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| Finals Format and Information Firstly, on behalf of the Lithuanian Esport Federation and us at TaleWorlds, thanks everyone for a great qualifying phase! It was possibly the highest frequency of matches played for a tournament in the history of the game and we're incredibly pleased it went so well. Of course there are some lessons to be learnt but on the whole we are thrilled with the way the community has risen to the challenge and very optimistic for the future! There are a lot of thanks to be given and that will be handled in full at the end of the tournament. At this stage it's worth simply giving credit to the fantastic work done by our team of volunteer admins and referees. The matches and duels went off exceptionally smoothly and ultimately, we met our deadlines because of their hard work. Now we look to Bucharest and the PGL Studio, which will be the stage for the grand finals. This thread contains some information about the event in order to clarify how Saturday will play out. |
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Finals Format
DUEL
While the format for duel matches remains the same, each of our four teams has also been given the chance to nominate an additional player for the competition. This gives us eight total duelists competing in Bucharest.
Before the finals they will be split into two groups of four, which will play out in a “dual tournament” format. For those unfamiliar with the concept: After the first two duel matches, the two winners will play for first place, while the two losers play for survival. The winners’ winner goes through first in the group, while the losers’ loser is eliminated. After this, the loser of the winners’ match plays the winner of the losers’ to determine 2nd and 3rd place in the group. From there the tournament will continue as single-elimination, including a 3rd place playoff.
In addition to this, the Duel grand final will be played as a best of 3 with each match playing out as a first to seven. This will give players a chance to switch faction between matches.
These are the groups for the finals (randomised, with 2 nominees and 2 qualified duelists in each group and pitched against each other for the initial matches):
Group A
Gibby vs Brian (nominated by Unity)
M vs SotaMursu (nominated by Castellans)
Group B
Shemaforash vs Peter (nominated by Apis Europae Black)
Bloody Death vs Scar (nominated by Apis Europae Yellow)
| Group A Duels | ||||
| Gibby | 7 | vs | 5 | Brian |
| M | 7 | vs | 1 | Sotamursu |
| Sotamursu | 7 | vs | 6 | Brian |
| Gibby | 7 | vs | 5 | M |
| M | 7 | vs | 4 | Sotamursu |
| Group B Duels | ||||
| Shemaforash | 2 | vs | 7 | Peter |
| Bloody Death | 7 | vs | 3 | Scar |
| Shemaforash | 7 | vs | 4 | Scar |
| Bloody Death | 5 | vs | 7 | Peter |
| Bloody Death | 7 | vs | 2 | Shemaforash |
| Semi Finals Duels | ||||
| Gibby | 7 | vs | 5 | Bloody Death |
| M | 3 | vs | 7 | Peter |
| 3rd place Duel | ||||
| M | 7 | vs | 5 | Bloody Death |
TEAM
Throughout the qualifiers teams competed over one map, essentially functioning as a best-of-1, granting victory to the team that took the most rounds. For the finals, team matches will be played best-of-3 with a veto/pick system in place to determine the maps played. This will happen directly before matches on stream and run as follows:
Team A bans 1 map
Team B bans 2 maps
Team A bans 1 map
Team A picks map 1
Team B picks map 2
The remaining map will be played as map 3.
Factions will be randomised and determined beforehand.
Our teams for the finals are:
Apis Europae Black
Castellans
Apis Europae Yellow
Unity
Clarification regarding changes to the finalists:
Aequalitas have been replaced by Apis Europae Yellow. Initially Aequalitas had one member that couldn't make the finals. Despite our form specifically stating that this gives us the right to drop them from the tournament, we decided the integrity of the competition was best upheld by allowing them a single replacement. However, **** continued to have a string of issues getting their players to the event on time and unfortunately, we were left with no choice but to disqualify them and look for a replacement.
To find the replacement, all teams knocked out by a semi finalist (including those knocked out by Aequalitas) were contacted and asked to provide all the necessary personal information we required to arrange bringing them to Bucharest on time, and to do so within a 3 hour deadline. Out of the 11 teams contacted, two complete responses were received (Frontline Tactics and Apis Europae Yellow). To determine which team was given the last spot, Aeronwen and I convened as the two impartial admins and looked at the evidence to make a decision. Despite the margin being incredibly small, the fact that Apis Europae Yellow both progressed further in the bracket and achieved a higher score against the same team, was deemed sufficient grounds for an objective ruling to bring Apis Europae Yellow. This was not an easy decision to take and we recognise that, as in all competitions, there is volatility in results and maps and factions will naturally have an impact but ultimately, the scores are what count for the tournament and must be considered the best criteria in situations like these.
In addition to this, we received news late last night that Maximou is unable to attend the finals. The runner-up of his qualifying bracket, Shemaforash, has been selected to replace him in the duel finals. Unity have been allowed a replacement "TigerWhite", the same courtesy that was originally given to Aequalitas.
| Team | Ban 1 | Ban 2 | Pick | Map 3 | ||
| Semi Final 1 | Castellans | Fort of Honour | Castellum | Verloren | Naval Outpost | |
| Apis Europae Black | Ruins | Sandiboush | Reveran Village |
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| Semi Final 2 | Unity | Reveran Village | Verloren | Sandiboush | Fort of Honour | |
| Apis Europae Yellow | Ruins | Castellum | Naval Outpost |
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| 3rd Place Playoff | Unity | Reveran Village | Castellum | Sandiboush | Verloren | |
| Apis Europae Black | Naval Outpost | Ruins | Fort of Honour |
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| Final | Apis Europae Yellow | Reveran Village | Ruins | Naval Outpost | Verloren | |
| Castellans | Fort of Honour | Sandiboush | Castellum |
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| Team | Team | Map | Factions | |||
| Apis Europae Black | 3 | vs | 4 | Castellans | Fort of Honour | Sarranids vs Rhodoks |
| Apis Europae Black | 5 | vs | 0 | Castellans | Sandiboush | Swadia vs Nords |
| Apis Europae Black | 0 | vs | 5 | Castellans | Verloren | Vaegirs vs Rhodoks |
| Unity | 3 | vs | 5 | Apis Europae Yellow | Naval Outpost | Sarranids vs Rhodoks |
| Unity | 2 | vs | 5 | Apis Europae Yellow | Castellum | Swadia vs Nords |
| Apis Europae Black | 2 | vs | 5 | Unity | Fort of Honour | Sarranids vs Rhodoks |
| Apis Europae Black | 5 | vs | 0 | Unity | Sandiboush | Swadia vs Nords |
| Apis Europae Black | 5 | vs | 2 | Unity | Verloren | Vaegirs vs Rhodoks |
| Castellans | 5 | vs | 3 | Apis Europae Yellow | Naval Outpost | Sarranids vs Rhodoks |
| Castellans | 5 | vs | 1 | Apis Europae Yellow | Castellum | Swadia vs Nords |
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