/icup/ - Inter-Board Competitions

[this was originally the OP post]

Scroll down on this post for a list of teams participating in the next cup
Currently 30 Teams have joined and 2 need to complete their teams to participate
Submissions are still open (if a team won't finish their export we will just replace it) but even if we reach the maximum number, extra teams will still see some action!

Alright folks, I've waited for what it feels like an eternity and I've yet to receive any message from SKF, so it can be assumed that he's permanently MIA. Given that, I want to have a chat with you guys on the realistic chances of getting this show on the road.

For starters, given how low the webring is interconnected compared to the last couple of years, I think it's in our best interests to ignore the "only webrings + 8ch" rule that was previously imposed. This means that we'd unban teams that used to cause problems (/leftypol/, /cow/) as well as allow any imageboard that feels committed enough to participate as their own team (as opposed to individual boards). This would in turn bring us a bit more viewership and participation than the old cup, which basically had just three boards editing wikis and rosters with custom models and whatnot. I want this tournament to feel like a party, not just a circlejerk.
Secondly, we lack a lot of resources. To have a tournament, here's the bare minimum we need:
>Min. 1 Host, in charge of running and streaming the game
>Min. 2 Color Commentators (both to check eventual rigging and to monitor both chat and game), a host could double as a commentator
>Min. 2 riggers to check that stats are appropriately loaded in
>Min. 1 guy to record
>Some anons advertising in a non shilly manner the event
I sadly cannot be a reliable host as I can run PES, but the time zones when I could stream are kind of limited so at best I could offer token support.

Finally, there's the issue of the game. We could still use PES as our baseline, and just take the exports from previous years and add and modify teams as we please. On the other hand, I think having some other game to use would also help dissociate our group from the 4chan Cup. I say this cause with PES we require a minimum of 8 active teams, whereas I don't know if other games can fit the bill or even allow for easier access to modding tools.

Let me know what you guys think of this.

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Tentative list of applicable teams (with links):
https://zzzchan.xyz/2hu/index.html - Touhou Project
https://smuglo.li/a/ - Animu and Mango
https://8chan.moe/ac/ - Latin American Cartoon & Comics
https://tvch.moe/art/ - Art Discussion and Shitposts
https://zzzchan.xyz/bmn/ - Streaming So-bad-it's-good movies
https://anon.cafe/britfeel/ - British board
https://anon.cafe/christian/ - Christianity
https://anon.cafe/cuckquean/ - Female Cuckholdry 
https://tvch.moe/dup/ - American Politics [G-CUP CHAMPION]
https://endchan.org/egy/ - Egyptian board (https://8kun.top/egy/)
https://erischan.org/eris/ - Discordianism (the religion, not the program)
https://anon.cafe/f/ - Adobe Flash Player games and animation discussions [4CC 2017 export]
https://16chan.xyz/fascist/ - Discussions on Fascism [ICUP 6 WINNER]
https://anon.cafe/film/ - (Good) Movie streams and appreciation
http://endchan.org/fscchan/ - Indonesian board
https://anon.cafe/islam/ - Discussion of the Islamic faith
https://alogs.space/ita/ - Italian board
https://zzzchan.xyz/japan/index.html - Funposting and Autism
https://anon.cafe/k/ - Weapons and War
https://2kind.moe/kind/ - Kind friends
https://late.city/ & https://anon.cafe/comfy/ - participating as /latecomfy/, anonymous safe for work lounges
https://leftypol.org - Leftist Politically Incorrect 
https://8chan.moe/loomis/ & https://anon.cafe/loomis/ - Artists Hangout, Drawthreads and Collaborative Art Projects
https://8chan.moe/monarchy/ - Monarchism and Royalty
https://smuglo.li/monster/ - Monstergirls
https://otterchat.net/ - Otter appreciation board
https://anon.cafe/pro/ - Racoon appreciation board
https://anon.cafe/server/ - General discussion, with thread-specific rules and css
https://anon.cafe/retro/ - 1990s and 2000s internet nostalgia
https://sportschan.org/sp/ - Sports discussion board
https://anon.cafe/sw/ - Star Wars
https://smuglo.li/yuri/ - Girls' romance board

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>>2934 (OP) 
As a general rule, I'd like for the next tournament to feature at least half the teams from the top 20 most active boards of the Webring / 8chan, in order to ensure at the bare minimum some viewership, as opposed to some matches from yesteryear where we could get anything from ten to fifty concurrent viewers.
If we used some other game like a Wrestling one or a Tennis one, where less players need to be edited, we could effectively allow much more boards to participate, as we won't end up with scenarios where an empty board wins against all the major ones all the time.

>>2935
If at all possible, I wish we could remove certain teams permanently. Not ones related to a specific imageboard, but those that have boards that no longer exist (/dose/ or /ggrevolt/). I'm in favor of keeping /leftypol/ though.

I think we need to set up rules for teams in general, especially those outside of the webring itself:
1) If a team already exists and its host board is still active, then it should remain in the hands of the host board.
2) If a board (especially outside of the webring) wants to create a new team with the same name as another one that already exists, then either they have to participate jointly with the original board (which takes precedence) or they're given the chance to create a new team but it has to have the name of the Imageboard of origin. For example, if zzzchan's /a/ wants their own team, they must name it zzz/a/.

>>2937
3) If an imageboard outside of the webring wants to compete, we should let them do so but with their own specific imageboard as the team rather than a single board. For example, take Indiachan, they can compete as /india/ or "team Indiachan" but their own /a/ should not compete as its own thing.
4) If a board becomes inactive or its users really don't give a shit about the cup, we should let other boards with the same name to take their place, in order to keep the tournament going.

>>2934 (OP) 
>unban teams that used to cause problems
I’m strongly against it. I don’t trust /leftypol/ enough to not have a repeat of their rigging, and plus them being behind the DdoS makes me despise them to the point that they’re off for good.
/cow/ is no better, and I prefer they also stay away from the cup, as they are generally a nuisance (see day 1 of icup 6 or their latest spam against Smug).
>resources
I’ll be honest, I could try and do the recording but I’m not good on how to make OBS not lag my PC (and also /ita/’s manager said he could try and do it; I prefer to be used as a backup).
>games
For context, I’m the anon who was working on the baseball idea; it’s on hiatus because of lack of motivation and also because editing a 10-year-old game is a huge pain in the ass.
I’m not so sure what other games can be easily modded, but I can assure you that the NBA2K games are not. Konami is a piece of shit but EA is not too far behind it. In any case, maybe it’d be a good idea to look back on some of the ideas from this thread >>16 and see if there’s one that can work for us.

>>2938
I would add a stipulation where /b/ styled boards do not really count towards team management. Like if it has some factor that makes it stand out (like /404/ on 8ch that mainly deals with webms) I am okay with it, but 20 off topic boards is kind of too much imo.

>>2939
While I do see your point, it was a rule that was enforced mostly by SKF himself. Generally speaking I agree with the idea that if the host doesn't want to do it, then he shouldn't; and if he wants to do it, there's nothing stopping him from doing it.
So basically what I'm trying to say is that I'll never contact /leftypol/ or /cow directly, but if anons from there look like they're interested, I will not stop them from joining if they want to and it will only come down to the host's preferences.

Which is why, if anyone is so inclined to make this tourney a reality, they should come forth with a hosting proposition.

Could it be possible to create a thread dedicated solely to new teams? Like, I know that board rules ask teams to create their own individual thread to garner interest, but barring a few exceptions this never really worked. Most anons just post on their own board/website and call us back when they have the roster anyhow.

>>2942
Sure go ahead

>>2941
Okay I see what you mean. I'm just worried that any action coming from either could sour the experience, but I guess we'll have to see.
By the way, do you have anything else to say in regards to the other half of my post? Just curious.

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>>2939
>I’m strongly against it. I don’t trust /leftypol/ enough to not have a repeat of their rigging
This is a silly argument, for many reasons.
0) Trust isn't required from managers.
If a team sends an invalid roster, they should be disqualified before the match. Managers can't actually rig.
1) What they did isn't unique or likely intentional.
In fact, I went through the ICUP 6 save file with the 4CCeditor's ATF tool (which checks if a team fits the rules) adjusted for ICUP rules.
Guess what? The only teams that had a roster without errors were /a/, /co/ and /librejp/, with most other teams having an unfair advantage (in a few cases, ones that could have had significant effects), and some being at an illegal disadvantage.
The point being, shit happens,
But most importantly: The ICUP wiki itself describes it as a "serious communications failure" on the Infinity Cup 1 page; "A subsequent investigation into /leftypol/'s export found that their goalkeeper had been assigned 77pts for all stats, to the 70 of other teams -- this being the product of a rule change late into planning for Infinity Cup I and nobody checking team exports before the cup began.".
2) It's not even run by the same manager, and (AFAIK) they didn't have any issues in ICUP2 onwards
Judging by /pol/eague, they have completely different people running their PES team now, and they've had no trouble with the team, despite it being the designated heel team.
So yeah, this argument is ultimately wrong in many ways.

>plus them being behind the DdoS 
I don't think a bunch of infighting larpers could have performed a DDoS (at all, but even then) against a site of that size. Especially not without actually making posts organizing it on their board. I've seen this claim made by a couple of people but never any evidence, or even an argument for their motivation: they were one of the biggest boards there. Why would they deplatform themselves and the other boards they used?

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>>2937
>Hello, this is Jim Beglin here to give you a warm welcome to the grand final, Manchester United vs. aaa/z/

>>2942
>Like, I know that board rules ask teams to create their own individual thread to garner interest, but barring a few exceptions this never really worked. 
That, and it caused other teams' threads to get bumped off.

