This tournament is open only to premium players.
The Standard game type is the classic gameplay that Risk players have come to know and love.
With the ever increasing number of maps and game settings that the CC Admin and Community have produced, it certainly takes lots of skill to master each of them and still be able to call yourself a 'Master of Standard' games.
This tournament will pit players against others on each of their favourite Standard game settings, and see who is truly the Master of Standard!
Tournament Setup
[spoiler]Rules
- There will be 3 rounds in the tournament.
- Each round, you will play a two sets of five 5-player games (1 home and 4 away).
- Players will be awarded points based on their finishing placing within each of the games.
- At the end of each round, the 10 players with the lowest scores will be eliminated from the tournament.
- Points for each round are cumulative, i.e. they carry over from previous rounds; but older rounds will decrease their weightage at a compounded rate of 50% reduction per round.
- This will carry on until we have the final 5, where two sets of 5 games will be played (1 home for each finalist, and 5 other randomly selected maps used in the tournament).
- The player with the highest score at the end of the final round wins the tournament!
Point Award System
1st: 10 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 3 points
4th: 2 points
5th: 1 point[/spoiler]
Home Ground Advantage
[spoiler]Here's the twist: all points awarded on your home settings will have a 1.5x multiplier when added to your point totals.
This means that your selection of home map and settings is especially important, as it can truly make a huge difference to your standing in the tournament![/spoiler]
Settings
[spoiler]The possible home settings you are allowed to choose from are as follows:
- Map: Any non-Beta map (including Random), except Conquer Man, Hive, and USA 2.1.
Spoils: Any (i.e. Escalating, Flat Rate, Nuclear, Zombie or No Spoils)
Reinforcements: Any (i.e. Chained, Adjacent, Unlimited, Parachute or None)
FoW: Sunny or Foggy
- Game Type: Standard
Players: 5 Players
Troops: Automatic
Order: Sequential
Trench: No
Round Limit: 20 Rounds
Tiebreaker
[spoiler]In case of ties, the following tiebreaker rules will be used, in order of priority:
- Points earned in the current round.
- Number of games won.
- Point totals without Home Ground bonus.
- Average finish placing in games.
- If all of the above are equal, all remaining tied players will progress, and more players will be eliminated in the subsequent round.
Signups
[spoiler]When signing up, please include your chosen settings from the list indicated above! (See the 'Settings' tab.)
Players that do not indicate their settings will be assigned Random, Escalating, Chained, Sunny.
You will not be able to change your settings once the tournament starts, so be sure of your choice![/spoiler]
"Masters of..." Series
[spoiler]Previous instalments in the "Masters of..." series:
Masters of Standard [TPA4]
Masters of Assassin [TPA5 Major]
Masters of Terminator [TPA6 Premier][/spoiler]
Notes
1. I reserve the right to change aspects of the game if anything needs changing, to ensure fairness to all players or for the benefit of the tournament.
2. If you wish to withdraw from the tournament at any time, please inform me via personal message or post on this thread.
3. If you do not join the game within 48 hours, you will be removed.
4. If you are know you are not going to be around for a duration of time, please inform me. If the period of time is short enough, I will delay all of your games.
5. For any questions, problems etc. you may voice it out in this thread or you can PM me.
