Hello, everyone. Now that Divekick is finally being released a month from now (on August 20th), I'm posting this thread in order to organize a week 1, Giant Bomb community Divekick tournament. It'll take place from Friday, August 23rd to Sunday, August 25th and will only be open to PS3 and Vita players.

Rules:

• Tournament will follow a double elimination format, meaning players will have to lose twice to be eliminated.
• Each match will consist of a winner taking 5 rounds. Each round will be 20 seconds each.
• Winner of a set is determined by best of 2 out of 3 matches.
• Losers finals and grand finals will be best of 3 out of 5 matches.
• Character switching is allowed only to the loser of a match in a set, with the winner having to stick with the same character. However, if the loser switches characters, the winner is allowed to switch gems.
• If a player's connection drops during a round, it is up to the opponent to decide if he agrees to do a rematch or not.
• It is suggested that everyone's input delay for online be set to 2.

How to sign up:

Reply in this thread saying you want to enter to give me an idea of how many people will be participating in the tournament and post your PSN ID.

Official sign-ups will be done via Challonge (account required) and the sign-up page will be posted on Wednesday, August 21st. This is to prevent people from saying they'll participate but not showing up and it also enables players to update the brackets themselves instead of having to do it all myself.

When:

Tournament starts on Friday, August 23rd and ends on Sunday, August 25th. It's still tentative, however, and specific times for sets remain to be determined.

The Challonge sign-up page will be posted on Wednesday, August 21st.

IRC Channel

Here's an IRC channel where people can meet up to play some matches:

1. Got to http://webchat.quakenet.org
2. The channel is: #GB_Divekick

I heavily suggest people go there when the tournament starts to organize matches.

Prizes:

First Place

• A custom portrait by Reisz featuring the character the winner used to take the tournament or another character of their choice doing something ridiculous. (Work sample)
• Custom art by aurahack featuring the character used to take the tournament winning. (Work sample)
• A Divekick hat by mccarron. (Divekick hat)
• Divekick Plushie by Iron Galaxy.

Second Place

• Custom art by aurahack featuring the character the player used to take second place losing. (Work sample)
• A Divekick hat by mccarron. (Divekick hat)

Third Place

• A Divekick hat by mccarron. (Divekick hat)

Raffle (to all participating players)

• Alan Wake Bundle on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Fez on Steam (Brackynews)
• Hotline Miami on Steam via (Brackynews)
• Toy Soldiers on Steam via (BaconGames)
• Iron Brigade on Steam via (BaconGames) (only for top 8).
• Don't Starve on Steam (StarvingGamer)
• Penny arcade EP3 on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• World of Goo, Anomaly, Osmos, and EDGE Bundle on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Waking Mars on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Cogs on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Swords & Soldiers HD on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Zen Bound 2 on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Avadon: The Black Fortress on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Splice on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Crayon Physics Deluxe on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Dear Esther on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Capsized on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Thomas Was Alone on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Little Inferno on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Awesomenauts on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Tiny and Big in Grandpa's Leftovers on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• English Country Tune on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Intrusion 2 on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• Oil Rush on Steam (IrrelevantJohn)
• 10 codes for Crysis 1 on the PS3 (chrisphil1724)
• Mirror's Edge on Steam (StarvingGamer)
• Trine 2 on Steam (Demoskinos)

*New users being eligible to win the prizes depends on the individual contributors.

Streaming:

Divekick does not have lobbies or a spectator mode, but some entrants will be streaming their individual matches:

http://www.twitch.tv/lleg3nd

Entrants:

Some of the rules and dates are subject to change, but I doubt most of it will end up changing.

Last time I had a week 1 tournament with Persona 4 Arena, it was really fun and there was a total of 56 participants. A tournament so early after the game is released is neat because people are practically all newbies when it comes time to compete, so the skill level is pretty much the same between players. So don't be intimidated to join!

I plan on getting it so I'll say I'm in. PSN: Demoskinos

Yes, I was hoping someone would set one up.