I will do what I can to help. I have sufficient experience with the back end and aesthetics, so I can help with the technical side. Similarly to you, there are timezone issues so I consider my self unable to host for the rest of this year.
If we get really desperate I can try and find some compromise, although there could be stream quality issues and I wouldn't be able to participate in commentary in that case (desktop can only be near roommates who like sleep and don't like the words some of the player names have), which is almost a dealbreaker for the host not to be able to commentate as the other commentators get a quick-and-lightweight real-time potato feed where we can't see half of what's really happening.

I can take the role of 'rigger to check that stats are appropriately loaded in', a color commentator, and one of the 'advertising in a non shilly manner the event'.

>>Min. 1 guy to record
Streaming programs often have a local recording option. That's best, in case the streaming site breaks and stops you downloading the final video (this has happened). Just need to make sure there's enough disk space, it's an encoding format that's fast and that it's not a format that corrupts if aborted mid-stream.
So one less person needed, just the streamer.
>help dissociate our group from the 4chan Cup
Never a bad thing to add more sparts, so long as we have the capacity to do it, but I just don't really care about converging or diverging. It's not like SuperTuxKart where they're sick of people calling it a Mario Kart clone, who cares if people notice this cup was an 8chan spin-off?

>>2934 (OP) 
/fascist/ here
Although we're not from the webring, we did play games in the cup due to our previous status. Are we still good to go for the next one?

It's cool that you're making a new cup but going around different boards pretending to be a native fan is an even worse form of advertising.

>>2966
Oh God is the autist at it again

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>>2955
>Okay I see what you mean. I'm just worried that any action coming from either could sour the experience
It's hard to say, on the one hand /leftypol/ have been shitters, on the other they changed a considerable amount of admins since that time and the userbase might as well be completely different. No idea about /cow/ as I don't look that board up at all.
>>2966
>>2967
If it's a copy and pasted message with a stupid picture, it's definitely the cup autist. That was his MO back then at least.

>>2968
I can definitely tell you that >>>/retro/2233 and >>>/film/2348 are the same person. There are likely more as well.

>>2957
>Guess what? The only teams that had a roster without errors were /a/, /co/ and /librejp/, with most other teams having an unfair advantage (in a few cases, ones that could have had significant effects), and some being at an illegal disadvantage.
RIGGED
All tournaments should be invalidated forever and ever now, 100%
By the way where'd you get that tool? I may be a bit retarded, as I cannot find it on their wiki pages
>>2958
>Not using the RedCard commentator
https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=DxY4q4LadTI

>>2938
>4) If a board becomes inactive or its users really don't give a shit about the cup, we should let other boards with the same name to take their place, in order to keep the tournament going.
What about a team with a board that is inactive but people like just for the meme? i.e. /bane/ or /test/
>>2960
>I will do what I can to help. I have sufficient experience with the back end and aesthetics, so I can help with the technical side.
>I can take the role of 'rigger to check that stats are appropriately loaded in', a color commentator, and one of the 'advertising in a non shilly manner the event'.
Godspeed based /eris/ anon, you'll convert me to your religion soon enough

>>2958
Mmh, I was wondering, are there deepfakes for the voices of popular commentators? I know that youtubers have their own voices on services like 15.ai and vocodes, but it might be cool to use one of those to commentate matches or to read certain chat messages and whatnot during the matches.
>>2959
We only had a few teams following the rules anyhow.

>>2957
Care to post the rest of these? If we can see the mistakes we can fix them this time.

>>2970
>where'd you get that tool? I may be a bit retarded, as I cannot find it on their wiki pages
Not him but I think it was this one
https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/Pro_Evolution_Soccer_2017/Auto-ATF

>>2957
>>2975
Seconding this request, please.

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Been away from this place for ages, what the fuck happened to SKF and Oxford?

I am still here and willing to commentate, assuming you still have my email send me a message, although I might've given it just to SKF.
t. Solomon

>>2981
Link it back please

>>2970
>By the way where'd you get that tool? I may be a bit retarded, as I cannot find it on their wiki pages
>>2977 is right.
Also, the 4CCeditor is here: https://github.com/the4chancup/4ccEditor/releases , I did a quick and dirty adjustment in the source code to change them to our slightly different rules.
But as I was looking up that link, I found a result that looks like someone has done the same thing for ICUP already so I'll check that out. It looks better made from a quick glance at the history. If that's the case, we could just send the program to the organizer >>2975

>>2985
q81yba+253a05t5ohjd0@sharklasers.com
send something to this with proof that you're the guy i think you are

>>2987
Are you talking about this?
https://git.kalli.st/erisian/4ccEditor-ICUP

I haven't touched it since planning for ICUP stopped. It's basically what you described with a couple of other convenience changes, like the README says. I've uploaded the compiled .exe, link dies in 23 days: https://lainsafe.kalli.st/files/164618654647311.zip

>>2988
okie dokie

>>2963
I'd imagine so, given that you guys won the previous one. I don't know if the other blackshirts and/or BO are still soured over the whole thing

>>2997
The cup is kind of outside of the scope of board drama
Or rather, it oughta be

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>>2969
https://zzzchan.xyz/bmn/thread/2.html#129
I found him on /bmn/ too.

>>3019
Are you forming a dedicated anti-autist task force?

>>3021
Not really but it's still worth keeping an eye out just because.

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>>3019
I thought the way that post was worded was strange. In any case, if there's room on the docket: /bmn/ would welcome another season of dive grass. Is there anything set in stone for this tourney, or is it up in the air at the moment?

>>2997
What are you talking about?
>>2990
Thank you anon

>>3019
Meh, so long as he's not disturbing the board owners, I don't think it's grounds for any worry

>>3025
Glad to have you guys back!
You should definitely advertise your movie night on the rest of the webring though.

>>2981
Did they ever contact you?

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If you dare forget about us, your defeat shall be slow & dramatic.
Anyways, just showing up to say hello guys. Dunno if we'll manage a makeover by the time you set up the next event, but we'll join even with our previous lineup in place. As usual, you can contact us about news in our meta thread or in our icup thread.
Now, these are exclusively the current manager's personal opinions: keep leftypol and cow out, keep otter and fascist in, opinions entirely based on relative cuteness.

>>3051
>If you dare forget about us, your defeat shall be slow & dramatic.
Are you /yuri/'s rep?
>keep leftypol and cow out
I think people stated it's all up to the host. What if we just let them play in their own little league so at least one of them loses?

So ist it actually gonna happen now?

>>3057
That's up to the BO and whoever volunteers to do what is described in the OP

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just dumping this here

>>2934 (OP) 
You might wanna head over here >>>/server/1280

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>>3068
C R I N G E R U

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>>3068
C R I N G E R U

The autist is at it again

>>3086
Where?

>>3087
For now I've seen him on /a/ and /2hu/

>>3088
And on /agdg/ also

>>3086
Is there a way to advertise it without having to rely on autists? I would REALLY rather our board wasn't tarnished by tards.

>>3092
Unfortunately the only way SKF did so was to basically ask the autist to stop, which didn't work sadly. Or at least make it clear that the cup is not finalised yet.

>>3093
Sorry for doubleposting but he also posted on /animu/ too.

>>2934 (OP) 
/retro/ here
If possible could you add us?

>>2934 (OP) 
What's the deadline for team submissions?

>>3096
Currently there is no deadline but ideally we would like to have something around 32 teams, so you can just count the guys who already asked to participate. All it matters is that we find a host, then we will just close submissions as soon as we feel comfortable streaming the event.

>>3095
aight

>>2934 (OP) 
Put us in the thing
t. /cuckquean/

/christian/ here, if a new cup is happening can you put us in

>>3101
>>3102
okay I'll add it to the OP later

>>2934 (OP) 
Hey chaim, I checked /film/ and they have no real submission, only a will to participate

>>2934 (OP) 
Add /art/ to the list >>3104

>>3112
righto
I'll also change /film/'s status

Sign up /2hu/ please.

>>3118
done

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>>2934 (OP) 
/sw/, you know what you gotta do

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add /japan/

>>2957
wau

>>3131
Glad you guys could be with us!

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Did /monster/ not join yet?  It seems like their thread got knocked off the catalog somehow last I checked.  I'm surprised they weren't reinvited yet either.

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>>3138
To clarify, yes, I'm asking for /monster/ to be put back in.

>>3139
and about time too
Add /ita/ to the mix please

>>3138
>It seems like their thread got knocked off the catalog somehow last I checked.
It's still up: https://smuglo.li/monster/res/15009.html

BO please add /monster/ and /ita/ to the list
And also >>3142 as a potential team

>>3145
sorry been outtatown for the week, I'll do asap

>>2934 (OP) 
please put /egy/ in

>>3141
Oh.  Never mind, I misremembered us as having our thread here on this board.
>>3148
Where does /egy/ even hang out these days?

>>3149
We are at
http://endchan.org/egy/
https://8kun.top/egy/index.html

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We as proud representatives of /monarchy/, wish to submit a team. We are currently working on the details with the assistance of a kit maker anon.

Sorry about the weird colors, I'm trying to edit the CSS to make it jazzier but it's just becoming a bit of a bother to look at

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/leftypol/ (leftypol.org) are ready!

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>monarchy and leftypol together in the cup
wew

>>3160
Wait, you the portuguese guy who drew board tans?
Can you back up your claims that you are from the board?

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>>3161
I-It's not like we like you or anything Grace-tan! Juche isn't even a real monarchy!

