We are pleased to announce the upcoming Inter Open Cup, aimed at encouraging users to use the Intermediate Player Lobby, and get a taste for tournaments. Round up your mates, form a team of 4-6
people and get ready for some intense Black Forest action in the IPL!


Rules & Settings


Sign Up

How to Sign Up

• Sign up by replying to the sign up post here
  • Sign ups should follow the following format:
    
    Team Name:
    
    Team Captain:
    Highest rated profile link:
    Country of residence:
    
    Players 2-6:-
    Highest rated profile link:
    Country of residence:
    
    
    Players MUST play on the account they sign up with
    
    Sign Up Eligibility
    
    1. Players must have played at least 20 games on the RM - Intermediate Ladder
    2. Players must be less then 1600 on the RM - 1v1 AND RM - Team Games Ladders
    3. Players must be more then 1300 on the RM - Beginners Ladder
    4. Teams must have between 4-6 players
    
    Bracket
    
    [You must login to view link]
    
    
    Dates
    
    Sign Ups : 27th June - 9th July
    Brackets released : 10th July
    
    Dates are provisional only until sign ups are completed.
    
    Assuming 32 or less teams sign up
    Round 1 : 11th July - 17 July
    Round 2 : 18th July - 24th July
    Round 3 : 25th July - 31st July
    Semi Finals : 1st August - 7th August
    Final & 3rd Place Match - 8th August - 14th August
    
    
    PRIZES
    
    - 3 Months Gold Premium
    
    - 3 Months Silver Premium
    
    - 1 Month Silver Premium
    
    Premium prizes assume that 16 teams sign up. if more teams sign up prizes may increase.
    
    Prizes will be awarded to the account that players sign up with, if they play in at least 3 games (not matchs).
    
    
    TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATORS
    
    
    • [Straya]robo_boro | boro_robo
    • [Straya]Shark_Slayer | Shark__Slayer
    • Cavin | _Cavin
    • MrGrim | PremiumPopcorn_
    • Papadopoulo | Slamming
    
    
    GENERAL RULES
    
    
    1. All Teams must respect the tournament schedule and times for each round. This is a team event and there will be NO exceptions or delays granted to ANY Team. No excuse will be accepted for failing to play in the specified time.
       
       
    2. If both Team cannot come to an agreement in scheduling their match, the staff will analyse the situation, schedule, and time zones in order to add a viable Admin Time that suits both Teams to the best of our ability. Admins will ensure teams are not forced to play games between 2am - 6am local time.
       
       
    3. When scheduling all times must be discussed using date and time in GMT time. Check your time in GMT here [You must login to view link]
       
       
    4. Every Team Member must respect their opponent. Bad behaviour (determined by staff) will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification of a whole Team. This tournament values not only great skills, but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, racism or flaming will not be tolerated. Laming and mind games in game are allowed.
       
       
    5. All Team Leaders have agreed to the No Smurf rule. Each Team must submit all relevant player usernames for Admin discussion. Smurfing and account sharing is not allowed. Any discovery of the mentioned will result in Team disqualification.
       
       
    6. All games MUST be played in the Voobly Intermediate Player Lobby using the Match Stats Ladder.
       
       
    7. During the Inter Open Cup immediately after completion of each match, the winning Team MUST post the game match links for the tournament games in the Inter Open Cup Recorded Games section of that respective round.
       
       
    8. All the games must be scheduled and confirmed by both Teams in the Inter Open Cup Scheduling Forums, informing the other Team of the exact date and time of the arranged games.
       
       
    9. 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.
       If restoring is not possible, the recorded game should be provided, along with any additional information to the Administration of the Inter Open Cup instantly. Subsequently, facts will be analysed and a final decision made.
       
       
    10. Once two Teams have arranged and confirmed a time to play, the maximum waiting time is 30 minutes. If one of the teams fails to arrive, the waiting team must take a screenshot showing [You must login to view link] (so the current time is clearly visible) with the Intermediate Player Lobby Game Room and post the screenshot in Admin Requests topic, 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 team waited and upon Admins decision, the team that did not come might get an Admin Loss for the games. Do not try to edit time arrangement posts in an attempt to get free wins, because the forum registers the exact date and hour of each edited post. Such actions are considered cheating, and the offender will be punished according to rules.
        
        
    11. If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of result and evidence of it.
        
        
    12. Each Team Leader MUST be fluent in English and is responsible for scheduling, possible disputes, and everything else regarding their participation.
        
        
    13. New rules can be added and current rules can be changed. However, Admins MUST inform the Teams about such changes in the Inter Open Cup Rules & Settings thread. All the latest additions in Rules & Settings will be in red.
        
        
    14. No Team will be allowed to refuse the presence of any spectators, but they may ask to have the spectator delay increased up to 10:00 minutes. If either Team wants the spectator delay increased then it must be increased, it does not require an agreement between both teams. Teams MUST wait for the majority of spectators to finish before starting the next game
    
    
    Civilizations
    Games will be Best of 3(First player to 2 wins moves on)
    Game 1: Random Civ's
    Game 2: Switch From Game 1 (Your team takes the 3 civ's that the other team had in Game 1, and they take your 3)
    Game 3: Pick Civ (Enable Hidden Civs in Game settings so teams can not see each other's civs.
    
