Swiss Masters Tournament

The tournament is to launch the 2nd of March 2015 and last until April 12th, with one round lasting one week.
Sign ups open Monday, 16th of February 0:00 GMT and last until Friday, 27th of February - 23:59 GMT.


There are 16 spots open for players to sign up. Allowed are just Swiss players. If more than 16 players sign up, the following sign ups will face the latest sign ups in a Qualification stage.

for example: 18 sign ups, so sign ups 15-18 will face each other in a Qualification Stage.


Qualification stage will have the same settings as the Semifinals.


Format:


The tournament will Start in a Round Robin format with 5 players per group. First 2 players of each group will reach semifinals. After Round Robin stage, the tournament will continue in a single elimination format till the final games.

Important: In every Game set, you can use every Civilisation just once. If someone use a Civ twice, his opponent will automatically get an admin win for this game.

Games has to be played with Hidden Civs.

For this Tournament we will use the COT_Mappack, as it has a big amount of very different maps.

Game Settings:

Game : Random Map
Map : See below
Size : 2 player map
Difficulty : Standard
Resources : Standard
Population : 200
Game Speed : Normal
Reveal Map : Normal
Starting Age : Standard
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

Round Robin

There will be 5 games played in the Round Robin stage. Every Game has to be played as every won game is worth 1 Point. Games will be played in the following manner:

Game 1: COT_Mappack
Game 2: Homemap of loser of game 1
Game 3: Homemap of loser of game 2
Game 4: Homemap of loser of game 3
Game 5: Homemap of loser of game 4


Round of 8 (Quarterfinals)

The Quarterfinals will be played as a best of 5 in the following manner:


Game 1: COT_Mappack
Game 2: Homemap of loser of game 1
Game 3: Homemap of winner of game 1
Game 4: COT_Mappack
Game 5: COT_Mappack

Round of 4 (Semifinals)

The Semifinals will be played as a best of 7 in the following manner:

Game 1: COT_Mappack
Game 2: Homemap of loser of game 1
Game 3: Homemap of winner of game 1
Game 4: Arabia
Game 5: COT_Mappack
Game 6: Homemap of whoever is behind in score
Game 7: Homemap of whoever was leading after game 5


Finals

The final will be played as a best of 9 in the following manner. Same settings have to be used for the Games for 3rd Position:


Game 1: COT_DoubleArabia
Game 2: Homemap of loser of game 1
Game 3: Homemap of winner of game 1
Game 4: Rooster
Game 5: COT_Mappack
Game 6: Homemap of whoever is behind in score
Game 7: Homemap of whoever was leading after game 5
Game 8: CoT_FluffyNomad
Game 9: COT_Mappack

The tournament will be played in the following Lounge Tournament Lobby


Home Maps:

Anatolia_v4
Arabia
Archipelago
Arena
Artificial_v4
Atacama (LR)
Atlantean Relics (LR)
Atlantic_v4
Baltic
Bigfoot (LR)
Black Forest (Explored)
Border Dispute (LR)
Clearing_v4
Continent_v4
Continental
CoT_Desert
CoT_DoubleArabia
CoT_FluffyNomad
CoT_Fortress (played as Regicide)
CoT_LandNomad
CoT_Plains
Crater Lake
DesertArabia_v4
Disc_v4
Double Migration (LR)
Fairrivers_v4
Ghost Lake
Ghostswamp_v4
Gold Rush
Golden Hill (LR)
Greatlake_v4
Hamburger (LR)
Highland
Hills (LR)
Homeland_v4
Islands
Land of Lakes (LR)
Landmass_v4
Meatballs (LR) v2
Microphone (LR)
Migration
Mongolia_v4
Nomad
Oasis_v4
Ontario_v4
Paved Highland (LR)
Pizza_v4
Rooster (LR)
Sand Maze (LR)
Scandinavia
Sea_v4
Sealed Islands (LR)
Slippery Springs (LR)
Soul (LR)
Stardom (LR)
Team Islands
Tentacle Isle (LR)
TreasureIslands_v4
Tsunami (LR)
Vanishedlake_v4
Waterhole_v4
Woodland_v4
Yucatan
Zero_v4

Download COT_Mappack and Homemappool: [You must login to view link]

Homemappool is the same like in COT.


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 topic.

Example:

Name: RacerFXX
Voobly profile link: http://www.voobly.com/profile/view/123595535

Signups will close Friday, 27th of February.

You have to play the Tournament with the Nickname you signed up. Changes or accounts are not allowed.

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

Restarts:
Restarts must be called in the first 4 minutes of the game. Numbers of restarts on each rounds are:

Qualification stage (if needed): 1 restart per player
Group Stage: 1 restart per player
Round of 8: 1 restart per player
Round of 4: 2 restarts per player
Finals: 2 restarts per player

Nomad maps

In maps with Nomad start, the following rules are considered:

No villager wars until TC is up
No TC fights are allowed. In case of a TC war, it will gain an automatic Restart. This restart doesnt count for one of the player.
You are just allowed to build 1 house and the Dock before TC is up.

Spectator:
Spectators are allowed if both players agree with it.

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.

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 this Tournament

Matches must be played in the Tournament Lobby, (This lobby) and must be rated using the VCOM Ladder!

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 this forum

if needed, admin decisions will be decided by pumukel

Brackets:
Round Robin: [You must login to view link]
Single Elimination Stage:

Prizes:

The first 3 players will achieve one of the following shield added to their profile:

1.

2.

3.

Rule added:

Nomad maps

In maps with Nomad start, the following rules are considered:

No villager wars until TC is up
No TC fights are allowed. In case of a TC war, it will gain an automatic Restart. This restart doesnt count for one of the player.
You are just allowed to build 1 house and the Dock before TC is up.