>>3162
No, I am not the lovely person who drew those tans.
I can back up the claims: 'Vaush' wordfilters to Agent Kochinski

>>3163
>'Vaush' wordfilters to Agent Kochinski
That means absolutely nothing to me as I don't keep track of anything but my immediate interests
But sure let's do this

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Make room for /loomis/!
(that is, both boards, but mainly the 8ch one)

>>3029
You say that, but at the same time I agree with >>3092 that if that autist is not stopped he will ruin the board's reputation.
I only bring this back because he posted in >>>/l/1402

>>3169
Is there NO END to this autismo machine?

>>3184
I wish I could know how to stop that autist, anon.

>>2934 (OP) 
please add smug/a/ before the tournament's deadline

>>3186
Are you an /a/ poster? You don't sound like an /a/ poster.

>>3187
I saw someone ask it on Smug and rushed to reply once I saw the number of teams already present at the tournament. Speaking of, shouldn't /a/ and the other old cup teams have some sort of assured status when it comes to new competitions? Seems a bit unfair.

>>3188
I don't think so, if you want in at least one person should be here to say so

>>3188
Also, was that on /a/ or on the cum discussion board?

>>3186
I have no idea what this is but it's probably more of the autist's spamming random boards.

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>>3088
>>3188
>>3190
>>3191
https://archive.ph/TCm1J#1129440

>>3193
We have the best investigative team of the Webring lmao
Anyhow if /a/ doesn't make a thread, then it's a bust for me

I've thought of a dozen different ways to try and write this. It's all come out sounding dumb and stupid. Life's been shit for plenty of people over the past bit, myself included, so there's no need to go over the details. A lot of things fell to the wayside over that span of time, imageboards were a big one. Some boards have gone dark, or dropped off the webring entirely. It sucks, I'm sorry for that. I feel bad about it because I wanted to work on this Cup as a way to keep things active, strengthen ties with anons and their board, boards with other boards. It can still happen. We've hit tons of speed bumps along the way, this ought to be nothing. I have to be honest that I can't one-man-show this anymore though. I really thought that I'd be able to handle all of the bigger stuff, plus the wiki and keeping up with the goings on the board and team threads. It was just too much. I'm not hashing anything out officially. I know /eris/'s rep, Pope GD has been attempting things from the technical side, there's a couple of Blenderfags around and a few other dedicated anons. We can make it work. Nothing is gone, nothing I have or had has been deleted. All of the videos and recordings are still on my HDD. The work I was doing to create a blank base game for people to test with is all still here. I've been getting back into migrating the wiki. Slowly but surely we'll make it. If you want to know where to find me, I'll be here every few days or so to check in and slowly catch up. I'm usually active in the evening/night on the East Coast, if you want a specific time. And if you don't believe this is me, check for the mod edit below. And check here: https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki/User:SKF 

Let's play some divegrass lads.

>>3221
IT'S COMING HOME, LADS...

I'm just putting this out there, controversial idea, but it is possible to ask for a 4chan Cup Committee person to host a match day, even if we organize the rest of it and bring our own color commentary.

>>3224 (me)
I should point out I'm not someone running this thing, I'm just an anon.

>>3224
We could certainly try. Back in the day someone claiming to be a 4CC organizer wanted to do an invitational match with 8chan (before sex change).

>>3224
Do they even care about us? I mean, we could try, but I'm not expecting anything at this point.

>>3230
>>3227
>>3224
It's not an idea that jumps out at me as strikingly good, honestly. If there's an appetite for it, maybe, but we'd probably be better served trying to find Cotton again or something.

>>3230
Sure they don't have a vested interest but I'm sure they'd find it fun or a welcome change from the scheduled programming.

>>3231
Of course DIY is best if we can find Cotton or a fan who is capable, but if it comes down to no-one able and waiting another year, I think it's a good compromise.

>leftypol.org - Leftist Politically Incorrect [Exports may be broken, requires host to be willing to make them play, but otherwise team is good to go]
/leftypol/ rep here, I am willing and able to update the export and player models (I have the PES 2017+patch installed now). We want to update a few players anyway. Let me know if there's anything else concrete you need before we can enter.
What are the blockers, other than sign-ups? Is it just finding capable hosts, or is there something else?

>>3248
Sure pal
It's just so I remember to look into the stats sid.of things and to stop being a lazy cunt, but if you have changes you wish to make go ahead and do them / tell me so we can get them in

I'm seeing that the /ac/ guys have everything ready >>3257
BO can you please update the OP?

>>3262
Sure once my shift is over

So, when's the tournament starts?

>>3272
When we can find a host.

sorry it took so long I'm kinda busy

>>3272
Is it possible this summer?

>>3277
I think this question should be left for SKF to answer, but the main problems currently are that no one has stepped up to be the host and the 32-team roster hasn't been reached.

>>3277
>>3278
I think it may be a good idea to scout around for potential hosts on boards, not just sit here waiting for a hand up that won't arrive, if we want things done in summer. I can pick it up in winter but until then, asking around seems smart.

Someone above mentioned asking 4CC staff for a one-off host volunteer, I don't think it's a bad idea, probably fun for a change if anything. If you want me to try and establish contact and organize this, I can, let me know.

>32 team roster
It's easy to add 2 popular filler teams from the legacy roster, so that's a solvable issue.

>>3279
we need 3 more though, but /a/ seems to be quasi interested? Or is it probably just some troll?

>>3279
The only one who seems to be up for hosting so far is the /leftypol/ anon.
And once again, the idea of using 4CC staff is not a very good one. Maybe save that as a sort of last resort.
>>3280
I don't think so. The way it's written leads me to think it's the autist doing this shit.

>>3280
What are the statuses of /librejp/ (I thought there was noted interest) and /lego/ (always fun, actually made fan-art) ?

>>3281
>the idea of using 4CC staff is not a very good one
Why not? Cultural differences?

>>3282
>/librejp/
One anon was asking if it was possible to port VRoid models to Blender, and another one was asking if there was a deadline, saying that he'd try to make it to the stream if possible.
>/lego/
Last time I checked the board was completely inactive, and seems to be so since March.

>Why not? Cultural differences?
In part that's one of the reasons, but the other is just me wondering if they still use PES2017 for any other cup besides the main one.

>>3283
>but the other is just me wondering if they still use PES2017 for any other cup besides the main one.
That part shouldn't be an issue: most of the skills and tools are the same with PES2021 and installing our 2017 and patches doesn't take long (esp. if you've installed PES before) and we can just send them the DLC and verified teams, and make them aware of any different rules (e.g. live managment).

>>3284 (me)
The idea being they're a streamer, rather than an organizer. Host may have been a poor choice of words for this situation.

>>3285
I guess that could work? Still not open to that idea though.

Speaking of finishing the roster, have you tried asking on 8chanmoe boards? what other image board has been recently created.

>>3294
>have you tried asking on 8chanmoe boards?
Read the OP, there's a couple of boards from 8moe who are invited.
As for new imageboards, no idea.

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>>2934 (OP) 

/kind/ reporting in. Looks like we are back for the cup. If you don't have the original (not the skewed tactics by ziegel) use them, else I will source them during the next week.

>>3335
I probably have the ICUP5 strats sitting here somewhere. If you can find them before I do, take 'em.

Wouldja add us /comfy/ bros to the mix?
It's /latecomfy/ though and I think it's fine like that.

>>3353
Do you know if /late/ is also interested in joining alongside /comfy/?

Has anyone asked their homeboards if someone can act as a host? Let us know which board you've asked.
I'll give you a week before I ask on /leftypol/

>>3355
>spoiler
Do not.

What the fuck is going on with Hispachan?

>>3358
It seems confusion, they got a new admin 2 years ago after some chagrin and 2 days ago dude posted out of nowhere a site blog entry saying the site couldn't be ran anymore due to costs and that everyone had 3 days left, he then deleted 2 boards without notice.
Day later he posted about 8moe being the most plausible place to go, some anon posted an offer about paying the server costs or downright buying the site with some others (he had half of the projected value) and offering him some role in such buy out, admin backed down and said he wouldn't accept it and stopped replying.

Now rumors run free and everyone is running headless seeing what to do, let alone the nuked boards were left in thin air or to organize in some other boards, some hours ago the admin also locked many technical boards to have a last-day shelter thing going leaving many efforts in the same catalogue as the farewell threads. A shitshow, Krautchan (one site that names itself as it at least) opened a bunker for them and seems some are shitting the place up discussing things, they had an official backup in 8kun but they didn't seem to check if the site worked so shit is not used, i read there's the 8moe thing going on already but i don't think it will work, they are too varied in terms of topics and nationality jargons to post together in a single board.
I checked the old places in Endchan and it seems very few remember they had backup there, i knew the ones who stayed there evolved into their own thing but i didn't realize the Hispa users were that much of newfags to ignore those places in their emergency lists.

TL;DR admin decided to close shop out of nowhere, nuked a couple of boards and gave them 3 days to organize but in reality gave them a day and a half due to posting the notice well into the first day and locking many boards in the third day aka right now. Also doesn't accept rescue efforts and wants to redirect to 8moe.

>>3336
Ok, I talked with the person who made the original tactic and she wants to make a new one, but would need some time for that. Is there and estimation how much time do we have until the tactics needs to get submitted?


>>3355
I (Ziegel) could go commentating again, but I'm not sure if my setup is able to stream a game, I could try it out though.

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>>3360
>she

>>2934 (OP) 
/a/ is in

https://smuglo.li/support/res/11485.html

>>3362
Is that the head meido?

>>3363
Beats me but barely anyone else browses their support board

Okay, so with /a/ and /latecomfy/ joining (apparently) I was wondering what would happen with teams like /leftypol/ and /server/ who are missing stuff. Yes, a host too.

>>3360
>>3360
(I am not official)
I can't see the cup starting earlier than July, and could easily be later depending on if a potential streamer is found or not. ICUP 6 matchdays started 2nd week of August.
Many teams are completely new, so there's definitely enough time to make strategies.

