{"id":965,"date":"2013-03-07T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T02:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=965"},"modified":"2013-03-07T19:08:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T02:08:26","slug":"top-gun-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Top Gun Tournament!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hot on the heels of the first official MWO Weekend Challenge (I ranked like 1100 or so overall last time), the PGI team is holding another tournament this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve listened to the complaints from the Community who felt the last tournament rewarded games played (and thus, staying up all weekend) more then skill. \u00c2\u00a0So, this weekend&#8217;s tournament is broken into smaller chunks over Friday\/Saturday\/Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>As with the previous tournament, you must go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/mwomercs.com\/tournaments\" target=\"_blank\">Tournament<\/a> page, and opt in. \u00c2\u00a0Solo play only, group drops don&#8217;t count toward the competition.<\/p>\n<p>This tournament is awarding more then bragging rights.. a total of 15,875,000 C-Bills in prizes will be awarded! \u00c2\u00a0Want your shot? \u00c2\u00a0Here&#8217;s the rules:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-966\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"966\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=966\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"940,317\" 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=\"forum_topgun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I feel the need&#8230; the need for Speed!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun-300x101.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-966\" alt=\"I feel the need... the need for Speed!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun-300x101.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun-300x101.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun-500x168.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/forum_topgun.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I feel the need&#8230; the need for Speed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Opt-In<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Players must\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/mwomercs.com\/tournaments\">Opt-In<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0in order to participate and be eligible for prizes.<\/li>\n<li>By Opting In, players agree to the\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/mwomercs.com\/forums\/topic\/103888-mechwarrior-online-contest-rules\/\">challenge rules<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Players who\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/mwomercs.com\/tournaments\">Opt-In<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0will automatically have their solo (non-grouped) scores added to the Overall, Stage, and Segment Leaderboards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Overall, Stages, Segments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each Stage consists of 3 Segments. Each Segment will last for 1 hour and focus on a different leaderboard challenges:<\/li>\n<li>Segment 1 = Most Kills.<\/li>\n<li>Segment 2 = Most Assists.<\/li>\n<li>Segment 3 = Most combined Kills and Assists.<\/li>\n<li>Each Segment will have a 30 minute break in between.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scoring<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Segment Winners &#8211; Top three players with the most accumulated Kills.<\/li>\n<li>Stage Winners &#8211; Top player with the most accumulate Kills and Assists across all 3 Stage Segments.<\/li>\n<li>Overall Winner &#8211; Top player with the most accumulated Kills and Assists across all 9 Segments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tie Breakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aggregate Overall Score &#8211; WLRatio * 20% + Kills * 15% + KillAssists * 25% + (CaptureAssist + SpottingAssist) * 30% + MatchesPlayed * 10%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0For this particular event, only solo player scores will count towards the leaderboards. Players who are within a group of 2 or more played during the stages will not have their scores counted towards the leaderboard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seems simple enough&#8230; right? \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m sure some folks will complain about the games played being taken into account for the tie breaker..but it&#8217;s only a 10% weighting, so it&#8217;s minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the schedule:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-967\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"967\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=967\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1018,510\" 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=\"schedule\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;What time is it?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-967\" alt=\"What time is it?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule-500x250.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/schedule.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What time is it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For those of us in the US (and, I guess the rest of North America).. Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday! (BOO! HISS!)<\/p>\n<p>Do you have what it takes to be a Top Gun?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot on the heels of the first official MWO Weekend Challenge (I ranked like 1100 or so overall last time), the PGI team is holding another tournament this weekend. 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