DSP PES 6 World Cup (360 version)

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:08 am

The tournament web site is available at http://laack.net/wepes/ (updates there may lag a little bit behind this thread).

Play is now underway. Best of luck to all and, most of all, have fun!

TEAM SELECTION CLOSED. We now have the required 12 sides.

SCHEDULING
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Group stage matches can be played in any order. A minimum of one match needs to be played each week. We will hold a "game night" Sunday evenings at 9:00 PM EST where folks can gather in Live, particularly if you are having problems scheduling matches at other times.

THE TEAMS
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DSP Name - Gamer Tag - Team
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Blublub - cecilbturtle - Cameroon
Macca00 - DrMacca - Spain
RobVarak - RobVarak - Croatia
Naples39 - Naples39 - Czech Republic
Jared - JaredM - USA
Leebo33 - Leebo33 - Netherlands
ScoopBrady - ScoopBrady - Italy
Zeppo - CP Zeppo - Ireland
fanatic - crucialmike00 - Sweden
lsdean - LSDEAN - England
10spro - xeneixe - Argentina
Slumberland - Slumberland - France

THE GROUPS
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Group A
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Italy (ScoopBrady)
Spain (DrMacca)
Cameroon (cecilbturtle)
Sweden (crucialmike00)

Matches:
Sweden at Italy
Cameroon at Spain
Italy at Cameroon
Spain at Sweden
Italy at Spain
1 Cameroon at Sweden 1

Group B
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Argentina (xeneixe)
USA (JaredM)
Ireland (CP Zeppo)
Netherlands (Leebo33)

Matches:
Netherlands at Argentina
Ireland at USA
Argentina at Ireland
USA at Netherlands
Argentina at USA
Ireland at Netherlands

Group C
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England (LSDEAN)
Croatia (RobVarak)
Czech Republic (Naples39)
France (Slumberland)

Matches:
France at England
Czech Republic at Croatia
England at Czech Republic
Croatia at France
England at Croatia
Czech Republic at France

THE KNOCK-OUT STAGE
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The top two teams in each group advance, as well as the next two with the best records:

Match 1: Group 1 Winner vs. Best record from rest
Match 2: Group 2 Winner vs. Second best record from rest
Match 3: Group 3 Winner vs. Group 1 Second
Match 4: Group 2 Second vs. Group 3 Second

Match 5: Match 1 Winner vs. Match 4 Winner
Match 6: Match 2 Winner vs. Match 3 Winner

Consolation: Match 5 Loser vs. Match 6 Loser

Cup Final: Match 5 Winner vs. Match 6 Winner

MATCH SETTINGS
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1. Ensure both players are on each other's Xbox Live friends list and that both are logged on and listed as "available;"

2. The home side (as designated on the schedule) selects "Player Match Menu" from the main WEPES Xbox Live screen.

3. He then chooses "Create match" with the following settings:

Match time: 15 minute halves
Team type: National teams (or leave at "any" - I think we can figure it out)
Play against friends?: yes

4. Once the visiting side has accepted the game invite, the home side will continue with the settings as follows (IMPORTANT - many of these are not the defaults, and you only have limited time to make the selections, so be ready and be careful):

Stadium: home side selects
Season: Winter
Weather: Random
Extra Time: No (for group stage); Silver Goal (for knockout stage)
Penalty Shootout: No (for group stage); yes (for knockout stage)
Game Pauses: 9
Pause Length: Long
Injuries: On

Both sides confirm the settings and hit "ready" once you are set to proceed to the match.

Once the match is over both sides need to record all statistics and final score.

OTHER RULES (CONDENSED)
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(detailed rules available on website):

- Matches in group stage can be played in any order
- Cards carry forward and reset at beginning of knockout stage. Players banned from their next matches are listed on the tournament web site. As matches can be played in any order, these bans are active for the next match played, regardless of scheduling order. DO NOT FORGET TO CHECK THE LIST!
- Injuries DO NOT carry forward (necessary evil since there is no post-match player statistics screen)
- One match per week minimum, Monday-Sunday
- Sunday at 9:00 PM EST is "game night" - if you have problems finding an opponent it is suggested anyone available be online then to arrange matches
- The top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage as do the remaining two with the best records.
- Players need to report 1) score; 2) goal scorers; 3) assists; 4) player bookings

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:27 am

(snip - consolidated with above post)

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:41 am

DSP Name - Gamer Tag - Team
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Macca00 - DrMacca - Spain

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:41 am

I'll take Croatia. Gamertag is below.

I may need to figure out how to get a shot on goal from more than 8 yards before we start

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:13 pm

RobVarak wrote:I'll take Croatia. Gamertag is below.

I may need to figure out how to get a shot on goal from more than 8 yards before we start

Minor detail.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:54 pm

The basic tournament site is now online at http://laack.net/wepes/.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:21 pm

I'll take the Czech Republic. Usertag is Naples39.

Post by **Jared** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:35 pm

Well, if no one is gonna pick the US of A, I will.