>>3365
Looks like they both now have enough to be included so /a/ and /latecomfy/ joining would make it a perfect 32 league.

>>3365
/leftypol/ anon said he had everything backed up and the 4cc files, no idea about /server/
We could just wait for the various teams to touch up their stuff and accept any new comer that has already finished building their own team.

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>>3358
>>3359
Hi guys, it's so sad that hispachan had to close. Nevertheless, /ac/ is still alive and healthy, we are now on 8chanmoe, you can check our board;
https://8chan.moe/ac/
And since we no longer have geo blocking I hope you would be able to post there more frequently.

>>3373
What happened to your imageboard is downright criminal, glad to see you managed to relocate so smoothly onto 8chan.

>>3374
Thanks man. We might lost some posters during the process, but overall we are doing it very good so far. You can come and hang out anytime if you want, we don't mind people using google translate, hell, we don't even mind posting in English.

>>3360
Which part of the streaming do you think will be a problem? GPU of screen recording and streaming? Internet speed?
There are some GPU settings that can improve performance of the game and the streaming, I'm happy to offer advice for testing.

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>>2934 (OP) 
>CLERMONT FOOT 63
J'ai vu une capture d'un de tes posts sur /late/.
J'ai vu le nom d'utilisateur.
J'ai eu un petit sursaut.
QUOI ?!? Un Clermontois sur les planches à images ?!?
On se croisera peut-être au stade à l'occasion si t'es toujours dans le pays.
Sinon 8chan.moe/planche/ si tu ne le savais pas.
Au plaisir.

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>>3381
My bad, it seems it's the default name for all posters ? I'm not familiar with this board so I had to lurk moar before posting.
Anyway, I'm not into football but seeing Clermont Foot 63 was quite heart warming.

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BO add /late/ in the OP, they've confirmed their participation as well.

>>3382
It's a joke because PES once displayed one of the team's names as Clermont Foot 63 and anons found that funny.

>>3384
OK that was quite funny and unxpected  to see them mentionned on an imageboard because it's not a "big team" from a little french city lost in the country (this season they played well in the League 1 championship tho).
As I say I'm not into football nor video games but the idea of the Infinity Cup is fun, will lurk.
Good games frens.

>>3381
Hey there frog fren
As the other person mentioned, the name for the generic anons comes from a weird glitch/oversight that happened in the last cup, our host at the time (SKF) had correctly imported all teams, but for some reason the Indonesian one (which was placed on top of the existing Clermont football team) and the one about shitposting on Donald Trump (which hilariously got mixed with BOURG EN BRESS)  had a bunch of settings reverted by the editor, chat loved it so much we just decided to use it for shit and giggles. You're welcome to watch our streams as soon as we get them up and running. Tell your pals too!

>>3385
>As I say I'm not into football nor video games but the idea of the Infinity Cup is fun, will lurk.
Good to hear. My homeboard had a few people mention they normally don't like sport but the player jokes and commentary made it a very fun time for them. I hope you find it the same.
PS: you can see some old recorded matches on https://archive.org/details/gcup_20220310 and https://archive.org/details/ic6_20220606 , but it's not the same without the fans in the chat room ;)

>>3382
Hey anon, since you know about the team: one question that's been around since it first appeared is what the 63 is for. Do you know what's the 63 in Clermont Foot 63 stands for?

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>>3387
I must admit I played PES (at least 10 years ago) with a bunch of friends while drinking whisky and smoking joints. Fun times we had.
>>3388
>63
Metropolitan France is subdivised in administrative zones (departments) numeroted from 01 to 95 respecting an alaphabetical order. 63 is for Puy-de-Dôme where is located the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
So the 63 in the team name.

>>3383
uh oh better add it to the list

>>2934 (OP) 
At this point it seems really stupid to keep leftypol out of the team roster so I guess unless SKF wants to host and still opposes to it we should add them back on the sure-candidate list

>>3393
Yep, we're ready with new tactics and currently backporting player models to 2017.
/server/ just needs to add some more music and that's the 32 teams ready maybe just use the anthem in their thread https://anon.cafe/server/res/678.html#1322 , and a dial-up modem sound for goals until they add some metal or rock for /metal/ and /rocks/.

>>3394
Not quite (e.g. /ac/ need to add more players and music, /monarchy/ need a new kit) but everyone's at a point where they've expressed interest and made a team that can be made valid by anyone within an hour. The list is effectively complete, any outliers can be chased up on their own board at this point.

I will start completing this to-do list with the rest of the things we need from team managers.
https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki/To-do#How_to_edit_this
note: I've got 20 teams listed with roster issues, many of them are technically legal but there's no use just having unused placeholder substitutes. So if your team is on the list and you have 'nothing to do', maybe get a head-start on that. I can give more details on request for teams with technical issues, like a player needing more height or having too many cards. (here, on your home board, or via email if an address is supplied, PGP optional)

Here's a potential list of boards that could host ICUP7:
/a/ - There's a couple of anime streams done over there plus the weekly r/a/dio.
/bmn/ - He does the BMN streams every Saturday. Could give it a try if it doesn't interfere with his schedule.
/japan/ - Mostly Soku tournaments but also the occasional stream.
/monster/ - The /monster/ wrestling federation.
/yuri/ - They do anime streams as well, and they also advertise on /a/.
The idea is to post on their boards and ask if they could be able to host the cup. If there's any other board that could jump in that it's not in here let me know.
Before you ask, yes the /leftypol/ anon is also an option but I want to try some alternatives before.

>>3397 (me)
I forgot that /2hu/ (mainly Oxford) could also host it. Is he still around?

>>3397
>>3398
Good thinking. Do you want to ask them? Otherwise I'll go asking those boards tomorrow.

>>3399
Sure, go for it.

>>3397
Maybe we could get more than one host to stream their half of the tournament, so that we don't offload the responsibility on just a single anon. Also don't forget about the /leftypol/ guy. Or 8/v/ for that matter.

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>>3398
I reached out to /monster/ and they gave us two reccs, one of them Oxford. He's certainly alive, I'll try and chat when they're online (might have to wait a day as I'm busy).
As a side note, the monster stream is chill. Give 'em a visit.

>>3401
Of course having more than one host is ideal, I'm pretty sure that's how most multi-day events are run (this is around 4 game-days long) because anons have lives.
There's also the 4CC group but as said before, keeping it in-house is ideal, they should be considered a fallback.

>>3395
/pro/ tic tacs are here >>3048

>>3402
>the monster stream
Where's that?

>>3404
https://cytu.be/r/LescatieEntertainment

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>>3401
>/leftypol/ guy
Check the spoiler.
>8/v/
I have my doubts, mainly because if they were ever sent an invitation (by the autist mostly) they didn't reply. I don't know if they want to host it if they haven't joined the roster.
>>3402
Alright, that's good. Hopefully he's still interested in running the cup.
>more hosts
Besides that list I don't know if the other boards can host. I lurked briefly over /ac/ and I saw this reply (pic related). It'd be possible to ask the other ones but I'm gonna think it over for now.

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>>3402
Ox has confirmed they are happy to stream! Best availability on Saturdays and Sundays, and he mentioned we should keep looking for more streamers to get a bit of variety and new blood.
They also mentioned they don't want to have to handle the EDIT save files and other technical stuff like last time, which is perfectly fine because I've taken responsibility for all the technical setup at this point, I just send across completed DLC so streamers only have to worry about streaming. In that sense, maybe use the word 'streamer' instead of 'host' when asking others to avoid confusion.

>>3408
Hah, I wouldn't mind a simulcast in spanish and english for the cup
Maybe we could even get the indonesian, italian and japanese anons to do their own commentary

16chan is down, /fascist/ has relocated to 8moe for now

>>3428
Like, down permanently?

>>3430
Seems like it. Apparently it started as a heavy spam attack but then they got deplatformed from what I'm reading on the meta thread.

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>>3428
>>3430
>>3431
Confirmation from BO: 16chan is kill

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>>3433

>>3433
It's always sad when an imageboard dies, I am sad about the Aussies to be honest. Where did they go?

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>>3410
Excellent. With that out of the way we just need to find a streamer. I'll try and see if I can make the rounds on their respective threads to ask for one.
>>3419
That's an interesting thought there, but let's find some people who can stream the cup first.
>Maybe we could even get the indonesian, italian and japanese anons to do their own commentary
Sounds a bit cumbersome with all of the different timezones and whatnot.
>>3439
I imagine they've moved to the /ausneets/ board on Endchan.

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I would like to get some proper organization happening to help make ICUP 7 actually work. Chaos is all well and good, but without some framework it becomes useless. The bottom line is, I don't have any way to know if there are 4 or 8 people alive, how to contact them or what they are capable and incapable of doing.

