Reflex Monthly Cups

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Welcome to Reflex Monthly Cups

Reflex has been in need of a more established competitive scene for some time. The goal of the Reflex Monthly Cups is to give those who have the drive to compete in duel the guarantee that their commitment will be rewarded. Our goal is not to provide two tournaments or ten tournaments, but to provide a sustainable framework for competitive and dependable Reflex duel tournaments that will continue as long as there is demand and people willing to organize them.

RMC is a purely volunteer effort, but we will do our best to consistently meet our goal of hosting a duel tournament every 4 weeks for each region.

Upcoming Editions

              

Reflex Monthly Cup NA#5

Starting time : Sunday, April 29th, 2018 at 02:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Stream : TBA, please message @DazedSpartan#3488 if interested
Bracket : https://reflexmonthlycups.challonge.com/RMCNA5
Sign-up : https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/xsoKq8mnn2
Communication : https://discord.gg/CepJUfS
Prizepool : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/10617

Reflex Monthly Cups EU#5

Start Time : To be announced
Stream :
Bracket :
Sign-up :
Communication : 
Prizepool :

All future tournaments will be played on Custom Ruleset 2- https://reflex.fun/cr2

Registration

• Participants must sign up on challonge before the official tournament starting time : http://reflexmonthlycups.challonge.com/.
• Players must also join https://discord.gg/zUXuDcg on discord and ask for the Participant role in the "role requests" channel (https://discord.gg/cmNasKK) order to access the tournament-general channel where servers will be assigned on tournament day.
• On the day of the tournament, participants must check-in on the challonge page. Players will have a 1 hour window to check-in before the tournament begins.
• Each cup is limited to 32 participants, when full you should still register, you will be added to the waiting list and will likely make it in before the tournament begins

Map Pool

• The Catalyst (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608558613)
• Furnace (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608417285)
• Pocket Infinity (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609506884)
• Abandoned Shelter (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608404670)
• Simplicity (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609501573)

Tournament matches must be played on the official versions if the game is streamed, both players can agree to play on a clean version otherwise. 

Prizepool

Current cap : $100 (for each single tournament)

The prizepool cap will be increased if community donations allow it.

Distribution : 

  : 45% + Reflex Monthly Cup Shovel (In-game unique melee item) : Album - Video
 : 25%
 : 15%
4th Place : 7.5%
5-6th Place : 3.75%

($2.5 will be used at each edition to cover server costs).

 
You can contribute to the prizepool by donating on Matcherino in the prizepool links above (supports paypal).

Remember that the goal is sustainability. Donating small amounts regularly is more helpful than a single large donation.

Thank you for keeping competitive Reflex alive!
 

Rules

Reading the rules is mandatory when participating in a tournament : https://reflex.fun/rmc_rules
 

Previous editions

-RMC NA#1 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC EU#1 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC 1st Editions Highlights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D09-7wBvV2

-RMC NA#2 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC EU#2 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC 2nd Editions Highlights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7IpHDVznw&feature=youtu.be

-RMC NA#3 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC EU#3 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC 3rd Editions Highlights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTiPOIQyvQ

-RMC NA#4 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-CR2 AU : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-CR2 JP : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-CR2 2v2 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

-RMC EU#4 : Final Bracket - VOD - Replays - Prizepool

Official RMC youtube channel :  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3JBOnzAk4WD1dgnHGOvJQ
Official RMC challonge organization : http://reflexmonthlycups.challonge.com/

Reflex Monthly Cups --- Staff 

Head Admins :
DazedSpartan – joined 01.11.2017
Ramagan – joined 01.11.2017

Tournament Admins :
DazedSpartan – joined 01.11.2017
Ramagan – joined 01.11.2017
bitstream – joined 20.02.2017

Trial Admin(s) :

Server Admin :
Ramagan – joined 01.11.2017

Public Relations :
DazedSpartan – joined 01.11.2017
Goulox – joined 05.12.2017

Video content :
cat_smoker (Highlights) – joined 09.01.2018
cupcake (Highlights) – joined 01.11.2017
lolograde (Highlights) - joined 01.11.2017
Zuluu (VODs) - joined 20.02.2018

RMC banners created by lolograde
Original logo created by s.i.

 

Volunteer

 

Reflex Monthly Cups is looking for volunteers eager to help us improve the quality of these tournaments:

• Another Public Relations member who can advertise the cups on discord and other sites and platforms
• 2 to 4 additional tournament admins
• Additional Video Editor

A tournament admin issues periodic announcements, reminders, and information throughout the tournament. Tournament admins are responsible for assigning servers for matches and managing the challonge page. They must be available throughout the tournament to assign servers as games are finished, as well as in cases where rules need to be enforced. The more tournament admins available for a tournament, the less the workload will be for each one.

If you are interested in any of these roles, please contact @DazedSpartan#3488 on discord. Thank you!

[lolograde 527]

Awesome! Good luck to all competitors!

[ToRRent 16]

Can I be approved to spectate/cast aswell? I had a healthy Polish playerbase on my streams, pretty sure they would like to watch best players compete again in reflex.

