CAL-AA NA Sign-ups Open

For a link to the CAL site click here

A Thread was started to get an idea of how many teams are participating in CAL this season. About 20 teams posted thus far, but a forum post is not necessary, teams will just have to sign up their team as per an admin's response.

CAL|AprilP - All teams wishing to participate need to get signed up. Five players on a roster with their GUIDs is mandatory to be a team. The sooner you get your teams ready the sooner we can start. Any questions, get on irc or pm an admin.

Official start dates and move-ups/move-downs between CAL-i, CAL-m, CAL-o have not been announced yet.

Teams which were in CAL season 8 at either the Invite or Main level likely won't need to sign up again, but make sure your GUID & handles are correct, and have any new members of your team join the roster.

The main division will definitely need some restructuring as 5 of the 10 teams are no longer active. CAL|AprilP took the liberty of removing 2 of those teams (2n Gaming and Volatilis Infensus) and the other 3 (Team unRestricted, Stupid Arses Running w/ Scissors, and Notorious Gaming) will also be removed unless they contact CAL expressing interest in having a team again this season. We can expect a couple of teams from open to move up to main, and maybe a couple of experienced teams added in as well (Instruments of Allah, and misChief come to mind).


CAL-AA NA Season 8 Champions

CAL's Season 8 finished in February-March of this year for the 3 different levels. The finals map was Pipeline, which is one of the favorites in competition, and made for some good finals matches.

CAL Invite Champs - overRated

overRated took down Audigy 8-6 for the title. I could not find a write-up or logs, but it was a very close match. oR capitalized on some mistakes by Audigy on defense. oR took the final round of the match to secure the win and claim another CAL-i title. CAL Invites became a division only 3 seasons ago, with CAL Main being the top level before that. overRated won the first season of CAL-invites, lost the 2nd season to Audigy in a match which was later overturned, and won this 3rd season.

Audigy roster:
-aud.Jonny-
-aud.Kilatoby-
-aud.Proton-
-aud.itsmofo!-

overRated roster:
[oR.epic]
[oR.scarface]
[oR.osiris]
[oR.nexington] / [oR.aziatik] / [oR.krayzieguy] ?

CAL Main Champs - Even Flow

Even Flow beat up on Team unRestricted 8-3 in a match which was casted on E-Rev TV. It had potential to be a great match, but unR's lack of preparation definitely showed. They had been too distracted by COD4 and hadn't scrimmed at all. unR did a main pump room camp for the most part with agentryan roaming, he was carrying the team, but eFlow took 4 of the 7 rounds on assault which is rather disastrous. Even Flow dominated on D and won all four rounds to complete the victory and earn them their first title.

Even Flow roster:
[eFlow]gillvic
[eFlow]commiekid
[eFlow]terror
[eFlow]obLiv

Team unRestricted roster:
-unR.Maynard-
-unR.muzzl3
-unR.GuNNy-
-unR.agentryan-

Match Logs

CAL Open Champs - Letalis Captoris

Letalis Captoris beat Fragweiser in OT, 10-7. Fragweiser had the edge early on taking 3 rounds on assault before halftime. They were not able to follow it up with a strong Defense, and gave the 3 rounds back. In overtime, Lc held their 2 defense rounds, then followed it up with a winning round on assault to take the win and the championship!

Letalis Captoris roster:
Lc^Divinus
Lc^Sorrow.!
Lc^mindz-
Lc^Iso

Fragweiser roster:
.!.$corp!an-
.!.Sniper
.!.Reaper
.!.Pr0ph3t


Looking for CAL-AA NA Admins

The NA side of CAL-AA is looking for a few admins to fill the void in order to kick off the CAL-AA NA Season. No admin under the age of 18 will be accepted unless good reason is given. Spots looking to be filled:

Game Manager
The game manager will oversee all CAL-AA NA activities as well as support the CAL-AA EU division when the CAL-AA EU GM is out of action. Duties include but are not limited to, maintaining the stability of CAL-AA NA, generating interest, hiring and firing of admins, making sure all tasks of the league are completed each week, and being able to make decisions on issues not clearly addressed.

The requirements for becoming a Game Manager are:
Must have prior experience within a league type of environment.
Must have good communication abilities.
Must be able to manage a group of people
Must be able to commit time and effort to helping CAL-AA grow, not just be there on match days.
Must be stable, meaning that you will not disappear for weeks on end without informing us of your leave.
Must be able to make decisions at a moments notice.
Must be available at all times during match day (Exceptions are allowed as long as they do not happen often).
Must be able to keep to the rules and not make contradicting decisions.
Must be able to view DEMOs.
Must play well with others.
Being a strong member of the AA community is a plus.
Being able to attract more attention to CAL-AA is a plus.

Division Managers
Division managers will focus on keeping the division under them in order. These people are in charge of balancing the work load between admins and making sure that all admins tasks are done for the week for their division. These include scheduling, purging of inactive teams, handling disputes, and so forward.

The requirements of becoming a Division manager are:
Must be able to manage a small group of people.
Must have good communication abilities.
Must be willing to dedicate more time than just match days to CAL-AA.
Must be able to keep to the rules.
Must be able to view DEMOs.
Must play well with others.
Being a strong member of the AA community is a plus.
Prior league experience is a big plus.
Being able to attract more attention to CAL-AA is a plus.

General Game Admins
General Admins are the front line workers of CAL-AA. Their duties may include, but are not limited to, scheduling, purging teams, handling match day questions, making on the spot decisions, handling disputes, and so forward. General admin duties will be distributed by their division manager or by the game manager.

The requirements of becoming a General Admin are:
Must have good communication abilities.
Must be available on match nights.
Must be able to keep to the rules.
Must be able to view DEMOs.
Must play well with others.
Being a strong member of the AA community is a plus.
Prior league experience is a plus.
Being able to attract more attention to CAL-AA is a plus.

Anti-Cheat Admins
AC Admins are responsible for keeping CAL-AA clean, both on the player end and on the administrative end. Duties include, but are not limited to, doing BG checks, creating and updating CVARS, keeping game Admins up to date with the minimum AC knowledge, and so forward.

The requirements of becoming a General Admin are:
Must have good communication abilities.
Must be able to review AC Disputes.
Must be able to manage CVARs.
Must be able to perform BG checks.
Must be active.
Must play well with others.
Being a strong member of the AA community is a plus.
Prior league experience is a plus.
Being able to attract more attention to CAL-AA is a plus.

CAL|Nakamura - I will be taking over the application process again. If you have filled out an application prior to today and have not been denied or have not been contacted in a while, please contact me via email or IRC if you are still interested in a position with CAL. If you have not filled out an application, now is the time to do so. When submitting applications, please be detailed and not fill out just the bare minimums as it tends to make me want to deny your application out right. As I have stepped away from the AA community for some time now, I will be running all admin applications through people who I feel are better in-tuned to the AA community.

CAL Announces New Commissioner

Although this may be old news to some, this was announced on March 12, 2008.

The Cyberathlete Amateur League (CAL) is proud to announce the appointment of Mike Allen as League Commissioner. Mike Allen joined CAL in September 2001 as a Counter-Strike tournament administrator.

As League Commissioner Mike will manage and direct all tournament activities and will implement policies to help advance all of the online tournaments at CAL.

Mike will also help coordinate CAL's new programs to be launched in May of 2008, which include enhancements to the CAL engine, content addition to the CAL website and a new advertising program.