Tournament Bracket, time and locations

The schedule is now live and below are the times and cafes that each game will take place.

The bracket can also be found at http://challonge.com/ACTDOTA3 and results will be updated throughout the day here.

Please be familiar with the times and location of each Internet Cafe.  We wish all teams tomorrow and Saturday all the best.

Autumn Cup Tournament Update and Details

A big thank you to everyone who has assisted me in registering their teams on challonge and uploaded a team logo.  For those who haven't, it's still not too late and you can just head to www.challonge.com and just comment below the team name or link to the profile with the comment.

The tournament will be played at two venues which are The Barracks and Sky Internet Cafe. 

The first games will kick off on Friday with and we will have four teams face off during this stage.

3pm  Friday 3rd April - FLCL vs #Hero at the Barracks.

3:30pm Friday 3rd April will be Ataxia1 vs Sponsored by Centrelink (Online)

Friday 3rd April Games

The loser of Sponsored by Centrelink vs Ataxia 1 will then face off against the losers of FLCL vs #Hero in the first round of the losers brackets.

Loser Bracket first round

The tournament will then resume the next day (Saturday 4th April) at 9am and these games will be played Sky Internet Cafe.

Saturday 4th April 9am kickoff @SKY Internet Cafe

Saturday 4th April 9am kickoff @SKY Internet Cafe

Once these games have completed we then move on to Round 2 with the seeded teams coming into play.  Wh0res will be playing the winner of 420 Praise it vs Omega Squadron while the winners from the previous day will fill out the 2nd match. and Team EZ will vs off the winners of OG vs Don't Smoke that.  These 3 games will take off at SKY internet Cafe once again.

Stay tuned as I'll continue working on the schedule and you can find out all the details here - http://challonge.com/ACTDOTA3

Interview with Sodium Hypochlorite captain, Mangoheart

Player profile

Name: Mangoheart

Age: 25

Current Team: Sodium Hypochlorite

Headset: Some random $50 phillips headset

Keyboard: Some random $40 logitech keyboard

Mouse: Some random $40 logitech mouse

Essential tournament food:  Food is not important. Staying hydrated is essential.

Budget gamer on the fly

G’day, mind introducing yourself to the Canberra DOTA2 scene?     
Hi my name is Dhika a.k.a Mangoheart, 25 year old uni student from UNSW. I did my highschool
and college in Canberra so I’m familiar with most of the places. I’ve been playing dota on and off for about 4 years now but only really started looking at things like drafting and competitive
gaming since TI3.

Are you able to introduce your team mates as well and their roles in the team?
We are mostly a collection of people from different amateur teams. I knows some of them mostly because we've played against each other a fair bit.
On our carry position we have Mr Defined Handsum, no comment on the name because we’ve
never met in person.
Over at the mid lane we have Odysseus, who is muted in 90% of games XD
In the offlane will be me, mangoheart, most wanted in 7 countries for the crime of killstealing
And in the supports we have the Canberra boys novaclipse and multicast king, who will attempt to stop the rest of us from feeding. It will however be a lost cause.

Team pic of Sodium

How long have you played together with your current team? 
About 3 or 4 times? Not much really as we all have our individual teams.

Being a fairly new team, is there anything that you do to strengthen your chemistry together?
Not really, this is a team which we put together quite hastily and just wanna have fun at a LAN.

We're bracing up for a pretty big solid tournament, what are you most looking forward to?
Looking forward to seeing high skilled players play competitive dota against each other

We have 4 interstate teams competing in this tournament, with the strongest one of the lot, 
being AVANT YMC.  Are you familiar with any of them and how do you fancy your chances 
against them?
I am familiar with the names because I watch a lot of competitive DOTA. I doubt we have any real chance against the top teams but anything can happen in DOTA.

