2013 4chan Summer Cup

2013 4chan Summer Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/sp/
Dates	August 16—18, 23—25, 31; September 1, 2013 (8 days)
Teams	32
Final positions
Champion	/wg/
Runner-up	/mu/
Third	/b/
Fourth	/v/
Tournament statistics Matches 64 Goals scored 203 (3.17 per match) Top scorer(s) Cunt Destroyer (10 goals) Top assister(s) Spacecat (8 assists) Golden Glove Merzbow (24 saves) Best player N/A Yellow cards 88 (1.38 per match) Red cards 2 (0.03 per match)
2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup
2013 4chan Summer Cup
2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup

The 2013 4chan Summer Cup was the eighth official 4chan Cup tournament and the third iteration of the Summer Cup series, marking two years since the inaugural Cup. It was played from August 16 to September 1, 2013 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with the exception of Friday, August 30, 2013. The tournament featured a mixture of teams that qualified from the 2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup and teams that maintained their Elite status following the 2013 4chan Winter Cup.

This was the debut top-tier tournament appearance for /c/, /cgl/, /f/, /lit/, /po/ and /u/.

As winner of the previous Elite competition, /sp/ were the host board of this event. This was the first Cup under 4chan Cup Commissioner DrBorisG !!tgJi9upHCoV.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams competed at this tournament. Sixteen of the teams qualified by advancing past the group stage of the 2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup, and another sixteen qualified by advancing past the group stage of the 2013 4chan Winter Cup.

In light of Dragongate, qualifiers from the Spring Babby Cup were altered significantly.

The thirty-two teams were the following:

•  /a/
•  /adv/
•  /b/
•  /c/
•  /cgl/
•  /ck/
•  /co/
•  /d/

•  /f/
•  /fa/
•  /fit/
•  /g/
•  /h/
•  /int/
•  /jp/
•  /lit/

•  /m/
•  /mlp/
•  /mu/
•  /po/
•  /pol/
•  /sci/
•  /soc/
•  /sp/

•  /tg/
•  /toy/
•  /trv/
•  /tv/
•  /u/
•  /v/
•  /wg/
•  /x/

Draw

The draw for the 2013 Summer Cup occurred on Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 17:00 (UTC). The tournament has 8 groups of 4 teams, with each group having one random team from each pot. Official 4CCC Rankings were used to determine teams' placement in the pots.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/toy/  /int/  /sp/  /pol/  /d/  /a/  /wg/  /mlp/	/v/  /tv/  /m/  /fit/  /soc/  /x/  /co/  /trv/	/tg/  /adv/  /mu/  /fa/  /ck/  /jp/  /b/  /h/	/sci/  /g/  /lit/  /c/  /u/  /f/  /po/  /cgl/

Teams in each pot were randomised, and one from each pot drawn into each group to create eight groups of four teams.

Group Stage

All times UTC

Group A

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/mu/	3	3	0	0	8	1	7	9
/x/	3	1	1	1	6	0	6	4
/toy/	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
/c/	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1

16 August 2013
/toy/	0–2	/mu/
/x/	4–1	/c/
18 August 2013
/toy/	1–1	/x/
/mu/	2–0	/c/
24 August 2013
/x/	1–4	/mu/
/c/	0–0	/toy/

Group B

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/a/	3	2	1	0	11	1	10	7
/h/	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	5
/po/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/tv/	3	0	0	3	2	13	-11	0

16 August 2013
/a/	1–1	/h/
/tv/	0–5	/po/
18 August 2013
/a/	5–0	/tv/
/h/	0–0	/po/
24 August 2013
/tv/	2–3	/h/
/po/	0–5	/a/

Group C

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/soc/	3	2	1	0	7	4	3	7
/wg/	3	2	1	0	7	4	3	7
/cgl/	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3
/fa/	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0

16 August 2013
/wg/	2–1	/fa/
/soc/	2–0	/cgl/
18 August 2013
/wg/	3–3	/soc/
/fa/	0–1	/cgl/
24 August 2013
/soc/	2–1	/fa/
/cgl/	0–2	/wg/

Group D

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/u/	3	2	1	0	9	4	5	7
/int/	3	1	1	1	7	5	2	4
/fit/	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3
/tg/	3	0	2	1	6	7	-1	2

16 August 2013
/int/	2–2	/tg/
/fit/	0–4	/u/
18 August 2013
/int/	4–1	/fit/
/tg/	3–3	/u/
24 August 2013
/fit/	2–1	/tg/
/u/	2–1	/int/

Group E

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/m/	3	3	0	0	7	2	5	9
/sp/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/jp/	3	1	1	1	7	8	-1	4
/g/	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

