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Jehar and the Tastyspleen.tv team, also featuring the great CPMA community member pan1c as co-host.*There was an optional survey that players took who participated in this event. The results of this survey are reflected in the Players Survey Results and the analysis is quite interesting to those who may wish to run an event in the future.
*In addition I've included a short section about our Division 1 winner
vdmk (as well as a short section about our Division 2 winner 
ATP).Congrats
vdmk for rising above the thirty-one other players who competed in this 5 week long tournament that began on Sunday, March 11 2018 and ended on Sunday, April 15 2018.Division I
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kwong - $57.14
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Division II
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Who isAvek out of the tournament. For those who want more information about
gaiia's and rails that rival
HAL_9000's we saw a talent that we haven't seen the likes of before. So once again congrats to our new King of the Americas Promode
If you've ever played a game with 150 ms ping and been a high ping player, then you would know that rockets cannot connect with anything. You lead them, you trail them, they lag, and they lag. With a choppy ping even the railgun and lightning gun cease to function under the weight of an unstable and choppy ping. EnterCixxywuffie purchased a server in Miami that could finally give some relief to
Division I
17:00 CDT, 15 April 2024
SEMI-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm15 - [18:1]
cpm3a - [20:3]
darkztn - [29:0]
18:15 CDT, 15 April 2024
SEMI-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm15 - [4:7]
pukka3tourney2 - [5:23]
cpm3a - [20:3]
cpm22 - [1:18]
19:15 CDT, 15 April 2024
BRONZE-FINAL
YouTube VODs
pukka3tourney2 - [2:27]
cpm15 - [-1:23]
cpm22 - [3:28]
19:45 CDT, 15 April 2024
GRAND-FINAL
YouTube VODs
pukka3tourney2 - [3:38]
cpm3a - [9:19]
kwong had chosen to forfeit the third match
cpm22 - [xx:xx]
Division II
13:00 CDT, 15 April 2024
SEMI-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm22 - [9:26]
darkztn - [11:15]
cpm24 - [9:21]
13:30 CDT, 15 April 2024
SEMI-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm3a - [31:0]
cpm15 - [20:7]
darkztn - [16:31]
cpm24 - [27:21]
14:30 CDT, 15 April 2024
BRONZE-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm3a - [26:16]
pukka3tourney2 - [24:19]
cpm15 - [24:14]
15:15 CDT, 15 April 2024
GRAND-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm22 - [17:18]
cpm3a - [29:3]
darkztn - [3:12]
cpm15 - [17:4]
cpm24 - [6:7]
Division I
19:45 CDT, 2 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm3a - [25:8]
cpm22 - [10:8]
pukka3tourney2 - [17:6]
23:30 CDT, 2 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
Fjo3tourney6 - [15:4]
darkztn - [10:9]
cpm3a - [22:8]
20:00 CDT, 3 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm24 - [48:1]
cpm15 - [32:4]
cpm3a - [11:0]
18:30 CDT, 4 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
Fjo3tourney6 - [17:-3]
pukka3tourney2 - [26:14]
cpm15 - [17:7]
20:15 CDT, 4 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm3a - [25:-1]
cpm15 - [28:5]
pukka3tourney2 - [24:4]
21:45 CDT, 5 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
darkztn - [26:4]
cpm3a - [25:9]
Fjo3tourney6 - [21:10]
23:30 CDT, 5 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
forest/ [3:0]
YouTube VODs
cpm24 - [29:12]
cpm15 - [17:13]
cpm22 - [28:20]
10:45 CDT, 7 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm22 - [65:-3]
pukka3tourney2 - [53:6]
cpm24 - [73:-5]
17:00 CDT, 7 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
pukka3tourney2 - [14:12]
cpm15 - [15:4]
darkztn - [21:5]
00:45 CDT, 8 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm15 - [45:2]
cpm24 - [41:12]
pukka3tourney2 - [28:11]
22:15 CDT, 11 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
pukka3tourney2 - [19:9]
cpm15 - [2:14]
cpm22 - [10:12]
cpm3a - [15:20]
13:30 CDT, 12 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
pukka3tourney2 - [19:-1]
cpm3a - [35:0]
cpm22 - [1:0]
Division II
22:00 CDT, 2 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
pukka3tourney2 - [4:12]
cpm22 - [2:17]
cpm3a - [5:24]
20:45 CDT, 4 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm22 - [23:0]
cpm24 - [23:8]
cpm3a - [17:12]
22:15 CDT, 4 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm3a - [23:2]
cpm15 - [21:15]
cpm22 - [16:22]
darkztn - [19:13]
21:45 CDT, 5 April 2024
EIGHTH-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm22 - [10:19]
cpm24 - [20:21]
cpm3a - [10:20]
21:15 CDT, 6 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
YouTube VODs
cpm22 - [17:14]
cpm3a - [37:4]
pukka3tourney2 - [22:14]
12:30 CDT, 8 April 2024
QUARTER-FINAL
Match Unplayed
Map1 - [xx:xx]
Map2 - [xx:xx]
Map3 - [xx:xx]
This event will be a duel league where the players are separated into random groups of four. Players will then play other three contestants in the respective group, and for each win will be rewarded three points. Once all group games have been completed, the top two players from each group will advance to the Division I Playoffs, which will be a single-elimination bracket, and the bottom two players from every group will advance to the Division II Playoffs, which will be a separate single-elimination bracket. Both brackets will feature a prize pool.