Everyone who sees this message and is able to contribute, please reply with:
> a name
I don't mind if you use a vague throwaway name like 'icup1' that you never use anywhere else. Just give a name that someone can shout to refer to you when asking for help.
> best ways to contact
Something that you check daily or weekly. Preferably email (PGP optional), or maybe an imageboard or open chatroom (like a weekly cytube), so that anyone can contact you if needed. Even saying '/icup/' is fine, although not ideal, especially between cups when people probably aren't checking here.
Do NOT use a throwaway email, unless you know they will forward messages to an inbox that you will still be checking a year from now. Avoid deanonymizing services like Discord.
>what you can do
Things like streaming, game modding, 3D modelling, image editing for hype material, managing a team, owning the board or wiki or cytube or archive, helping out with the wiki (thank you Icupanon! your effort has been very helpful), anything like that.
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And yes, I will happily help guide people who want to get involved in aesthetics or managing. At this point I don't know if any one else (excluding SKF, who is effectively inactive for this season) is willing to do any PES stuff, graphics or tactics, resulting in me handling all modding for 32+ teams until other volunteers put their hand up. There is a lot to do, and any help will improve the quality of the cup, or let us run it sooner: https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki/To-do

Depending on who can get involved, it makes sense for me to step up and start ultimately pushing forward in organizing ICUP7 in some official capacity to run some time in the next couple of months. AlphabetSoup has done excellent work creating ICUP7, driving interest and organizing all the team entries, and now we need to start focusing on fixing team strategies, setting deadlines and deciding when exactly we can stream it. We have found one available streamer, a couple of potential streamers, and some time in August I should hopefully be able to stream games as well, along with anyone >>3440 can find. I think we're ready to start setting concrete dates.
I will definitely be asking for feedback from /icup/, but my prediction is that ICUP7 will start streaming some time in August, as ICUP6 did. This gives a good balance of allowing time for teams to finalize strategy and rosters, gives me and any other volunteers time to get models for more teams, allows some time for test games, and won't drain hype too much.

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> Pope Grassstains the Divin' I (aka. grassstains)
> best contact: erischan's ICUP thread or email [remove the X's] eriXsian at kalliX.st  . /icup/ also works when organizing or running a cup.
> I mod PES (editing .bin data, tactics, aesthetics), import 3D models, potential future streamer 
> pubkey for those who really want to use it in email:
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>>3395
>/monarchy/ need a new kit
The kit has been an issue for a while.
There was a gk kit submitted, but I recall the color scheme wasn't a pass. 
But /monarchy/ does have kits. 
I could change the color of the gk kit, if that resolves the problem.

>>3444
>I could change the color of the gk kit, if that resolves the problem.
Yep, that will resolve the problem.

>>3397
If some other board is hosting the cup, should the (meta) A E S T H E T I C S for the cup align with the host or the board that won the previous cup? Because /fascist/ doesn't really have that much to play with besides barbed wire and genocide.
Asking for a friend of course.

>>3447
I think they were talking about finding real life people who can act as streamers, and the boards they may be found on, instead of talking about the virtual host board who is traditionally the previous winner.
I'm not looking forward to replacing the comfy /kind/ theme with axes and edgelords either, greco-roman RPing or not, but it is cup tradition. Consider it motivation to beat them.

What A E S T H E T I C S are there for the host team, apart from the [click start to continue] splash and a custom ball? I don't think we will be expanding beyond the last cup's decorations unless more people contribute.

If oneanon has a chance to check their email, please do.

>>3470
Done, check it.

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I am incapable of posting on 8kun.top/egy/ (comes up saying I'm on Tor when I'm not, .onion link is completely broken), so could someone help out an make this new thread?

hey bros
سنلعب بطولة كرة قدم أخرى في https://anon.cafe/icup/res/2407.html. بدأ مستخدم واحد هنا بالفعل في إنشاء فريق. http://infinitycup.miraheze.com/wiki//egy/ هل سترون ذلك يا رفاق؟

<> and then reply with this (unless you can write in Arabic):

فيما يتعلق بفريقك ، تحتاج إلى إنشاء مجموعة حارس مرمى ومجموعة خارج الديار. أقترح أيضا اختيار أغنية احتفال بالهدف ، ونشيد الفريق ، وتكتيكات الفريق (انظر الويكي أو /icup/) لمزيد من المتعة ، أوصي بتحميل صور عمودية لكل 

اعب (لاستبدال الرموز الفارغة في طريقة عرض Game Plan) هنا أو يفضل إنشاء صفحة القائمة الخاصة بك: https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki//egy//Roster ستكون مربعة (تشجيع الشفافية) وحوالي 75 × 75 بكسل في اللعبة ، لذلك ضع في اعتبارك الصور التي ستبدو جيدة عند تقليصها. يمكنك أيضا محاولة العثور على نماذج 3D في حال كان لدينا وقت إضافي لإضافتها. أخيرا ، إذا كنت قادرا على القيام بنمذجة 3D ، أو إنشاء OC ، أو العمل على الويكي أو مجرد المساعدة بأي طريقة ممكنة ، فلا تتردد في التواصل أيضا.

>>3473
Thanks for that.

A question that needs answering sooner or later is what to do with teams that show absolutely no interest, and that's something best decided by the viewers. I realize that there are only about 5 people who will view this board this week but that beats 1 of me. There are a lot of teams that are unresponsive. Consider >>>/f/ which is nearly dead and currently unresponsive to important communications. Basically, I don't want 10 teams that have absolutely no spectators or manager.

1) Change nothing, just auto-pilot them and hope they don't all ruin the finals.
2) Give them a warning that their place may be lost, and ask some highly-active boards if they wish to participate instead (especially those with existing legacy teams like /ausneets/, /tg/, /v/).
3) Downsize the tournament.

>>3482
>2) Give them a warning that their place may be lost, and ask some highly-active boards if they wish to participate instead (especially those with existing legacy teams like /ausneets/, /tg/, /v/).
Seems to be the right call. Should we order boards by magnitude or by date of participation?

>>3492
I'm not sure. On one hand, highly active boards have a decent chance of bringing a lot of viewers if they know a game is happening. That said, larger boards have more people who could have expressed interest.
Some boards (like /egy/ and /fascist/) are slow and haven't been in contact for over a year, so it makes sense to give them the first warnings.

>>2934 (OP) 
Do you have a list of the boards you think should be put in the "warning" tier?

>>3494
This is what I can see at this point. Let me know of any impactful mistake. Three most unresponsive so far highlighted.

Board		Team validity	Contact history
/2hu/		Valid			Responsive >>3396
/a/			Valid			Expression of interest in June https://smuglo.li/support/res/11485.html
/ac/			Illegal			Responsive as of June https://8chan.moe/ac/res/898.html
/art/			Valid			Responsive >>3488
/bmn/		3 subs			Responsive as of April https://zzzchan.xyz/bmn/thread/2.html#151
/britfeel/		Valid			Responsive as of April >>>/britfeel/4010
/christian/	2 subs			Responsive >>>/chrisitian/13761
/cuckquean/	3 subs			Responsive as of June >>3432
/dup/		1 sub			Responsive https://tvch.moe/dup/res/108666.html#114777
/egy/		Missing kits	No responses on boards, no contact since March >>2441
/eris/		Valid			Responsive >>3496
/f/			Illegal			Somewhat repsponsive, contact from April >>>/f/
/fascist/		5 subs			EoI in March >>2997 , unresponsive to a thread https://8chan.moe/fascist/res/211.html
/film/		Valid*			Responsive as of April >>3219
/fscchan/		Valid			Expressions of interest in March https://endchan.org/fscchan/res/4156.html
/islam/		Valid			Responsive >>3456
/ita/			Valid			EoI in March >>3140 , thread was bumped in April. https://alogs.space/ita/res/811.html
/japan/		Valid			EoI in March >>3131 . Unsure if responsive: https://zzzchan.xyz/japan/thread/1391.html#1391
/k/			Valid			Couldn't find EoI or contact. Didn't have anything to respond to.
/kind/		Valid			Responsive >>3335
/late[..]/		Valid			Expressions of interest in May
/leftypol/		Valid			Responsive as of June https://leftypol.org/games/res/18613.html
/loomis/		Valid			EoI in March >>3165
/monarchy/	No tactics		Responsive >>3455
/monster/	Valid			Responsive >>3410 (/monster/ stream)
/otter/		1 sub			Unknown, some kind of EoI >>2991 , will probably run anyway as a fan favorite
/pro/		No tactics*		Responsive >>3417
/retro/		Valid			Expressions of interest in March >>>/retro/2233
/sp/			Valid			Fast board. Can't find EoI but surely responsive.
/sw/			3 subs			EoI in March >>3125
/yuri/		1 sub			EoI in March >>3051


We might start sending warnings at the end of the week, it would be nice to leave it longer but if we get new teams, they need time to set up. Warning to the least responsive teams and notify large boards on the 9th (3 days), then if they can enter a valid team faster than an unresponsive team can reply, they tentatively take its spot.
In response to that, I'll try and send out the current update message to /a/, /ac/ & /islam/-/yuri/ ASAP to see who's responsive, because some didn't have anything to respond to.

>>3496
>/pro/		No tactics*
Please notice the /pro/ tactics
>>3048

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Thanks very much for the invite but I don't think we can participate (at least me, BO of /planche/). We don't have this many users and I'm not personally really available. Maybe next time.
But I will try to follow the ICUP with interest in my free time. Have you asked to others 8chan.moe boards to participate, I know /v/ has a big community also some /hispa/refugee.

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/ac/ here, someone said we were missing 12 more players, so I made a post adding them, could you please check it out?
https://8chan.moe/ac/res/898.html#4015
I think now only our strategies are missing, if you could give us a hand with that could be really cool.

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/dup/ster fire here, we're having a thread discussing some stuff but I think we can reach some sort of agreement very soon
So long as you don't boot us out of the cup we're good
btw we already have 23 players check the wiki or are we mistaken? https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki//dup/

Dropping by to make sure /tech/ and /ck/ are included.
/t/ech thread: https://8chan.moe/t/res/1838.html
/ck/ thread: https://8chan.moe/ck/res/588.html

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The 'party is working on a team
https://soyjak.party/suggest//res/17380.html

>>3503
You know what? If you guys can manage to create 3D models for the soyjacks I may be tempted to vouch for that team in place of whoever else is MIA.

>>3504
this so much this

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Hello, a representative from /arepa/ here, we are currently discussing joining, so keep in mind to not lets us out of the fray please.

>>3499
>>3500
>>3501
>>3502
>>3503
>>3506
Why are all of these posts being made at the same time?