What are your thoughts on the Australian DOTA 2 scene?
The competitive DOTA 2 scene in Australia has a lot of talent in it IMO but lacks exposure to the
international scene due to high ping when playing in SEA. Even the SEA scene is not taken
seriously by some people in Europe unfortunately

Back to our own local scene in Canberra, is there any teams that you’re familiar with and 
respect?
I've played against BoysBoys once in a previous tournament. Also played with people from some of the other Canberra teams in pubs. Nice community overall

Will we see you in future Canberra DOTA2 tournaments?
If I can make it :D

Mango, thank you for your time, is there anything further that you’d like to add or any shoutouts?
Shoutout to the rest of the guys from team fossil (killswitch, daisy, herpes and sobinix) as well as George Huang.

Canberra DOTA 2 Autumn Cup Ruleset

1.1 Admins

1.1. Everyone who is authorized by Canberra DOTA 2 to administrate the competition based on its rules and regulations will be called an “admin". Current Canberra DOTA2 Admins are: Chinky and BabyOwl and Whos_house.

1.2. Decisions made by admins are final and will not be changed.

1.2 Commitments

1.2.1 By attending the competition, players acknowledge without limitation to comply with the rules and regulations and with the decisions made by the admins.

1.2.2 Individual rule adjustments may be applied by the admins in correspondence with the teams and players.

1.2.3 Every player has to show the needed respect towards admins and other players. Insults and unfair or disrespectful behaviour towards anyone will not be tolerated and will be punished.

1.2.4 Every player must always have the newest version of steam and Dota 2 installed and has to check for updates in time before each match.

1.2.5 Every team accepts the official schedule of the competition and declares its ability to be available during these times.
2. TEAMS AND PLAYERS

2.1 Participants & Teams

2.1.1 Everyone with a valid steam account is allowed to participate in the competition and will be called a "player". A group of players will be called a "team". In order for a team to be able to play they need to fulfil the minimum required amount of team members (5)

2.1.2 A team has to consist of at least five and at most ten players.

2.2 Standins

2.2.1 Standins may be used if they are not part of any other team competing in the Canberra DOTA 2 Tournament. The team who is using a standin is obligated to inform an admin about the situation.

2.2.2 There’s a maximum of 2 standins per team per game.

3. SCHEDULE

3.1 Punctuality

3.1.1 If a team is not ready to start the match 20 minutes after the official starting time, the opponent team will receive a default win

3.1.2 If a team has a minimum of 4 players in the lobby 20 minutes after the official starting time, the game can start 4 vs 5 in CAPTAINS MODE, and after the picks the game will be remade ALL PICK MODE. If one team is still incomplete, the other team will receive a default win

3.1.3 If a team gets free win in the 1st Round and its opponent is available for Round 2, their game for Round 2 will start at the same time as the other Round 1 games.

3.2 Rescheduling

3.2.1 The change of a match time is only possible under exceptional circumstances and has to be approved by an admin

4. Gameplay Rules

4.1 Unless an admin interferes or both teams agree on the opposite, the team who is shown on top on the match page has to host the lobby. If it isn't hosted after 5 minutes, the second team has to do it.


4.2. The right of making the First Pick or choosing side is determined by league admin with a Coin Toss. 

4.3.  Before the match start all players must make their Steam profiles public in order that league admin can check them for SteamID correspondence.

4.4.  If one of the teams or both teams are late for the game start by more than:
4.4.1.    5 minutes – 30 extra seconds less during pick/ban stage and +1 penalty point. 
4.4.2.    7 minutes – 60 extra seconds less during pick/ban stage and +1 penalty point. 
4.4.3.    10 minutes – 90 extra seconds less during pick/ban stage and +2 penalty point. 
4.4.4.    If a team is late for more than 10 minutes, it will get 2 penalty points for each full 10 minutes. 
4.4.5. If a team is late for more than 30 minutes, it will forfeit the match. 
4.4.7. The waiting time without forfeiting can be extended up to 60 minutes by admins choice.

4.5.  In case of global technical problems with DOTA 2 client or Steam network, league administration may decide to postpone the match to another day.

4.6.  If a player performing picking duties is disconnected during pick/ban stage and unable to reconnect in time (if at least one conscious ban or pick is lost), match lobby will be re-made. Picking players must reproduce exactly all the picks and bans that were made prior to disconnect. If a team fails to comply with this requirement, the admin may issue warnings to the team and force teams to start the pick/ban stage over.

