If you were to think we're asleep at the wheel, you would be wrong! We've been out telling everyone about our coming LAN, and there's lots of cool stuff coming that you haven't even seen yet!
Today we bring you the first poll for the mini-tournaments, the CS:GO team building thread, the first flash game challenge, and the start of our prepay raffles.
Today we announce the first flash game challenge!
This flash game challenge features the game "Red". All you have to do is have the highest score submitted by midnight Friday March 18th (first day of the LAN) and be present at the LAN, then you win a prize!
To submit high scores, just take a screenshot of your game with the score (please crop your pictures) and post them as a response to the game thread. To play the game, just head to -> http://www.lanified.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=342
Also, the first 50 people that prepay will be entered into an exclusive raffle!
The developers that make the game SinaRun ( http://store.steampowered.com/app/324470/ ) are helping us out here with some keys for SinaRun! 3 game keys are added to this exclusive raffle. The only way to enter is to be one of the first 50 to prepay!
And, we are expanding the prizepool for the Main Tournaments!
Starcraft 2:
$200 pool, $150 1st/$50 2nd -> $350 pool, $300 1st/$50 2nd
Rocket League:
$600 pool, $450 1st/$150 2nd -> $750 pool, $600 1st/$150 2nd
Hearthstone
$200 pool, $150 1st/$50 2nd -> $350 pool, $300 1st/$50 2nd
Also, we are issuing a challenge to you, the gaming community, to help us make great gaming events happen! Our challenge is to have 100 gamers prepaid for our coming event, LANified! 25: Colossal, by the end of day Feb 14th. We hear time and time again how you want to see bigger, better events! Everyone adds up, and we need your help. Help us make Colossal gaming events happen, prepay today at -> http://www.lanified.com/events/go/22/18
LANified! and Extra Life Calgary are teaming up to bring awareness to sick kids that really need help! Extra Life Calgary will be running a 48-hour gaming marathon at our coming event, LANified! 25: Colossal. They'll have a nice and comfy space to play all sorts of games at, which they'll be doing for a COLOSSAL 48 hours NON-STOP! Being a sick kid sucks, and we want to do what we can to help the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals help all the sick kids. So come hang out and game with them at the LAN! More info for Extra Life Calgary is at : https://www.facebook.com/extralifeyyc/
That's not all folks! In addition to bring attention to a serious cause, we're also helping out our fellow Dotes players. We're now opening a DotA 2 team forming/finding thread, and expanding the LANified! Bootcamp Program to include DotA 2! (effective immediately)
In Phase 2 we are expanding the services, and reeling back on others:
We are halting broadcasting for the time being, this is likely to return later.
The program now includes DotA 2, there are appropriate channels on our Mumble server now for DotA 2 players, generally this will follow similar methods as the CS:GO stuff
We are adding another Tournament Administrator "Power-Fusion" to the services, in addition to Ishamael and Xiphos
LANified! 25: Colossal is being rescheduled to November 25-27 2016
If you prepaid, you should see an email from us sent to the mailbox tied to your account on our website. If you do not see the email, please email us at bloodyiron _/at/ lanified \dot)_ com.
So what is changing?
dates of event
dates of when earlybird/late prepay ends
We want to continue with the event as designed, so we are not planning to make other major changes.
So why did this happen?
Based on how many prepays we have seen in the last few weeks, we do not believe enough people will prepay in time, for the March dates, for us to be able to cover the costs of operations. As such we see the reschedule as absolutely necessary.
So what can I do about this?
Despite us having to reschedule, we have seen a massive growth in interest in this event design. But, we still need your help.
Tell other people about the event
Convince people interested to prepay
DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO PREPAY. If you're wanting to come, THEN PREPAY, please! You prepaying means others will want to prepay too. We want to fill the house, and everyone waiting till the last minute to prepay works against this goal.
The event otherwise is continuing. To find out further information about the coming event, head to : LANified!
Some convincing gamers have made some rather convincing arguments regarding some of the elements of our coming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Grand Title Tournament at LANified! 25: Colossal.
As such, we have reviewed these concerns, and the following changes have been made:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: Grand Title Tournament rule and format changes
Stage 3 - Tier 1, aka "Finals", WAS Double-Elimination bo1. IS NOW Single-Elimination bo3.
Stage 3 - Tier 1, aka "Finals", WAS top 4 or top 8 teams entering (depending on # of teams). IS NOW only top 4 teams entering (from Stage 2 Tier 1).
Swiss & Round Robin stages, WAS starting sides determined by knives. IS NOW starting sides randomly assigned by LANified! Tournament Administration.
Single Elimination stages, WAS map picked through knives. IS NOW map selection is performed at the Tournament Administration area, teams have 2 vetoes, then teams agree to maps, failing that map assigned by LANified! Tournament Administration.
Single Elimination stages, WAS sides picked through knives. IS NOW starting sides randomly assigned by LANified! Tournament Administration.
We have also had concerns raised about our map selection, namely inferno. We will revisit the map list closer to the event, as plenty can change between now and then, including hopefully a revised Inferno.
If you need help finding/forming a team for our coming event, we have multiple threads in our STEAM group discussion section, and we highly recommend you post in the thread relevant to your interests.
LANified! 25: Colossal already has 112 people signed up as of this writing, 79 of them wanting to play CS:GO. If you want to participate in Western Canada's best gaming tournaments, be sure to prepay and secure your seat today.
We just re-designed our Team Forming Threads, and stuff around that. If you have or have not posted in any of our past Team Forming Threads, please be sure to check the new stuff out, and post (again)!
Also, our coming event, LANified! 25: Colossal, is less than two months away! As such, we need to start paying for the event, so if you're coming, be sure to get your ticket today to show your support : http://www.lanified.com/events/go/22/2