Competitive Gears Scrimmages guide/settings

[iDuskk]

FIRST!

Whats up guys, I just wanted to post a quick guide/settings thread because im sure alot of people here don't know what a "scrimmage" is.

A scrimmage is a practice game between two competitive teams who are prepairing for a tournament, or are just trying to improve in general as a team. Depending on what league you are practicing for (Gamebattles, GoWnation, Hypefest, Local tournaments, ect) you may play on different settings/gametypes then normal ranked matches. This is one of the things that makes scrimmages better for practice then simply playing ranked, because you can set the game to whatever ruleset your league/tournament uses.

To get a basic idea on what some competitive settings are here are the settings for Hypefestation. This is the more commonly used settings throughout the competitive community, however there are more leagues that use different settings.

Hypefestation Settings:

Starting Weapons: Lancer/Gnasher

Execution:
Rounds to Win - 4
Round Time Limit - 5
Number of Bots - 0
Bleed-Out Time - 20
Friendly Fire - On
Weapon Respawn - After Pickup
Map Selection - Host Chooses
Maps: Checkout, Clock Tower, Drydock, Gridlock, Hotel, Mercy, Old Town, Thrashball, Trenches

Team Deathmatch:
Respawns Allotted - 15
Rounds to Win - 1
Number of Bots - 0
Bleed-Out Time - 20
Friendly Fire - On
Weapon Respawn - After Pickup
Map Selection - Host Chooses
Maps: Old Town, Trenches

King of the Hill:
Round Score Limit - 210
Rounds to Win - 1
Number of Bots - 0
Bleed-Out Time - 20
Friendly Fire - On
Weapon Respawn - After Pickup
Map Selection - Host Chooses
Maps: Drydock, Trenches


Keep in mind you are NOT limited to these. If you don't plan on competing in any hypefestation tournaments, you can use whatever settings you want when scrimming. But when posting for a scrimmage, its a good idea to post what settings you will be using to avoid confusion.



If you plan on posting for a scrimmage there are some things you need to include in your post. It doesn't need to be long, but the basic information you need to include is:

Settings used
Players per team (2v2, 3v3, 4v4, 5v5)
Your gamertag so they know who to invite
Specific gametypes (Execution only, Exe/KoTH only, All gametypes, ect)
Which team you want to host first




Scrimmage Terminology:

Scrim = Scrimmage
Full Cycle = Every gametype/map being played
aoi = Ask or Invite (A quicker way of determining who hosts. Invite means you want host, asking the other team for an invite means you want them to host)
L/G = Lancer/Gnasher settings
Exe = Execution
GB = Gamebattles
GN = GoW Nation
Hype = Hypefestation



Scrimmage Etiquette:

There are basic Scrimmage Etiquette's to follow. Obviously there is no penalty for not following them, but building a reputation as a team who has poor etiquette will make other teams not want to scrim with you.

Here is a really good video on Scrimmage Etiquette made by one of Gears of War's most known professionals ArCtyC http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-ga...titive-gaming/


Hopefully this helps those who are new to scrimmages. Thank you EPIC for putting the time into making these subforums. Hopefully this will catch on and people will come here for Scrimmages as well as the other websites. Love you EPIC <3

[vVv Sun Down]

Fantastic post, thanks for putting this together.

Oh and here's the link you wanted http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-ga...titive-gaming/

[The Mad Fiddler]

Good guide for those who may not know all the settings .

[CLARKETRON3000]

why no warzone love?

[jashin]

Great post, this should def be stickied

[Adamson VII]

why no warzone love?

Because all we would be doing/watching is shooting at distances with Lancers, only.

[iDuskk]

why no warzone love?

Warzone isn't used in Hypefest because it plays out slower then Execution as teams dont have as much incentive to push other then power weapons

But there are other communities who play on warzone settings, so if you love warzone nothing is stopping you from finding people who want to play it :] These aren't the only competitive settings for gears, you can find communities for anything really. Its just a matter of finding friends who have same interests as you.

[ZURGI]

i really hate Clocktower as Gears 3 competitive match, they removed some cover that made that map amazing in Gears 1

[CLARKETRON3000]

i would play 2v2 execution... it'd basically be like warzone anyways, or that is to say, i could play it similarly to how i would play warzone.

[cyrax5499]

Great post/guide. Thank you for creating this and sharing it.

[DEFiNiTiON OF]

You should put up the GB settings too!

[Shmehh]

Nice post, really helps those who are new to it.

[iDuskk]

Is there a chance this can get Sticky'd so that new players can always find it? I dont want to bump the thread if its not necessary, but I think it helps alot of people.