Entry will be selective, based on Score, however you can also get in through one of our 8 Satellite Tournaments starting now(see Requirements below for more details)
Everyone is welcome to apply as long as some minimum standards are met (see below)
Applications will open on December 1, 2013, Championships scheduled to start on January 1, 2014
See Below for more details.
Requirements
To only let the best and brightest compete, of course there are tournament requirements. There are two different ways to join this free tournament:
Be one of the top 24 people who sign up that have won at least five 1v1 tournaments.
OR
Freemiums may join and play round 1, but premium must be purchased in order to advance past round 1.
You must have won at least 100 1v1 games.
You must have won a 1v1 game on at least 25 maps.
This is not first come first serve. Ties will be broken by player score when sign ups end on December 30.
OR
Be in the top 4 of one of the 8 satellite tournaments. You may join up to 3 satellite tournaments.
Map: Random Number of Players: 2 Gametype: Standard Deployment: Automatic Turn Order: Sequential Spoils: Escalating (Round 1a, 3); No Spoils (Round 2 and 4); Nuclear (Round 1b) [All 3 to be chosen at random in bracket portion] Reinforcements: Chained Special Gameplay: Fog (Round 2, 3) [50% +1 of bracket round will be fog) Round Limit: 30 Rounds Round Length: 24 Hours
Setup
Round Robin Phase
Round 1a: 128 Players, 16 Groups of 8, Seeded by Score (7 games per player) Round 1b: 128 Players, 16 Groups of 8, Randomly Placed (7 games per player) Round 1 Elimination: Top 96 will advance. Bottom 32 players will be eliminated
Round 2: 96 Players, 6 Groups of 16, Seeded by Wins (15 games per player) Round 2 Elimination: Top 9 from each group will advance along with the next best 10 players. Bottom 32 will be eliminated.
Round 3: 64 Players, 2 Groups of 32, Seeded by Wins Round 3 Elimination: Top 14 from each group will advance along with the next best 4 players. Bottom 32 will be eliminated.
Round 4: 32 Players, 1 group (31 games per player) Round 4 Elimination: Top 16 players advance. Bottom 16 will be eliminated.
Bracket Phase
16 player Bracket
Seeded by Previous Round Wins
Gameload
Round of 16: Best of 21
Quarterfinals: Best of 27 (Sent in two batches)
Semifinals: Best of 39 (Sent in two batches)
Finals: Best of 51 (Sent in two batches)
Prizes
Winner:
Official Champion Title
Championships Page Position
Gold Champion Trophy
5000 Conquer Credits
If more than 3 satellites are joined, a player is ineligible for this tournament.
If the same player qualifies through more than one satellite tournament they will only gain one entry into the event.
Freemium players will be allowed in Round 1. A special exception will be in place to allow them to play 7 games. After Round 1, premium must be purchased.
Signups for this will be from December 1-December 30.