[maker 4]

great stuff! dibs on last place every cup!

[erad 20]

sick

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Reflex Monthly Cups staff is happy to announce that prize pool donations and payouts will be handled through https://matcherino.com/

This site allows us to create seperate donation pools for each tournament and makes the donation and payout process easier and more transparent. 

Due to the generosity of donators, we are also excited to announce that we are raising the prize pool cap for each tournament from $50 to $75.

To donate to the tournaments, sign in and add funds to your matcherino wallet with paypal and contribute to the tournaments.
To receive payouts, the top 3 players of each tournament will sign into matcherino and provide their username to admins. The prize money will be added to their matcherino wallet and it can then be easily transfered to a paypal account.

The first rotation of NA and EU cups are already completely funded-
RMC NA#1 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8730
RMC EU#1 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8744

If you would like to contribute, donations are open on Matcherino for the second rotation-
RMC NA#2 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8746
RMC EU#2 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8747

Thank you to all donators!

[Soh 34]

If the tourneys are monthly u should look into rotating two maps out per month so we can get fresh maps in to reflex instead of the same old 5 we've been playing for over a year at this point.

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See post below.

[shooter 1,421]

I'm pushing a 1.1.2 expplus build to the expplus steam branch for this. This will allow you to use the custom ruleset on the 1.1.2 build.

note: If you go this way, only the server will need the expplus branch, connecting clients just need to callvote ruleset experimental_plus

Been sitting on it for a while with anticipation that 1.2 would beat it - but it doesn't look like that's the case.

Please let me know if there are any issues setting up the expplus servers.

[CrazyAl 171]

6 hours ago, shooter said:

1.2

wen.

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How to play on the custom ruleset : http://reflex.fun/ruleset.html#Playing

Using the latest version of Reflex available on steam, connect to one of the servers from the server browser or manually in the console:

Full List of servers available here : http://reflex.fun/ruleset.html#Playing

[Yasashii 329]

Done up some custom melees for the winners each month

[HaraldQuake 144]

Why always only duel? Do TDM. Please.

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RMC promo video created by lolograde

The first rotation of Reflex Monthly Cups are right around the corner! The first NA tournament will begin this Sunday, December 3, at 02:00 PM EDT (UTC-4), and the first EU tournament will begin Sunday, December 17 at 5:00 PM CET (UTC+1). Signups are will remain open until the start of the tournaments. Don’t hesitate to sign up for a full tournament, challonge will put you on a waiting list and you will likely make it in on tournament day. 

Donations are open for the second rotation of tournaments-
RMC NA#2 - https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8746
RMC EU#2 - https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8747

Thank you for donating and keeping competitive Reflex alive!

We are looking for more tournament admins before the first rotation. Please contact @Ramagan#3970 on discord if you are interested.

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  Reflex Monthly Cup NA#1 Results 

The first NA Reflex Monthly Cup was concluded today, and showcased some of the best competitive Reflex has to offer. A big thank you to all the RMC staff, Delementary for casting, and to all the participants who made this tournament possible.

Congratulations to Hoyt, the champion of the first NA Monthly Cup and the winner of the exclusive shovel made by Yasashii!

: Hoyt

: DazedSpartan

: Ezormer

See you all next time.

 

Final Bracket : http://reflexmonthlycups.challonge.com/RMCNA1

Complete Broadcast : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP-OVTznEQs&feature=youtu.be

Replays : https://www.dropbox.com/s/cym0p6sbgd53887/RMCNA1_replays.zip?dl=0I

Donations are open for the second rotation of monthly cups :

RMC NA#2 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8746

RMC EU#2 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8747

 

Thank you for donating!

In order for Reflex Monthly Cups to be sustainable we need many more tournament admins. It will not be feasible to continue to run the cups without more help. If you are interested, please contact @DazedSpartan#3488 on discord.

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 Announcing Reflex Monthly Cup NA#2 

The date for the second rotation of the North American cups is finalized!

 

Start Time : Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 02:00 PM EST (UTC-5)

Stream : https://www.twitch.tv/delementary

Bracket : http://reflexmonthlycups.challonge.com/RMCNA2

Sign-up : http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/dGJ84UMCC7

Communication : https://discord.gg/VzCft2K

Prizepool : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8746

 

Thank you to donators and we hope to see you all on tournament day!

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Reflex Monthly Cups Experimental Map Pool Discussion

The main goal of RMC is to provide a solid and pure foundation for competitive Reflex. A refined map pool is an important component of this goal. 

Some preliminary changes have been made to:

The Catalyst :http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1227484158
Pocket Infinity :http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1227493206
Furnace :http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1227513321
Simplicity :http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1227501276
Abandoned Shelter :http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1227508873

 

The main goals are :
-Giving more options for out of control play on some maps
-Making use of the ruleset ammo changes by moving and changing the amount of ammo boxes on some maps

These changes are not final, and are a starting point to promote constructive discussion that will lead to maps that utilize the full potential of the new ruleset.