    
    For Final/3rd Place round it will be Best of 5
    Game 4: Switch from Game 3 (Your team takes the 3 civ's that the other team had in Game 3, and they take your 3)
    Game 5: Team Random
    
    GAMING RULES
    
    
    1. The game settings must be the following.
       
       Mod : Allied Vision
       
       Game : Random Map
       Location : Blackforest
       Size : 6 player map
       Difficulty : Standard
       Resources : Standard
       Population : 200
       Game Speed : Normal
       Reveal Map : Explored
       Starting Age : Standard
       Victory Condition : Conquest
       Teams 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]
       
       
    2. Bugged Maps If a player starts with a bugged map the Team may decide to restart the game, but this must be said during the first 2:00 minutes (game time) without using up their one allowed restart. A bugged map is defined as: a stuck villager or scout, standard sheep ( 8 ), boar ( 2 ) or deer ( 3/4 ) not able to be eaten by vils, berries ( 6 ) with 4 or less sides of berries free to be eaten, a main gold mine (the 7 tile gold) with 4 or less sides of gold free to mine, a main stone mine (the 5 tile stone) with 4 or less sides of stone free to mine. Secondary golds/stones or extra patches of deer/boar are not affected by this rule.
       
       
    3. Restarts:
       In a Best of 3 each Team is awarded one restart each.
       In a Best of 5 each Team is awarded one restart each.
       
       
    4. A restart must be requested before minute 2:00 game time (remember that this is shorter than real minutes). When a game is restarted, the civilizations must be the same as in the previous attempt.
       
       
    5. Any graphic changes that only affects the player's Age of Empires II: The Conquerors are allowed.
       
       
    6. Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from the Inter Open Cup event and possibly banned from future Voobly events.
       
       
    7. All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.
       
       
    8. No Inter Open Cup Tournament Admin is allowed to participate for any Team.
       
       
    9. By signing-up for the tournament, you automatically agree with all the Tournament Rules and Settings.

Thread Title: Inter Open Cup - 3v3 BF Tourney!

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Player Lobby, and get a taste for tournaments. Round up your mates, form a team of 4-6 people and get ready for some intense Black Forest action in the IPL!

Contents: 1 IOC Rules & Settings 1.1 General Rules 1.2 Gaming Rules 1.3 Civilizations Format 2 Misc 2.1 Signing Ups & Brackets 2.2 Dates & Plans 2.3 Prizes & Awards 2.4 Tournament Administrators

IOC Rules & Settings

1. All Teams must respect the tournament schedule and times for each round. This is a team event and there will be NO exceptions or delays granted to ANY Team. No excuse will be accepted for failing to play in the specified time.
   
   
2. If both Team cannot come to an agreement in scheduling their match, the staff will analyse the situation, schedule, and time zones in order to add a viable Admin Time that suits both Teams to the best of our ability. Admins will ensure teams are not forced to play games between 2am - 6am local time.
   
   
3. When scheduling all times must be discussed using date and time in GMT time. Check your time in GMT here [You must login to view link]
   
   
4. Every Team Member must respect their opponent. Bad behaviour (determined by staff) will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification of a whole Team. This tournament values not only great skills, but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, racism or flaming will not be tolerated. Laming and mind games in game are allowed.
   
   
5. All Team Leaders have agreed to the No Smurf rule. Each Team must submit all relevant player usernames for Admin discussion. Smurfing and account sharing is not allowed. Any discovery of the mentioned will result in Team disqualification.
   
   
6. All games MUST be played in the Voobly Intermediate Player Lobby using the Match Stats Ladder.
   
   
7. During the Inter Open Cup immediately after completion of each match, the winning Team MUST post the game match links for the tournament games in the Inter Open Cup Recorded Games section of that respective round.
   
   
8. All the games must be scheduled and confirmed by both Teams in the Inter Open Cup Scheduling Forums, informing the other Team of the exact date and time of the arranged games.
   
   
9. 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.
   If restoring is not possible, the recorded game should be provided, along with any additional information to the Administration of the Inter Open Cup instantly. Subsequently, facts will be analysed and a final decision made.
   
   
10. Once two Teams have arranged and confirmed a time to play, the maximum waiting time is 30 minutes. If one of the teams fails to arrive, the waiting team must take a screenshot showing [You must login to view link] (so the current time is clearly visible) with the Intermediate Player Lobby Game Room and post the screenshot in Admin Requests topic, 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 team waited and upon Admins decision, the team that did not come might get an Admin Loss for the games. Do not try to edit time arrangement posts in an attempt to get free wins, because the forum registers the exact date and hour of each edited post. Such actions are considered cheating, and the offender will be punished according to rules.
    
    
11. If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of result and evidence of it.
    
    
12. Each Team Leader MUST be fluent in English and is responsible for scheduling, possible disputes, and everything else regarding their participation.
    
