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Check out the latest blog posts, news, and updates from Off the Dial! Posts may consist of patch notes, new features or anything else we want to say.

Master Bracket Threshold

Wolf

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September 28, 2024

Hey everyone. With the new season of IDTGA there have been some changes to the master bracket. Below are the minimum skill floor to be in the Master bracket:…

A Bit of a Change

DJam98

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September 20, 2024

Hey everyone! It's been a while, and some of you have been wondering why there haven't been any tournaments run here for a while. That's because we're making a…

Creator Clash Showdown | The Games

Yessoan

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March 06, 2024

This document outlines all of the games that can appear in Creator Clash Showdown. If you have any questions about the contents of this document, please…

July Update

DJam98

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July 28, 2023

Hey Dialers! It’s been a while since we’ve written up some words here on the blog, so let’s use this time to tackle a few things and hopefully answer some…

Privacy at Off the Dial

DJam98

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April 04, 2023

With 1327 accounts created on the Off the Dial site and growing, it's time we become completely clear about what data we collect and use here at Off the Dial…

X Rank is a mess... and the last season of IDTGA??

DJam98

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December 23, 2022

Now that we've had a season of X rank, I can very safely say that it works VERY differently than it did in Splatoon 2, at least in terms of how ELO calculations…

IDTGA 35 Feedback and Discussions (X Rank Is Here!)

DJam98

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November 23, 2022

Another great season, and I can't thank you all enough! Registration was only open for less than a week (sorry for that) and we still got 34 teams registered! I…

IDTGA 34 Feedback and Discussions

DJam98

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October 26, 2022

The cogs are finally turning again as we've just (with a little delay) finished up our 34th season of It's Dangerous to go Alone - which was also our first…

Splatoon 3

DJam98

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September 19, 2022

We've arrived at the Splatlands, and our paperwork is finally in order - so free agents, it's time to get splating in this new land of chaos! So I'll go right…

The Chaos of IDTGA 31

DJam98

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June 14, 2022

If you played in It's Dangerous to go Alone Season 31, you know it was one of the most chaotic seasons to date, and not due to our fault for once. If you missed…

Let's have a look a season 30!

DJam98

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April 28, 2022

Another season in that now lies in the record books, but that means it's time to give it a review and have a look at your feedback! Before we go into this…

IDTGA 29 Feedback and Review

DJam98

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April 03, 2022

Season 29 has reached its end a few weeks ago, and after collecting your feedback and analysing the scores, it's time to give our public review and feedback…

ELO Update Version 3.0

DJam98

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March 13, 2022

After reviewing the last few seasons of It's Dangerous to go Alone, we're making some updates to the way we balance teams. Particularly, we're taking a look at…

Prize Pool For IDTGA 4th Anniversary Tournament

DJam98

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February 03, 2022

Dealing with money can get complicated... particularly for an international tournament. So this blog post is here to be completely transparent about everything…

Four Years of Off the Dial

DJam98

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January 22, 2022

It's really been four years! What a journey! We've had our ups and downs and our fair share of dropouts, but we've made it! The video below shows the complete…

A Fresh Update

DJam98

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January 14, 2022

Welcome back everyone, I hope you're all of your new year celebrations went as smoothly as it can in this chaotic world (maybe we're already living in…

It's Dangerous to go Alone Season 26

DJam98

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November 07, 2021

Another month, another season. Let's get those cogs turning once again! As said in our previous blog post there aren't going to be many patch notes and changes…

Taking a look back at IDTGA 25

DJam98

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October 29, 2021

With our 25th season over, it's time to take a look at what happened in this season and to give you all some clarity on what happens behind the scenes here at…

Season 25 Is Coming!

DJam98

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September 22, 2021

We've reached our 25th tournament! Woohoo! [insert celebration of immenseness happiness here]. This season we've got a bunch of NEW changes coming to the series…

It's Dangerous to go Alone | September 2021

DJam98

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August 25, 2021

It's been a while so I need to check what month it is... and the survey says it's September! Get your Earth, Wind and Fire ready, as we're about to bring…

It's Dangerous to go Alone | May 2021

LeptoFlare

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May 16, 2021

Damages have been repaired, rose has been tempered. Now back to your regularly scheduled program. It's time for the next It's Dangerous to go Alone! Signups…

It's Dangerous to go Alone | March 2021

DJam98

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March 21, 2021

March? What's that? Oh riiiiiight, it was supposed to be the next season of IDTGA. Well things happened and March doesn't exist any more, mwahahahahaha! Don't…

It's Dangerous to go Alone | February 2021

LeptoFlare

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February 15, 2021

It's our anniversary month! We have some special things to share this season. To celebrate, we have a special prize of 1-month free nitro classic! What's this…

Dial-In | 2020

LeptoFlare

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November 23, 2020

It's December already? Well let's cut to the chase shall we; we've got a lot of important news to show. Off the Dial Staffing I'm very excited to announce that…

A Brief Hiatus

LeptoFlare

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September 28, 2020

Off the Dial will be going on a brief hiatus until December. 😎 This means there will not be any Off the Dial tournaments until December. Why you may ask? Well…

Off the Dial Redesign

DJam98

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August 30, 2020

We've been working on a complete recolour of the entirety of Off the Dial, and we can safely say, it's finally time to unveil the curtains. New colours, new…

Weakest Link - Some tips after teams are released.

LeptoFlare

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July 20, 2020

Teams have just been released... you anxiously move your cursor over the channel... and click. So you just received the Team/Weakest Link that you're…

Website refresh!

LeptoFlare

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July 18, 2020

I've been working on creating this website to replace the old markdown scripts. I spent a really long time making sure it looks clean and professional, but I…

Hello World, a New Website!

LeptoFlare

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May 31, 2020

Wow, we finally did it, we have a brand new website that we can use! Should I get the party poppers? Putting celebrations aside, this new website can be browsed…