>>3507
We got invited.

>>3506
>>3499
>>3503
I don't recall these invitations being sent, so we can agree that it must probably be some more Autist situation
Interestingly though this time it doesn't look like it's just ONE autist, some of the invites don't look like they're his own. Or maybe I've become a schizo.

>>3509
I only invited soyjak.party.

>>3509
We cant join?

>>3511
Finish making a proper entry, and it's possible

>>3507
Someone posted icup invitations on the 8chan's hispachan bunkers so it reminded me there a lot of work to be done in regards or our PES team.

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So... This invite was not official ?

>>3514
No, technically it's not
We've been having this issue ever since like three years ago (?) when an anonymous autist would go around posing as part of the /icup/ staff and inviting random boards in, I believe someone even noticed his posting patterns to determine that it's always the same guy but I am sure there must be at least two of them.
Anyhow, it doesn't really matter if the invite is official or not, to be honest what matters is that 1) you're willing to create a team that's up to the specifications that SKF made (refer to the other stickied threads for info) and 2) that you can possibly get some people to actually watch the matches so that the riggers don't do all the work without anyone to be there and see them

To my knowledge the only like three-four teams that got invited by an official staff member were /2hu/ (Oxfordcoma commentates for them), /v/ (because of board drama), /latecomfy/ and maybe /ita/ (because of a mod but I am not sure anymore). Most of the other teams just kind of found this place one way or another.

>>3503
>soyjack team
Okay you convinced me, now I really have to pay attention to this shitty tournament

>>3515
>1) you're willing to create a team
I think the subject can be closed because I don't have time nor such anons on my little board to do it.
Anyway, I will lurk with curiosity.

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>See >>3517
What?
>Check the latest posts
>The autist strikes again
Fucking damn it.

Anyways, I'm not an official member nor a host so I can't say for certain if any of the other teams that appeared now will join in any capacity, but I really wish that the autist stops this now.

>>3500
Sure, just ask the Blender anon.
>>3501
I might be mistaken but I remember that you guys had 2 players called Bannondup, and the To-do page on the wiki states as much:
https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki/To-do

Hello frens. There is a new altchan that has been around since April of this year called frenschan.org. Can we join the /icup/ games?

>>3519
Follow the standard procedure as illustrated here >>3518

>>3518
Seriously though how do we stop him? I don't even think he means ill will.

>>3518
>I might be mistaken but I remember that you guys had 2 players called Bannondup, and the To-do page on the wiki states as much:
Call the reserve player Putler

>>3524
Maybe he doesn't have ill will, but he also needs to know that it's not a good idea to spam lots of boards with invitations (in this case after the roster had already been set).
I'll shoot SKF an e-mail just because.

>>3510
Hi. Stop doing this without asking first.

There are reasons why invitations shouldn't be sent out without checking:
1) We already have 32 teams. The discussion was clearly saying that open slots depend on if other teams respond, and outlined a timeline for it. You just sent out an invitation to a team that may not be able to enter.
2) A heap of the information you gave in the OP is incorrect, including linking the wrong wiki, implying 16 players is still fine and falsely stating there's no kit limit (it's 9).

Adding new teams isn't trivial. Now we have 4 new teams when we don't even know if there will be 1 slot open, and boards will get disappointed because they might have to wait six months.

>>3528
okay

>>3529
Thank you.
Look, I certainly appreciate the enthusiasm and it's good to see, but it does complicate organizing when we get this rush of teams thinking there are open slots.

>>3530
Maybe they can help with rigging and stuff

>>3526
In some cases the invites were sent a year or two ago, and it seems like teams just expected they would be in "the next icup". Now that word is getting out, they're remembering.

>>3528
>Now we have 4 new teams when we don't even know if there will be 1 slot open
Isn't it just two ? /ck/ and /soy/ being the ones with complete entries.

>>3533
Does /t/ech not have a complete kit from a prior cup?
Whoever provided the /t/ invitation also took time to rig a Lain model. Was that not /icup/ staff?

>>3528
Hi, I'm the guy from the hispanic comic and cartoons board, should I tell the people from /hispachan/, /arepa/ and /mex/ (yes he spammed even there) that it was just one guy spamming invitation and we have almost everything already set in?

>>3531
With some luck. You'd hope a community of content creator shitposters would be able to volunteer some time and skill (donut steels or not).

>>3533
The invitations lead them to try and make new teams, so we could be looking at more.
Additionally, as mentioned in >>3482 , /ausneets/ and /v/ might be potential revivals.

>>3532
Everything happening all at once after about a two months of nothing kind of flips the 'conspiracy' switch, which I think is why we're all ready to point fingers at the previous offender, even half of them are probably just chain reactions (see >>3513 ).

>>3526
>I'll shoot SKF an e-mail just because.
Have fun. CC me if it's important and not already ITT; SKF has gotten busy in real life so I've become the de-facto coordinator this cup.

>>3535
Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Main points I'd mention:
1) Unofficial, slots are full and there may not be enough opening up.
2) Wiki is at https://infinitycup.miraheze.org
3) There's probably a cup at the end of the year so can still start.
4) Consider cheering for /ac/, a hispachan team in this cup.

[con't]
Also, /ac/,  in 1 hour I'll check into your thread re: new players and tactics. Thanks for adding the missing players, your team is now legal! The rest is now decoration.

>>3536
I poked around and didn't see your e-mail or SKF's anywhere. Would you mind posting it so I can reach out and handle coordinating and try to ensure things go smoothly for the next cup?
May also be able to find some help for putting the event on.

Also I don't know if AlphabetSoup is seeing this (or if I already talk to them; throwaway emails get confusing very quickly) but maybe adding a small disclaimer to the top of OP about the unofficial invitations and potential lack of slots would help new-comers. I do want to start re-organizing threads at some point but now is clearly not the time.

>>3536
Yo, man, I made this post, what do you think?
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Spanish:
Hola, soy yo de nuevo. Borré mi post por algunas cosas que están ocurriendo dentro de la icup, resulta que esta invitación >>26137 es no-oficial, la mayoría de equipos de la presente copa ya están listos y todos los slots ya están llenos y ya debería comenzar a más tardar principios de Agosto, por lo que desafortunadamente no van a poder ser incluidos, no queremos que se pongan a alistar sus camisetas y modelos de manera apresurada y que se decepcionen porque no van a jugar, pero no se desanimen, por un lado va a haber una segunda copa a fin de año a la cual pueden nominar su equipo y si quieren apoyar a un equipo hispanohablante, >>>/ac/ estará jugando. 
<Also
La wikia de la copa es esta https://infinitycup.miraheze.org y si quieren enterarse de como organizar su equipo para una futura copa pueden hacerlo en este hilo https://anon.cafe/icup/res/2934.html
English:
Hi, it's me again. I deleted my last post because of some little things happening on the icup. This invitation >>26137 (link to the spammer post) is no official, most of the cup teams are already done and the slots are taken so it should be starting on August at the latest, so unfortunately, you won't be able to be included, we won't want you to rush on your kits and models and then get disappointed when you won't be able to play, but don't dismay, for one side there's a second cup happening later this year so you would be able to nominate your team and if you want to support a Spanish speaking team, then /ac/ is playing on this cup
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I had a think about this and I assume we're going to be in that awkward situation where we have too many valid teams for a 32 team cup, and too few to add more to groups.
But on the other hand, we have potential to stoke interest and we shouldn't let that go to waste. Some boards have expressed enthusiasm.

Let's have invitational matches.
Before each match day, two non-ICUP7 teams can have a 1v1. That way we can give new teams a taste for the cup while avoiding complete disappointment over these invalid invitations.
The normal comp teams have priority for anything that actually takes time to add, and since there is approximately 1 person doing aesthetics, they may end up all having the same face. However basic things like names and kits and tictacs will be fine.

Unfortunately I have no idea how many boards were contacted so we can't tell half of them what the situation is until they come here. This is why spamming threads solo is a bad idea!
If you do happen to know where to find these boards, tell them that "The organizer of ICUP7 made an update. They probably won't have enough slots to add your team to the main cup, however they said they can have your team play an invitational 'friendly' game before the match day, and you will most likely be able to enter ICUP8 if you have fun in the invitational game."
(sorry to hispanon, you'll need to make a reply to update those boards)

>>3538
Yep. erisian /at/ kalli , st ( >>3441 )

Just sent the clarifications to /hispachan/ and /arepa/
https://8chan.moe/hispachan/res/22639.html#26290
https://8chan.moe/arepa/res/432.html#9210
Looks like the guy also spammed on /mex/:
https://8chan.moe/mex/res/2054.html
Nevertheless there isn't a lot of interest on that board, so I won't post anything there until I see people organizing stuff and giving their support to the proposal.

>>3528
The autist generally posts correct information, that's why I'm assuming it must be more than one person doing this shit

>>3539
>Also I don't know if AlphabetSoup is seeing this (or if I already talk to them; throwaway emails get confusing very quickly) but maybe adding a small disclaimer to the top of OP about the unofficial invitations and potential lack of slots would help new-comers. I do want to start re-organizing threads at some point but now is clearly not the time.
Sure thing, sugar

>>3542
>Let's have invitational matches.
So just like in the G-Cup with the extra teams being relegated to gimmick matches, but maybe without gimmicks?
I like this, could be used as a way to break the monotony if /christian/ ends up being the strongest ones again.

>>3548
>I like this, could be used as a way to break the monotony if /christian/ ends up being the strongest ones again.
like in 2019? It it the era of the otter now.

What server do you use to stream the matches during the icup? I'd like to re-stream it to watch.8chan the 8moe streaming service.

