Introducing the First online Cash Prize Tournament in Indian AoC history,

The Tournament is to launch the 14th of April, 2014 and last till all rounds are complete

To Signup go to the Signup Thread

Who can Signup: Anyone living within the territorial integrity of the Nation "India". (ex-Indians or NRIs not allowed)

There are 64 spots open for players to sign up. Any player of any level are free to participate, as long as they live in the territorial limits of India
(Depending on the number of sign-ups, an extension of the brackets to 128 may occur)

Signups End 10th April, 2014 23:59 GMT

Prize pool- Rs 8,000


Format:

The Tournament will follow a format of Single Elimination.

Game Settings:

Game : Random Map/Turbo-Random Map/Regicide
Map : See under
Size : 2 player map
Difficulty : Standard
Resources : Will vary
Population : 200
Game Speed : Normal
Reveal Map : Will vary
Starting Age : Dark
Victory Condition : Conquest (King of the Hill and Regicide games must be played Standard)

Team Together : [X] Yes
All techs : [ ] No
Allow Cheats : [ ] No
Lock Teams : [X] Yes
Lock Speed : [X] Yes
Record Game : [X] Yes

The Tournament will be played in the following Lounge Tournament Lobby

Qualifiers: 1 Game
Round of 32 , Round of 16: Best of 3 Setup
Quarter Finals: Best of 5 Setup
Semi-Finals: Best of 7 Setup
Finals: Best of 9 Setup
Guest Matches: Best of 3 Setup

Qualifiers/Sharpening Blades
Game 1: Full Random (Mirror Civilisations)

Round of 32/The Dawn of the War
Game 1: Arabia 1v1 Huns war
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick for the Loser of Game 1, random for the Winner of Game 1
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick

Round of 16/Pinnacle of Death
Game 1: Map: Double Arabia 1v1 Free civs (Castle age limit)
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick

Quarter Finals/Strive for Survival
Game 1: Map: Arena Free civs
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Turbo Random: Nothing LN - Civilisations: Mirror
Game 5: Map: Sponsors Shock of the week

Semi Finals/Martyrs forever
Game 1: Map: Sponsors Shock of the Week
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Voobly stream poll
Game 5: Map: BCC3@Fortress (Regicide) (Free civs)
Game 6: Map: Tribal Wars 2012 (Free civs)
Game 7: Arabia (Free civs)

Final/Babur and Lodi
Game 1: Map: Sponsors Shock of the week
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Sponsors Shock of the week 2
Game 5: Map: Sponsors Shock of the week 3
Game 6: Map: CoT_Map_Pack_v2 (Hidden civilisations)
Game 7: Map: BCC3@Fortress (Hidden Civilisations)
Game 8: Map: MegaRandom(WCL7) (Hidden Civilisations)
Game 9: Map: Sponsors Grand Final Shock
Guest Match:
Game 1: Sponsors Choice
Game 2: Champions Choice
Game 3: Guests Choice

Home Maps:
The home maps consist of the following:
Map pool:
All Maps included In the Standard Maps are allowed
Additionally:
MegaRandom(WcL7)
NothingLN(2relic2)
CoT Map Pack (not the individual maps)
CoT_LandNomad
CoT_Fortress
CoT_DoubleArabia

Note:
Black Forest Must be played Explored
Fortress must be played as CoT@Fortress

Voobly Stream Poll Choices:

Semi Finals Game 4:
1. Mongolia (Mongol War)
2. Gold Rush (Mayan War)
3. Turbo-Random CoT_LandNomad (Aztecs war)

Finals Game 4:
1. Turbo Random Double Arabia (Chinese War)
2. TurboRandom Black Forest (Celts War)
3. Regicide CoT Map Pack (Mirror Civs)

The Map pack including all the non-standard maps can be found [You must login to view link]

Scheduling:

Every round will last 1 week, meaning each player has 1 week to schedule and play the games before the deadline of the round which is Sunday 23:59 GMT. Your are encouraged to provide your best times and schedule as efficient as possible throughout the whole week in order to get the games played in time.
The staff will be very strict regarding scheduling, and difficulties might end up in Admin Times or Admin Wins.