4.7.  Cup organizers reserve the right to change match start time if necessary. Team representatives must be notified at least 6 hours in advance about the changes.

4.8.  All player nicknames, team clan tags and in game logos must comply with the official tournament registration form of the team.

4.9.  Tournament organizers must be notified by email of any team roster changes by an authorized person within 24 hours of the roster changes.

4.10. Teams are allowed to substitute up to 2 players to attend the LAN.

4.11.  If a team uses a substitute player, his clan-tag must look as follows: «Stand-in>nickname».

4.12.  During the lobby creation phase, everyone in the lobby must follow the orders of league admin.

4.13. In case of 1 or more players losing connection to the game, the game is paused. If everyone is not back after 10 minutes, the game goes on. The waiting time can be extended at the discretion of game admin.

5. Spectators

5.1 Unless both teams agree differently there are no spectators allowed in the game. Members of the Canberra DOTA 2 team (Broadcasters and Admins) are allowed.

5.2 Spectators are not allowed in matches hosted by admins or streamed by official casters.

5.2 Admins, and official Canberra DOTA 2 broadcasters have the right to spectate any game without an agreement of the teams.

5.3 The officially approved Canberra DOTA 2 broadcasters will be GameStah or Barracks Staff.

6. Server location

6.1 The default server location will always be Australia.

7. Sides & Drafting Order

7.1. The »first team« is the one stated on the top of the scheduled match. (Top side on the match in the brackets).

7.2. Best of one: The first team will toss a coin and choose heads or tails.  The victor of the coin toss will decide to which side they wish to play on i.e. Dire or Radiant, while the second team gets whichever is left.

7.3. Best of three: The first team can choose the side.

8. Game Settings

SERVER LOCATION, PASSWORD and STARTING TEAM are set according to the rules above.

The remaining settings have to be:

GAME MODE: CAPTAINS MODE

PENALTY: None

CHEATS: No

SPECTATORS: Yes

VERSION: Tournament

SERIES TYPE: Defined by tournament stage

9. DURING THE MATCH

9.1 Picks & Bans

The hero pool always consists of all in Captains Mode available heroes and might therefore change several times during the competition.

9.2 Pauses

9.2.1 A pause should be announced at least three seconds in advance and calls a coherent reason (exception: not necessary, if someone disconnects). The game must not be resumed before both teams agree with it. When the number or the duration of breaks becomes too high or long, the teams must contact an admin who may force the continuation of the game.

9.2.2 Each team has the right to pause the game for a maximum of 10 minutes.

9.3 Disconnects & Reconnects

9.3.1 If a player disconnects, the game is to be paused instantly. Everyone has up to ten minutes to reconnect to the game (if the same person disconnects more than once, all times get added up). If this time is passed, the opposing team may continue the game, unless a admin demands the opposite. The affected player is in this case still allowed to rejoin later on.

9.3.2 If a player disconnects and is unable to reconnect due to Dota/Steam bug, teams will disconnect, create another lobby and load the game in order to keep the reasonable expectancy of a game.

9.4 Broadcasting

9.4.1 Every authorized spectator (according to 3.2) inside the game is allowed to provide a video stream with a delay of at least two minutes.

9.4.2 All players are allowed to first person stream their own tournament games unless an official streamer is doing so. The delay of the stream has to be at 2 minutes.

9.4.3 Streamsniping is not allowed!

10. Bugs

If any serious bugs occur, the game has to be paused immediately and the admins decides on how to continue. Abusing a bug is forbidden and will be punished.

11. Tools / Hacks

The usage of any Dota-related tool aside from Steam and Dota 2 during a match is strictly forbidden.

12. Ending

A game is finished when: an Ancient Fortress is destroyed, a team calls GG or the majority of a team leaves on purpose.

13. RULE VIOLATIONS AND PUNISHMENTS

13.1 Rule violations or ignoring a admins decision may result in a punishment. The type and amount of the punishments depends on the offense and is chosen by an admin.

13.2. Possible Team Punishments:

Default Loss / Null Game

Prize Money Reduction

Temporary ban from the competition

Permanent ban from the competition

14. PLAYOFF FORMAT

The format of the Canberra DOTA 2 Tournament will be a double elimination format. until the grand finals which will be a BO3.

