The qualifying rounds will be held on 17.12.2011 and the finals on 18.12.2011.
Invited to come is everybody. But only clan members that will be able to form specified teams are allowed to participate in the event.
There will be multiple fights on one map among multiple clans. No need to negotiate with other clans where or when or on what map to meet. Everything will happen in three sessions (qualifiers group A, qualifiers group B, finals) - if you don't qualify to finals, you will fight on 1 session only, if you go to finals, you will fight 2 times. The finals will be on Sunday 18.12.20111 19:00 GMT[/i]
To avoid confusions, the current GMT time that the tournament uses as reference can be checked here.BASIC RULES1 - Absolutely no fighting outside the ranked tournament fights, no jumping down the tribune, no suiciding or killing teammates to regain health (if you want to regain health, rejoin via spectator). No punching or kicking of other players!!!!
2 -
Clan team size is 8 people, 1 clan can form only 1 clan team
3 - Maximum ammount of members of 1 clan logged at one time on the server is 15.
4 - The highest body armor you can take for the tournament is
Coat of Plates (Any color)5 -
Maximum 2 ranged weapons / team (1 ranged weapon = 1 bow OR 1 xbow OR 1 stack of throwing weapons)6 - No spawning on horse, only Tournament master can spawn on one. Always listen to the tournament master, never hit him back.
7 -
Use the chat as little as possible, preferably only when the tournament masters ask you something. Spamming the chat will get you muted/kicked/banned and your team penalized.
8 - Server will be in CTF mode - if your team is called into the tournament fight
you have to join the same faction as your clanmates. The first team called into the battle joins upper faction, the 2nd team called into the battle joins lower faction! 9 - Server will be passworded, the
password will appear here:
shield10 -
No siege equipment (siege shields, ladders, construction sites) allowed.
11 - No looting of any weapons from the ground during the fights (like retaking throwing weapons from the ground, shields etc...)
12 -
Common sense13 -
Rules can be discussed and can change further onPENALTIES1 - For minor offenses there will be a
warning first. This warning can be a
written warning or a
slash from the tournament master. If the tournament master slashes you it doesnt mean he wants to fight you, it means
you are doing something wrong and you have to stop doing it. Keep doing it and you will get
kicked. Come back and do it again and you will be
banned and your team will be penalized.
2 - For major offenses like entering the arena when a battle is going on or killing the tournament master there will be
no warning. Straight ban and your team will get penalized.3 - If a team uses more ranged weapons than allowed, the fight outcome won't matter, their opponent will receive a 8:0 win.
TOURNAMENT SYSTEM1 - This tournament will be based on the classic qualifying system of 8v8 fights.
2 - There will be
2 groups for the qualifiers A and B with
9 teams each. There will be
18 matches within each group, everyone will get to
fight 4 times. After the qualifiers are over, the
first 3 teams from each group go to the Finals.
- 2a The qualifiers will be split in
two phases: In the first phase, the 9 teams will be split in groups of 3. These 3 groups all fight in between each other. In the second phase the highest scoring teams from each group will create a new group called A. The second highest scoring team from each group will create a new group called B. The remaining teams will create group C. Each of these groups (A,B and C) will then fight in between each other, and the
three highest scoring teams from throughout the whole qualifying rounds will proceed to the finals. Furthermore, advancing to group A awards a team with 4 points. Advancing to group B awards 2 points. Advancing to group C does not give any points. This is to discourage intentional loosing to get in a weaker group.
3- For every killed enemy your clan gets
1 point. So the winner will always get
8 points, the loser can get max
7 points.
4 - If during the qualifiers there are 2 teams with equal number of points, their places will be set by
best of three 1vs1 DUELS between 2 of their members.
5 - There will be another 6 team group for the
Finals. The system used here will be the same as qualifiers, 8vs8 fights but every match will be fought twice. There will be a 15 match session where everybody fights 5 times, a short break while I will do the math and announce the partial results, than the first 15 match session is repeated. Everybody will get to fight 10 times.
6 - If under any circumstances your clan fights with lower amount of people, your missing teammates are considered as killed (other team will get points just like for killing them).
INSTRUCTIONS1 - When your names are called you will join the appropiate faction -
first team joins upper faction, second team joins lower faction and enter the arena. You will not start fighting untill the tournament master gives you the start.