17 August 2013
/sp/	3–3	/jp/
/m/	1–0	/g/
23 August 2013
/sp/	0–2	/m/
/jp/	2–1	/g/
25 August 2013
/m/	4–2	/jp/
/g/	0–2	/sp/

Group F

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/v/	3	2	0	1	8	3	5	6
/b/	3	2	0	1	6	2	4	6
/d/	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4
/lit/	3	0	1	2	2	12	-10	1

17 August 2013
/d/	0–2	/b/
/v/	7–0	/lit/
23 August 2013
/d/	3–0	/v/
/b/	4–1	/lit/
25 August 2013
/v/	1–0	/b/
/lit/	1–1	/d/

Group G

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/trv/	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
/mlp/	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
/adv/	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
/f/	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3

17 August 2013
/mlp/	1–0	/adv/
/trv/	4–1	/f/
23 August 2013
/mlp/	1–1	/trv/
/adv/	2–1	/f/
25 August 2013
/trv/	1–0	/adv/
/f/	2–0	/mlp/

Group H

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/co/	3	3	0	0	7	2	5	9
/ck/	3	2	0	1	7	4	3	6
/sci/	3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	3
/pol/	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

17 August 2013
/pol/	0–2	/ck/
/co/	2–1	/sci/
23 August 2013
/pol/	1–2	/co/
/ck/	5–1	/sci/
25 August 2013
/co/	3–0	/ck/
/sci/	1–0	/pol/

Knockout Stage

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

31 August

/mu/

1

1 September

/h/

0

/mu/

2

31 August

/int/

0

/soc/

1

1 September

/int/

4

/mu/

1

31 August

/b/

0

/m/

3

1 September

/b/

4

/b/

1

31 August

/trv/

0

/trv/

4

1 September

/ck/

0

/mu/

1

31 August

/wg/

2

/a/

3

1 September

/x/

0

/a/

1

31 August

/wg/

3

/u/

1

1 September

/wg/

2

/wg/

3

31 August

/v/

1

Third place

/v/

2

1 September

1 September

/sp/

1

/v/

2

/b/

3

31 August

/mlp/

1

/v/

1

/co/

1

/mlp/

2

Round of 16

31 August 2013	/mu/	1–0	/h/
17:00	MC Ride  9'			{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1184

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31 August 2013	/soc/	1–4	/int/
17:30	Haunter  66'		41', 49', 83' Putin  69' Polandball	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1406

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31 August 2013	/m/	3–4	/b/
18:00	Alteisen Riese  30', 40' RX-93 "Nu" Gundam  90+3'		3' 2Edgy4Me  24', 82' James Holmes  34' Triforce	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1581

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31 August 2013	/trv/	4–0	/ck/
18:30	Couchsurfer Rapist  22', 88' Superpornowat  44', 45+1'			{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1544

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31 August 2013	/a/	3–0	/x/
19:00	Mugi  56' Colossal Titan  61' Tomoko  80'			{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1768

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31 August 2013	/u/	1–2	/wg/
19:30	Teru Time  51'		49', 67' Cunt Destroyer	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2038

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31 August 2013	/v/	2–1	/sp/
20:00	Hideo Kojima  6' Reggie  62'		23' Lelbron	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2525

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31 August 2013	/co/	1–2	/mlp/
20:30	Archer  76'		22' Best Pony  53' >rape	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2463

Quarter Finals

1 September 2013	/mu/	2–0	/int/
17:00	Jeff Mangum  3' MC Ride  46'			{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1587

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1 September 2013	/b/	1–0	/trv/
17:30	James Holmes  37'			{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 1957

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1 September 2013	/a/	1–3	/wg/
18:00	Colossal Titan  66'		45', 51' Headphone Girl  80' Cunt Destroyer	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2521

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1 September 2013	/v/	2–1	/mlp/
18:30	Cpt. Falcon  35' Gabe Newell  42'		47' Best Pony	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2902

Semi Finals

1 September 2013	/mu/	1–0	/b/
19:00	Jeff Mangum  50'			{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2470

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1 September 2013	/wg/	3–1	/v/
19:30	Headphone Girl  13' Spacecat  31' Descrates  87'		81' Reggie	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2631

Third Place Playoff

1 September 2013	/b/	3–1	/v/
20:00	Triforce  4', 66' No Fun Allowed  19'		28' SANIC	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2785

Final

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup Final

1 September 2013	/mu/	1–2 (a.e.t.)	/wg/
20:30	Jeff Mangum  115'		103' Spacecat  105+' Cunt Destroyer	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 2796