    
13. New rules can be added and current rules can be changed. However, Admins MUST inform the Teams about such changes in the Inter Open Cup Rules & Settings thread. All the latest additions in Rules & Settings will be in red.
    
    
14. No Team will be allowed to refuse the presence of any spectators, but they may ask to have the spectator delay increased up to 10:00 minutes. If either Team wants the spectator delay increased then it must be increased, it does not require an agreement between both teams. Teams MUST wait for the majority of spectators to finish before starting the next game

1. The game settings must be the following:
   Quote:

   Game-Room Mod :

   Allied Vision

   
   

   Game

   : Random Map

   Location

   : Black Forest

   Size

   : 6 player map

   Difficulty

   : Standard

   Resources

   : Standard

   Population

   : 200

   Game Speed

   : Normal

   Reveal Map

   : Explored

   Starting Age

   : Standard

   Victory Condition

   : Conquest

   Teams Together

   : [X] Yes

   All Techs

   : [ ] No

   Allow Cheats

   : [ ] No

   Lock Teams

   : [X] Yes

   Lock Speed

   : [X] Yes

   Record Game

   : [X] Yes

   Building System

   : [SQ] Single Queue
   
   
2. Bugged Maps If a player starts with a bugged map the Team may decide to restart the game, but this must be said during the first 2:00 minutes (game time) without using up their one allowed restart. A bugged map is defined as: a stuck villager or scout, standard sheep ( 8 ), boar ( 2 ) or deer ( 3/4 ) not able to be eaten by vils, berries ( 6 ) with 4 or less sides of berries free to be eaten, a main gold mine (the 7 tile gold) with 4 or less sides of gold free to mine, a main stone mine (the 5 tile stone) with 4 or less sides of stone free to mine. Secondary golds/stones or extra patches of deer/boar are not affected by this rule.
   
   
3. Restarts:
   In a Best of 3 each Team is awarded one restart each.
   In a Best of 5 each Team is awarded one restart each.
   
   
4. A restart must be requested before minute 2:00 game time (remember that this is shorter than real minutes). When a game is restarted, the civilizations must be the same as in the previous attempt.
   
   
5. Any graphic changes that only affects the player's Age of Empires II: The Conquerors are allowed.
   
   
6. Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from the Inter Open Cup event and possibly banned from future AoCZone/Voobly events.
   
   
7. All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.
   
   
8. No Inter Open Cup Tournament Admin is allowed to participate for any Team.
   
   
9. By signing-up for the tournament, you automatically agree with all the Tournament Rules and Settings.

Games will be Best of 3 (First player to 2 wins moves on)
Game 1: Random Civ's
Game 2: Switch From Game 1 (Your team takes the 3 civ's that the other team had in Game 1, and they take your 3)
Game 3: Pick Civ (Enable Hidden Civs in Game settings so teams can not see each other's civs.)

Grand Final and 3rd Place round it will be Best of 5
Game 4: Switch from Game 3 (Your team takes the 3 civ's that the other team had in Game 3, and they take your 3)
Game 5: Team Random

Misc

1. How to Sign Up

1. Sign up by replying to the sign up post here.
2. Sign ups should follow the following format:
   UserNotFound wrote:

   Team Name: xxxx
   
   Team Captain:
   Highest rated profile link:
   Country of residence:
   
   Players 2-6:-
   Highest rated profile link:
   Country of residence:
   
   -> We agree all R&S #SignInUp!
3. Players MUST play on the account they sign up with.

2. Sign Up Eligibility

1. Players must have played at least 20 games on the RM - Intermediate Ladder
2. Players must be less then 1600 on the RM - 1v1 AND RM - Team Games Ladders
3. Players must be more then 1300 on the RM - Beginners Ladder [Only if NPL is their main lobby, if you have been playing in MS then don't go to NPL to get 1300]
4. Teams must have between 4-6 players

3. Brackets can be found: [You must login to view link]




Sign Ups : 27^th June - 9^th July
Brackets released : 10^th July

Dates are provisional only until sign ups are completed.

Assuming 32 or less teams sign up
Round 1 : 11^th July - 17^th July
Round 2 : 18^th July - 24^th July
Round 3 : 25^th July - 31^st July
Semi Finals : 1^st August - 7^th August
Final & 3rd Place Match : 8^th August - 14^th August




• For premium prizes; We assume that mostly 16 teams will sign up. But if more teams sign up then prizes may increase.
• Prizes will be awarded to the account that players sign up with, if they play in at least 3 games (not matches).
• For more detailed information about our Premium Membership Benefits, Read the Guide.

• [Straya]robo_boro | boro_robo
• [Straya]Shark_Slayer | Shark__Slayer
• Cavin | _Cavin
• MrGrim | PremiumPopcorn_
• Papadopoulo | Slamming

*** Any rule can be added/modified at any time as seen fit by this VCOM Tournament organizer Mods are final. This rule exists to stop and punish potential exploitation of loopholes in our current rules.***