>>3575
At this point in time, my plan is to use a PeerTube instance (P2P disabled) stream, embedded in a cytube for chat. The main reason I choose PeerTube is because the instances I'm looking at re-encode in different resolutions (so people with bad internet can watch live in 240p, while those with good download speed can watch in 1080p) and aren't botnet to create an account on. It also allows users to replay the match before I download and get it archived.
Cytube has known support for these streams, a variety of moderation tools, polls and emotes, but really it's just what we always used.

What exactly do you mean by 're-stream it'? As in, just have a separate chat room on watch.8ch.moe? Or something else? I have no issue with that, but dividing the already small viewer count doesn't seem like a good idea, unless they're absolute ragelords who wouldn't mix with comfy kiddos.

>>3576
I sure hope we'll get someone to record the cytube chatroom this year, it's easily one of the funniest parts of the cup
Spamming spinning ducks at least

>>3496
So, what's the situation?

>>3496
>>3610
So far the only ones who haven't bothered responding (not even one reply) have been:
/bmn/ (though we know BO is okay with playing)
/christian/ (or at least they did and their thread is dead, but they'll likely play because they're legacy)
/egy/ (unreachable apparently)
/f/
/fascist/
/film/ (though board is active)
/fsschan/
/ita/ (board is inactive but they've made at least a post on the matter)
/latecomfy/ or rather just /comfy/ (they have a post but aren't talking about it)
/loomis/ (on either boards)
/otter/ (likely will participate and respond)
/sp/ (as anon said it's likely they'll reply)
/sw/
/yuri/ (likely they'll say yes soon)

I think we should have like some sort of date or limit before the slots occupied by the unresponsive teams/boards should open up for the new arrivals (soyjacks and frenschan or any other board Autist notwithstanding).

>>3611
>spoiler
Kinda worrying he'll pretend to be all of these boards (again).

>>3612
Wait, I thought he just pretended to be part of the staff? Now he's impersonating managers too?

>>3613
Unfortunately yes, as we saw here >>2969

>>3611
From memory /christian/ responded in their meta thread, and /sp/ and /yuri/ are both confirmed active.
Also as mentioned, some of these teams did make an EoI, they just haven't yet polished.

>>3621
when's the deadline? say, when does the tournament begin

>>3625
I'll make an announcement this week, this is just a draft I'm making up right now, but pending feedback I think it will be:
Confirm all team entries and basic tactics: 1st August.
Teams must be 100% legal and no missing subs by then.
Official draw and public test matches: 6th August.
No more tactical changes, no excuses: 13th August.
Game day 1,2: 20-21 August
Game day 3,4: 27-28 August
I realize the gap between draw and match day is about a week and a half larger than ideal, but there are a bunch of major unavoidable events I have to work around.

>>3496
/fsschan/ seems to have replied to your message, let me refresh the list:

/bmn/ (though we know BO is okay with playing) 
/egy/ (unreachable apparently) 
/f/ 
/fascist/ 
/film/ (though board is active) 
/ita/ (board is inactive but they've made at least a post on the matter) 
/latecomfy/ or rather just /comfy/ (they have a post but aren't talking about it) 
/loomis/ (on either boards) 
/otter/ (likely will participate and respond) 
/sw/

Should we list the potential substitute candidates too?

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>>3630
>/otter/
I just received this reply from one of them

>>3634
So, are they a no show then?

>>3635
I don't know honestly. There may be some otter guys lurking here but I can't tell.
I would say to use the team still.

>>3636
This. When I asked over there a couple of months ago, some otters replied that they'd be glad to see the team participate no matter the opinion of their overprotective overlord.

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>>3627
I'm already getting HYPE levels like you wouldn't believe

Erisian guy, if you're reading this, please check the e-mails I sent you. No need to rush in your response but just to make sure you've at least received them.

>>3645
Reading them now. Thanks for the notif.

>>3576
>What exactly do you mean by 're-stream it'?
By re-stream it I mean to 
>just have a separate chat room on watch.8ch.moe?
Yup, basically that. Back on hispachan we had several problems with cytube channels: Drama, avatarfags, that kind of stuff, that why I want to re-stream it to watch8chan, so we would be able to use a thread as a chat room and we avoid encounters with unwanted users.

>>3655
Right, yeah I have no issue with that, although it would still be nice to have people join the main cytube just so more people can chat to more boards, even if just for the /ac/ matches, or returning if you don't like the chat. The whole point of the cup is to have fun with other sites, and it's mostly quiet and comfy.

>>3655
>that why I want to re-stream it to watch8chan
One request I'd have is to attempt and get even more anons to participate on the other hispaboards and nonhispaboards
Perhaps we could go back to those glory days on 8chan prime...

>>3656
>>3657
I totally understand that you want more people to hang out on the cytube chat so it would be more fun for everybody but as I said before we had several problems with cytube users in the past I don't want them to drop out and cause trouble. But on the other hand I might be a little too cautious, /ac/ anons are very nice, they know how to control themselves and don't cause drama or try to cause any harm. Let me the think about that and maybe ask to the other anons on the 8moe thread.

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>>3496
>>3611
>>3630
/2hu/: Valid, working on player icons.
/a/: Valid, working on player icons.
/ac/: Seems to be valid now; there's some talk about one of the models.
/art/: Seems to be valid but apparently the manager is doing a contest to (probably) change some players.
/britfeel/: Valid.
/christian/: Some anons were talking about maybe changing the anthem but nothing resulted from it. Otherwise it's valid.
/cuckquean/: No response from them (missing 3 subs)
/dup/: Did a little roster change and seems to be valid now.
/egy/: No response from them (on either Endchan or 8kun).
/f/: No response from them (team using 4cc rules, options offered but no one has replied).
/fascist/: No response from them and also they're considering options to move from 8moe
/film/: No response from them (missing team colors, audio exports and tactics).
/fscchan/: Valid. Someone asked if it was possible to do changes to the roster, replied with "Only if you want".
/islam/: Seems valid. Someone asked about using a model from the Civ games for a player.
/ita/: Roster changed to match the thread but haven't confirmed if that's OK to them.
/japan/: Valid.
/k/: No word from them might throw a message later
/kind/: Valid. They said to use the old tactics because the person who was working on the new ones is busy.
/late/ and /comfy/: No word from them yet.
/leftypol/: In the process of adapting their work for one of the 4cc cups to ICUP standards.
/loomis/: Valid.
/monarchy/: Missing teams colors, haven't replied yet.
/monster/: Currently in the process of changing the roster.
/pro/: No reply from them (missing player cards)
/retro/: Valid but there are no replies to the thread.
/server/: Posted some suggestions for anthems and goalhorns but nothing further.
/sp/: Changed the roster a bit, should be fine.
/sw/: No reply (missing 3 subs).
/yuri/: Manager replied here, the roster has been changed and it's valid.

That's the most recent update to all of the teams thus far. I didn't include /v/ because they seem to be communicating every so often with us.

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>>3634
>>3638
>When I asked over there a couple of months ago, some otters replied that they'd be glad to see the team participate no matter the opinion of their overprotective overlord.
Seems to be the case.

>>3687
>/monarchy/: Missing teams colors, haven't replied yet.
Purple, white, orange.
Is that all we need for team colors?

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>>3693
It would be great if you picked the exact shade of those colours, there are a lot of oranges and purples. Here are some example ones from your logo (otherwise, image or hexcodes are welcome, whichever is more convenient).
The first two you choose show on in-game crowd banners, the rest are just for our use in hype material.

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>>3695

>>3695
>>3698
Tasty!

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>>3687
Ciao belli, /ita/ here (or what's left of us at least)

In regards to our roster, there have been some minor changes, which you can find out  here http://infinitycup.shoutwiki.com/wiki//ita//Roster
I am not the original Pastabro who made them, but I intend to finish the stickers for all the characters. If you'd rather have their individual faces instead, let me know and I'll provide them for you.

>>3707
>or what's left of us at least
good news, since /ita/ is run by pedos, like vecchiochan.

>>3708
>good news, since /ita/ is run by pedos, like vecchiochan.
All I see on /ita/ is big fat tats,

>>3630
Ideally, should we have a vote on which inactive board to kick off the cup?

>>3710
We already know everyone wants to see /SHIRT IRONING/

>>3711
oh fuck I forgot about that meme

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>>3687
Guess who's got cards
>>>/pro/520
>>>/pro/524

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>>3687
I forgot to include /bmn/ in the list, but the BO hasn't replied still (the team is missing 3 subs).
>>3695
To help you make the choices for the in-game banner here are the hexcodes for the first pic (second pic has irregular colors due to its texture).
>>3707
Thanks for replying. I've taken the liberty to transfer your roster page to the new wiki:
https://infinitycup.miraheze.org/wiki//ita//Roster
If possible I'd suggest you upload the remaining cards there and also fix some problems with the page (description for G. Gabusi, Tifa Lucchettocuore can't wait to see her card and Harrycotter; also Zuppa Romana and Lo Stato Assoluto have the same card).
>>3715
I see that besides the cards you decided the substitution strategies and the icons too. Nice work.

>>3710
I considered the idea, but there are many people who just wouldn't see it because they don't use this board, but would still watch the cup. I suppose one could be linked in each board's thread, in the future.
There are a few of those boards where it is clear-cut, just no response at all for a month or more despite multiple requests and being on their front page. They will be the first to go.

>>3716
>(second pic has irregular colors due to its texture).
It does, to pick for the tri-colour image I used an eyedropper tool (in GIMP) that takes an average from many pixels instead of picking just one pixel.
Thanks for transferring their roster page so quickly.

>>3715
Very nice, I'll be adding those in now.

