Tournament Rules Changes
Below are a number of notable changes to the tournament rules and format. The Rules Thread will be altered before the Tournament starts to reflect these changes, should any teams have questions about the format before then please get in touch with one of the admins.
The Tournament will begin with a single-elimination group qualifying stage, with the qualifying teams entering a group stage and a final knockout stage.
The Tournament will follow the same match format as Nations Cup 2016 with the following exceptions:
- Round time to be set at 180 seconds
- Substitutions may take place at the end of each round
- A serverside modification to some faction stats and proficiencies will be implemented similar to Azan's Proposals
The map pool will changed to include:
- Field by the River
- Mountain Fortress
All qualifying teams will play from a pool of the above two entries and the existing map pool. Captains will be surveyed and allowed to vote on a selection of maps to be included post-qualifier stage, with two of those maps being added to the pool.
All accredited streamers may stream and match they wish, giving viewers the freedom to choose between any streaming channel they wish. This may result in more than one streaming channel covering the same match.
The admins reserve the right to determine the punishment for any breaches of the rules and are not to be bound by predetermined punishments.
The Tournament will begin on
Tuesday 19th of April with the first pick night. The deadline for week one games will be
Sunday 24th of April.
PS. We are still looking for willing referees, please contact the admin team if you are interested.