The official rules of the Conquest Beta 1v1 Tournament March '09.
Player eligibility
- Everyone who wants to play some scheduled matches in a well-regulated period of time is allowed to sign up.
- There is no need of registering in the Conquest ladder - therefore that means you gain no overall points if you are not registered but you achieve medals.
Registration dead line
- Saturday (23:59), 28th of February '09.
Playing round cycles
- Sunday (from 0:00), Monday, Tuesday (to 23:59)
- Wednesday (from 0:00), Thursday, Friday, Saturday (to 23:59)
Playing times/match arranging
- Each player has to arrange his matches in collaboration with his opponent. They have to find a match date and play their match independently.
- In Group stage both players can postpone their match into another round cycle of the Group stage by both sending a request to the tournament officials with a fixed match date.
- In Playoffs the first two battles have to be fought consecutively on the same day unless there are technical problems.
- The match ups and the dead line will be posted by an official at the beginning of the new round cycle.
Group stage
- All participating players will be divided as best as possible into groups of four players, with a maximum of five per group.
- The Group stage modus is Round Robin in each group: every player has to fight everyone in his own group.
- Each matchup consists of a single battle (bo1) between the two competitors.
- By winning one match against his opponent, the player gains three points for his group ranking.
- If a player does not forfeit any matches in the Group stage he is rewarded one ladder point.
- The winner of the group receives one additional point.
Playoffs
- All participating players proceed to the Playoffs, regardless of how many group points he achieves in the Group stage.
- Each player will get a predefined spot in the tournament tree, depending on the ranking he achieved in the groups. In case of a draw, their spots will be drawn.
- All players face their opponents in a Single Elimination with best of three matches (bo3). Each player has to win two out of maximum three battles against his opponent to proceed into the next round.
- In case of losing one Playoff round the player has to fight against another loser.
- Each victorious match in the Playoffs gives the player 1 point for his overall profile ranking.
- The size of the Playoff tree depends on the amount of players in the Group stage.
Server setup
- Army size: Moderate
- Turn limit: 20
- Turn time limit: 240 seconds
- World size: Small
- World climate: Random
- World population: Moderate
Result announcement
- Before the round cycle ends a valid result must be posted into the results thread or reported to the tournament officials.
- The winner has to verify the victory by posting a screenshot (of the last turn).
Rewards
- 1st place: Gold medal, 5 overall points
- 2nd place: Silver medal, 3 overall points
- 3rd place: Bronze medal, 1 overall point
- Victorious bo3 match: 1 overall point each
- Full participation in Group stage: 1 overall point
- 1st place in Group stage: 1 overall point
Violation of rules
- Leaving a match - this includes entering spectator mode - that has started and is not finished is considered a defeat (unless the opponent is willing to replay the match).
- If one player doesn't respond in the scheduled 3-4 days, this player gets disqualfied and the other player gains a default win.
- If in Playoffs both players are not able to fight the third battle after a 1-1, the winner will be chosen by a coin flip.
- If only one battle is fought in the bo3 by the end of the round cycle, both players gain a default loss (unless one is determined to be stalling and is given a forfeit).
- If there is no valid result after the round cycle ends, both players will get a default loss (unless one is determined to be stalling and is given a forfeit).
Disclaimer
These rules may be changed or expanded at any point.
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