This is a 1v1 tourney based on the Euro 2012. Premium Players Only.
I'll be looking for 54 players to represent the 54 countries involved in this football tournament. (I've added Kosovo, to even up the Groups)
There will be three rounds. The Group Round with 54 players, the Pool Round with 16 players, and the Tournament with 8 players.
[spoiler=Group Round]In the first round, all 54 teams will be divided into 9 groups, predetermined by country. Groups will be listed below. This first round consists of a double home-at-home round robin. This means you'll play a total of 20 games against the other 5 teams in your Group, 10 on your "home" map, 10 on your opponent's "home" map. At the end of this double round robin, the nine Group winners, and the 2nd place player with the best overall record, all advance. If there are two 2nd place players tied for best overall record, they will play one single playoff on the Europa map. If there are more than two, they will play a round robin against each other until there is one team that will advance.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=2nd Place Playoff]At the end of the Group Round, 10 players have advanced, and there are now eight 2nd place players left to fill 6 spots. These eight players will be randomly paired, and play a best-of-three, one on each home map, and one on the neutral map, Europa. The four winners advance. The four losers will again be randomly paired, and play another best-of-three, again on each home map, and one on the neutral map, Europa. Winners advance, losers are eliminated.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Pool Round]Once the 16 teams have been settled, players will be randomly divided into four Pools of 4, with two 1st place teams and two 2nd place teams in each Pool. This round consists of a double home-at-home round robin. This means teams will play a total of 12 games, 6 on your "home" map, 6 on your opponent's "home" map. At the end of this double round robin, the top two teams in each Pool will advance to the Tournament. If there is a tie for either 1st or 2nd, a head-to-head tiebreaker will be used. If that does not break the tie, there will be a single playoff on the Europa map.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Tournament]Each round of the Tournament will be a best-of-five series, 2 games played on each player's home map, and one on the neutral Europa. All five games will be played simultaneously. The grid will be as follows:
Round 1
Series 1: Winner Pool 1 vs 2nd place Pool 4
Series 2: Winner Pool 2 vs 2nd place Pool 3
Series 3: Winner Pool 3 vs 2nd place Pool 2
Series 4: Winner Pool 4 vs 2nd place Pool 1
Round 2
Series 5: Winner Series 1 vs Winner Series 2
Series 6: Winner Series 3 vs Winner Series 4
Bronze Medal Game
Series 7: Loser Series 5 vs Loser Series 6
Gold Medal Game
Series 8: Winner Series 5 vs Winner Series 6[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Game Play Settings]1v1
Automatic
Sequential
Escalating
Chained
Sunny
No Round Limit
24 hour turns[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Game Load]I will send out 4 games a week for five weeks in the Group Round. In the Pool Round I'll send out 6 games for two weeks. The tournament, 5 games are played simultaneously. Therefore, this is a Premium Only tournament.[/spoiler]
DJ Teflon wrote:General Achievement Medals will be awarded to the winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.
IMPORTANT MAP INFORMATION
When signing up, you must select a map to be used as your home map. Maps MUST be chosen from the list below. Maps will be allowed or disallowed at my discretion. Each map may only be chosen by one player. Maps will be given first come, first serve. If the map you want is already taken, you must select another map. Players who join and do not select an approved, unselected map will have one chosen for them by me.
[spoiler=Maps]Classic - Denmark, [player]withmejulie[/player]
13 Colonies - Poland, [player]traffic133[/player]
8 Thoughts - Macedonia, [player]Leverpuller[/player]
Africa - Montenegro, [player]richman688[/player]
Alexander's Empire - Lithuania, [player]nicarus[/player]
American Civil War - Azerbaijan, [player]Walslaf[/player]
Ancient Greece
Archipelago
Arctic - Kosovo, [player]deanof7[/player]
Asia
Atlantis - Sweden, [player]Jimmy V[/player]
Australia
Austro-Hungarian Empire - Hungary, [player]overlander[/player]
Balkan Peninsula
Bamboo Jack - Georgia, [player]Domicas[/player]
BeNeLux - Luxembourg, [player]thekidstrumpet[/player]
Berlin 1961 - Greece, [player]ckyrias[/player]
Brazil
British Isles
Cairns Coral Coast
Cairns Metro
California - Austria, [player]crazymilkshake5[/player]
Canada - Moldova, [player]sempaispellcheck[/player]
Caribbean Islands
Castle Lands - Belgium, [player]chidone[/player]
CCU
Central America
Charleston
Chicago
Chinese Checkers
Crossword - Estonia, [player]amazzony[/player]
Discworld
Draknor - Level 1
Dust Bowl - Cyprus, [player]Tupence[/player]
Egypt: Valley of the Kings
Europa - Neutral Map, Not Available
Europe
Europe 1914 - San Marino, [player]giannikas[/player]
Extreme Global Warming
First Nations North America - Bulgaria, [player]wrongwayrebekah[/player]
First Nations South America
Fractured America
