The Road To The Perfect Team World Championship!

[Nicolino Di Benedetto]

The Road To The Perfect Team World Championship!

We are thrilled to announce the next generation of Out of the Park Baseball Perfect Team competition. Everyone is invited – all skill levels and all player types – and there are no time-based signups or special rules. Everyone can participate simply by playing Perfect Team 23!

We have combined and enhanced our previous ‘esports’ competitions – the Perfect Team Championship Series and the Perfect Team Master Series – to be inclusive of all players with no need to sign up or register. In addition, these competitions – which yield great rewards on their own – build over the course of the entire year to the first-time-ever Perfect Team World Championship. This live, head-to-head competition pits players managing against each other for the first time ever in real time for ultimate prizes and glory.

It all starts Monday, May 30 with the beginning of leaderboards and standings. We will no longer have a signup period to join these tournaments for great prizes. Instead, it will all be based on in-game performance through a qualifying structure. Please note that in-game tracking of the leaderboards and standings will be included in a game patch scheduled for early June. Prior to that patch, the leaderboards will be tracked manually and will be available via our forums and Discord channel.

No more Saturday morning signups! If you play, you get in!

How do you participate?

Easy. Just play Perfect Team!

There are four ‘categories’ that will have leaderboards and standings over the course of a scheduled set of time. They are:
1. All Weekly Tournaments (likely capped at 21 total)
2. All Weekly Perfect Drafts (currently at 14)
3. All Daily Perfect Drafts
4. Ten Daily Tournaments (all cap related as the “Cap Decathlon”)
a. Daily Iron Cap
b. Daily Bronze Cap
c. Daily Bronze Floor Cap
d. Daily Silver Floor Cap
e. Daily Gold Floor Cap
f. Daily Gold Historical Cap
g. Daily Low Diamond Cap
h. Daily Open Low Cap
i. Daly Open Medium Cap
j. Daily Open High Cap

There is a point structure based on the order of finish for each tournament and Perfect Draft:

Points for standings (128 teams or more) - Weeklies
a. 1st – 25 points
b. 2nd – 20
c. 3rd-4th – 15
d. 5th-8th – 10
e. 9th-16th – 6
f. 17th-32nd – 3
g. 33rd-64th – 1
h. 65th-128th or 256th – 0

Points for standings (64 teams) - Dailies
a. 1st – 20 points
b. 2nd – 15
c. 3rd-4th – 10
d. 5th-8th – 6
e. 9th-16th – 3
f. 17th-32nd – 1
g. 33rd-64th – 0

At the end of each week, the points are tabulated for each category, and the top prizes are as follows:

Prizes for the Top 10
a. 1st – 50,000 PP
b. 2nd – 35,000 PP
c. 3rd-4th – 25,000 PP
d. 5th-10th – 15,000 PP

After the end of each week, once all competitions are complete and the final calculations have been completed, the winners will receive their prizes.

But that’s just the beginning!

The all-new Perfect Team Championship Series

There are 8 multi-week periods (listed below). The top 128 teams from each aggregate standing during the designated period will qualify for a separate, fantastic “monthly” tournament in that category. This is the new PTCS. Each PTCS tournament format, prize structure, and list of qualifiers will be announced on the first Monday of each month, The tournament will fire on the following Saturday.

For example, the first four PTCS tournaments (daily tournaments, weekly tournaments, daily Perfect Draft and weekly Perfect Draft) will be unveiled on Monday, July 4 to be played on Saturday, July 9.

These are the dates that designate each period:

Period 1: Ends July 4 (May 30-June 5, June 6-12, June 13-19, June 20-26, June 27-July 3) (five weeks ending July 4)
PTCS Daily Tournament #1
PTCS Weekly Tournament #1
PTCS PD Daily #1
PTCS PD Weekly #1

Period 2: Ends Aug. 1 – (July 4-10, July 11-17, July 18-24, July 25-31) (four weeks ending Aug. 1)
PTCS Daily Tournament #2
PTCS Weekly Tournament #2
PTCS PD Daily #2
PTCS PD Weekly #2

Period 3: Ends Sept. 5 – (Aug. 1-7, Aug. 8-14, Aug. 15-21, Aug. 22-28, Aug. 29-Sept. 4) (five weeks ending Sept 5)
PTCS Daily Tournament #3
PTCS Weekly Tournament #3
PTCS PD Daily #3
PTCS PD Weekly #3

