Pricing Event Easter 2024 Info & Teams

[Erik]

Hello! Thanks for signing up!

In this thread you will find all the information you need regarding the pricing event and the team you are in. Please read the thread.

 

The event will start Thursday the ^28th of March at 19:00 UTC and will end Monday the 1st of April at 20:00 UTC. This means that any suggestions submitted after this date are invalid.

 

Timeline

 

-          Day 1: Scout, Soldier and Pyro hats + class specific taunts that are 6+ months outdated OR unpriced!

-          Day 2: Demoman, Heavy and Engineer hats + class specific taunts that are 6+ months outdated OR unpriced!

-          Day 3: Medic, Sniper and Spy hats + class specific taunts that are 6+ months outdated OR unpriced!

-          Day 4: All-class and Multi-class hats + taunts that are 6+ months outdated OR unpriced!

 

When the event starts, the assignments above will be specified to certain effects. At the beginning of each event day, your team will receive a file/pastebin with ALL backpack.tf stat page links that match your team's requirements. This will make it a lot more convenient to find items that your team is eligible to update.

Note: each day unlocks a new set of items you can update. However, you can still update the items from the previous days.

 

Point Scoring

 

-          1 point for every accepted suggestion

-          1 point for every mini suggestion accepted*

-          0.5 points for every single sale marketplace.tf suggestion**

-          0 points for B/O drops.

-          -5 points for every suggestion closed by a moderator.

*=A mini suggestion is valid as long as your mini suggestion is necessary to update your main item. This also includes a mini for a mini.

**=This qualifies as a suggestion where the only sale is a marketplace.tf sale (and the deposit to the marketplace bot). This criterion is implemented to discourage submissions primarily reliant on single marketplace.tf sales, while skipping other items in the file that have potential sales but require more effort, due to the fact that these kind of suggestions typically take a minute of work.

 

Rules

!!READ!!

 

• Each team is required to appoint one designated suggester. This person will be responsible for submitting the work completed by team on the website. Once the team has decided on who should be the designated suggester, please notify me in your team channel in the discord or through a private message. This is necessary to ensure clarity for the moderation team. As without a designated suggester, all participants might submit their own suggestions, leading to confusion and difficulty in assessment for the mod choice awards.
  • New: We are now introducing a back-up designated suggester. This person will be appointed by the team as well. The back-up designated suggester is permitted to submit suggestions on behalf of the team in the final hour of the event and only if the main designated suggester is offline or non-responsive.
  • Tip: Something to consider when deciding on a designated suggester: a) rather active throughout the event to process the workload; b) has a relatively high voting power and; c) some experience could be useful as well, as the designated suggester is ultimately responsible for the work submitted on the event and should/could perform a quality check.
• All suggestions must be clearly identifiable as event-related. The first line of each suggestion should include your team number to ensure clarity. Furthermore, adherence to indicating whether a suggestion is a mini for another suggestion, along with specifying the hat for which the mini is intended, is mandatory.
  • Example: Team 1 - Suggestion 23
  • Example: Team 1 - Suggestion 24: Mini for Burning Flames TC
• Is it strictly prohibited to solicit or utilize suggestions from individuals outside of your team. Engaging in such behavior for gaining an unfair advantage will result in disqualification and forfeiture of any associated prizes, donation credit and backpack.tf premium. We uphold a fair play policy with zero tolerance for cheating. You are allowed to use scripts on backpack.tf - in fact, a list will be provided to all participants to make suggesting a little bit easier.
• Teams are allowed to submit suggestions for effects that are not assigned to them, but only if they are necessary for a mini suggestion. Event participants should also not make suggestions under their own name for assignments/effects that belong to other teams in an attempt to undermine them.

 

And most importantly, work together as a team. There are teams, not individuals. Whether you are new to suggesting and/or participating in events or whether you're experienced, you should strive to collaborate with your team. If you are completely new, that is fine. Simply do your best, ask questions and try to contribute. If you are a quadruple black belt, take the lead. Teach the newbies and set a good example. It is imperative to include all team members in the process. Additionally, please note that the staff team recognizes exceptional team work even if you don't get first place on the scoreboard. For this, we even have a specific award in place, as shown in the next paragraph.

 

Prizes

 

• First place -> $150 marketplace.tf credit to be shared between the members of your team.
• Second place -> $100 marketplace.tf credit to be shared between the members of your team.
• Mod Choice: Teamwork -> $100 marketplace.tf credit to be shared between the members of your team.
• Mod Choice: Quality -> $100 marketplace.tf credit to be shared between the members of your team.
• Best teamleader -> $25 marketplace.tf credit.
• Best newcomer -> $25 marketplace.tf credit.

All prizes also come with a special permanent badge on your backpack.tf profile!

 

In addition to this, you will receive donation credit* on the site for each point your time scores. This will increase the amount of classified slots you have and level up your donation badge. You will also be given a free month of backpack.tf premium! For convenience sake, this will be applied to your profile before the event starts. Big thanks to the marketplace.tf team for putting up the prizes!!
*= amount T.B.A.

More info on prizes:

• Mod Choice: Teamwork --- this award you can win by being the team with the best teamwork. Teaching inexperienced people, making suggestions together and involving everyone are aspects we’ll be watching for this award.
• Mod Choice: Quality --- this award will be given to the team that submits the suggestions with the highest quality. We define high quality suggestions as suggestions with a proper lay out (well organized, 2 compare links for every sale, a conclusion/summary, final range etc), well worked out mini’s suggestions and the main suggestion itself in general are all things we are taking into consideration. It also helps if your team doesn't have any suggestions closed by a moderator.
• Best teamleader --- this is awarded to the individual whom mods feel was the most active, the most helpful in their team, teached the newcomers best and showed best leadership.
• Best newcomer --- this is awarded to an active member of the team with almost no prior experience in suggesting and yet picks up on the basics quickly and is able to make decent suggestions for the team.

 

Teams

 

Last but not least, the teams. People from all over the world signed up for this event. We have tried to keep the teams as balanced as possible with also trying to take the timezone and availability of participants into account. The teams list is as follows:

 

Team 1

datweirdbirb

vege8711

russell0316

rainy0113

twistedmedia

.nobody_nose

wersady

the.fungus

 

Team 2

Icycrevasse

plantfoodclock

imgonnahangmyself

namishgali

kirbify

cykablyat7669

.nicktree

bumbaliabombaclot

 

Team 3

aj___

macioeus

.hollowka

heidecker

beponeko

metalcore

flubs_

esteban7890

 

Team 4

mtcrimson

L3ORIC#1356

Mucy

notsemper

zelias7575

.moltion

pizzathepizza

.salamence.

 

Team 5

bentry_suster

rouzenzak

.noblenaga

quickseller

clone_two

kalt_komeiji

destroyer123456

sentx

 

Team 6

jaroolerino

paybackpayback

JayTuut

dveils

Asymmetrical7022

paperfacee

dzaster23

ItsFursy

 

Please make sure to read this thead in it's entirety. This thread contains practically all the information you need. You will be communicating with your team in a private section in the backpack.tf discord.

You will be placed in the channels shortly after this thread is public. That way, you will have some preparation time and you can get to know your team mates a little bit before the event kicks off tomorrow.

 

If you have any questions, we also have a general-event channel where you can ask!