Tournament Rules:

Signups:
To sign up you must agree to the rules and state your full user name for the tourney and link your voobly profile in this (link) topic.

IF you desire to change your nickname during the Tournament, your new nickname must replace the old one on your current account! This can only be done once for each player. This MUST be done via this (link) topic.

Seeding:
The players will be seeded according to the Voobly AOC "RM - 1v1"

Restarts:
Restarts must be called for in the first 4 minutes of the game. Each player has 1 restart per round. The replayed map must be the same with the same civilisations.

Map Bugs:
If a player starts with a trapped boar, sheep, deer or if any of their main gold/stone piles have less than 3 exposed sides then the map may be restarted without consuming a restart point. This must be done within the first 8 minutes! The replayed map must be the same with the same civilisations.

Dropping:
If the opponent drops, you MUST click "save and exit". All dropped games must be restored!

Those dropped games have to be restored within 10 minutes, else the player having a technical issue will be DQ'd.

A tutorial explaining how to restore games with Voobly is here

All aspects, plus others not listed, will be analyzed before making a decision by Tournament runners and others as they see fit.

Recorded Games
At the end of the set of games the winner of the set uploads the games

Please rename all games in the following format

BoP2014_PlayerA_vs_PlayerB_G#_Map

add all games of the set to a zip file and rename it in the following format

BoP_2014_PlayerA_vs_PlayerB_*Roundname*

Round Names

Qualifiers (Qual)
Round of 32 (RO32)
Round of 16 (RO16)
Quarter Finals (QF)
Semi-Finals (SF)
Finals (Final)

Then Post the game in the Recorded games forum. make a topic having the following details

Player A , Player B , Round Name

Third Party Tools:
The use of any third party tool is prohibited. Examples are, but not limited to: Modified game files, syncers, crashers, network throttling devices (purposely lagging programs), and other such tools. Violation of this rule will not only result in disqualification from Tournament, but termination/punishment as the Voobly staff team seems fit.

Misc:
Any issues with the client that may arise will be dealt with by the VCOM Tournament mods/admins as they are presented.

You may only play on your account, and may only enter the Tournament with one account. This also includes playing for someone else if your account was eliminated. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification of all involved accounts.

Matches must be played in the Tournament Lobby, (This lobby) and must be rated using the VCOM Ladder! Example: http://www.voobly.com/match/view/9658362

Once you and your opponent confirmed a time to play in the Scheduling Forum, the maximum waiting time is 30 minutes. More than that, the player that came and is waiting must take a screenshot showing [You must login to view link] (so the current time is clearly visible) and VCOM Tournament Lobby Game Room , and post the screenshot in Admin Win Requests topic, with a link to the post in the Scheduling forums where the game time was arranged and confirmed.

Any rule can be added/modified at any time as seen fit by a Voobly Tournament mod. This rule exists to stop and punish potential exploitation of loopholes in current rules.

All matches must be recorded and uploaded in this forum before advancing to the next round there will be NO exceptions. The games may be uploaded to

Brackets:
TBA

Sponsors Shock of the Week
A map/setting that the players will get to know once they are in-game (Streamer will PM you after you launch)

Tournament Admins
_Greywolf
[TheJedi]Genette
[VCOM]_Feanor_Voobly

Prizes:

Prize Money - Rs 8000
Prize Dist:
1st Place: - Rs 5,000
2nd Place: - Rs 2000
3rd Place: - Rs 1,000

The winner and the runner up will be given a chance to play a BO3 series vs some of the top professional players in current Age of Empires 2:

1st Place vs [TyRanT]Slam
2nd Place vs Dogao
3rd Place vs Lojza
4th Place vs Emin

The Champion will be entitled to receive 3 hours of training from [TyRanT]F1Re


In addition shields will be put on your profile to show your achievement

Update to Rules:
Sponsors Grand Final Shock map show removed and could be subject to change

Admins added:
_Greywolf
[TheJedi]Genette
[VCOM]_Feanor_Voobly