{"id":951,"date":"2013-02-22T09:27:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T16:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=951"},"modified":"2013-02-22T09:27:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T16:27:42","slug":"time-for-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Hero!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the 50\/50 sale starting today over at MechWarrior Online, we&#8217;re also getting our first official MechWarrior Online Tournament!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/puTtnqoqHLQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s officially being called the &#8220;Be a Hero Challenge Weekend&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0(like Mass Effect 3&#8217;s Challenge Weekends), but it&#8217;s a tournament (and, good carrot on the stick to get a whole bunch of games going to get ELO data for MatchMaker Phase 3).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the event details:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Be a Hero Challenge Weekend Event Details:<\/strong><br \/>\nStarts Friday February 22nd 10:00 PST until Sunday, February 24th 11:59:59 PST.<\/p>\n<p>Are you willing to accept the challenge?\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/mwomercs.com\/tournaments\">Opt-In<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to have your regular solo scores counted towards 5 unique leaderboard challenges, and see if you are a MechWarrior Champion!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players who Opt-In are automatically entered into 5 leaderboard challenges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MechWarrior Champion &#8211; Top 3 Global Ranking Scores<\/li>\n<li>Light MechWarrior Champion &#8211; Top 3 Scores using Light BattleMechs<\/li>\n<li>Medium MechWarrior Champion &#8211; Top 3 Scores using Medium BattleMechs<\/li>\n<li>Heavy MechWarrior Champion &#8211; Top 3 Scores using Heavy BattleMechs<\/li>\n<li>Assault MechWarrior Champion &#8211; Top 3 Scores using Assault BattleMechs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PLEASE NOTE For this particular challenge event, only solo player scores will count towards the leaderboards. Players who are within a group of 2 or more people for any match played during the event, will not have their scores counted towards any leaderboard challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the MechWarrior Champion challenge we are using an aggregate score that rewards players for participating in all 4 leaderboard challenges as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Ranking Score<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0= (Total Event Players \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Light Rank) + (Total Event Players\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Medium Rank) + (Total Event Players \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Heavy Rank) + (Total Event Players \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Assault Rank)<\/p>\n<p>For the Light, Medium, Heavy, and Assault Champion challenges we are using an aggregate score that weighs Win\/Loss Ratio, Kills, Kill Assists, Capture Assists, Spotting Assists, and Games Played.<\/p>\n<p><em>Standard TOS and EULA are in effect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rewards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced on Tuesday February 26, 2013. Confirmed winners for each challenge will received a cockpit banner on March 5th. There are a total of 15 banners to be earned.<\/p>\n<p>The top three scores in each leaderboard challenge will receive:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>1st Place &#8211; Gold Banner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>2nd Place &#8211; Silver Banner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>3rd Place &#8211; Bronze Banner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I think is really nice about this tournament, is you HAVE to solo drop to be eligible, if you drop grouped, your score for that match (or matches) don&#8217;t count towards the tournament. \u00c2\u00a0With the way some groups had been gaming the matchmaker (pre phase 3 implementation) to &#8220;pug stomp&#8221;, I think this will be a good way for PGI to get some real solo ELO related data (and, to see how bad the &#8220;pug stomping&#8221; really is).<\/p>\n<p>There are some complaints on the MWO forums, that this is more of an &#8216;endurance&#8217; event, since the tie-breaker for a given &#8216;reward&#8217; is number of matches played. \u00c2\u00a0Complaints are the &#8216;typical&#8217; MMO style complaints about this favoring people with no lives, no family, no job, etc..etc.. \u00c2\u00a0However, as someone who has a job, life, family, etc&#8230; I still think this is a good idea. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve opted in, and plan to play as many matches as I can (I&#8217;m sticking to one weight class, to maximize my chances). \u00c2\u00a0I know I&#8217;m not the best at the game, so I hold no illusions about winning..but, I know it&#8217;ll be fun&#8230;and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s important.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-952\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"952\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=952\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"be_hero\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Are you holding out for a Hero?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-952\" alt=\"Are you holding out for a Hero?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero-300x185.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero-485x300.jpg 485w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/be_hero.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you holding out for a Hero?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, are you going to be a Hero this weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the 50\/50 sale starting today over at MechWarrior Online, we&#8217;re also getting our first official MechWarrior Online Tournament! 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