LEGACY OF THE HUNS - 2015 |
:arrow: Dates
Qualification Stage:
Round 1: 16th November - 22th November (128 players).
Round 2: 23th November - 29th November (64 players).
Round 3: 30th November - 6th December (32 players).
Round 4: 7th December - 13th December (16 players).
Final Stage:
Quarter of Finals: 14th November - 20th December
Semi Final: 21th December - 27th December
Grand Final/Bronze Match: 28th December - 3rd January
:arrow: Spots
There are 64 open Sign Up slots. If there are more players willing to participate, tournament administrator might open 64 extra slots.
:arrow: Brackets
Qualification Stage bracket: - Coming soon.
Final Stage bracket: Coming soon
Format and Settings |
:arrow: The tournament is to be played on Age of Empires II: The Conquerors with the 1.4 Userpatch.
:arrow: Games are to be played in the Tournament Lobby of Voobly using the VCOM Ladder
:arrow: The tournament will consist of two stages: Qualification Stage and Final Stage.
1. Qualification Stage - 128 Players |
The Qualification stage is played as a single elimination bracket with a duration of 4 weeks, players are seeded based on their rating. The 8 victorious players will advance to the Final Stage.
The Qualification Stage is to be played as a Best of 3 in the following manner:
Game 1: Arabia, Huns War.
Game 2: Arabia, Huns War.
Game 3: Arabia, Huns War.
- If the score is 2-0/0-2, the remaining game does not need to be played.
2. Final Stage - 8 players |
The Final stage is played as a single elimination bracket with a duration of 3 weeks, players are seeded based on their win rate during the tournament (Rating in case of a tie).
There will be a Bronze Final between the losers of the Semi-Finals.
The Final Stage is to be played as a Best of 5 in the following manner:
Game 1: Arabia, Huns War.
Game 2: Arabia, Huns War.
Game 3: Arabia, Huns War.
Game 4: Arabia, Huns War.
Game 5: Arabia, Huns War.
- If the score is 3-0/3-1/1-3/0-3, the remaining game(s) does not need to be played.
Legacy of the Huns Map |
All the games will be played on the Standard Arabia map. Players MUST chose this map. Dry_Arabia, SY_Arabia and other maps like those ones are NOT ALLOWED.
Prize |
This tournament is financed by donations, feel free to donate, and don’t forget to send me a PM so I can thank you!
Link for the donations: http://gogetfunding.com/master-of-huns-2015/
1st: - 60% of total prize money + A Voobly Shield "Legacy of the Huns 2015 1st" + 6 months gold membership
2nd: - 25% of total prize money. + A Voobly Shield "Legacy of the Huns 2015 2nd" + 6 months silver membership
3rd: - 15% of total prize money. + A Voobly Shield "Legacy of the Huns 2015 3rd" + 6 months silver membership
Tournament Administrator:
_TheGovernor_ on AoCZone.net / [WOTC]DarKyZ on voobly.com (Voobly) (AoCZone)
LEGACY OF THE HUNS - 2015 - OFFICIAL RULES |
1. General Rules |
- All players must respect the tournament schedule and times for each round.
- If both players cannot come to an agreement in scheduling their match, there will be an analyze of the situation, schedule, and time zones, in order to add a viable Admin Time that suits both players, to the best of our ability.
- Every player must respect his opponent. Bad behavior (determined by staff) will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification of the player. Laming and mind games in game are allowed.
- Smurfing and account sharing is NOT ALLOWED. Any discovery of the mentioned will result in the player disqualification of this event.
- All games are by default to be played in the Voobly Tournament Lobby using the VCOM Ladder.
- In Round 1, 2, 3 of the Qualification Stage, Immediately after completion of each match, the winning player has to rename the recorded games according to the rules and post them in the Legacy of the Huns 2015 Recorded Games of that respective round.
- From The Round 4 of the Qualification Stage and the remaining rounds, the recorded games will be posted by _TheGovernor_ in order to avoid any spoil. (Rating must be turn on, so the games can be downloaded on Voobly, otherwise you will have to send them.
- Before posting, the recorded game files must be renamed in the following format:
Game naming example:
Legacy of the Huns Qualification [WOTC]DarKyZ (POV) vs Name_of_the_Player 2 G1.mgz
Pack naming example:
Legacy of the Huns Qualification [WOTC]DarKyZ (POV) vs Name_of_the_Player 2.zip
- Additional time to complete your games will NOT be allowed under any circumstances!
- All the games must be scheduled and confirmed by both Teams in the Legacy of the Huns 2015 Scheduling forums.
- If there is no agreement about the playing time by Thursday 23.59 GMT, the staff might start interfering in order to get the games scheduled and completed in time.
- In case of disconnections, the game must be saved and restored. All of the .mgz recorded game files (multiple parts of the game before/after drop) must be provided when posting the recorded games.
- Once two players have arranged and confirmed a time to play, the maximum waiting time is 20 minutes. If one of the players fails to arrive, the waiting player must take a screenshot showing http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx (so the current time is clearly visible) with the Tournament Lobby Game Room, and post the screenshot in the Admin Requests topic (Link coming soon), with a link to the post in the Scheduling forums where the game time was arranged and confirmed. This way, tournament admins will know how long the player waited and upon Admins decision, the player that did not come might get an Admin Loss for the games.
- Prizes will be sent via PayPal. If the recipients do not use/have PayPal the prizes will be sent by other means. All / any fees will be deducted from the recipients prize.
- If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of result and evidence of it.
- By signing up for the tournament you agree to have all your games streamed and casted by the official streaming team of the Legacy of the Huns 2015 through using the Spectator Mode on Voobly, brought by the Userpatch 1.4 RC version. The streams will always have a delay to avoid cheating, and no other persons are allowed to spectate your game besides the official streamers, the tournament administrator and possibly somebody designed by the tournament administrator to take a decision on his behalf if he's not there. There is no assurance of your games being streamed, but the possibility is there at all times.
[td=title_bg_b,1,1][/td]2. Gaming Rules - The game settings must be the following.
Game : Random Map
Map Style : Standard
Map : Arabia
Size : 2
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
Single Building Queue [SQ]
- Restart:
Each player has got one restart per set of games.
A restart must be requested no longer than 4 minutes of game time (remember that this is shorter than real minutes). Games that are restarted must be included when posting recorded games of the match.
A player is allow to ask a game to be replayed in case of a bugged map. The ONLY time this can happen is if the player has trapped sheeps, deers or a trapped boar.
- Any graphic changes that only affects the player's Age of Empires II: The Conquerors are allowed.
- Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from the Legacy of the Huns 2015 event.
- All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.
- By signing-up for the tournament, you automatically agree with all the Tournament Rules and Settings.
- The game settings must be the following.