Reporting in from ZhengZhou China as we are finalizing field setup. We have successfully tested the stream with a mostly-stable VPN connection into Hong Kong! This has been very difficult for Twitch in the past so we are very thrilled that the test has been successful.
Friday 8:15am-7:00pm. 00:15am-11:00am, (Thursday 3:15pm-Friday 2:00am): Qualification Matches and Both Alliance Selections (below)
Saturday 8:15am-7:00pm. 00:15am-11:00am, (Friday3:15pm-Saturday 2:00am): Both Elimination Tournaments (below)
Alliance Selections and Elimination Tournament:
At the CRC there will be two different elimination tournaments. One will be with both international and Chinese teams. The other will be just with Chinese teams. Many of these teams are pre-rookies and will have a fantastic opportunity to play many matches as we have 80+ teams competing at this off season event.
Webcast issues: As we are in China and having to VPN we do expect the occasional issue. Please feel free to either tag @firstupdatesnow or PM firstupdatesnow on Twitch.
Yeah. FIRST will not let a VPN be used on the FMS computer so we are out of luck. Might have somebody manually enter results but that’s really the only option for now.
We have two elimination tournaments today. In the AM we have the full team tournament where all teams are eligible to compete. In the afternoon we will conduct an alliance selection and elimination tournament exclusively for teams from China.
Congrats to all who participated in this event. Looks like it was running very well from what I got to watch. I hope all teams that are traveling home get there safely and have learned something from this great opportunity.