Jump to content
  • OGjahajaha
    OGjahajaha

    Welcome to Summer Cup 4 (EU)!

    Hey NHLGamers!

    Many of you have been asking for it, and here we are - delivering. The Summer Cup has been a very nice tradition for three consecutive years already, bringing the community together and giving us something to play for during the summer months. This year has been a bit different in the sense that interest around NHL gaming is ramping up and we've been hosting a number of great leagues and tournaments including live events - with more to come. Therefore we made the decision to postpone the start of our beloved casual tourney. 

    Despite the delay, the Summer Cup is now here! Due to community feedback we will be suggesting altering some aspects of this iteration, mainly with the drafting in order to ensure a more even spread of talent throughout the teams in the tournament. For the draft, we will be giving you guys two alternatives to choose between, we'll be implementing the more popular one.

    Our suggestions are:
    1. Captains will be seeded into baskets based on perceived skill level (based on previous season - Elite, Pro or Lite). During the first two rounds captains get to pick one player from each of the two divisions that they do not represent. (In the case of the player representing a team that was relegated from or promoted to Elite at the end of ECL 8, the player will be interpreted as an Elite player).

    2. Keep it as it has been in the past - no restrictions apply to the drafting.

    Please submit your votes/opinions in the comments section.

     

    Summer_Cup_4.jpg

     

    What is the Summer Cup?

    The Summer Cup is a draft-type league aimed at both experienced community members and complete rookies. The stated goal of this tournament is to improve networking within the community and introduce new players to the great world of NHLGamer. Our Summer Cup is always a great venue for prospects to open up doors for entry into the upcoming ECL season. The same promise remains for season 4, only this time we’ll deliver better!

    Last year over 400 players took part in our tournament, which were drafted in a quite nice fashion (compared to some other years 😅) during the live stream. As always, we will need a good number of volunteer captains that are up for the challenge, so please consider your availability to act as a Summer Cup captain.

    Similarly to last summer, we will not be having any prizes for this season. We’ve received valuable feedback from our community members and based on this, the decision was made that a Summer Cup without prizes will best serve the original purpose of the tournament – to increase networking and allow new players entry to our community.

     

    SUMMER CUP 4 FRAMEWORK

    • Team building: No more than 2 players from a single ECL 8 team are allowed to play on the same Summer Cup team. This rule applies to the final rosters, after transfers and free agents.
    • Team names: The Summer Cup will be played in dedicated EASHL teams which will have "NG" as a prefix - for example "NG Golden Knights".
    • Sign-ups: To rule out unfortunate circumstances when it comes to player positioning, holidays and other aspects, the sign-ups will follow a clear structure, allowing captains to recognize fitting players more easily.
    • Draft procedure: The team captains will be taking part in a snake draft, where all of the signed up players will be drafted during one night.

     

    LEAGUE DETAILS

    • Summer Cup Season 4 will take place on the PS4 version of NHL 19.
    • Last day to sign up is Saturday 3rd of August 2019. 
    • Players sign up using the registration tool linked at the bottom of the post.
    • Due to the latency issues experienced by the North American players in Summer Cup 2, Summer Cup 4 is only for European players.
    • All signed up players are aimed to be seeded into teams with a size of 10 players (may vary).
    • Out of all registrations, NHLGamer Staff will select an according number of team captains from the players that offered to take on a captaincy role in their sign-up post - anyone is allowed to apply for it.
    • Team captains will receive a draft sheet on Sunday 4th of August, containing all signed up players and relevant information in a structured form.
    • Team captains will be taking part in a live draft event on Sunday 4th of August picking their roster until all players are seeded. The draft will be streamed live on our Twitch channel.
    • All games are played 6vs6 using dedicated EASHL teams.
    • The Summer Cup is set to start on the week of August 5th and aimed to be finished before the release of NHL 20.
    • Full rules will be released after the registration is over.

     

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE

    To participate, make sure you are logged in or create an account first, visit the sign-up page and fill in all fields of the registration form like below - make sure the player positions in your Player Card are up-to-date so captains know who they are drafting! You can update your Player Card on the "Edit Player" page.

     

    Sign-up page: Click here!

     

    signup_example.png

     

    Let's make this year's Summer Cup at least as memorable as the previous ones! Looking forward to seeing you on the ice!




    User Feedback

    Recommended Comments



    38 minutes ago, vatalisti said:

    Well i enjoy more playing with better players so idk does it help that teams would be more equal to eachother but worse overall considering what i prefer. 

    But anyways thats why i dont participate

    Come on vata, you've already won eSM and ECL Elite, why can't you let scrubs like me win something for once? :(

    • Like 2
    • Love it! 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Just saying, I undertand both options but only way to build this big is to lean to ”hardcore” aka elite players wishes, im just saying that some elite players dont want to join if there is this scenario 1, newbies are joining for fun whatever the system is. 