Fractured China - Turkey, [player]farinelli[/player]
France - Slovakia, [player]Marshallbobby[/player]
France 1789
Germany
Gilgamesh
Golfe Du Saint-Laurent
Great Lakes
Greater China - Israel, [player]BluU[/player]
Greenland - Ireland, [player]Peter Gibbons[/player]
Haiti
Halloween Hallows
High Seas - Armenia, [player]uk massive[/player]
Holy Roman Empire - Kazakhstan, [player]Napoleon47[/player]
Hong Kong
Iberia - Romania, [player]jcmontys[/player]
Iceland - Iceland, [player]KingRat[/player]
Imperium Romanum - Slovenia, [player]uckuki[/player]
Indian Empire
Indochina
Ireland - France, [player]General Bax[/player]
Italy
Japan - Northern Ireland, [player]GhoStedar[/player]
King of the Mountains
Kingdom of Denmark - Croatia, [player]V.J.[/player]
Land and Sea
Macedonia - Latvia, [player]I GOT SERVED[/player]
Madness - Czech Republic, [player]soccerghost[/player]
Malta - Malta, [player]shoop76[/player]
Mexico
Middle Ages
Middle East
Midgard
Midkemdil
Mongol Empire
Montreal
Netherlands - Netherlands, [player]HerrZ[/player]
Nordic Countries - Faroe Islands, [player]SuperWang[/player]
North America - England, [player]Tripitaka[/player]
NYC - Scotland, [player]gameplayer[/player]
Oasis - Spain, [player]mr. CD[/player]
Oceania
Philippines
Portugal
Puget Sound - Finland, [player]JIMMYVIKING[/player]
Quad Cities
Rail Africa - Belarus, [player]Hans Lagarde[/player]
Rail Australia - Italy, [player]mviola[/player]
Rail Europe - Wales, [player]william tennant[/player]
Rail USA - Switzerland, [player]dumhic[/player]
San Francisco - Serbia, [player]Serbia[/player]
Scotland
Seige! - Liechtenstein, [player]DimnjacarStef[/player]
Solar System
South Africa 1885
South America - Ukraine, [player]dfp2dep[/player]
Soviet Union
Space
Sydney Metro
Tamriel - Albania, [player]SNARF17WD[/player]
Texan Wars - Portugal, [player]vegnagun[/player]
Thailand
The Citadel
Three Kingdoms of Korea
Transsib 1914
Triple Alliance
U.S. Senate
Unification Germany - Germany, [player]HighlanderAttack[/player]
Unification Italy - Andorra, [player]sundance123[/player]
USA
USA Great Lakes
USA New England
USA Rockies
USA Southeast - Norway, [player]rmjw10[/player]
USA Southwest - Russia, [player]Slavivlad[/player]
USApocalypse
Vancouver
Wales
WWI Ottoman Empire
WWII Australia
WWII Eastern Front
WWII Iwo Jima
WWII Western Front - Bosnia and Herzegovina, [player]offinthecorner[/player][/spoiler]
NATIONS
Group A
Austria - [player]crazymilkshake5[/player], California
Azerbaijan - [player]Walslaf[/player], American Civil War
Belgium - [player]chidone[/player], Castle Lands
Germany - [player]HighlanderAttack[/player], Unification Germany
Kazakhstan - [player]Napoleon47[/player], Holy Roman Empire
Turkey - [player]farinelli[/player], Fractured ChinaGroup B
Andorra - [player]sundance123[/player], Unification Italy
Armenia - [player]uk massive[/player], High Seas
Ireland - [player]Peter Gibbons[/player], Greenland
Macedonia - [player]Leverpuller[/player], 8 Thoughts
Russia - [player]Slavivlad[/player], USA Southwest
Slovakia - [player]Marshallbobby[/player], FranceGroup C
Estonia - [player]amazzony[/player], Crossword
Faroe Islands - [player]SuperWang[/player], Nordic Countries
Italy - [player]mviola[/player], Rail Australia
Northern Ireland - [player]GhoStedar[/player], Japan
Serbia - [player]Serbia[/player], San Francisco
Slovenia - [player]uckuki[/player], Imperium RomanumGroup D
Albania - [player]SNARF17WD[/player], Tamriel
Belarus - [player]Hans Lagarde[/player], Rail Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina - [player]offinthecorner[/player], WWII Western Front
France - [player]General Bax[/player], Ireland
Luxembourg - [player]thekidstrumpet[/player], BeNeLux
Romania - [player]jcmontys[/player], IberiaGroup E
Finland - [player]JIMMYVIKING[/player], Puget Sound
Hungary - [player]overlander[/player], Austro-Hungarian Empire
Moldova - [player]sempaispellcheck[/player], Canada
Netherlands - [player]HerrZ[/player], Netherlands
San Marino - [player]giannikas[/player], Europe 1914
Sweden - [player]Jimmy V[/player], AtlantisGroup F
Croatia - [player]V.J.[/player], Kingdom of Denmark
Georgia - [player]Domicas[/player], Bamboo Jack
Greece - [player]ckyrias[/player], Berlin 1961
Israel - [player]BluU[/player], Greater China
Latvia - [player]I GOT SERVED[/player], Macedonia
Malta - [player]shoop76[/player], MaltaGroup G
Bulgaria - [player]wrongwayrebekah[/player], First Nations North America
England - [player]Tripitaka[/player], North America
Montenegro - [player]richman688[/player], Africa
Poland - [player]traffic133[/player], 13 Colonies
Switzerland - [player]dumhic[/player], Rail USA
Wales - [player]william tennant[/player], Rail EuropeGroup H
Cyprus - [player]Tupence[/player], Dust Bowl
Denmark - [player]withmejulie[/player], Classic
Iceland - [player]KingRat[/player], Iceland
Norway - [player]rmjw10[/player], USA Southeast
Portugal - [player]vegnagun[/player], Texan Wars
Ukraine - [player]dfp2dep[/player], South AmericaGroup I
Czech Republic - [player]soccerghost[/player], Madness
Kosovo - [player]deanof7[/player], Arctic
Liechtenstein - [player]DimnjacarStef[/player], Seige!
Lithuania - [player]nicarus[/player], Alexander's Empire
Scotland - [player]gameplayer[/player], NYC
Spain - [player]mr. CD[/player], Oasis
