UnFreeZe Tournament Summer 2026

[adminless]

great news, I'll add and note you now then. you listed seven players so far, if you (or anybody else) want, there's still like one week left to add a eight player and/or just make any changes. perfect, then we're five teams now, as said, I assume that unless a new team or something shows up along the coming week (initially I don't think so) that will be it and by the start of September I'll finally write the calendar (nothing special, just a round robin two legged league as explained) to start playing in the coming weeks as explained, awesome.

[adminless]

btw just as a reminder here, this is the list of teams and line ups I have noted for the upcoming tournament:

• OFP: Sib_Vasek, blrskij, Odin, Abibas, KOVSKY, Dentist, ASV, Nebulason
• ILM: Blaze, Sarasti, Audazi, ironmonkey, ORGI69, Mike, Ambivalence
• ASS: lithz, Heero, Inifin!ty, Ares, RICKY, St.G3RMaiN, Ric0, Denzoa
• DT: miro, olc, lihensor, kf, tuby, shantu, edversion, masin
• TTO: WhoAmI?!, fau, smisek, mwhq3, cTh, ph4tlurks, seresta

so please make sure to review that and let me know no later than this Monday night in case someone want to make some changes, add a extra player those still missing one spot (i.e. ILM and TTO), some other team around finally decides to participate or anything else as otherwise by the Monday I'll finally write the calendar for the first leg and that will be it then as usual do not forget about that. keep in mind changes later on will not normally be allowed and that everyone registered, with the only exception of fau that already reported that he will be just a reserve due personal circumstances, must have participated in at least one in-record game by the end of both legs. as noted in the tournament bracket to make sure that the seeding is adequate and there's no early finish I'll write the second leg calendar once the first legs ends (or it's already determined) as to take the seeding from the first leg results. for other than that from what I saw I think that it's probably everything ready to get started so stay tuned for the first schedules coming next week and once again do not forget to sign up if you haven't already or to report any roster changes/updates those that have already joined.

[adminless]

ok, we're finally at Monday afternoon and as expected no more teams showed so I just finally drawn yesterday the calendar for the first leg of the tournament for the five participant teams and that's all to get started I guess. therefore check that and let me know if I messed up something otherwise as usual on Mondays here are the schedules for the opening games of the tournament:

• Week 1
  • OFP Clan VS The Team One (Tuesday 8 of September of 2026 19:30 CEST [UTC+02])
  • ILM Clan VS Double Trouble (Thursday 10 of September of 2026 19:30 CEST [UTC+02])
  • rest: ASS Clan

as usual those involved please check that and let me know along this week how that works for your team along with your picks to leave those set no later than this Sunday approx. remember that the picks will carry between legs, meaning that what you chose for a specific encounter can not be picked again in the second leg regardless of whether it was ultimately played (i.e. blocked or not). as commented at the beginning for this edition 21:00 CEST does not generally work for me as by 22:00 CEST approx I have to feed my disabled father then by now I set the default start time to 19:30 CEST which from what I saw from the warmup games it's what has been done more or less. in practice I believe that any start time between 19:30 and 20:30 approx could work so just let me know. for the rest as some last minute updates finally tto recruited a eight player, deimos_by, and ofp reported today that they will swap abibas with asuna due limited availability of the former. other than that for this edition some guy asked for in-game access to be able to run a live commentary stream on twich of the games and has been granted such access to be able to freely follow the game and has been already asked to keep a half minute delay on the stream in line with the gtv for fair play. and I think that's all by now, for anything just let me know, good luck and have fun.

[nickaero]

ILM won't be able to play on the 10th unfortunately, we should delay the match by like a week or so

[adminless]

ok, thanks for the update, I still haven't heard from dt but you at least rest in the second week so I guess that may be a one week delay could be a option however dt plays as well the second week against ofp so availability can be complicated. in my opinion if the 10 doesn't work it would probably be better to try the Sunday 13 or Monday 14 at any usual time of convenience the latest if possible so let me know you both. other than that so far ofp/tto have already agreed to play their opening match the next Friday 11 19:00 CEST instead so now just waiting to hear picks and blocks from both starting from ofp as to leave all that set in the next coming days as usual.

[^Walnut*]

Hey admin!

Is the team that is mentioned first in the calender for a specific match always considered the home team? So for our match against TTO for example in two weeks are we "ASS" the home team?

