Dogcup 1

So with dogcup 2 electric boogaloo(what I wanted to call it) on the horizon we should probably talk about the first dogcup.

The beginning:

We literally started planning dogcup on the Monday prior, within an hour we had a form and a sheet ready to go. We announced it, we got more signups than we expected(we only expected like 20) and even took in some higher mmr players so everyone could play. We got those posted and then didn’t touch it till Thursday because quite honestly I am lazy.

The draft:

I will be the first to admit that coins were completed a bit late cause I only actually decided how we were distributing coins about an hour before draft. We just took an average of the captain mmr then you got coins equal to your percent of the average. Draft was a lot more memey than rd2l sidecup drafts, this could be due to us being lower mmr and having smaller egos or just cause we all know each other. There were 2 groups of mmr spread at the end with half around 3.7k the other around 3.2k. Two of the 7 teams ended up without a 5k player and both of them going out first round speaks volumes about how they impacted the pool.

MVP:

While we didn’t initially plan on having an MVP the admin staff who were around were extremely impressed with themassiveginger’s performance. He put in a display far above his mmr and although he didn’t win he certainly helped his team to the grand final. For 0 coins that is a large achievement and he should be proud.

Feedback

Post event I created a form for players to submit feedback as we planned on holding future small cups and wanted to improve. All but 3 who responded were below 4.1k which is our main audience and who the server was made for. The big question this time round was should we allow 5ks to participate in future dogcups. Not only was this a resounding no, excluding 5ks from the responses only 2 people out of the remaining 15 wanted 5ks to be allowed. There were some that wished for them to be able to play but be offrole but it is my opinion that they will impact above their role in comparison to the same position in the 3k pool.

Going forward

As hopefully most have you have noticed we have the second dogcup planned for the 4th of March and have under the feedback from the first dogcup implemented a strict cutoff at ancient 5 to close the mmr gap and allow more players to feel impactful. We have also had some other ideas in the works such as the somewhat jokey idea of drunkcup which considering this servers view of me I will clearly have a lot to do with running.

Anyway, thank you to those who have played with us so far and also thank you to those who have read this. I wish you mmr gains and memey stacks