX) Dark Blade Trooper Carve [WTF] niten 13 Jacen LW Solo I wish all of you good luck and more importantly, a lot of fun! Viva La Academia! _______________ The name is Bond. James Bond. This post was edited by Dash Starlight on Jun 07 2007 03:48pm. |
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niten - Student 
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i'm coming out of retirement for the anniversary.
count me in. |
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Carve - Student 
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Damn rights I have. _______________ © |
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Senor Hat - Student 
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Quote: Holy oldbies badman! L-rod and Carve/Machine/biohazard/T.Siduro/etc !!
I think they've been scouting around for some JK2 action. _______________ I have beaten The Internet. The end guy was hard. This comment was edited by Senor Hat on Jun 06 2007 10:21am. |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Quote: and I will still be that guy who couldn't control any of his classes.
Crazy padawan sessions ftw. |
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(SKX) Dark Blade - Student 
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Well Rod, your choice. Not matter what happens you will still maintain legend status and I will still be that guy who couldn't control any of his classes. So yes, do it. _______________ What is the difference between love and Herpes? Herpes lasts forever. (CDC joke) Padawans: Trad Redav, Darth Jello, Tallepyon, Shang Chi, Dopp, Karlin Duke, AuroN, Koushka, Damon, and Katan Brother to Xanatos |
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JP - Academy Pimp 
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Holy oldbies badman! L-rod and Carve/Machine/biohazard/T.Siduro/etc !! _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" This comment was edited by JP on Jun 06 2007 04:53am. |
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Carve - Student 
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Hoooly craaaap it's Lightning Rod. If L-Rod signs up, I'll sign up.
Edit: Ahh screw it, I'll sign up anyway. My schedule is pretty crazy, but I'll try to make it work. _______________ © This comment was edited by Carve on Jun 04 2007 04:18pm. |
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Lightning Rod - Retired 
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Hmm...
Picking up JK2 again will be different...dunno.. The old saber is a bit rusty though..meh. Should i enter this one DB? lol  _______________ Whatcha gonna do when the Rodster runs wild on you!? Roddymania is still runnin wild! |
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Trooper! - Student 
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I am willing to come out of semi-retirement to get owned in the first round to celebreate our
EP 5 Call me... ----------->in _______________ Honor those better than you would yourself. |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Quote: I am in.
If some people want me to do some teaching of alternate game modes, I can do that. Anchorhead - Saga ftw! |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Quote: I am in.
If some people want me to do some teaching of alternate game modes, I can do that. I hope to get to play and beat you! |
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(SKX) Dark Blade - Student 
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I am in.
If some people want me to do some teaching of alternate game modes, I can do that. _______________ What is the difference between love and Herpes? Herpes lasts forever. (CDC joke) Padawans: Trad Redav, Darth Jello, Tallepyon, Shang Chi, Dopp, Karlin Duke, AuroN, Koushka, Damon, and Katan Brother to Xanatos |
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SaZ - Student 
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Quote: Although the last time I've seen my Outcast CD was early on in '04. Yet, I'm sure it's somewhere around here.
haha _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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LEO2033 - Student 
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I'll sign up! _______________ Katan's Music Bruver 
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it. - Winston Churchill |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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I'll join if room is left. Although the last time I've seen my Outcast CD was early on in '04. Yet, I'm sure it's somewhere around here. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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JP - Academy Pimp
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one thing u forget is our JA mod ruled the JK2 world, i think every server has it running _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" This comment was edited by JP on Jun 02 2007 09:55pm. |
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Dash Starlight - Jedi Instructor 
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I'm going to try to make the brackets system like the TiT's, with the Europeans and Americans facing each other first. Even if we would hold all duels on the same JK2 server anyway it will be convenient for arranging times for matches.
For now let's try to keep the duels inside the JA, which sadly limits us to one server for the time being. I'll discuss this with the rest to see if it'd be a good idea to have some JA Tourney matches outside the JA. Personally, it doesn't sound too appealing because I'm not sure if the circumstances will be equal due to mods. (I need to look into this.) I would also like the JA Tourney to take place inside the JA, because it's mainly a celebration of the JA's fifth anniversary. It may even attract some people to come over, watch, and play the game, raising the activity on our servers. However, I understand European participants (indeed, the majority) would like to use low ping servers. It would also make the matches more equal for all participants. I'll see what options there are and get back to you on that. _______________ The name is Bond. James Bond. This comment was edited by Dash Starlight on Jun 02 2007 12:49pm. |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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Concerning the server, is it necessary for us to hold all of the matches on the american JA one? The lack of an euro jk2 server would make that a bit inconvenient, considering that the current majority of participants are european and would have to play with a high ping etc.
On that note, i really liked the idea of the TiT's euro/US bracket system, since that makes it easier for the participants to schedule their matches accordingly, and avoids unnecessary server-switching due to ping problems in the case of intercontinental matches. Are you going to use a similiar system, or will the brackets be set independent of the players location? _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Dash Starlight - Jedi Instructor
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_______________ The name is Bond. James Bond. |
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Rosie - Student 
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Quote: The idea is that, starting at June eighth, there is going to be one round per week. That should give most people a chance to hold the matches without causing the Tournament to stall. (It could get stalled due to a single match not taking part.) Hence the first round is likely to be held from June eighth - June fifteenth, the second one from June fifteenth - June twenty-second, etcetera. Actually, how do you guys feel about that?
That sounds greeat |
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Dash Starlight - Jedi Instructor
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The idea is that, starting at June eighth, there is going to be one round per week. That should give most people a chance to hold the matches without causing the Tournament to stall. (It could get stalled due to a single match not taking part.) Hence the first round is likely to be held from June eighth - June fifteenth, the second one from June fifteenth - June twenty-second, etcetera. Actually, how do you guys feel about that? _______________ The name is Bond. James Bond. This comment was edited by Dash Starlight on Jun 02 2007 10:18am. |
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Gregwarro - Student 
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Funny thing is I just reinstalled JK2 a few days ago and have been going through SP. I am out of town the 9th-17th, but if there is anyway I can work past that I'd love to join in. This comment was edited by Gregwarro on Jun 02 2007 09:32am. |
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JP - Academy Pimp 
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JK2...and smily....count me in!
also I've been playin abit lately and the skills are comin back, would be capable of teaching a class...NofrikenFun red style of course. WTB kick duels  _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" This comment was edited by JP on Jun 02 2007 08:16am. |
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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I'm interested. |
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Maher - Jedi Knight 
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hmm... Are there any possibilities to arrange my games on
First Match 17th June, Second Match 23th June, Third Match 30th June and Fourth Match 8th June....etc (After 8th I am free as a bird...) because In that case, I could sign up... If Yes, SMA = Sign Me Automatically... *puppy eyes* _______________ Still here | My Lightsaber This comment was edited by Maher on Jun 02 2007 02:40am. |
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