Winners: pjdonald & goggles paisano
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Continue my Major+ Series of the Doubles tournament.
New Rule - Disclosing opponents position in the fog games IS PROHIBITED. The violating team will receive -1MP for that game, regardless of their result. The game will be re-created with remaining teams to settle the remaining points.
ALSO ANY ALLIANCES ARE PROHIBITED TOO in the multi-team games
Please note that this tournament is going to have very heavy workload (around 100 games per team) and 6 new games will be started every week. Do not join unless you want to commit to the heavy game load
This one will start first week of December. Similar to my previous, Summer League.
But this time I decided increase the spectrum of the games.
So there will be 2, 3 and 4 team games. Also all maps will be played, excluding build up ones (Feudal Wars, AOR series etc) and small maps (less then 6 countries per person). Almost every second map will be played in fog (like Waterloo etc). For detailed see below. All reinforcements (adj, chained, unlimited) will be played. All spoils will be played (no cards, escalating, flat), but only for the 4 players games. For 6 and 8 players games we will have only escalating games.
I expect 60 teams to sign up. They will be placed into 1 huge League, and paired up using Swiss Tournament System
In each round each team will play three 4-players double, two 6-players double and one 8-players double.
Entry Requirements and Sign-up procedures:
- 2200+ points for each team member.
- Players must play together at least 25 doubles games before joining this tournament. If you don't qualify because of this rule, please let me know, and I will use my own discretion.
- I can deny or allow entrance of the particular team at my own discretion.
- To sign up post your team members here. Your partner must confirm the participation by posting here too.
- Premium membership is required for the whole duration of the tournament.
- Once you are signed up, you don't have to maintain 2200+ rating.
Work in progress...
- 60 teams places in one huge bracket.
- For the first round teams will be paired up based on their rating. It will be alternating Strongest-Weakest team, based on the rating at the start of the tournament.
- Each round each team will be placed in the group of 12 teams.
- Each round each team will play three 4-players double, two 6-players double and one 8-players double within its group.
- After each round teams will be re-paired using Swiss System. (strongest will play with strongest).
- I will try to avoid the duplicate opponents, but it will not be possible every turn.
- There will be 11 rounds in total.
- Every week we will start a new round.
- Starting from round 4, in every round the bottom 4 pairs will be eliminated from the tournament.
- In the final round, there will be 8 teams left.
Games Settings:
- Every game will be 4,6 or 8 players doubles, sequential, casual.
- For the 4 players doubles we will play alternating spoils and reinforcements (adj, chained, unlimited) (no spoils, escalating, flat)
- For the 6 and 8 players doubles we will play alternating reinforcement, Escalating spoils.
Scoring and avoiding stalemates:
- For 4 players game: Winner gets +1 match point (MP).
- For 6 players game: Winner gets +3 MPs, Second place gets 0MP, Third place gets -1 MP
- For 8 players game: Winner gets +4 MPs, Second +1MP, Third 0MP, Forth -1 MP
- If you missed a game not because of your fault then following averages will be awarded: 4 Players games: 0.5MP, 6 Players games: 0.7MP, 8 Players games: 1MP
- Every game must finish by the end of round 35.
- If a game is not finished by beginning round 36 then every team remaining will get -1 (minus one) MP.
- Those rules will be applied regardless of how many armies/countries you have left.
No shows, forfeiting and substitutions
- Disclosing opponents position in the fog games IS PROHIBITED. The violating team will receive -1MP for that game, regardless of their result. The game will be re-created with remaining teams to settle the remaining points.
- Any form of alliances is prohibited.
- Every team must join its games within 2 day period, since they were posted, unless advanced warning was provided. Upon expire of this period the team will receive a 0.1MP penalty and team might need to provide a substitution. If substitution is not provided, then the team will forfeit their games and will be excluded from the tournament.
- To save me time, please notify your opponents when both of you are in.
- If team is excluded from the tournament when I will try to provide a substitution team, which will inherit all the MP from the excluded team.
