This tournament will be a longer standard gameplay tournament. Set over 3 long rounds of 20 games. The victor truly earns the win and 6 months premium to go with it.
Rules/Sign up info
1. 32 Premium players only, 5 games at a time. I will take reserves for Round 1 only.
2. All games to be sent via pm links. If you join the wrong game then you will receive a 4 point penalty
3. you have 48 hours to join all games I will not always send a reminder after 24 hours. So its on you. 4 point penalty applies if you are late and you will receive further 2 point penalties for every further 24 hours you are late.
4. Everyone is welcome unless you are on my black list.
5. Any issues complaints are to come to me. My rule is law
[spoiler=Settings]Each game will be 4 players Auto, Sequential, Escalating, Chained, Sunny.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Maps to be used]Classic, Africa, Alexanders Empire, Ancient Greece, Asia, Australia, BeNeLux, British Isles, Cairns Metro, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Middle East, Mongol Empire, Montreal, USA, WW2 Eastern Front.[/spoiler]
Tournament Set Up
[spoiler=Round 1]The 32 players are sorted into 8 pools of 4. They are sorted using rank at time of privs given.
Pool 1: #1, #9, #17, #25
Pool 2: #2, #10, #18, #26
Pool 3: #3, #11, #19, #27
Pool 4: #4, #12, #20, #28
Pool 5: #5, #13, #21, #29
Pool 6: #6, #14, #22, #30
Pool 7: #7, #15, #23, #31
Pool 8: #8, #16, #24, #32
Each pool will then play 20 games sent out in 4 batches of 5. New sets will be sent no earlier than a week apart, no later than a fortnight.
Players will earn points for wins and places finished in games, as well as bonus's. (see scoring below for details)
The top 2 players in each pool with the most points after the 20 games will advance to Round 2.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 2]16 players remaining will then be sorted into 4 pools seeded on points scored in the previous round. (Any tied points will then be seeded on previous seed)
Pool A: #1, #5, #9, #13
Pool B: #2, #6, #10, #14
Pool C: #3, #7, #11, #15
Pool D: #4, #8, #12, #16
Each pool will then play 20 games sent out in 4 batches of 5. New sets will be sent no earlier than a week apart, no later than a fortnight. Players will earn points for wins and places finished in games, as well as bonus's. (see scoring below for details)
The top player in each pool with the most points after the 20 games will advance to the Final Round.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Final Round]As we are left with 4 players they will play 20 games sent out in 4 batches of 5. New sets will be sent no earlier than a week apart, no later than a fortnight.Players will earn points for wins and places finished in games, as well as bonus's. (see scoring below for details)
The person with the most points at the end of this round is the winner and takes home a cool 6 months premium
[/spoiler][spoiler=Scoring]Standard Scoring
1st : 6
2nd : 4
3rd : 2
Last : 0
Bonus Scoring
Wiping entire map in 1 round : 1
Getting a kill without winning game : 1
Winning game in less than 8 rounds : 1
Win every game in 5 game set : 5
Last in a game past round 20 : 1
Penalties
Join wrong game : -4
Join late : -4
+ Every 24 hours late : -2[/spoiler]
[spoiler=player list]jrh_cardinal
Moop
phillipm
uckuki
shaneback
Frito Bandito
Anders2004
rishark1969
Tupence
Draco74
ViperOverLord
Ninja Champion
benga
jasoncederblom
Arya
darth emperor
nippersean
shaunchef
Gilligan
amazzony
manc
ivanbuba
Beer Baron
Fenser_ipo
Milen83
emporium
Krissan
Catarah
KING KONQUER
Beckytheblondie
Aalmeida17
cena-rules
Reserves
alt1978
Great-Ollie
LucaV[/spoiler]
