I'm excited to announce Slighty Random HD. I loved Masters of Megarandom, but I heard a lot of complaints that megarandom is still quite imbalanced and that there is a fair bit of luck involved. So I thought, why not organise a tournament with a map pack that is not played a lot, but still should have a nice map pool that isn't too standard. Lo and behold, slightly random HD was born.
All the maps will come from the light random map pack, which is in my opinion a nice mix of open land maps, water maps and craziness like double migration. You can download the map pack here: http://www.aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=70297. Make sure you download both the random map script and the separate maps.
The tournament will have a single elimination format.
Sign ups: http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=1532&t=130590
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Map / Civ settings:
Round of 32: (BO3)
map--------------civ / civ
Random map----hidden civ
HM loser---------loser pick / mirror
HM winner-------mirror
Round of 16: (BO3)
Random map----hidden civ
HM loser---------loser pick / mirror
HM winner-------mirror
Quarter finals: (BO5)
Random map----hidden civ
HM loser---------loser pick / mirror
HM winner-------mirror
Random map----hidden civ
Meatballs---------hidden civ
3rd place match same settings as semi finals
Semi finals: (BO5)
Random map----hidden civ
HM loser---------loser pick / mirror
HM winner-------mirror
Random map----hidden civ
Atacama---------hidden civ
Finals: (BO7)
Atacama--------------hidden civ
Double Migration----hidden civ
Border Dispute-------hidden civ
Hills-------------------hidden civ
Land of Lakes--------hidden civ
Sand Maze------------hidden civ
Slippery springs------hidden civ
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Home map loser means that the loser of game 1 can pick a home map from the light random map pack. Home map winner means that the winner of game 1 can pick a home map. When a civ is picked the same civ can't be picked twice within the round.
For the Hidden picking of civs use:
https://aoe2cm.net/allstars
select "Host G2-3"
send link to the other player
Pick the civ you want to play it'll be hidden from the opponent till both of you have picked
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The estimated time frame for the rounds is as follows:
Ro32: 22nd may – 28th may
Ro16: 29th may – 4th June
Quarters: 5th may – 11th June
Semi finals: 12th June – 18th June
3rd place & Grand final: 19th June – 25th June
The prize pool right now is €100 and is distributed 75% / 15% / 10% to place 1/2/3 respectively. This prize pool is crowd funded and may or may not go up. The rules concerning streaming the event are plain and simple: anybody can cast the games.
If you have any questions left feel free to message me or go to the related topic: http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=1531&t=130589