Division I
Division II
Withdrawn
VODs are available at this link here. Simply click a match you are interested in and it will display the demos that were uploaded to YouTube showcasing the winner's point-of-view.
VODs of the grand-final and semi-final that were streamed are available here for part 1 (click here for the first 2 hours of CPM casting) and here for part 2 (click here for 6 more hours of CPM).
All demos can be downloaded from here, these demos were recorded on CPMA 1.50.
All of the results and scores of the group stages can be found here. Simply click a match and click "Show map results" for the full scores.
= Division I
= Division II
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• cpm3a - "Use and Abuse" (x38)
• cpm22 - "Aerowalk" (x37)
• pukka3tourney2 - "Evolution" (x29)
• cpm15 - "Patibuh's Lair" (x27)
• cpm24 - "Phrantic" (x20)
• darkztn (x17)
• Fjo3tourney6 (x8)
Out of the 25 players in play-offs (excluding myself as admin of course), 19 of them responded to a survey I had posted asking about how they felt about certain aspects of this league. The most important result that was attained is that the majority of people want another tournament like this one within the next six months. Some people want one even sooner than that. No one really had too many issues or was bothered by the seeding but many people said they wished the tournament was shorter, while other people, said they wanted a double-elimination format (an upper bracket and a lower bracket). Had we implemented a lower bracket the tournament would have been even longer, so I think as it stands there are two factions of people who are split between wanting to shorten this league while some people wanted the competitive nature of a lower bracket which would have actually extended it.
Here are the full results from 76% of players who played the five weeks and responded to the optional survey.
Would you play in a future tourney again? If so when should the next one be?
• 47% Six months from now (9x)
• 21% In a few months (4x respondents said four months, sooner than six, etc)
• 21% Apathetic, don't care, whenever (4x respondents said: any time, I'm done with CPMA, as soon as you like, or not sure)
• 11% Do it now (2x one respondent said "asap" the other respondent said "Tomorrow" lol)
What's something that can be improved, if a future event was to be organized in a similar style?
• 26% Can't think of anything/went well (5x respondents said: can't think of anything, was a good experience, don't have much input everything worked out well, everything went alright keep it up, I can't think of anything)
• 16% More people, more games (3x respondents said: more people, more games, more players!)
• 16% Shorten the tournament (3x respondents said: maybe a bit shorter, if it could be shorter it would be cool, probably the time schedule was too long but everything was very nice).
• 11% Double-eliminations for playoffs (2x respondents said: maybe consider double elim for playoffs, mmmm double elim for final stage?)
• 11% Disbalance in skill levels (2x respondents said: "Not to be put up against gellehsak" I actually lol'd at this response :D, put noobs vs noobs if possible, its more fun if skill levels are equal)
• 5% Change pick/ban map order so you get to ban a map before picking any (1x)
• 5% Admins were too pushy (1x respondent said: you seemed to be a bit on peoples' case to get their match done early in the week, wanting them to schedule earlier etc, give concise deadlines and let them schedule within, not a huge issue imo)
• 5% Map pool (1x respondent said: Replacing of some maps, cpm24 and fjo in particular)
• 5% Community outreach/advertising (1x respondent said: "Advertise the league on the CPMA discord. I only found out about it from someone randomly messaging me on discord" lol that was me randomly messaging people oops)
Do you think you were treated with courtesy and respect by admins and players?
• 100% Yes (19x - everyone was well-mannered and mature so I'm not surprised 19/19 said "yes")
How would you rate your experience?
• 53% Better than I expected (10x respondents said: Better than I expected, I enjoyed it)
• 47% Standard tournament/league (9x)
Did you think brackets were fairly seeded?