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Ciao bello, as you requested I just finished updating the trading cards (sorry if they're not as good as the older ones) >>3720
Additionally, I have a request: could you get a Tifa 3D model for the Tifa Lucchettocuore player (possibly with her white shirt colored blue/the current color the team is playing with)? It'd be pretty cool.

Tell me if you need anything else for the team.

>>3721
Wonderful, I'll start adding the in-game player icons.
It would be pretty cool, I'll give it a try. I made a shitty Tifa character in-game with long hair, big eyes and a small jaw. Fortunately it was lost when I didn't properly save that day.

>>3687
Who's going to host if /fascist/ won't join?

>>3749
/dup/ is the last cup winner

>>3749
It would still be them, in absentia. But it looks like we may need a ghost team to make numbers even now that /film/ has confirmed interest, so they're the first pick.

>>3752
Wait, we need to make numbers? I thought we were overflowing with teams.

>>3754
Ambiguous phrasing from me: "to make the team count into an even number", since an odd number would require 'bye' matches, where each week, one team doesn't play their game.

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Infinity Cup 7 has been announced. This cup is ostensibly hosted by last cup's winners, /fascist/.

I haven't made any announcements on each board yet, just to allow a bit of time to resolve any issues you notice.

>>3756
Aw yes we ballin

>>2934 (OP) 
How come /egy/ was kept in? Did they reply?

>>3771
I decided against eliminating those teams in doubt (with the exception of /f/, which was just going to be the 4chan /f/ team and averages less than 1 post per week). /egy/ was the only other one which showed no real interest (the only person there who ever did is uncontactable) but the competition structure gets annoying if we don't add or remove 4 teams at a time, since we use groups of 4.

>>3772
I hope some of them will still watch it. Did you ask on their 8kun board? It seems to be the more active one.

It's sad that /lang/ never got invited, but maybe next time.

>>3773
They were contacted in there as well, but they didn't reply either.

>>3774
Where? The last post is from the G-cup.

>3775
Endchan: https://endchan.gg/egy/res/636.html
8kun: https://8kun.top/egy/res/326022.html

>The last post is from the G-cup.
There used to be another thread made for ICUP 7 but it got deleted at some point, and this one is a remake.

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>>3716
Greetings from /bmn/

Please accept my apologies for not replying to the posts. The last few months have been a mental hell, so I've been behind on a lot of stuff.

As for substitute players I've got their names, positions and numbers here. 
- Diver Dan #35 RMF
- >9mm #44  AMF
- Tammy's T-Rex #56 LB
As for player tactics, I don't have anything special. Like the film we screen, I won't say that this team is well put together. It's half the fun, when it somehow works. I'll add photos to the roster wiki later this week.

When are we going to learn of the matchups? Will it be streamed or rigged in /eris/'s favor chosen offline in a fair and balanced way?

>>3778
Thanks for that!

>>3779
>The groups will be randomly determined in a fun draw stream, which is expected to take place on Friday, 12 August.
It was moved back to this date due to delays from IRL stuff. Hopefully it won't be pushed back further, but it is a real possibility (or I could try and get someone else to stream it, but then /2hu/ might win the cup).

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look at the little redditchan babies, thinking anyone is going to watch their amateur schoolyard "cup"
real cup is here, LIVE right now
https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2022_4chan_Summer_Cup

>>3794
soulless

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>>3795
alive is the exact opposite of soulless 
about 600 people right now and we're not even into the "good" games yet, where the numbers can reach 1-2k
https://cytu.be/r/the4chancup
what's the most you had at your peak, like 12?

>>3797
k

>>3794
>>3797
Cool, have fun!

>>3794
What exactly is wrong with watching both cups while hosting one?
My problem with the 4CC is that I tuned in like three games and while one of them was loads of fun,  the other two had an unfunny caster and someone who kept screaming at the top of their lungs.

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>>3801
I think what makes it for me is how much genuine effort goes into this for 4CC. Sure, you have retards that nobody likes commentanting, and the audience is obviously mostly redditors/cuckchanners/normalfags, but the games themselves can be golden. You also get over a decade of lore and statistics to look over, which can't be said for the infinity cup, with how infrequent they usually are(ie they don't run every season, only when the streamers and organizers can be asked to). With the much more limited scope, you also get a lot less neat models and visuals, and the commentators  are usually not much better than the lowest pick of the litter from 4cc(minus maybe the screeching part). Teams are literally whomever cares to sign up, if nobody on the board you represent knows how PES works, good luck doing everything yourself
These are the screenshots I took of the games just today, there is so much more to go. Has Infinity Cup ever reached this level of PES ascendance at all in it's lifetime? 
With how niche the whole thing is(with many boards being personal circlejerk rather than representing topics of discussions or ideas one would be interested in) and with how there is nothing really set in stone until the organizers post about it here(versus an entire wiki with all the regularly updated info 4CC has) gives off a very unprofessional vibe that really doesn't  make one want to get involved, unless they have been active participants/audience already
TL;DR you got to step your game up if you want to be noticed, but with limited manpower and interest, I doubt it will ever happen. This is more of a problem with the sad state the webring is in tho, I think more united and populated boards would likely lead to better all around quality and quantity of events(better choice of boards would help, too, old 8chan had a wide variety of active boards that would serve as more interesting alternatives to what 4CC has)
This post doesn't really serve as anything more than a rant, I just wanted to post these images to show off what you're "competing" with

>>3806
Good for you. We're not competing with you, just having fun in our own space. We already know that our boards aren't big and only have a few people to put time and effort into it, so why did you come here? Just to go "4chan big"? If you think your cup is better then go and watch it, I'll be watching ours.

I would never even think of going to the 4CC thread to mouth off about how ICUP is better and they're all losers. In fact I don't even think about them at all. Why do they love us so much?

>>3808
>one of the biggest websites around
>can't get more than 5-600 viewers on a cup for all their boards
>a bunch of disconnected websites with a shared origin, barely a flicker on Alexa rankings
>30 viewers on average
If you put it in perspective, we have relatively more people caring about the cup than they do, or probably he just wants to advertise it and get people to watch. Either way I wish him luck.

>>3806
I really admired the 4CC for its ability to bring people together. That's what brought me and a few other anons to organize shit for the old 8chan boards, and it proved rather successful in that we had the time of our lives. I hope that the 4CC keeps on expanding, but I also hope you'll lend us you guys' strengths when it comes to improving this competition.
Speaking of, I recall some 4CC organizer coming here once asking if we were interested in a Imageboard bowl with different IBs competing against 4chan boards. Any news on that?

>>3806
>ie they don't run every season, only when the streamers and organizers can be asked to
Ackshually, on 8chan prime it was a yearly event and they were even planning of making it once per semester, but the site fell so many times and got broken down in so many pieces that it's a miracle we even get to do this.
You cannot compare the two because one is hosted by a website that is almost impossible to take down while the other by a bunch of imageboard being whack-a-mole'd by bad faith actors and feds.
And as you said, a lot of content was made over time by plenty of users (which we don't really have in comparable numbers), with many teams having been rigged like three or four years ago and never seeing much modifications on them or their wiki either.
>Has Infinity Cup ever reached this level of PES ascendance at all in it's lifetime? 
Twice. The first time when the Bone Goblin Hotwheels had publicized a match and I believe we got 1k concurrent watchers (who mostly came to talk shit during the gamergoiym era). The second time to me at least was during the G-Cup and previous cup where we got to have an international set of boards to compete with plenty of fun times.
It's not comparable in scale, anyhow, I agree with you. It's akin comparing a Champions League match with a local derby in the Scottish Lowlands. The enthusiasm is the same but the stakes are unmatched.
Also, we do have a wiki, but since there's only like 10 competent people as far as the organization shit goes (and due to constant migrations) it's impossible to build something on the same scale as the 4cc.

>>3806
Addendum: we also have an issue with the most popular IBs/boards on the webring or otherwise not really putting in any effort. 8chan/v/ barely gave a shit while zzzchan/v/ (which is much smaller in terms of PPH) took it upon themselves to completely overhaul shit. Then you got teams like /eris/, /otter/ and /ita/ who are super niche but took such efforts in making a fun wiki or team while other guys just come in, plop a few players and leave. It's more of an issue of people not really using certain boards as much as 4chan since it's not centralized, and this leads to fewer teams wanting to compete, but those who're here are really giving it their all.

>>3773
>It's sad that /lang/ never got invited, but maybe next time.
Same with /lego/ too. Maybe there are just too many potential teams at this point?

>>3806
>minus maybe the screeching part
Idk, sometimes I'd like our commentators to be a bit more GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!.

>>3819
No that's fine, I just hate when they Jumpscare scream for no reason

>>3819
The match commentary on the first Cup was really good.
https://archive.org/details/ICUP1/1-18+Day+4+-+a+vs.+christian.mp4

>>3794
I loved it when GermanBro hosted the cup, but I lost interest a few years later, it just didnt feel the same anymore and I'm sure its even worse now. I liked when it was just a nice little amateur project and icup feels exactly like that.

>>3819
>>3821
I know what you mean, I'm going to try and bring a bit more enthusiastic energy into the commentary without making it uncomfy or insincere. It's a balance that I think can work.  We'll see how the draw/test stream goes.

>>3818
I don't know what the case was with /lang/, but /lego/ is a pretty dead board now (6 posts this year). Having imported all their player models, I would have loved to see them here.

Could the board description be updated to something like "ICUP7 starts August 12th"?
It may give a sense of urgency to people browsing the webring and seeing that one board with a date in the near future.

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>>3834
Could /lang/ play an invitational match, at least?

>I C U P
OMG these guys can see me pee????

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>Mind the Otters, they munch
Gonna need some otter proof balls.

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>>3838
hopefully that name was intentional, fucking perfect