Rules & Settings
Tournament formula
Knock-out stage
The knock-out stage will be single eliminiation bracket, Bo5. Two rounds, round of 16 then round of 8, to get 4 people qualified in the end.
League stage
The league stage will feature 6 players, each playing every other player. Series will be Bo5.
League stage final standings will be decided like this:
1. Most series win
2. Best difference between overall games won and games lost
3. Most games won
4. Head-to-head matchup
5. Surprise
Scheduling
Players will schedule their game at any time during the proposed timeframe (see section "calendar" in the announcement thread). They will schedule publicly in the aoezone dedicated thread. If players can’t agree on a schedule, admins will determine a time to the best of their ability. If a player shows unwillingness to schedule they will get an admin loss for the series.
If a player is 15 minutes late to a series, they will get an admin loss for the series. The player waiting in the lobby must take a screenshot with both the lobby and https://time.is/UTC and post it immediately in the aoezone scheduling thread for the game for this to be effective.
Draft, map and civ settings
Mappool will be: Arabia (G1), Arena, Hideout, Serengeti, Atacama, Mediterranean, Cross. Official maps are available here.
Settings for the knock-out stage and the league stage (Bo5)
Game 1: Arabia hidden pick. Loser is player A, winner player B
Game 2: Player A picks a map from mappool. Player B bans two civs. Player A picks a civ and bans a civ. Player B picks a civ
Game 3: Player A and B swap roles, repeat
Game 4: Player behind in score is A, player ahead in score is B. Repeat draft like game 2.
Game 5: Player A and B swap roles, repeat.
A player cannot pick or ban a civ that has been previously picked or ban in the series by any player.
Settings for the league stage might undergo slight changes, depending on feedback from the knockout stage.
The draft will happen in the game room between each game.
Lobby settings
Games will be played on voobly, in the Draft My Back tournament lobby here
Latest UP available enabled.
Latest update of the WololoKingdoms mod enabled.
Rated: Match Stats Only
Spectator delay: 1:30
Game settings
Game: Random Map
Location: (depending on the map)
Size: Tiny (2 players)
Difficulty: Standard
Resources: Standard
Population: 200
Game Speed: Normal
Reveal Map: Normal
Starting Age: Standard
Victory Condition: Conquest
Team Together: [X] Yes
All techs: [ ] No
Allow Cheats: [ ] No
Lock Teams: [X] Yes
Lock Speed: [X] Yes
Record Game: [X] Yes
MQ
Host
Player with "home" seeding (first in the matchup in the brackets) is host for game 1. Then for every game, the loser of previous game is host. This will not be monitored, no restart will be automatically granted if the game is launched with wrong host.
Player restarts
No restarts are allowed.
Admin restarts
An admin re can be called in the following cases
- Within 1 minute 30 secs of game time if a starting unit doesn’t have a path to the TC
- Within 4 minutes of game time, if a starting ressource cannot be properly accessible
In case of gold, stone and berries, if less than 5 sides of the entire pile are directly accessible, or if no drop off point can be built next to it
In case of wild animals and herdables, if they don’t have a path to the TC
If the other player don't agree with the call, admin restarts game files should be sent to an admin. If it’s later determined that the restart was abusive, the player will get an admin loss for the game.
Laming
All laming is allowed except for stragglers laming within 10 tiles of the opponent’s TC.
Recorded games
Once the series is played, players must provide the score and pick/ban sequence of their series in the dedicated thread, as well as the recorded games.
Knock-out stage
The knock-out stage will be single eliminiation bracket, Bo5. Two rounds, round of 16 then round of 8, to get 4 people qualified in the end.
League stage
The league stage will feature 6 players, each playing every other player. Series will be Bo5.
League stage final standings will be decided like this:
1. Most series win
2. Best difference between overall games won and games lost
3. Most games won
4. Head-to-head matchup
5. Surprise
Scheduling
Players will schedule their game at any time during the proposed timeframe (see section "calendar" in the announcement thread). They will schedule publicly in the aoezone dedicated thread. If players can’t agree on a schedule, admins will determine a time to the best of their ability. If a player shows unwillingness to schedule they will get an admin loss for the series.