• 53% It was fine but not perfect (10x respondents said: it was fine but not perfect, my matches were fair but I didn't get matched against top players [in the group stages], it was fine but not perfect because group stages were randomized overall I liked it)
• 42% Yes, I think this would give the most competitive outcome (8x)
• 5% Should have put more games winners and losers brackets (1x)
How long should Group Stages be?
• 68% It was fine, 3 weeks was good (13x)
• 21% It should be shorter, 2 weeks (4x)
• 5% It should be longer than 4 weeks (1x)
• 5% idk (1x)
What was the most difficult/annoying part about Group Stages?
• 42% No difficulties or issues (8x respondents said: nothing was wrong ez group, I didn't find anything annoying really, none, no complaints in the groups, honestly nothing sh*t was smooth, there were no real difficulties to be honest, i don't think i or we had any difficulties)
• 11% Groups should not have been randomized (2x)
• 11% Unresponsive opponents, difficulty scheduling (2x)
• 11% Servers lagged / technical difficulty running the game (2x)
• 11% I was busy and or unresponsive (2x respondents said: I was probably unresponsive, but we got our fights done on time, very busy past few weeks not the fault of APC)
• 5% Pick ban order was inconsistent (1x)
• 5% Admins were too pushy / did too much (1x)
• 5% Double Elimination format (1x respondent said: the tourney was awesome but I would have preferred a double elim format)
notorious for uploading 172 demos (yeah guys, you read that right! ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO) to YouTube of the group stages, playoffs, and finals. I can't really thank you enough for your patience, kindness, and friendship. I owe a lot of thanks personally to you.
freddiaN for streaming the randomization of group stages and dividing our 32 players into 8 groups, I think they for the most part came out quite splendidly.
myT for restoring the active development of Challenge ProMode Arena.
Thank you to our spectators who watched the finals being streamed on Tastyspleen.tv, I hope that old players enjoyed watching the new talent and new players who were asking on the stream, "What is this game? How do I download it?" will come to see the light and fight with us on CPM servers.
Most important of all, everyone who participated in and played their matches, as long as we have players and they coalesce on CPM servers - CPM will never die.
Questions People Have Been Asking
How many people play this game? Is it ded? Ded gaem? I only play games with "x" amount of players.
Depends on the region. If you sum all of the American players, European players (including Russia), you would probably have more than 30 people who actively play within a month. There are probably closer to 50-80 people who add on a once every three-months basis. Russians at one point had more than two dozens or so of people who were actively adding to their pickups within the last year or two but activity has slowed. It sorta goes up and down depending on the season, sometimes oldschoolers just pop out of the wood works. If you ever need a duel in every region (Europe, North America, Oceania) we have beginners, mid-skill-low, mid-skill-high, and high skill players.
Duels happen on a daily basis. There's usually a daily team game in Europe/Russia though it's not guaranteed all the time. American activity fluctuates wildly, you can get four days of team games in a row (4 versus 4 capture the flag, 20 minutes to a game, roughly 2-4 games in a day) and then a bit of a pause for seven days without any activity.
CPMA games are not really played by hopping into a server. If you see a bunch of empty servers it's because people look for games on Discord and agree to play beforehand and when they finish they leave the server.
From my experience, if you are American/European and you want to play CPM you are guaranteed to find someone to play every single day of the year. There is always someone around who wants to duel if you are patient enough. If you are looking for games at 3:00 when everyone is asleep, or at 13:00 when everyone is at work, you probably won't find anyone but if you choose your hours sensibly you can play CPM every single day same as you breathing oxygen every single day.
Europe and America head quarters: https://discord.me/CPMA
East European (Russian primarily) head quarters: https://www.discord.me/Promode-RU
Oceania head quarters: https://discord.me/oafps
I don't have Quake III Arena. I'm not able to buy it. I lost my CD-key. I don't know how to install a mod. You guys this is hopeless...
Woah, slow down there tiger. Come by Discord, we have an idiot-proof package that will resolve all your questions and needs and you will be able to not only play but to have a perfect installation without any Malware/bugs and any issues.
Discords are as follows:
Europe and America head quarters: https://discord.me/CPMA
East European (Russian primarily) head quarters: https://www.discord.me/Promode-RU
Oceania head quarters: https://discord.me/oafps
Previous posts:
2018 Apr 02 Americas Promode Conference Playoffs
2018 Mar 11 Americas Promode Conference
Links:
Americas Promode Conference Discord Server, Tournament Page, 
Match Results, 
Division I Brackets Page, Division II Brackets Page, playmorepromode
Edited by Krvcsl at 18:50 CDT, 18 April 2018 - 23622 Hits