Gamertag: JaredM

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:06 pm

Gamertag: Leebo33
Team: The Netherlands

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:31 pm

Jared wrote:Well, if no one is gonna pick the US of A, I will.

Gamertag: JaredM

I wanted to. I really did. But I didn't think I could get past the unlicensed players. It might be worth checking if edited names show up online. If so I know I'll be fixing the US and Croatia on my version.

Anyway, way to go all for having the restraint to not pick Brazil so far. It's shaping up to be a great tournament and should be a breath of fresh air after the usual random online experience.

Any preference for whether we continue adding sides until the Monday deadline or should we just close it down when we hit 8 and start early?

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:06 pm

I was gonna change the US names, but decided it probably wouldn't work online. Instead I just played a few games with the fakes and now I know them anyway.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:45 pm

Yeah, I just edited the German side and played a ranked online match (against some guy with Brazil, what are the odds) - the edits don't appear.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:06 pm

I'll play as the greasy Italians if it's not too much of an advantage. That's honestly the only team outside of USA and England that I'd be interested in but if people are opposed I guess I'll play as any middle-of-the-road team of the groups consensus.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:12 am

ScoopBrady wrote:I'll play as the greasy Italians if it's not too much of an advantage. That's honestly the only team outside of USA and England that I'd be interested in but if people are opposed I guess I'll play as any middle-of-the-road team of the groups consensus.

Well, as long as it's the "greasy" Italians

I'm tempted to close it down after one more and just go with a two-group, eight team tournament at least as a start. Any preferences?

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:38 am

OK, I'm in with the Irish. I trust people will still be able to complete their league games even with this tourney going on. I hope to go through the random team selection this week, and get the league started next Monday.

From what I see in this tourney so far, the big favorites have to be Naple's Czechs, although I've never played Macca and virtual Spain is a strong side that shouldn't choke the way real Spain does. Scoop, even with Italy you have no hope!

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:16 am

Zeppo wrote: From what I see in this tourney so far, the big favorites have to be Naple's Czechs, although I've never played Macca and virtual Spain is a strong side that shouldn't choke the way real Spain does. Scoop, even with Italy you have no hope!

Sweet, I have something to put up on the bulletin board for my Croats

Disrespect, I tell you!

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:21 am

Okay, with Zepp in I think I'm going to go ahead and close down the signup to give us two groups of four. That keeps things managable and short and I don't think there are many others here with the game anyway.

If someone REALLY wants in, post here as soon as possible if you can, and better yet corral three other people to form another group. If we have three groups then I suppose we could do the top two in each group plus the two with the next best records.

In any event, I'm going to schedule the draw for 5:00 PM ET today so that we can start play tonight, if anyone is interested.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:56 am

Okay, I'm the decider:

If we get four more entries by 5:00 ET today we'll add a third group. Otherwise we'll go with two (maybe rename it the "DSP Micro Cup" or something), and encourage anyone who can make it to show up online tonight at 11:00 PM ET for the first "game night." Obviously I'd rather have as close to 32 teams as possible, but that probably just isn't realistic without opening it up to entries outside DSP, and with that comes inevitable problems. If we go with 8 or 12 we may at least finish the thing before or shortly after Zepp's league gets started.

The draw will be held at 5:00 PM ET today. So far we know that Scoop's Italy will be one top seed. If we go with eight then Leebo's Dutch would be the second. The rest will be drawn at random at 5:00.

Good luck!

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:28 pm

Zeppo wrote:From what I see in this tourney so far, the big favorites have to be Naple's Czechs, although I've never played Macca and virtual Spain is a strong side that shouldn't choke the way real Spain does.

LOL Actually, since I signed up with Spain I thought I'd play with them more frequently online....I've yet to win a game in 5 tries. I guess that's the excellence of Konami soccer, even the virtual Spanish team is good on paper and crap on the field.

fanatic · Post by **fanatic** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:29 pm

I'll take a run at the glory with Sweden.

gamertag: crucialmike00

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:07 pm

c'mon guys, help fanatic out - we need three more by 5:00 pm!

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:03 pm

If nobody else signs up then Fanatic can take my place. I'm still in if we get more, but I don't mind being the odd man out since I have to get up at 5AM and 11PM ET is too late for me to play. I'm cool with it either way.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:07 pm

Leebo,

That's a very generous gesture, but I'd say stick with it. A couple of things - the 11:00 ET "game night" thing is purely optional for folks having a hard time otherwise getting matches together. Also, I picked that time pretty much out of the blue to try and accomodate people on the West Coast, but I'm sure we could push it forward an hour or two if folks prefer.

I'd also hate to lose the Dutch as their style of play rounds things out nicely. Hopefully we can get a few more and still squeeze in the Swedes.

lsdean · Post by **lsdean** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:28 pm

I will give it a go. I guess I will pick England. It might give me a little bit of a chance to be competitive.

gametag:
LSDEAN

fanatic · Post by **fanatic** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:58 pm

Thanks for the offer Leebo...But if there's not enough, it's not a huge deal if I sit this tourny out.

That being said, I'd also be into an earlier time if possible (even a half hour would help). Getting up early is no fun

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