PSN: Joshthebear

I'm down. PSN ID is mvdlippe.

This isn't going to be super serious is it? Ah, screw it.

PSN: MikeW1980UK

I am in like you wouldn't believe. :D

gravitypenguin (gb) / gravitypenguin (psn)

I'm in as well!

PSN: xLLeg3ndX

PSN: FLStyle

Let's do this!

PSN: catbond

As long as the time isn't horrible count me in.

darth_orange93

God yes.

PSN: RecSpec

I'll play though I will probably be terrible. PSN ut-oh-spaghettio

Sure.

PSN: Karsheh

Sure!

PSN: Gooftecks

hmm as long as it comes out around same time for the uk/eu (I cant find anything on google but im sure that would be easy to do as its on psn) sign me up
PSN: Optix12

Sign me up! PSN: brinstargonaut

Though I just remembered I do work Fridays and Saturdays right now...and I work at night. Doh!

Yeah, the game will release on the 20th in North America, Australia and Europe.

@blargonaut: @darthorange: The last times I've done this, the time the tournament had started at 12:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST with specific times that certain sets had to be completed by, so there should be enough leeway for people to organize and get their matches in.

Hell yes, PSN: VVarevvolf

Also I would like to offer a dumb prize in the form of a custom portrait of the character the winner used to win first place or another character of their choice doing something ridiculous. Work sample here.

PM me if you're interested @fluxwavez. Looking forward to the tournament.

PSN: TurboMan

I'm in this.

@reisz: Your prize would be amazing and original!

Added Reisz' first place prize to the OP.

I'm definitely in! PSN: McCarronX

I'll also donate a Divekick hat to the first place winner as I'm ordering some for the tournament I'm running in Chicago.

I'm in, PSNID AggroCraig

Count in me in! PSN: EvasionR3

Can I also throw my artness as a possible winner prize? I'd be down to do something for the winner or runner-up? Maybe the runner-up can get a cool-ass doodle of him painfully losing the final match. :'D Work sample an' stuff.

I'm down! PSN: zelot2376

(It's super dumb we can't change PSN names...)

I suppose, sure. Write me in too. PSN: Solus3509

#25: Yeah, I know that feel. Lmao

I wish to join this tournament!

PSN ID: DJ_Azure

I will join it.

ID: Kamepandouken

I know I'm going to be terrible at the game but I'll throw my name in anyway. PSN: talarata

Here's a look at the hat, previously only available to those who have entered the Lang Zone. As I said earlier I'll make one just for the winner of this tournament to throw into the prize pool. Very few of these exist so should help raise the stakes.

PLUS if we get to 100+ entrants, I'll give a hat to each of the Top 3 players.

The game is only $10, so I'm in.

PSN: Nadafinga

GB Tournament was the most fun I had with Anarachy Reigns, so definitely joining this.

PSN: Vonocourt

Haha, man the Anarchy Reigns tournament was chaos to organize; lived up to the name of the game. Was the most fun I had with it, though.

I'm in! Had an amazing time playing this game at EVO.

PSN: Beboped1

God damn YLOD on my PS3 so I can't join this....

YI-Orange for PSN. I'm so in for this. Been waiting for something else to get into since the P4A scene died.

Will this mark the weekend where my excitement for Divekick dies once I realize how terrible I am at it?

PSN: TournamentOfHate

I'd love to play: PSN ID: AgentJay414

I'm in! PSN: Chancely_S

I'm so in. FreakmanJ. Let's do this.

I'm so in. FreakmanJ. Let's do this.

I'm so in. FreakmanJ. Let's do this.

Sign me up. PSN name: vocalyouth

Oooh, count me in PSN: Herringson

I'm in, this sounds awesome. PSN: ckvinnesland2

Can't not sign up for this. PSN ID: BaconGames

Is that a nickel?

I'm in. PSN: GateGeekPrime

I'd like in. ID: Ciaomeister

I'm in! Loved my time with the P4A tourney!

PSN: Blazeluminos