Period 4: Ends Oct. 3 (Sept. 5-11, Sept. 12-18, Sept. 19-25, Sept. 26-Oct. 2) (four weeks ending Oct. 3)
PTCS Daily Tournament #4
PTCS Weekly Tournament #4
PTCS PD Daily #4
PTCS PD Weekly #4

Period 5: Ends Nov 7 (Oct. 3-9, Oct. 10-16, Oct. 17-23, Oct. 24-30, Oct. 31-Nov. 6) (five weeks ending Nov 7)
PTCS Daily Tournament #5
PTCS Weekly Tournament #5
PTCS PD Daily #5
PTCS PD Weekly #5

Period 6: Ends Dec. 5 – (Nov. 7-13, Nov. 14-20, Nov. 21-27, Nov. 28-Dec. 4) (four weeks ending Dec 5)
PTCS Daily Tournament #6
PTCS Weekly Tournament #6
PTCS PD Daily #6
PTCS PD Weekly #6

Period 7: Ends Jan. 3 – (Dec. 5-11, Dec. 12-18, Dec. 19-25, Dec. 26-Jan.1) (four weeks ending Jan 3)
PTCS Daily Tournament #7
PTCS Weekly Tournament #7
PTCS PD Daily #7
PTCS PD Weekly #7

Period 8: Ends Feb 6 (Jan. 2-8, Jan. 9-15, Jan. 16-22, Jan. 23-29, Jan. 30-Feb. 5) (five weeks ending Feb 6)
PTCS Daily Tournament #8
PTCS Weekly Tournament #8
PTCS PD Daily #8
PTCS PD Weekly #8

The semifinalists of each of these tournaments will qualify for a combined Perfect Team Masters Series!

The all-new Perfect Team Masters Series

The first PTMS will take the PTCS semifinalists from the first four periods - 16 teams from each period for a combined 64 teams. The first PTMS will occur on a date to be determined in October.

The second PTMS will take the PTCS semifinalists from Periods 5-8 at a date to be determined in February.

The all-new Perfect Team World Championship

Oh wait! There’s more!

The winner of the first PTMS will compete against the team that has won Perfect League the most times (or the team with the most Perfect League wins as a tiebreaker) in the Perfect Team World Championship (PTWC), a live head-to-head matchup streamed on the OOTP Developments Twitch channel in late fall.

The winner of that matchup will defend the PTWC title in the new year against the winner of the second PTMS.

All of these tournaments will have fantastic prizes at stake. And! The top 10 teams in the all-time rankings will get a free copy of OOTP 24.

[dishnet34]

Just a friendly reminder that leaderboard tracking goes live today! Best of luck to everyone on the first day of tournament leaderboards!

[PlayBall2022]

The Daily Cap tournaments that count, are only the 64 team variety, correct? There are some 32 team Cap tournaments with the same names, but I assume those don't count?

[PlayBall2022]

... if so, there are a number of 64 team daily cap tournaments that aren't filling up currently.

[dishnet34]

Originally Posted by PlayBall2022

The Daily Cap tournaments that count, are only the 64 team variety, correct? There are some 32 team Cap tournaments with the same names, but I assume those don't count?

Yes, that is correct. I'm not certain which ones are 32 right now, but unless they were supposed to fire today and moved to quicks, those ones don't count. Otherwise, all of the Daily Cap tournaments listed count from here on in, regardless of if they're 64-team or cut down to 32.

[PlayBall2022]

Are the points standings available to be viewed anywhere yet? I'm very interested in this Tournament points option and have been trying to play games that I believe will count. I know the tournament rankings in the site aren't up yet... but, are the point standings available on the boards anywhere, etc?

[Socali]

Without GO a lot of us are at a disadvantage.

[Nicolino Di Benedetto]

We have an update on the weekly standings for Week 1 of this period. You will find the files attached to this message and the next.

[Nicolino Di Benedetto]

This is the Perfect Draft Daily tournament standings.

[Nicolino Di Benedetto]

Attached you will find the full standings for the Weekly Tournament and Perfect Draft Standings. The file for the Daily tournaments and PDs are too large, so the top 10 in each are listed below.

Week 2 Daily Tournament Standings
1. bluebirdsilver
2. RedEclipse
3. NJSheed
4. dboyer12007
5. verne
6. cwhitman
7. jgritman
8. Dragelfred
9. Gabbagooluigi
10. dbqs

Week 2 Daily Perfect Draft Standings
1. UrbanShocked
2. bjamn
3. sotd31
4. danza
5. mraudit
6. KingBlue
7. weldon23
8. txtomster
9. phunkabilly
10. bmusic2

[dishnet34]

Here are the rewards for the first PTCS tournament that will take place this Saturday! The 2nd-32nd place rewards are a preview of what's to come in the next batch of tournament rewards, while 1st place is a unique card you can only win through this PTCS tournament!