[spoiler=Maps And Settings]Maps will be assigned from the following pool of maps:
(V means Yes, x means No, dash means not played at all)
Code: Select all
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| Map | Fog? | in 4? | in 6? | in 8? |
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| Duck And Cover | V | V | x | x |
| Madagascar | x | V | x | x |
| Egypt: Upper | x | V | x | x |
| Egypt: Nubia | x | V | x | x |
| Greater China | x | V | x | x |
| Circus Maximus | V | V | x | x |
| Haiti | x | V | x | x |
| Indochina | x | V | x | x |
| Ireland | x | V | x | x |
| Halloween Hollows | x | V | x | x |
| Netherlands | V | V | x | x |
| Australia | x | V | V | x |
| Dust Bowl | x | V | V | x |
| Iceland | V | V | V | x |
| Italy | x | V | V | x |
| Madness | V | V | V | x |
| Portugal | x | V | V | x |
| WWII Iwo Jima | x | V | V | x |
| Draknor - Level 1 | V | V | V | x |
| WWII Western Front | V | V | V | x |
| Ancient Greece | x | V | V | x |
| Berlin 1961 | x | V | V | x |
| Mongol Empire | V | V | V | x |
| Scotland | x | V | V | x |
| Classic Shapes | V | V | V | x |
| Classic Art | x | V | V | x |
| Alexander's Empire | V | V | V | x |
| American Civil War | x | V | V | x |
| BeNeLux | x | V | V | x |
| British Isles | V | V | V | x |
| Canada | x | V | V | x |
| Caribbean Islands | x | V | V | x |
| Conquer 4 | V | V | V | x |
| Germany | x | V | V | x |
| High Seas | V | V | V | x |
| Hong Kong | x | V | V | x |
| Malta | V | V | V | x |
| Middle East | x | V | V | x |
| Puget Sound | V | V | V | x |
| San Francisco | x | V | V | x |
| Space | V | V | V | x |
| USA | x | V | V | x |
| 8 Thoughts | V | V | V | x |
| Archipelago | x | V | V | x |
| Asia | V | V | V | x |
| Discworld | x | V | V | x |
| CCU | x | V | V | x |
| France | V | V | V | x |
| South America | x | V | V | x |
| WWII Eastern Front | V | V | V | x |
| Africa | x | V | V | x |
| Brazil | x | V | V | x |
| King Of The Mountains | V | V | V | x |
| Midkemdil | x | V | V | x |
| USApocalypse | V | V | V | x |
| Centerscape | x | V | V | x |
| Extreme Global Warming | V | V | V | x |
| Arctic | x | x | V | V |
| Crossword | x | x | V | V |
| Europe | V | x | V | V |
| Great Lakes | x | x | V | V |
| Montreal | V | x | V | V |
| Philippines | x | x | V | V |
| Tamriel | V | x | V | V |
| The Citadel | V | x | V | V |
| Poker Club | x | V | V | V |
| Egypt: Valley Of The Kings | x | V | V | V |
| Soviet Union | V | V | V | V |
| Iberia | V | V | V | V |
| Prohibition Chicago | x | V | V | V |
| Siege! | V | V | V | V |
| Texan Wars | x | V | V | V |
| Age Of Merchants | V | V | V | V |
| Imperium Romanum | x | V | V | V |
| Sydney Metro | x | V | V | V |
| Operation Drug War | V | V | V | V |
| Cairns Coral Coast | x | x | V | V |
| Chinese Checkers | V | x | V | V |
| North America | x | x | V | V |
| Charleston | V | x | V | V |
| Europa | V | x | V | V |
| Arms Race! | x | x | V | V |
| U.S. Senate | V | x | V | V |
| WWII Australia | V | V | V | V |
| Rail USA | x | V | V | V |
| Solar System | V | V | V | V |
| New World | - | - | - | - |
| WWII Gazala | x | V | V | V |
| D-Day: Omaha Beach! | x | V | V | V |
| Pearl Harbor | x | V | V | V |
| Treasures Of Galapagos | - | - | - | - |
| WWII Ardennes | x | V | V | V |
| NYC | V | V | V | V |
| Forbidden City | x | V | V | V |
| Bamboo Jack | V | V | V | V |
| Feudal War | - | - | - | - |
| City Mogul | - | - | - | - |
| Rail Europe | V | V | V | V |
| Battle For Iraq! | x | V | V | V |
| Age Of Realms 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Age Of Realms 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Battle Of Actium | x | V | V | V |
| Age Of Realms 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Waterloo | V | V | X | x |
| Das Schloss | - | - | - | - |
| World 2.1 | V | V | V | V |
| Supermax: Prison Riot! | V | V | V | V |
| Oasis | x | V | V | V |
| Conquer Man | V | V | V | V |
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[spoiler=Questions and answers]Q. I have another player on the ignore list.
A. If you happen to be in the same group as he is, then you would need to take him off the ignore list, so they can join the games. After that you can put them back on the ignore list right after they join the game.
Q. Also how are maps assigned - is there a strict rotation?
A. We will have one single map per set of games, which will be randomly selected from the pool of maps. So not every map from the pool will be played. But everyone in a group will play the same set of maps.
Q. I am away for that week - should I get my account sitter to join the games for that week or wait until I get back?
A. Ideally I would like an account sitter to join those games. This is just because we have very busy schedule going, 5+ new games each week. If we delay the joining for a week, the schedule will be skewed and it will be a pain for me.
Q. since it's a captain+ tourney i was curious why are there teams with less than 4000 points? i have nothing against this but since i see captains or majors on the waiting list i wonder how come those weren't chosen
A. Those people had 2200 points when they signed up. Between their sign up and the time when tournament has started their rating went down.
There is no way I can expect everyone to be above 2200 for the whole duration of the tournament, otherwise i would need to disqualify half of the players.
Think about 2200+ more like entry requirement, which kind of shows your ability. The reason why 2200+ rule is in place is to provide the strong competition. And not to limit your potential rating loses.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Updates]Nov 19: Registration Open
Dec 10: Round 1 is Started
Jan 5: Round 2 is Started
Jan 12: Round 3 is Started
Feb 5: Round 4 is Started
Feb 20: Round 5 is Started
Feb 27: Round 6 is Started
Mar 11: Round 7 is Started
Mar 24: Round 8 is Started
Apr 12: Round 9 is Started
May 7: Round 10 is Started
May 27: Final is Started
June 17: Winners are announced[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Denied entry]pascalleke
aliakber1001
thinktank
gp24176281
Spartica
Sir Kick-some
spaceghst44
CAPK81
laughingcavalier
fishydance
Madmom
AeroMate
Chuuuuck
FATHARRY
Blobby
duckers[/spoiler]
Someday I hope to finally get high enough to play in this one. Someday...
