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2016 4chan Summer Cup Week Two 2016-08-12 18:27:58 Post No. 1440364
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2016 4chan Summer Cup Week Two
DukeSilver (ID: !!nAHV/RtPB1q)
2016-08-12 18:27:58
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>What the hell is this?
Basically think of it as a fake World Cup for different 4chan boards. Each board makes a team, the teams play each other in Pro Evolution Soccer, and the best teams move forward into the knockouts until one board rises above the rest.
Boards create a 23-man roster based on board culture and memes, and molds their team to look and play like their board - /biz/ has a roster mostly consisting of cryto/finance captained by Martin Shkreli, based off of a poll we did on the board before the Spring cup.
There are basically two "tiers" of teams - in Winter/Summer, the top 32 teams play in the Elite cups, while Spring and Autumn play host to the Babbies, where teams hope to advance to the Elite level.
>How does /biz/ play into this?
To put it nicely, we haven't really been all that good. /biz/ played in 3 Babby Cups without really doing anything, and actually had to play in a qualifier to even get to play in the last Babby Cup.
After a few draws and some decent wins against teams like /gif/ and /sci/, /biz/ has the chance to play in an Elite Cup for the first time ever. It's not going to be easy, though - we'll have to play a few powerhouse teams, including /m/, the team that won the Babby Cup (and stomped on us) a few months ago.
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>When is this?
The cup takes three weekends, with the second weekend of the Group Stages taking place this Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Each team plays 3 matches in their groups, /biz/ has played 1 of those three (A 3-2 loss to /tv). /biz/ is scheduled to play these final two matches:
August 12th (Friday), 19:30 UTC (3:30 PM EDT): vs. /m/
August 14th (Sunday, 19:30 UTC (3:30 PM EDT): vs. [s4s]
These times are probably going to change, since we'll be the 6th match each day - expect the match to start anywhere between 3:30 and 4:30 EDT each day.
The top two teams from that group will play in the knockouts on August 20th/21st. Hopefully we'll get to that point, and see where things go from there.
>Is this as dumb as it looks?
Yup. It's corny as all hell and some people take it way too seriously. /sp/ treats it like a religion, some boards take it way too seriously, and there are some teams that have small armies of managers and testers that try to make their teams SLIGHTLY better than others.
The way I see it, it's a fun little event that might introduce some casual viewers/fans to /biz/ as a board - if it gets a few people to browse and post or get involved, it's a cool bonus. It's a little silly to take "people pretending to play soccer on a video game" seriously, but it's also cool to get people interested and involved on /biz/ and learn a little bit about other boards.
The links below should have everything you need to know about the /biz/ team and the actual cup schedule. I'll be here to answer any questions obviously, and to try to keep things a little hyped for the match this weekend.
http://implyingrigged.info/wiki//biz/
http://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2016_4chan_Summer_Cup
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So when do we play against /m/ today?
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What to short today?
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