The standard time of a round is 1 hour.

Interview with Original Gosu Captain, Babyowl

It's never easy when you're looked upon favourably in a tournament, then only to have your bottom handed to you on a platter then left out to dry.  This was the fate of Original Gosu also known as LoLCats at the time.

But here they are, back again and ready to prove that last tournament was just sheer bad luck and bad timing.

We interviewed Captain extraordinaire, BabyOwl!

Player profile 
Name: BabyOwl
Age: 28
Current Team: OG
Headset: Combo AKG headphones and Live Pro mic
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech 510 - The counterstrikers mouse of choice.
Essential tournament food: Jolt Cola - Blackcherry 2 bottles eating is for quitters.

G’day, mind introducing yourself to the Canberra DOTA2 scene?
I am your standard White boy with a dream, I started gaming way back in the CS alpha and original Starcraft days, progressed through to WC3 and was introduced to Dota by RoseyTheMook. I passed on the torch to Who_House and a few others all of which became better than me #studentbecamethemaster. I jump at any chance to get as many of the original gang back together for a run.

The Student who will one day become the Master!

Are you able to introduce your team mates as well and their roles in the team?
BabyOwl - 5th spot and general sacrificial pawn, I am the unknown element in the team, am I out of place? Or is it a cunning ploy you wont know until you kill me. I run the ganks/rotations and I'm all about the heroic sacrifice to keep the carry alive... even when not needed.

RoseyTheMook - Every team needs a Kobe and Rosey is the blackest of the mambas, known through Canberra and the internet as a clutch player he will be running mid this tournament. Rosey was part of the original WCG crew that made it to Sydney and will be running a train on Mid and any willing cougars in the general vicinity.

Whos_House - Whos_House is the Keyboards only natural predator On several occasions i have heard House destroy a piece of gaming equipment or a knuckle. Voted PC Gamings "Most likely to throw an Elbow" 5 years running this baby faced slayer is running the 1 spot for the tournament.

Loach - Loaches gonna loach, what more can be said about our fiery 4th? When he’s not showing his snake to the general public he can be found performing aggressive and clutch ganks from where you’d least expect it. Whilst not part of the original squad he has definitely earned a spot in the team through reliably answering my texts/SKYPE.
Pupfish - One of my oldest gaming buddies Pupfish is our sleeper... literally the largest threat to the team is his ability to sleep anywhere. He will be interchanging with Who_House for carry/offlane depending on the line-up.  With a variety of heroes under his belt Pup serves as our gap fill to make our drafts a lot more dynamic.

This team's line-up is different from the previous one you've been in, do you expect to do just as well?
We are closer to the original squad with Rosey taking Dickie's place we have gained a serious boost in skill/role playing id expect a better performance this time round but once again the tournament has some skilled players and anything can happen!

Original Gosu rebooted

We expected bigger results last tournament, what happened with the recent performance?
Our first game was against a very strong team, even with the current line-up it was going to be a hard fought win. The second game came down to drafting errors and a few crucial mistakes with a bit of luck and focus id expect us to go further this time round.

We're bracing up for a pretty big solid tournament, what are you most looking forward to?
I just love a reason to game, nothing better than gearing up for a day of dota with mates. Bar the overall experience i am looking forward to playing some of the Sydney teams making their way to Canberra as they are full of names i remember from back in the day.

Some Interstate teams coming around this weekend, think you'll be able to handle it?
Without out sounding defeated there are some big players coming down this time and it is going to be difficult to match up, I am hoping to give them a run for their money but pulling off an overall victory is going to be very tough.

What are your thoughts on the Australian DOTA 2 scene?
It needs more events like this that are associated to an overall tournament like WCG, the only way for us to get better and get teams into the international scene is to improve the local competition. It’s like the A-League it is hard for players to progress when the competition isn't there to drive them on.
Back to our own local scene in Canberra, is there any teams that you’re familiar with and respect?
Last tournament I didn't recognize a lot of teams but this time i know who people are, there are a few teams that will definitely put on a good show but I'm not going to give any shout-outs they just need to earn their praise on the day!