Controversies

Data Execution Prevention Controversy

Windows' Data Execution Prevention (DEP) system appeared to influence AI behaviour in PES in the opening matches of the tournament. While the full effects were unknown, certain effects included:

• Mirco-level behaviour
  • Surrendering of possession at kick-off (passing directly to the opposition)
  • Players making backheels into space or to the opposition when unchallenged
  • Passing the ball out of play for throw-ins when unchallenged
  • Greater frequency of yellow cards (contentious)
• Macro-level behaviour
  • Rubberband match behaviour with high-scoring score draws occurring with greater frequency (contentious)
  • Blowout matches in which one team dominated the opposition and won by a several-goal margin (contentious)

Examples of significantly-affected matches included but was not limited to:

• /toy/ v /x/ (passing the ball out of play for throw-ins)
• /wg/ v /soc/ (high-scoring draw)
• /tg/ v /u/ (high-scoring draw)
• /sp/ v /jp/ (high-scoring draw)
• /mlp/ v /adv/ (unusual kick-off behaviour and erratic backheels)

DrBorisG spent the week following the opening weekend attempting to locate and solve these problems. When it became clear that DEP was responsible for the unusual behaviour, the feature was disabled. AI behaviour normalised noticeably after DEP was disabled. The decision was taken that matches would not be replayed, as this was an effect which all teams had to face in equal measure, though some players, teams and matches appeared to be more affected than others.

Tinker/toy/ Controversy

Main article: Broken /toy/

With /toy/'s survival hopes hanging in the balance as they went into Group A's final match against /c/, in a premeditated move Tinker/toy/ provided very unusual tactics for his team, playing the entire squad out of position, all but destroying /toy/'s hopes of survival. The event brought up difficult and controversial questions regarding manager authority and accountability.

Height Abuse

Main article: Team Height Requirements

As the tournament progressed it became clear that several of the tournament's best-performing sides also carried a significant height advantage over other teams. The top three teams in the cup were also the three tallest teams (each placed in order of their overall height). Many fans began criticizing Commissioner DrBorisG for allowing teams composed of mostly tall players to compete, stating it gives them an unfair advantage over smaller teams. To counteract this, DrBorisG implemented a new set of player height restrictions, announced by Gracen Ivorinne.

Statistics

Main article: 2013 4chan Summer Cup statistics

/mu/ striker MC Ride was the first player to score a goal in the competition, in their 2-0 win against Winter Cup holders /toy/ in the opening match of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by /po/ striker Papercut in a 5-0 win against /tv/ on the first matchday. /f/ defender Nevada-tan was credited with the first own goal of the tournament, in her side's 4-1 defeat to /trv/, again on the opening matchday.

/wg/ striker Cunt Destroyer was awarded Golden Boot with an unmatched 10 goals - he scored in all but one match through the tournament. /wg/ attacking midfielder Spacecat was the top assister with an unmatched 8 assists. /mu/'s starting keeper Merzbow won the Golden Glove with 24 saves, nearly doubling the tally of his nearest competitor, Fuckin' Saved of /b/, who managed 13 saves. Merzbow averaged 3.43 saves per match.

Awards

Team Awards

• Most Improved:  /b/
• Least Improved:  /sp/
• Bandwagoner's Choice:  /wg/
• Best Manager:  /a/ FiroBrochainezo !!uRlVQO2Akkq
• Worst Manager /toy/ Tinker/toy/

• Best Dressed:  /a/
• Best Fans:  /tg/
• Worst Fans:  /sp/
• Best Goalhorn:  /a/
• Best Goal of the Tournament:  /v/ No Fun Allowed's Own Goal vs /b/
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgn6s5h6ym8

• Underdog of the Tournament:  /b/
• Surprise of the Tournament:  /b/
• Disappointment of the Tournament:  /pol/
• Team of the Tournament:  /wg/
• At Least You Tried:  /tv/
• Best Anthem:  /b/

Final Rankings

1.  /wg/
2.  /mu/
3.  /b/
4.  /v/
5.  /mlp/
6.  /trv/
7.  /a/
8.  /int/

9.  /m/
10.  /co/
11.  /u/
12.  /sp/
13.  /h/
14.  /soc/
15.  /x/
16.  /ck/

17.  /d/
18.  /po/
19.  /jp/
20.  /adv/
21.  /f/
22.  /cgl/
23.  /sci/
24.  /fit/

25.  /tg/
26.  /toy/
27.  /c/
28.  /lit/
29.  /fa/
30.  /g/ (tied)
30.  /pol/ (tied)
32.  /tv/