2 - After calling the current fight I will
announce the next fight as well. People who fight next must join the appropiate faction and gather at the
arena gate so they are ready to enter the arena when called. This way everything will go a lot quicker and everybody will wait less between fights.
4 - The survivors will need to line up to be counted before leaving the arena. Leaving the arena or switching to spectator before I annouce the result means you are considered killed and your enemies get more points.
REGISTRATIONS1 - There are
18 slots + substitutes available.
2 -
Register your clan by applying in this thread - do not PM me, if you have a question, ask here so others can see the answer and don't have to ask the same thing again. Registrations are opened until Thursday, than the Groups will be decided.
3 -
For registering: include clan name and visual style (visual style goes only to body armors while Coat of Plates is the highest you can take, other armor is free of choice. You can't register with the same visual style as the other clans, except for heraldic armors)
4 - When you register,
include also the time you want to fight the qualifiers or include that you can fight on both times. There are 2 qualifiers both of them at the same day: Saturday 17th . The 1st qualify round is at 17:00 GMT the 2nd qualify round is at 19:00 GMT.
5 -
It is still possible to apply to the tournament and still not be allowed to participate. This can happen if you apply late when many clans will be already registered before you and/or if you apply for the same time like majority of the other clans - thus it won't be possible to find a spot for you in the qualifying group. To prevent this: either apply quickly or make sure you can fight on both times. If you will be able to fight on both times it is highly probable that you will make it into the tournament (same goes for early applications as these have priority over those that apply late).
Thanks alot to Beau for help with organizing this so far.
DISCLAIMER!: Since Strategus is live these days there could be issues with major strat battles, and as such the tournament can be cancelled one of the last days
. Lets just hope its gonna be a quiet weekend in strat
.
More updates might come in later posts from me.
Clans signed up:
Fallen Brigade (Visual style: Black Coat of Plates)19 GMT+0
Bandits (Visual style: Brigandine) 17 GMT+0
Merciless (Visual style: Rus Scale Armor) 19 GMT+0
Guards (Visual style: Heraldic Mail) 19 GMT+0
Templars (Visual style: Heraldic Mail) 17 GMT+0
Antarians (Visual style: Haubergons) 17 GMT+0
Bashibazouks (Visual style: Mamluke Mail) 19 GMT+0
Great Khans (Visual style: Sarranid Guard Armor) 19:00 GMT+0
Byzantium (Visual style: Cuir Bouili over Mail) 19:00 GMT+0
Nordmen (Visual style: Brown Rus Lamellar Cuirass) 17 GMT+0
Grey Order (Visual style: Light Kuyak) 17 GMT+0
Inglorious Bastards (Visual style: Banded Armor) 17 GMT+0
22nd Battalion (Visual style: Heavy Kuyak) 19 GMT+0
Gardrika (Visual style: Heraldic Mail) 17 GMT+0
SoA (Visual style: Heraldic Mail with Tabard) 19 GMT+0
Wolves Pack Mercenaries (Visual style: Heraldic Mail) 19 GMT+0
Mercenaries (Visual style: Heraldic Mail) 17 GMT+0
Ruconquista (Visual style: Lamellar Armor) 17 GMT+0
SUBSTITUTES:
Brothers in Arms (Visual style: Studded Leather over Mail) 17 GMT+0
Kapikulu (Visual style: Coat of Plates(Red)) 19 GMT+0
Holy Roman Empire (Visual style: Heraldic Mail) 19 GMT+0
Strangers (Visual style: Green Rus Lamellar Cuirass) 17 GMT+0Important update!Since the DRZ is attacking Mercs in the middle of the tournament I have been forced to move the times of the qualifiers. First qualifier is at 16:00 GMT+0, and the second is at 21:00 GMT+0 All clans are requested to confirm they're gonna make it for the tourney.
Clans who have confirmed they're gonna fight at 16:00 GMT+0Gardrika
Bashibazouks
Nordmen
Inglourious
Antarians
Bandits
TemplarsClans that have confirmed they're gonna fight at 21:00 GMT+0Byzantium
Grey Order
SoA
22nd Battalion
Great Khans
Wolves
Fallen BrigadeSubstitutes: Kapikulu (21:00 GMT)Brothers in Arms (16:00 GMT+0)Strangers (16:00 GMT+0)
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