These will be held on the Raven 30 man server. It's normally set to duel but admins can change to battle & remove auto balance.
- Do I need to add info on the other MERRICCA threads?
I'm hoping to make this a full repository for registration info & everything else, so this should be the 'one stop' thread for all things MERRICCA related... for now unless things start getting really big later. We'll take that as it comes.
- Can we swap people mid round?
Each team can field up to 8 players per round, but if you have more people available you're free to swap players in & out between rounds & maps as you see fit, provided they are all on the roster.
- What if someone can't field 8?
If one team doesn't have the 8 required 10 minutes after the match is scheduled to start they can either play with who they have available (and possibly win) or forfeit the match outright. Theoretically neither team needs to field the 8 required (it could be a 5v7 or something) but you can't go above 8 at least for this season.
- Can we have people outside of the clan as part of our roster?
We'd prefer mostly clans, but at this point you're welcome to field a pick-up team of sorts. After we get a season under our belts we can review how we want to break things out later.
- What if we know ahead of time we can't fill a roster for a specific week (finals, vacation etc)?
Let us know in this thread (so it can be known by committee members) and make sure to contact the team you're scheduled to face. I'm sure we can either postpone the match for another week or find a different day to do it, but we'd need to know a few days in advance if possible so everyone has a chance to adjust to the new schedule.
- How do admins determine if a round is "live" or not?
Because of some equipment bugs we typically will have the first round be non-live to ensure people are spawning & the 8v8 roster is there. Then the second round will be live if both teams aren't encountering issues, and an admin will typically confirm it's live by typing "live" in admin chat. If subsequent rounds have gear issues admins will specify it isn't live & the round will continue without counting, again hopefully to continue as "live" the round after. If randoms spawn in & grief, or server issues cause problems it will typically result in the round not going live. If issues are client side (a teammate falling & dying near start of round, someone disconnecting, an accidental teamhit, etc) we likely will NOT restart the round or declare it non-live - it's up to your players to manage themselves & the round should proceed as normal even with this disadvantage.