[dishnet34]

First place for PTCS 1 - Hugh Duffy!

[HondoLane]

Originally Posted by dishnet34

First place for PTCS 1 - Hugh Duffy!

I just noticed I'm in this tourney. Did I earn this, or is everyone in one of these? Thanks!

[dishnet34]

Originally Posted by HondoLane

I just noticed I'm in this tourney. Did I earn this, or is everyone in one of these? Thanks!

You finished in the Top 128 in one of the four PTCS-eligible categories for the first period - congratulations!

[dishnet34]

Congratulations to the 16 teams who punched their ticket to the first Perfect Team Master Series in yesterday's first Perfect Team Championship Series tournament!

Special congrats to the Castroville Mashers, Long Beach Flipdogs, Please Be Gentle, and the Los Angeles Dodgers for winning their PTCS routes and winning PTCS Edition Hugh Duffy!

[dishnet34]

Here are the rewards for the first PTCS tournament that will take place Saturday, Aug. 6!

The 2nd-32nd place rewards are a preview of what's to come in the third batch of tournament rewards, which will come out later on in this cycle, while 1st place is another unique card you can only win through this PTCS tournament!

[dishnet34]

And the grand prize for PTCS #2 for the winners of each of the four tournaments...2016 Clayton Kershaw!

[dishnet34]

Congratulations to the 16 teams who made it to the Perfect Team Master Series in today's second PTCS tournament!

Special congrats to the Houston Slump Busters, Durham Los Toros, GKT GKT, and the Winnipeg GoJetsGo for winning their PTCS routes and the PTCS Exclusive Clayton Kershaw card!

A note: Due to the Underground Turtlebears (4th place in Daily Traditional) already clinching a PTMS spot in the last PTCS, the PTMS spot from that tournament went to 5th place. 5th place in the tournament was determined by the final standings from PTCS Period 2 among the 5th-8th place teams in the Daily Traditional. This will be the way we will determine a PTMS spot(s) if the situation arises again in a future PTCS.

Here were the results:

Besaid Aurochs: 11th
Wichita Wranglers: 24th
South Orange Village Villiagers: 53rd
SF PeachKings: 90th

[dishnet34]

The third PTCS tournament will take place next weekend, Saturday, Sept. 10 beginning at noon! Here are the formats that will be part of this month's PTCS:

Daily + Weekly Perfect Draft: Boom Defensive Power (Cards from 1961-2004, 1990 run environment, DH)
Daily Traditional: High Gold Floor, Max Diamond, 2323 Cap (1984 run environment, with DH)
Weekly Traditional: Boom Defensive Power Silver (Cards from 1961-2004, 1978 run environment, with DH)

Participants in the third PTCS are determined by the top 128 teams from the last five cumulative weeks (ending Sunday, Sept. 4) in each of the four formats.

For those that win this month's PTCS, they will be receiving this wonderful PTCS-exclusive prize, PEAK Alan Trammell!

2nd-32nd Place prizes are still to be determined, so stay tuned for more information on that!

[dishnet34]

The 2nd-32nd place prizes are in for the PTCS, and they're finally here!

CHOICE PACKS!

That's right, Choice Packs are finally here! Here's how they will work in the context of the PTCS:

• Players will choose between 6 tournament reward cards, pulled from Batch 1 and 2 of our Tournament rewards!
• Three of the cards will come from Batch 1, while the other three come from Batch 2!

Here's the distribution of what kind of choice packs 2nd-32nd will receive:

• 2nd place: Choose from 1 of 6 Perfect cards from Tournament Batch 1 and 2
• 3rd/4th place: Choose from 1 of 6 High Diamond cards from Tournament Batch 1 and 2
• 5th-8th place: Choose from 1 of 6 Low Diamond cards from Tournament Batch 1 and 2
• 9th-16th Place: Choose from 1 of 6 High Gold cards from Tournament Batch 1 and 2
• 17th-32nd Place: Choose from 1 of 6 Low Gold cards from Tournament Batch 1 and 2

Choice Packs will also be an upcoming prize for other tournaments in the ecosystem sometime in the near future! More details to come...