Will we see you in future Canberra DOTA2 tournaments?
Every time I can put together a team I will, you never grow out of being a gamer each time we get closer to an original team reunite so hopefully next time we can run a team favoured to win!

Any last shoutouts?
Shoutouts to Chinky for organising another tournament in Canberra. Also big Shoutout to Eldestdad for showing us that being cooked is a way of life.

Interview with #Hero team captain Big Hatoonda

#Hero will make their debut at the Canberra DOTA 2 Autumn Cup and hope to learn as much as possible.  Previously having participated in the ANU DOTA 2 competitions, can the team of Pinoys make their mark this coming Friday?

Find out more about this team and what they had to say about themselves and the tournament.

Player profile

Name: Kyle

Age: 19

Current Team: #Hero 

Headset: Some trash Logitech one

Keyboard:  Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Mouse: Basic HP mouse

Essential tournament food: Hungry jacks frozen coke+ chicken nuggets  

G’day, mind introducing yourself to the Canberra DOTA2 scene?     

Hey everyone I'm Kyle, known as Big Hatoonda in game and I am the captain of #Hero. As far as DOTA goes I believe I will be playing the offlane for the team.

Are you able to introduce your team mates as well and their roles in the team?

My teammates are Dylan(FreEZe) who will be taking up the midlane, Jordan(B1GS3XY) who will be playing the safelane farmer, Peter(White Mamba) who will be playing support and finally Ash(David Luiz) who will also be playing support.

You guys are pretty much a new team around here, what do you think you can bring to this tournament?

Well someone’s gotta lose right 😉, having only participated in two ANU tournaments prior with a few players swapped out and different names, we aren't really expecting too much. We are just some boys who want to have a go at some more organised DOTA, hopefully we can pull of some good games and maybe go further into the bracket, but really we are just in it for the experience.

Would you guys rate yourselves as the second coming of RAVE?

Absolutely.

RAVE RAVE RAVE RAVE RAVE

We're bracing up for a pretty big solid tournament, what are you most looking forward to?

Just seeing what the Canberra DOTA 2 scene has to offer, hopefully with so many teams the tournament will have lots of exciting games.

We have 4 interstate teams competing in this tournament, with the strongest one of the lot, being BlackShatan and friends.  Are you familiar with any of them and how do you fancy your chances against them?

Unfortunately I am not familiar with any of the interstate teams. As far as our chances go I’d assume if they are coming from interstate they are pretty confident in winning and probably have participated in other Australian DOTA 2 tournaments, so I don’t like our chances really, but you just have to beliEEve

What are your thoughts on the Australian DOTA 2 scene?

Haven’t seen too much of it, but from what I have there appears to be a really strong base community around the country and with the ever growing popularity of DOTA hopefully the Australian scene will also grow. Would be nice to see more Australian teams doing well in the big leagues.

Back to our own local scene in Canberra, is there any teams that you’re familiar with and respect?

Well from the 2 other tournaments we've played I have fond memories of getting crushed by BOYSBOYS and RAD, although we haven’t played BOYSBOYS in at least a year. But RAD definitely has our respect if we make it far enough in the bracket to face them. But obviously we are going to be careful of every team, and especially those who got higher seeding.

A renactment of the ANU tournaments

Will we see you in future Canberra DOTA2 tournaments?

Should do, we just struggle getting a 5th member sometimes, but the group we have now should be able to play into the foreseeable future

Big Hatoonda, thank you for your time, is there anything further that you’d like to add or any shoutouts?

Just props to you guys really for hosting the tournament (Y)

Interview with BOYSBOYS Captain, Rylan

First to warm things up and get you into the mood of the local ACT team, listen to this classic hit.  Let it sink in and then wonder what the hell just happened.  

