FACEIT have pushed out a major update today, which will allow us to do better Elo-based cups, and many more things have been fixed and added.
We have added a total of ten levels, which will allow us to also host cups for the lower-ranked players. Next to that we have added "Series" tournaments, team FACE N GOs, an automatic updater and many other things.
As mentioned above, the Elo system will allow us to do better cups for lower ranked players. And we're happy to say that the action will start tonight: one each for players up to Level 4, Level 6 and Level 8 (see your level in the release notes). Find out how to attend a cup below.
Noobie Tuesday
- 15:00 CDT start, 14:00 CDT check-in
- Max. Level 4 (1250 Elo)
- Sign-up
Rookie Tuesday
- 15:00 CDT start, 14:00 CDT check-in
- Max. Level 6 (1550 Elo)
- Sign-up
Veteran Tuesday
- 15:00 CDT start, 14:00 CDT check-in
- Max. Level 8 (1850 Elo)
- Sign-up
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map pool:
Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider
All three cups will have the same prizes.
Total: 10$
- 1st place – 4$
- 2nd place – 2$
- 3rd/4th – 1$
- 5th/8th – 0.5$
You can withdraw the money won, or use it on FACE N GOs or Series tournaments on the website.
Elo-based Skill Level:
A skill level system from 1 to 10 for Quake Live players has been implemented. From now on your skill level on FACEIT is going to be based on this number. Your skill level is initially based on your QLranks Elo rank and will change as you play on FACEIT. Levels are calculated based on the following table:
- Level 1 Elo from 1 to 800
- Level 2 Elo from 801 to 950
- Level 3 Elo from 951 to 1100
- Level 4 Elo from 1101 to 1250
- Level 5 Elo from 1251 to 1400
- Level 6 Elo from 1401 to 1550
- Level 7 Elo from 1551 to 1700
- Level 8 Elo from 1701 to 1850
- Level 9 Elo from 1851 to 2000
- Level 10 Elo above 2001
The FACEIT staff will be reviewing Elo scores periodically and has the right to change the above table at any time. Matches played on FACEIT are reviewed on a continuous basis by our control software and any player caught losing Elo intentionally with the purpose to gain access to lower level cups will be banned from the site.
Series Tournaments:
Series tournaments have been released. These tournaments allow players to join the tournament at different stages and win different prizes based on the number of matches won in a row. To play there is no need to be online at the same time as all other players. You can decide to play or cash out from certain stages at any time. No rush for the 3pm tournaments from now on, just play when you feel like it!
Automatic Updater:
From now on your Quake Live stats and the stats of your friends will be continuously updated on FACEIT even if you don't play for a while. This is yet another step forward towards updating you of all your friends' and favourite pros' gaming activities.
Team matches:
Some Clan Arena FACE'N'GOs are now available. you can join them with your team or be part of a random team. These will initially be available only for free matches. More will be added depending on demand for them.
Minor improvements:
- Sound when receiving chat messages has been implemented
A chat is now available in the tournament page for all users subscribed
- New layout of the tournaments page has been implemented
When a user does not show on the platform for a certain amount of time, it will now be marked as offline
- Search bar in friends tab has been implemented
- Team function has been improved with notifications for entering rooms
- Notifications when FACE'N'GO starts have been implemented
- Sorting of tables is now available in the dashboard
- Smooth animations and transitions have been integrated around the platform
- Avatar upload feature has been improved and now includes a size and crop feature
Bug fixing:
- FACE'N'GOs are now working properly. Bugs relating to the starting countdown have been fixed
- Cash withdrawal button is now fixed for all users
- Tournament BO3 and BO5 is now showing the exact result of the match rather than just the result of the winning player
- Users with higher skill level don't have access to tournaments reserved for lower skill levels
- General bug fixing activity around team functions
- Proper labels for game modes (e.g. Duel, CA, CTF, etc.) have been implemented
- Timezone issues have been fixed. The timezone of all the platform activities and statistics will now be based on the same timezone as set on the computer you are connected with
- Stability and scalability have been improved significantly. The platform should now be stable at any amount of connections with significantly reduced downtime.
- A significant under the hood work on data storage has been made, which allows us to implement a gaming activity feed in the next release
In the meantime, feel free to
enter in the Series tournaments, or
play a FACE N GO with a friend or your team mates! A special thanks goes out to the gentlemen of
QLRanks, who were kind enough to allow us to use their ranking system.
Links: FACEIT //
#FACEIT,
FACEITCommunity,
@FACEITcom
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