[adminless]

yes, exactly, the team written first is the "home" team of the match and it gets to pick first as well as to chose the server for the match. don't worry, that in the second leg the match up will repeat just with the order inverted. as said, I'll write the second leg calendar once the first leg ends or it's decided as to account with proper seeding at the end and thus prevent a early finish and/or that the decisive match ups at that point run too early. also remember (everyone) that to account for the draws and to make it more exciting to win the tournament the first needs at least a two or more points advantage (i.e. a actual win or two more draws) to actually win the championship otherwise the champion will be determined in a best of five super final against the first and the second disputed over the five most played maps in the tournament. I hope that's also made clear from the start. as for the matches themselves, they are four rounders so in the event of a 3:0 the fourth map might not be required (and it will not be accounted) to played. that being said, from what I have seen I'd expect this to be reasonably balance, so that being said, although not required and thus it will not be enforced under normal circumstances I'd like to encourage all the participants to dispute the fourth map either way off-the-record as to settle the score even though I repeat that it won't be accounted.

ok, for the rest as a brief summary here this is what I currently have noted for the upcoming opening fights that should have been left if not completely scheduled at least discussed along this weekend:

Week 1

• OFP Clan VS The Team One: currently noted and agreed by both to be played the next Friday 11 of September of 2026 19:00 CEST (UTC+02) at the fpsclasico.de:27968 server. ofp already picked maps 7++, teddm1, poq3dm5 so now just waiting to hear from tto their block from that along with their other three picks for this as to finally leave this match all set within the next days, let's say, around the Monday/Tuesday or so the latest.
• ILM Clan VS Double Trouble: ILM already reported that they might struggle to assemble to play next week so the initially noted Thursday 10 of September of 2026 19:30 CEST does not work for them at the time of writing. in light of that it was suggested to play instead the Sunday 13 where availability should be higher or if not in the early days of the week after like the Monday 14 or Tuesday 15 the latest to avoid interfering with the rest of the calendar so currently noted for the Monday 14 of September of 2026 19:30 CEST (UTC+02) and now just waiting to hear input and/or a agreement to play from both. as for dt even as of now, I still have not heard a single word from them which by this point is starting look just wrong so still waiting to hear from them at least when they can actually play this within today or tomorrow or as I'm just saying some input at all to begin with otherwise this will just go at the date of convenience of ilm as they have been the only ones that reached out in a week of time and dt will lose as well the ability to make any more picks for this fight due lack of communication.

and as usual I think that at least I missed something that should be all by so if anything just let me know.

[^Walnut*]

Okay thanks for explaining! Btw also as a sort of update for you I'm already in talks with Semi for the ASS/TTO match in the 2nd week. I can already tell from our side that the supposed Thursday evening won't work for ASS. We are trying to arrange something with TTO for the Tuesday 15th, but I see that there is already a matched scheduled then for now. Can you maybe keep that date free for our match against TTO, because I can already share that ASS has 6 ppl for that date and it seems also the best date for us that whole week!

[adminless]

sure no problem, as usual the second week games will be posted on Monday for discussion along the week but if that's already known there's no problem in anticipating that and adjusting it now so I just switched the dates of the second week games. either way it's not a big deal as there's two servers so even in the event of a date overlap both games could still be played if necessary, the only difference is that one of the match ups (either chose last) would lose the ability to select the server but that's perfectly within the rules and protocols established. other than that finally I just heard back now from kf that reported that actually the initial 10th date worked for them, just a little later, 20:30 instead of the initially noted 19:30, so waiting to hear if something changed from the ilm end or eventually more input about the 13/14/15 date suggestions or any other solution. in any case, by this point, I believe both should move either way to starting making their picks regardless of the ultimate date that might be agreed later on.

[Semisek48]

I also have a question... would it be possible if needed to play two games simultaneously on both servers? In case for example TTO vs ASS and OFP vs DT could only play in the same day?

[adminless]

yes, yes, it's possible as said and it wouldn't even be the first time I host two games at the same time. as said, the only difference it would be that in such case one match would be locked to the server which hasn't been picked yet but I repeat that's perfectly withing the rules and protocols established for the tournament (i.e. the server selection is given as long as it's not deemed necessary otherwise like for example but not only limited to technical issues, availability or anything else).

[Semisek48]

Oh right, sorry you wrote that already, my bad. Ok nice to know!

[^Walnut*]

Btw just as another sort of question/heads up about the map picks. If ASS were to pick let's say for example q3dm7, q3dm14 and goldleaf as our three picks against TTO, is it allowed to pick exactly these three maps again for the next fight we have after that or not? And this is just an example ofc like I said so not our real picks yet

[adminless]

ofc, you can pick any maps you want (obviously always considering the order of choice of course) for any fight in the first leg. the limits will only take place in the same match up in the second leg as to allow for more maps to be played than just always only the the top picks so for example if you pick q3dm7, q3dm14, goldleaf against tto and let's say they pick 6++, nodm9, pro-q3tourney7 regardless of what's ultimately blocked from that then in the second leg game against them (i.e. tto-ass) none of q3dm7/7++, q3dm14, goldleaf, 6++/pro-q3dm6/bloodcovenant, nodm9/pro-q3dm13, pro-q3tourney7 can be picked for that game and the same will apply for all the other encounters. don't worry that I'll just note in the cards what has been picked as reminder. basically you can view it all as eight rounder where each team picks six maps and blocks two but split in two encounters and mixed up for fairness. if you have any other question or anything just let me know.

[^Walnut*]

Ok everything clear now, thanks!