    Some players are playing more competive than anothers so thats why I hope you guys (nhlgamer) give elite players chance to play more enjoyable hockey with some another elite players. If scenario two gives the advantage to play with more same lvl players (im not 100% thats case)

    To those players who are playing just for fun only thing I can say is that in competive community we cant go with ”just for fun or lets try something new” additude. 

    Either way sc is always a fun tournament to play so just lets have fun more serious or not but plz pick the scenario 2!

    thx. Bye. 

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    We should have more captains who have knowledge of players in this community, mostly elite people i guess. 

    Ive seen that many of those players wont be a captain because of dutys. At the same time they will be watching whole 6h live draft stream and being daily active on the forums. You could handle those dutys without taking extra time from yourself, step in guys, this tourney needs you.

    Edited by Aze
    • Like 18
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    There is...

    ECL

    SCL

    FCL

    GCL

    RCL

    eSM

    NACL

    Spring League.

    whats common with all of these leagues? You can play with who ever you want to (with some limitations on nationalities).

    now we have an idea. Make summer cup exactly the same because those leagues aint enough.🤭

    • Like 2
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    1

    Also any league after beta is not a good idea. People don't want to open the old version after seeing new and better.

    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    2, 1 just sounds unfair for elite captains and I think u should ask the elite captains option not the community. They are the ones who this rule is going to hurt

    Edit: maybe I go captain and vote nr 1 so I can get 2 elite players ez

    Edited by ramseyy2
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    7 tuntia sitten, ramseyy2 kirjoitti:

    2, 1 just sounds unfair for elite captains and I think u should ask the elite captains option not the community. They are the ones who this rule is going to hurt

    Edit: maybe I go captain and vote nr 1 so I can get 2 elite players ez

    Maybe the captains should choose players from different divisions. So after 2 rounds every team would have 1 elite, 1 pro and 1 lite player 🤔

    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    1 hour ago, Sakkem said:

    Maybe the captains should choose players from different divisions. So after 2 rounds every team would have 1 elite, 1 pro and 1 lite player 🤔

    This is the idea behind suggestion #1.

    • Like 2
    • Thanks 3

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    I like suggestion 1. 

    Not sure about the numbers, but there might be plenty of elite players left in round 3 as well. 

    Think this system will improve the dynamic of the tournament greatly. Captains also needs to find the best pro and lite players  rather than just picking the biggest names in the first rounds. 

    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    i think there is a bit of confusion because some people interpret #1 as non-elite captains can pick two elite players in the first 2 rounds, which is not the case. (by the way it is written in the article, i can see how someone would confuse that.) But it should be worded as such: Captains in the first two rounds get to pick one player from each of the two divisions that they do not play in. So then every team after round 2 should have 1 elite, 1 pro, 1 lite player.

     

    my vote is with #1 because why not try something different.

    • Like 5
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    2

    I’m not Elite.

    But I see this as an opportunity to learn something from Elite players. So if you have couple of those in your team, you might, just might learn about it. 

    That’s not the point if you are picked with bunch of f.ex real life friends, who are not knowing community at all.

    But either way, going to participate

    Edited by Oicteppotulppu
    • Like 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    12 hours ago, PSchibra said:

    i think there is a bit of confusion because some people interpret #1 as non-elite captains can pick two elite players in the first 2 rounds, which is not the case. (by the way it is written in the article, i can see how someone would confuse that.) But it should be worded as such: Captains in the first two rounds get to pick one player from each of the two divisions that they do not play in. So then every team after round 2 should have 1 elite, 1 pro, 1 lite player.

     

    my vote is with #1 because why not try something different.

    Thanks. Updated the wording in the original post to hopefully make the intention more clear.

     

    10 hours ago, Oicteppotulppu said:

    2

    I’m not Elite.

    But I see this as an opportunity to learn something from Elite players. So if you have couple of those in your team, you might, just might learn about it. 

    That’s not the point if you are picked with bunch of f.ex real life friends, who are not knowing community at all.

    But either way, going to participate

    I agree with your thoughts here, but I believe this is possible with both options 1 & 2.

    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    1 tunti sitten, Kenu kirjoitti:

    I agree with your thoughts here, but I believe this is possible with both options 1 & 2.

    Yeah, I don’t totally disagree with you. 

    But if the situation is like one Elite guy, one Pro, and rest of the team is lite, it can go ”wrong”. If the Elite guy is pissed about it, he/she may play only the mandatory 4 games. 

    Of course, if the team is full of Elite, rest of the gang is playing the mandatory 4games. 

    Potato, ”Poteto”..😂

     

    Share this comment


    Link to comment
    Share on other sites




    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Add a comment...

    ×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

      Only 75 emoji are allowed.

    ×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

    ×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

    ×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy