It feels like just yesterday that we announced the 2022 Organized Play program for Storybook Brawl, but we are already entering the final season of the year! Two players have already been crowned season champions and punched their tickets to the World Championship (which will be live from The Bahamas) along with 14 others. Now let's crown the final season's champion and find the final 8 players who will be at Worlds!
Prior to this season, we would take off the SBBMonthlies during Championship months. However, we understand that players want more play opportunities and decided that SBBMonthlies should be...well, monthly.
July had both a Championship and an SBBMonthly. There are four Fall qualifying months (July-August-September-October), rather than the previous three.
The Fall Championship will have 40 players:
the Top 8 of each qualifying Fall SBBMonthly
the Pro Club leaderboard's top 4 who aren't already qualified
4 discretionary invites
November and December SBBMonthlies
There will be regular SBBMonthlies in November and December, but they will be part of the 2023 competitive year. 2022 Organized Play will culminate with the World Championship on December 2-4, with the Fall Championship in early November as its last qualifying event. Those with keen eyes will realize this means the November SBBMonthly (2023 OP) will occur before the World Championships. We know it's a little odd, but its the simplest way to do it.
Adjusted system for pod overflow / byes
One of the more difficult logistical aspects of SBB tournaments are how to handle flights where we have a non-divisible-by-eight number of players (maths & coders may recognize this as 'modulo'). We're not happy with the previous two systems (deferred rounds and auto-byes), as we feel they both had issues. For the Fall Season we will be implementing a new system to handle these.
Here is how it will work this season:
Each round we will calculate the "modulo 8" (the remainder after splitting the players into sets of 8).
The bottom X players are determined according to points.
There will be a maximum of 1 total bot per round.
Players who have already played in a bot pod will not be assigned to another one.
Pods will then be generated based on the following chart:
[table] [tr] [th align="center"]# Modulo[/th] [th align="left"]Pod Structure[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]0[/td] [td align="left"]All 8-player pods[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]7[/td] [td align="left"]One 8-player pod with 1 bot[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]6[/td] [td align="left"]One 6-player pod (no bots)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]5[/td] [td align="left"]One 6-player pod + one 8-player pod with 1 bot[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]4[/td] [td align="left"]Two 6-player pods (no bots)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]3[/td] [td align="left"]Two 6-player pods + one 8-player pod with 1 bot[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]2[/td] [td align="left"]Three 6-player pods (no bots)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td align="center"]1[/td] [td align="left"]Three 6-player pods + one 8-player pod with 1 bot[/td] [/tr] [/table] We will adjust the scoring of pod respectively to account for the difference in sizes:
We are in the process of revamping the system behind the Pro Club tracking - we appreciate your patience as we finish this up. We know everyone is excited to check their points and benefits, and this new system is needed to help make this much smoother for everyone going forward.
Pro Club Nameplates
One of the hottest requested rewards from Pro Club members is an exclusive cosmetic to show off in-game. Originally we planned to use hero frames, but we determined that this could be a feel-bad for players. We are planning to release tons of beautiful frames into the game soon, and we wouldn't want our top competitive players to have to choose. Therefore, we have created a new cosmetic that for the time-being will only be available to Pro Club members. Introducing Pro Club Nameplates!
When you earn your Pro Club status, you will automatically be granted one of these gorgeous, exclusive nameplates according to your status level. These nameplates will show under your hero in-game and will provide you the ultimate flex.
Player of the Year race
In the final stretch of Organized Play this year, we will keep a closer eye on the Pro Points leaderboard to see who will earn the coveted title of Player of the Year. More information about this will be revealed soon!
Thank you all for reading and see you at the tournaments!
-Parney
July Top 100 Announcement
Congratulations to Storybook Brawl's top 100 players in July! All Legend or higher players have been reset to 3000 and are ready to duke it out again in August.
Anyone who reached Mythic rank in June (finished with greater than 4,000 ranked points) is invited to play in the July #SBBMonthly. The full list of qualified players can be found here.
Before signing up for the July Qualifier, you must register your in-game and Discord names with our bot. If you haven't done so already, please use the !signup "your sbb game name" command in the #tournament-signup channel of the official Storybook Brawl Discord. You must have registered your names in order to participate!
Registered players gain access to private tournament channels. Instructions for signing up for the tournament itself are available in the private #tournament-announcements channel.
Tournament Competitors will also receive progress towards SBB Pro Club status based on their finish in this tournament.
Charity Matching
As with all of our tournaments in 2022, every dollar earned by the Top 8 in this monthly will be matched by Storybook Brawl and given to the charity of that player's choice. So far, Storybook Brawl tournament competitors have raised the following for their charities!
The event is run through the official Storybook Brawl Discord. To participate in this event you must be registered there:
Use the !signup "your game name" command in #tournament-signups by the deadline (specified earlier in this announcement) to be eligible to participate.
Choose a Day One flight time after the tournament organizer starts flight signups, and follow any associated TO instructions.
Lobbies with bugs or issues at or before Hero select will be restarted.
Lobbies with bugs or issues (internet disconnects etc.) after that point will play on.
All rulings are the right of the tournament organizers.
If selected as coverage's featured pod, players must stream their screen to Discord if able.
Streaming on Twitch or other platforms is allowed for any Day One flights that are not officially covered, but streaming with no delay is at your own risk.
Streaming on Twitch or other platforms is allowed for any covered Day One flights and Day Two, but must use the same 15-minute delay as coverage.
Coverage
Official Day One coverage starts at 9am Pacific Time on July 30.
Official Day Two coverage starts at 10am Pacific Time on July 31.
Welcome to Patch Notes for Patch 71.15! This patch brings you a Snow Angel remake, some character and treasure changes, the first version of the highly-anticipated cosmetic select, and plenty of bug fixes. We've got a lot of action to cover, so let's jump in!
New Feature - Cosmetic Select
We have added the ability to select which cosmetics you would like to use. You can favorite hero skins, as well as hero frames to pick which version you'd like to show up in game. We will soon add this for emotes as well, meaning you'll be able to customize which emotes you'd like to use. Note that this is version 1, and we plan to continue iterating and improving on the visuals over time.
New Art / Names
Baby Root has spiffy new art - how could anyone be so cruel as to attack the Baby Root now?
Grumblegore is no more! Boom Hilda is the new name for this monstrous support, to better match her new artwork.
Card Changes
The Chupacabra -> 8/6
Feasting Dragon -> 6/8
We made these two changes for the same reason - we want to buff some of the early Slay characters, particularly those with interesting outputs. I love a Feasting Dragon, and now it's that much more likely to feast (Chups is cool too, but my heart is with FeastyD). At 8/6 and 6/8 respectively, these are better buys early and more likely to spend a little more time on your squad.
Dracula's Saber -> +1/+1
Drac's Saber was originally +2/+0, and got changed to +2/+1 after being fairly ineffective. As it turns out, +2/+1 is a bit too many stats over the course of a brawl, and this became a treasure you were obliged to pick too frequently. The change to +1/+1 still gives you a lot of power as the fight goes on, but is not as crushing, especially when found early or against token strategies.
Fairy Queen's Wand -> +7/+7
The intention of Fairy Queen's Wand was never to compete with the other level 7 Treasures, but it was falling too far behind even the level 6's. The goal here is a treasure that's weaker than your other options but gives you an extra bonus if you take down the lobby - a victory lap of sorts. At +7/+7, it's strong enough to justify if it's close, or if you're as confident as Matt Nass.
Hero Change
Snow Angel -> When you level up, get a random Good character of your level.
Snow Angel has returned to tell its tale, and now triggers on level up instead of anything related to buying. This is a mashup of Snow Angel's original concept and a hero we've tested for quite some time on beta, and should push you somewhat toward Good by giving you Good characters. However, because you aren't required to only buy Good characters, there's a lot more flexibility. It gives you four free characters over the course of the game, which goes a long way towards early board presence and direction for later comps.
Rules Updates
Cupid -> When I attack and damage a character, it attacks a character on its own side.
Since Cupid has to actually damage whatever it attacks, Soltak Ancient now prevents Cupid's ability, which lines up to what most people thought should happen.
It Was All a Dream
You now have the option to skip selecting a new hero on It Was All a Dream (for zero gold). IWAD is one of the most fun spells, and having to switch to a weaker hero detracted from it, so now you aren't forced to do so.
Attack animation speed-up changes
We've made some changes to animation speedup to have it ramp up in speed more gradually and cap out at a slower speed. Let us know what you think!
Banning treasures on certain heroes:
King Midas: Sky Castle
Loki: Great Library Card, Crystal Ball, Merlin's Hat, Forking Rod, Wand of Weirding, Black Prism
Some treasures do literally nothing on specific heroes, so we are expanding the banlist for those heroes (with Pan's Shadow already being unable to see Staff of the Old Toad, for example). King Midas doesn't need Sky Castle, and we are now saving Loki players from picking Crystal Ball or other spell treasures out of habit (not that I've ever done that, nope).
Bug fixes & Improvements
Fixed an issue with a players placement in match history not accurately reflecting their placement if there was a mid-shop concession
Fixed a bug where if you floated two treasure selections you could gain gold from the second selection if skipped
Fixed an issue with first win of the day not resetting at midnight PST
Fixed an issue where spells created in hand (such as from Gwen) showed their full cost instead of being 0 cost
Fixed a bug where Masquerade Ball would transform characters in your shop that were put there from overflow
Fixed a bug where the Gold tooltip displayed the wrong information
Fixed an issue with system time not being trusted causing SBB99 to not show or show at incorrect times.
Fixed a bug where upon first getting into your SBB99 game, your next opponent wasn't shown on the leaderboard.
Fixed a bug where new players were not able to play the Tutorial and erroneous buttons were displayed and unresponsive
Fixed a bug with Sir Galahad not giving your characters +1/+1 from treasure(s) seen from Krampus' Sleigh
Fixed a bug where characters gotten from Kidnap/Gloves of Thieving while the opponent had a Radiant Prism would maintain "all types"
Fixed a bug where if you had Krampus' Sleigh and the opponent had Secret Stash and they lost the brawl, you would not get the option to choose it and the sleigh would sacrifice itself.
Fixed a bug where if you would replace Great Library Card it could lead to having no more spells in shop.
Fixed a bug where if you had Sky Castle and would get Radiant Prism as one of your other treasures, your pairs would not immediately upgrade until another action was taken.
SBB99 Weekly Event!
Weekly SBB99 limited time event, taking place on July 8th from 12-3pm PT.
During this time, Storybook Brawl transforms into SBB99, and you'll battle 99 other players (instead of the normal 7).
Congratulations to Storybook Brawl's top 100 players in June! All Legend or higher players have been reset to 3000 and are ready to duke it out again in June.
[table][tr][th]Rank[/th][th]Name[/th][th]Rating[/th][/tr][tr][td]1[/td][td]EndoZoa[/td][td]5615[/td][/tr][tr][td]2[/td][td]Kokodon[/td][td]5603[/td][/tr][tr][td]3[/td][td]Matignon[/td][td]5407[/td][/tr][tr][td]4[/td][td]thomasjoynt[/td][td]5372[/td][/tr][tr][td]5[/td][td]TronsG[/td][td]5240[/td][/tr][tr][td]6[/td][td]Everyday Broom Salesman[/td][td]5215[/td][/tr][tr][td]7[/td][td]chaotic pl.yr[/td][td]5197[/td][/tr][tr][td]8[/td][td]ChaiNCalleR[/td][td]5173[/td][/tr][tr][td]9[/td][td]NuclearGoo[/td][td]5148[/td][/tr][tr][td]10[/td][td]Honey[/td][td]5132[/td][/tr][tr][td]11[/td][td]Wait4Godot[/td][td]5055[/td][/tr][tr][td]12[/td][td]Andy[/td][td]5033[/td][/tr][tr][td]13[/td][td]Ribbit[/td][td]5021[/td][/tr][tr][td]14[/td][td]Burning[/td][td]5010[/td][/tr][tr][td]15[/td][td]Kr�l Pasieki[/td][td]5000[/td][/tr][tr][td]16[/td][td]swiftwolfgaming[/td][td]4999[/td][/tr][tr][td]17[/td][td]Spitzbub[/td][td]4959[/td][/tr][tr][td]18[/td][td]trynet[/td][td]4937[/td][/tr][tr][td]19[/td][td]Spidy[/td][td]4934[/td][/tr][tr][td]20[/td][td]Doca[/td][td]4908[/td][/tr][tr][td]21[/td][td]Demorphed[/td][td]4908[/td][/tr][tr][td]22[/td][td]AntMan[/td][td]4906[/td][/tr][tr][td]23[/td][td]FTX #1 FAN[/td][td]4901[/td][/tr][tr][td]24[/td][td]LendoKaar[/td][td]4901[/td][/tr][tr][td]25[/td][td]HAUMPH[/td][td]4850[/td][/tr][tr][td]26[/td][td]Daniraikiri[/td][td]4834[/td][/tr][tr][td]27[/td][td]Jameseggs[/td][td]4827[/td][/tr][tr][td]28[/td][td]gareth-bale3[/td][td]4822[/td][/tr][tr][td]29[/td][td]solaf[/td][td]4821[/td][/tr][tr][td]30[/td][td]josefvana6[/td][td]4815[/td][/tr][tr][td]31[/td][td]UnskilledLabor[/td][td]4811[/td][/tr][tr][td]32[/td][td]Fpv000[/td][td]4807[/td][/tr][tr][td]33[/td][td]Dook Silver[/td][td]4806[/td][/tr][tr][td]34[/td][td]Mr_Saber[/td][td]4805[/td][/tr][tr][td]35[/td][td]Power of FRIENDSHIP[/td][td]4802[/td][/tr][tr][td]36[/td][td]Ssilver[/td][td]4799[/td][/tr][tr][td]37[/td][td]ScottyDont[/td][td]4784[/td][/tr][tr][td]38[/td][td]Takimoto Hifumi[/td][td]4783[/td][/tr][tr][td]39[/td][td]Dynasty[/td][td]4781[/td][/tr][tr][td]40[/td][td]SeaCrow[/td][td]4773[/td][/tr][tr][td]41[/td][td]CptnRavioli[/td][td]4769[/td][/tr][tr][td]42[/td][td]markjung89[/td][td]4768[/td][/tr][tr][td]43[/td][td]pavlov[/td][td]4768[/td][/tr][tr][td]44[/td][td]WhiskeyMan_12[/td][td]4759[/td][/tr][tr][td]45[/td][td]Yukmouth[/td][td]4747[/td][/tr][tr][td]46[/td][td]djb10401[/td][td]4747[/td][/tr][tr][td]47[/td][td]Mookysolo[/td][td]4742[/td][/tr][tr][td]48[/td][td]DeepBlue[/td][td]4742[/td][/tr][tr][td]49[/td][td]Whysper[/td][td]4731[/td][/tr][tr][td]50[/td][td]Snapcaster[/td][td]4729[/td][/tr][tr][td]51[/td][td]Conker[/td][td]4728[/td][/tr][tr][td]52[/td][td]Swaggerwocky[/td][td]4726[/td][/tr][tr][td]53[/td][td]Per Aspera Ad Astra[/td][td]4721[/td][/tr][tr][td]54[/td][td]My Name is Luna[/td][td]4717[/td][/tr][tr][td]55[/td][td]matthewnass[/td][td]4717[/td][/tr][tr][td]56[/td][td]bexic[/td][td]4712[/td][/tr][tr][td]57[/td][td]Arkanslaughter[/td][td]4710[/td][/tr][tr][td]58[/td][td]Bird the III[/td][td]4710[/td][/tr][tr][td]59[/td][td]EricF[/td][td]4694[/td][/tr][tr][td]60[/td][td]HasNoName2[/td][td]4681[/td][/tr][tr][td]61[/td][td]Ansie[/td][td]4679[/td][/tr][tr][td]62[/td][td]Redrame[/td][td]4678[/td][/tr][tr][td]63[/td][td]Flickerwisp[/td][td]4673[/td][/tr][tr][td]64[/td][td]hsmt[/td][td]4669[/td][/tr][tr][td]65[/td][td]Mx[/td][td]4668[/td][/tr][tr][td]66[/td][td]goblinqueen_1[/td][td]4665[/td][/tr][tr][td]67[/td][td]uluru[/td][td]4663[/td][/tr][tr][td]68[/td][td]EchoLawrence[/td][td]4659[/td][/tr][tr][td]69[/td][td]Dont Speak American[/td][td]4654[/td][/tr][tr][td]70[/td][td]psyduck[/td][td]4653[/td][/tr][tr][td]71[/td][td]OptimalRob[/td][td]4653[/td][/tr][tr][td]72[/td][td]NerdyFiona[/td][td]4653[/td][/tr][tr][td]73[/td][td]Mrlegros on Twitter[/td][td]4651[/td][/tr][tr][td]74[/td][td]ShadowOfACowl[/td][td]4649[/td][/tr][tr][td]75[/td][td]W1TCH0R[/td][td]4644[/td][/tr][tr][td]76[/td][td]frn[/td][td]4642[/td][/tr][tr][td]77[/td][td]Poops Magoops[/td][td]4642[/td][/tr][tr][td]78[/td][td]CaMooHS[/td][td]4638[/td][/tr][tr][td]79[/td][td]CasuallyRay[/td][td]4638[/td][/tr][tr][td]80[/td][td]loveOctopus[/td][td]4633[/td][/tr][tr][td]81[/td][td]Horsethief[/td][td]4631[/td][/tr][tr][td]82[/td][td]ironick[/td][td]4629[/td][/tr][tr][td]83[/td][td]Spinzaku[/td][td]4629[/td][/tr][tr][td]84[/td][td]vivid_rabbit[/td][td]4624[/td][/tr][tr][td]85[/td][td]FireOak[/td][td]4623[/td][/tr][tr][td]86[/td][td]halfrican[/td][td]4618[/td][/tr][tr][td]87[/td][td]ScrappyDoo[/td][td]4617[/td][/tr][tr][td]88[/td][td]Japhix[/td][td]4617[/td][/tr][tr][td]89[/td][td]Calathan[/td][td]4614[/td][/tr][tr][td]90[/td][td]ckfnpku[/td][td]4611[/td][/tr][tr][td]91[/td][td]Constantin[/td][td]4610[/td][/tr][tr][td]92[/td][td]CobaltWolf[/td][td]4607[/td][/tr][tr][td]93[/td][td]BBD[/td][td]4606[/td][/tr][tr][td]94[/td][td]gislijoh[/td][td]4606[/td][/tr][tr][td]95[/td][td]kfc[/td][td]4605[/td][/tr][tr][td]96[/td][td]InstantReplay[/td][td]4601[/td][/tr][tr][td]97[/td][td]koga305[/td][td]4600[/td][/tr][tr][td]98[/td][td]Ikarus[/td][td]4599[/td][/tr][tr][td]99[/td][td]Karamus[/td][td]4599[/td][/tr][tr][td]100[/td][td]SmallStreet[/td][td]4597[/td][/tr][/table]
Saturday Night SBB99!
This is a *bonus* SBB99 weekly event, and it's going down on Saturday July 2nd from 5-8pm PT.
During this time, Storybook Brawl transforms into SBB99, and you'll battle 99 other players (instead of the normal 7).