This would be the general reaction of teams who faced BoysBoys, the local Canberra team who rose through the brackets and finished a respectable fourth.  Taking down Sydney teams along the way, these boys proved that they weren't a one hit wonder like Sabrina.  Read more below about this group of Boys

Player profile

Name: Rylan Savage

Age: 22

Current Team: Boysboys

Headset: Plantronics Gamecom 780

Keyboard: Logitech G18

Mouse: Razor death adder

Essential tournament food: Canberra milk


Hey Rylan, thank you for returning to this tournament and gracing us with your presence. Mind introducing yourself one more time for them youngbloods?          
Hi, I've been playing Dota casually for about 6 years now with my friends, and we've competed on and off in Australia. We played Dota 1 on Garena for the first few years then transferred over to Dota 2 early in the beta. Dota LANs have always been a lifeblood for our friend group, if as a group you can weather Dota conflicts then you know you're pretty tight, at times the game seriously brings out the worst in people.

While we've got you on the introduction phase, why not for your team as well?
My team this time will be X4, JJH, elks, Ming and myself, the only roster change being Ming. X4 (or Xavier) is the theory crafter and niche supported, known across Australia for his calculated and deadly support wisp. JJH (or Jon) is like the cement that holds the team together, keeping our minds on objective gaming, calling out bad dives and in general being a wet blanket, but still an integral element of our strength. He has a calmness and dexterity that hes brought from his days as a professional DonkeyKong smash player, which he uses to keep our eyes on the prize. Elks is the team's pubstar and chemist, getting you whatever you might need to relax yourself after a stressful day at work. Watching his roaming Mirana you'd think arrow was a targeted ability he's so good, but sometimes he misclicks and selects a creep instead, but then he explains to us he really just wanted the last hit to buy his second bottle so he can steal even more runes from me in mid. Ming's our last, a strong player who we've known out of dota for years and who will most likely carry us hard.

BoysBoys and more Boys!

There's been some changes with the team and you've sought out talent from the east, why the change?
Ming will mix things up for us, with his Burning like collectedness, farming prowess and steadfast incremental game-play that reminds me of a TI3 LGD. His syllabear root hax will prove very useful.

How did you rate your performance at the last tournament especially having sent two Sydney teams packing home?
It's always disappointing when you don't perform better than you did, regardless of how good other teams are, but it was OK to lose to the team we did, cause we're friends with all of them and consider them really strong players. Considering we were a casual team (and are again) its just great to progress to the late stages of the tournament and get some great games in.  

Canberra DOTA 2 Scene is not really stable at this moment since we've had quite a lot of teams die out, you guys have kept it going and what's the secret behind this?
We didn't meet through DOTA, but rather dota is a shared hobby we all have and something we do together. Conflict (and egos) in dota can be really destructive and a lot of things about pub dota foster this in people. Making the jump from being a potentially very strong ranked player (even 5.5k, whatever) to being in a functional team is really hard, I think a 4k team with strong teamwork can wipe the floor with a 5k team full of pubstars. I think we're all pretty chill in dota, but still get involved and competitive in our games.

We'll have another interstate team come around once again and possibly more, any kind words from Canberra that you'd like to offer?
Eat at Grill'd in the city, that place is out of control.

Grill'd for off the hook burgers!

Last time we talked about the Australia DOTA 2 scene and how it's very lacking.  Since then we have Can't Say Wips win a SEA tournament and things are improving in Australia.  Would you agree?
Maybe, CSW doing well in SEA is great, but with the exception of Godot (who I think is the best Australian player) its mainly Singapore and Malaysian players too, kind of a chains stack with an AUS flag. While things are improving, (more LAN tourneys, wider playerbase) players or teams who want to be internationally competitive will inevitably still have to move to SEA, china or the US. Even a single Australian player moving to a foreign inhouse dota team would be really exciting, and that team would probably be followed by the entirely of Aus.

Anything you're looking forward to at this tournament? 
I know a lot of strong players on screen that are coming, so its exciting to put a face to some names. LAN atmospheres are always great for our whole team, we get more spirited to play tournament style at a proper event

Rylan, thank you for your time, is there anything further that you’d like to add or any shoutouts?
Shout-out to Canberra dota teams and Enigma players everywhere. Shout-out to Jim over at Reload and the Barracks and to you, Fred for jointly making these events possible. And shout-out to Canberra Milk, it's a really good product

Mark Webber approves of this local Milk!