If a player is 15 minutes late to a series, they will get an admin loss for the series. The player waiting in the lobby must take a screenshot with both the lobby and https://time.is/UTC and post it immediately in the aoezone scheduling thread for the game for this to be effective.
Draft, map and civ settings
Mappool will be: Arabia (G1), Arena, Hideout, Serengeti, Atacama, Mediterranean, Cross. Official maps are available here.
Settings for the knock-out stage and the league stage (Bo5)
Game 1: Arabia hidden pick. Loser is player A, winner player B
Game 2: Player A picks a map from mappool. Player B bans two civs. Player A picks a civ and bans a civ. Player B picks a civ
Game 3: Player A and B swap roles, repeat
Game 4: Player behind in score is A, player ahead in score is B. Repeat draft like game 2.
Game 5: Player A and B swap roles, repeat.
A player cannot pick or ban a civ that has been previously picked or ban in the series by any player.
Settings for the league stage might undergo slight changes, depending on feedback from the knockout stage.
The draft will happen in the game room between each game.
Lobby settings
Games will be played on voobly, in the Draft My Back tournament lobby here
Latest UP available enabled.
Latest update of the WololoKingdoms mod enabled.
Rated: Match Stats Only
Spectator delay: 1:30
Game settings
Game: Random Map
Location: (depending on the map)
Size: Tiny (2 players)
Difficulty: Standard
Resources: Standard
Population: 200
Game Speed: Normal
Reveal Map: Normal
Starting Age: Standard
Victory Condition: Conquest
Team Together: [X] Yes
All techs: [ ] No
Allow Cheats: [ ] No
Lock Teams: [X] Yes
Lock Speed: [X] Yes
Record Game: [X] Yes
MQ
Host
Player with "home" seeding (first in the matchup in the brackets) is host for game 1. Then for every game, the loser of previous game is host. This will not be monitored, no restart will be automatically granted if the game is launched with wrong host.
Player restarts
No restarts are allowed.
Admin restarts
An admin re can be called in the following cases
- Within 1 minute 30 secs of game time if a starting unit doesn’t have a path to the TC
- Within 4 minutes of game time, if a starting ressource cannot be properly accessible
In case of gold, stone and berries, if less than 5 sides of the entire pile are directly accessible, or if no drop off point can be built next to it
In case of wild animals and herdables, if they don’t have a path to the TC
If the other player don't agree with the call, admin restarts game files should be sent to an admin. If it’s later determined that the restart was abusive, the player will get an admin loss for the game.
Laming
All laming is allowed except for stragglers laming within 10 tiles of the opponent’s TC.
Recorded games
Once the series is played, players must provide the score and pick/ban sequence of their series in the dedicated thread, as well as the recorded games.
Other tournament rules
Fair-play and respect
Insults, unsportsmanship and overall bad behaviour will not be tolerated.
Mods
Graphical mods available in the voobly modcenter are allowed.
Cheating
Cheating is not tolerated and will result in immediate disqualification.
Admin loss and prizepool
If a player gets 2 admin losses in the league stage, they will be disqualified, all their games will be considered lost by forfeit and their prizepool will be redistributed to other players.
Insults, unsportsmanship and overall bad behaviour will not be tolerated.
Mods
Graphical mods available in the voobly modcenter are allowed.
Cheating
Cheating is not tolerated and will result in immediate disqualification.
Admin loss and prizepool
If a player gets 2 admin losses in the league stage, they will be disqualified, all their games will be considered lost by forfeit and their prizepool will be redistributed to other players.
Calendar
Sign ups: until 30th of april
Knock-out stage, first round: 4th to 10th of may
Second round: 11th to 17th of may
League stage: 18th of may to 14th of june
Knock-out stage, first round: 4th to 10th of may
Second round: 11th to 17th of may
League stage: 18th of may to 14th of june
Brackets
Qualifiers brackets
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