Please provide feedback and suggestions in the respective RMC-EXPERIMENTAL-MAP-POOL discord channels here : https://discord.gg/VkayrzM

After months of feedback and tweaking, this experimental map pool may be showcased and tested in a future Reflex Monthly Cup edition. 

Thank you for your help and see you in the 1st EU cup this weekend!

The EU cup on December 17th will use the standard map pool as outlined in the rules.

We continue to need more tournament admins who will be available to help run the NA cups. Please contact @DazedSpartan#3488 if you believe you can be of service.

[Warlord Wossman 102]

The item layout is largely effected by the world spawn so forcing the same sort of "standard" item layout to every map is a really bad idea.
There was a reason why maps were designed the way they are and that (at least) partly took the item layout into account. Just changing that with a general argument in mind that disregards every map specific situation that will be caused by the changes goes against all mapping theory that Reflex mappers used up to date.

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We appreciate your feedback but want to remind you that the goal of these changes is not to force standardized item layouts and is instead to give more options for out of control players on some maps.

We are not trying to create a homogenized map pool. The initial changes you are responding to were one idea of how to accomplish this goal, but the main purpose is to use Reflex Monthly Cups as an opportunity to generate new discussions and feedback to improve the map pool. In only a couple of days some of these maps have gone through multiple iterations with the initial changes simply serving as a starting point. The experimental maps will hopefully continue to be tested and tweaked in a similarly positive way in the coming months before they see any competitive play whatsoever. Expect at least 2-3 months of testing before any changes are considered to the main map pool.

Any changes will not be large, for example the most common change on these experimental maps was moving and sometimes deleting certain ammo boxes. Especially with the new ruleset coming in 1.2 where ammo is more scarce, these small tweaks should make maintaining control require more careful decision making by forcing the in control player to expose himself, take a less efficient route, or simply not have ammo for certain weapons, giving more options for out of control and a more interesting game dynamic. 

Again, we appreciate your feedback but if you would like to be directly involved in the conversation we encourage you to join the respective discord channels here : https://discord.gg/VkayrzM

Thanks,

RMC

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A new rule has been added regarding the occurrence of bugs or exploits during a tournament game:

Accidental or incidental triggering of a bug or potential exploit during a match will be judged on a case by case basis by the admins.

Abuse of an exploit will result in an immediate loss of the map for the abuser. A second abuse will result in disqualification from the tournament. An exploit is a clear advantage gained through the use of unorthodox or game breaking methods that take advantage of a flaw in the game that produces a result that is clearly not intended and unfair. 

This rule is effective immediately.  

The following exploit, which has been reported to shooter, falls under this category:

This rule is designed to ensure fair competition for Monthly Cup participants. 

RMC

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Reflex Monthly Cup EU#1 Results 

The first EU Reflex Monthly Cup is over. Once again, a big thank you to all the RMC staff, GMT for casting, and to all the participants who made this tournament possible.

Congratulations to Ramagan, the champion of the first EU Monthly Cup and the winner of the exclusive shovel made by Yasashii!

:  Ramagan

:  Vigur

:  Czm

See you all next time.

 

Final Bracket : http://reflexmonthlycups.challonge.com/RMCEU1

Complete Broadcast : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8YLTaNKwE

Replays : https://www.dropbox.com/s/igmkpfnqjn5mlje/RMCEU1_replays.zip?dl=0

 

Donations are open for the second rotation of monthly cups :

RMC NA#2 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8746

RMC EU#2 : https://matcherino.com/tournaments/8747

Thank you for donating!

In order for Reflex Monthly Cups to be sustainable we need many more tournament admins. It will not be feasible to continue to run the cups without more help. If you are interested, please contact @Ramagan#3970 on discord.

[capodecima 86]

god rama

[Sharqosity 123]

megamind czm

[truck 84]

so will you be accepting feedback about your map changes from people who participated in newbie nights?

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Reflex Monthly Cups is looking for broadcasters to stream the tournaments

The tournament broadcast is a vital component of Reflex Monthly Cups. It is clear from watching Delementary, ToRRent, and GMT’s streams that having great casters helps tremendously. Unfortunately, GMT is going to be taking a break from streaming and will be stepping down as a broadcaster. We wish GMT all the best in his future efforts, but RMC is now need of streamers.

We are looking for someone who has:

-A high production quality (good settings, mic, and internet)

-Some knowledge of afps (not necessarily Reflex)

Casting is not mandatory! We are looking foremost for a dedicated streamer, casters will be arranged later if necessary. 

We would prefer someone with more experience streaming, but we are open to the idea of new streamers as well.

We pride ourselves on organizing the RMC tournaments in a way that makes it as easy as possible for the streamer. 

Each tournament will be held on a Sunday and will last 4-5 hours with the date announced far in advance.

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Additionally, in order for Reflex Monthly Cups to be sustainable we need more tournament admins who will be available for the NA editions.

If you are interested in streaming or admining please contact @DazedSpartan#3488 on Discord or send a private message to Reflex Monthly Cups on the Reflex forums.