The following is the amended format for this tournament.
Round 7 set-up:
Game 1= 1-2-3-7 | 4-5-6-8 | 9-10-11-12
Game 2= 1-4-9-8 | 2-6-10-12 | 3-5-11-7
Game 3= 1-5-10-12 | 2-4-11-7 | 3-6-9-8
Game 4= 1-6-11-7 | 2-5-9-8 | 3-4-10-12
Format
16 4-player games
Settings: automatic, sequential, escalating, chained, no specials, 20 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: The first 4 players to lose will be Eliminated (players that do not join their games will be eliminated first)
All others will make the main draw and go to Round 1
Non-elimination Round: 20 3-player games
Settings: manual, sequential, nuclear, adjacent, fog of war, trench warfare, 50 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: 4 games were played before Tournament inactivity. Outcomes to these games do not affect the rest of the tournament. Congratulations to those players who won their respective games.
Elimination Round: 9 5-player games
Settings: automatic, sequential, escalating, parachute, no specials, 100 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: Top 36 players advance to Round 3
The first player eliminated in each game will be Eliminated
Non-elimination Round: 6 6-player games
Settings: automatic, freestyle, no spoils, chained, trench warfare, 20 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: Winners and 2nd place finishers get a bye through to Round 5
All other losers have to play Round 4
Elimination Round: 8 3-player games
Settings: automatic, sequential, flat rate, unlimited, no specials, 30 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: Winners move on to Round 5
All other losers are eliminated
Non-elimination Round: 4 5-player games
Settings: automatic, freestyle, zombie, no reinforcements, fog of war, 50 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: Winners and 2nd place finishers get a bye to Round 7
All other losers have to play Round 6
Elimination Round: 2 6-player games
Settings: automatic, sequential, escalating, unlimited, no specials, 50 round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: Winners and 2nd place finishers move on to Round 7
All other losers are eliminated
Championship Round: 4 sets of 3 4-player games
Settings: automatic, sequential, escalating, chained, no specials, no round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: The winner of each game earns a point for the round. The player with the most points at the end of the round is the WINNER. If there is a tie, all of the tied players will play 1 standard game between themselves in a winner take all Tie Breaker.
If necessary: 1 standard game with any tied players
Settings: automatic, sequential, escalating, chained, no specials, no round limit, 24 hour turns
Results: The winner will become the champion of the first tournament of the first edition of the Master Series!