TOURNAMENT

The sixteen players have now been chosen. They have randomly been split into four groups:

Group Athena
M16A4COMMANDO
XxPhantom_52xX
SloWy-01
STAR_KILLER_84

Group Apocalypse
zima04
Al_Copra_UAE
kmh42
Flak-_-Trooper

Group Shogun
Abu-23-
LittLeBig_Muffin
TIDYxx
H_ZoRo_LastStorm

Group Yuriko
Joff92
DaBattlinPoop
BiLnAAdZweet
(withdrawn player)

From each group two players with the most points will continue to the quarter finals.

Quarter Finals:

1. Athena 1 vs Apocalypse 2
2. Apocalypse 1 vs Shogun 2
3. Shogun 1 vs Yuriko 2
4. Yuriko 1 vs Athena 2

(Athena 1 = Winner of the group Athena - Apocalypse 2 = Runner-up of the group Apocalypse)

Semi Finals
(The Winner of Quarter Final 1) vs (The Winner of Quarter Final 3)
(The Winner of Quarter Final 2) vs (The Winner of Quarter Final 4)

The Grand Finale (Best of 3)
(The winners of the semi finals)

From now on this is the official plan for the RA3Tutorials Tournament II and will not be changed unless a player decides to withdraw from the tournament before it begins. If a player decides to withdraw from the tournament AFTER it has started or doesn't show up when a match is agreed to be played, his opponent will automatically get a "victory".

How do we play?

The Group Stage

In the group stage everyone must play one game against the three other players in their group. Group I, for example:

M16A4COMMANDO vs XxPhantom_52xX
M16A4COMMANDO vs SloWy-01
M16A4COMMANDO vs STAR_KILLER_84
XxPhantom_52xX vs SloWy-01
XxPhantom_52xX vs STAR_KILLER_84
SloWy-01 vs STAR_KILLER_84

A win is worth one (1) point and a loss is worth zero (0) points. Players can get total of 3, 2, 1 or 0 points in the group stage. Best two players from each group with highest point will proceed to the next round.
If two or more players in the same group have the same amount of points when all the games have been played:

Scenario 1
1. Player X - 3 points
2. Player Z - 1 point
2. Player Y - 1 point
2. Player W - 1 point

Players Z, Y and W have all won one game and lost two games. Since Player X has beaten them all he will naturally go to the next round. In this case players Z, Y and W will play one more match against each other (ZvsY, ZvsX, XvsY) and the player with most points will go to the next round.
In case of draw (all three players with 1 win and 1 loss) the previous step will be repeated until one of the players gets 2 points.

Scenario 2
1. Player X - 2 points
1. Player W - 2 points
1. Player Y - 2 points
2. Player Z - 0 points

Players X, W and Y have all beaten Player Z but lost one match against another player. In this case the players do like in  the previous case: play one more game against each other (XvsW, XvsY, WvsY). Two best players will proceed to the next round (the best player having 2 points, the second having 1 point and the third 0 points).
In case of draw (all three players with 1 win and 1 loss) the previous step will be repeated until one of the players gets 2 points.

Quarter Finals & Semi-Finals

These rounds will be "playoffs" like in the previous tournament - win, and you get to the next round - lose, and you are out.

The Grand Finale

Best of 3, like in the previous Tournament. The first player to win two matches is the winner.

RULES

All the matches will be spectated by either Soigge or H_ZoRo_LastStorm. H_ZoRo_LastStorm will be spectating most of the Group Stage matches (Soigge will be the spectator in H_ZoRo_LastStorm's matches) Spectator will oversee that the players will not break rules! Soigge will judge & spectate all the matches from quarter finals to the finals and record them.

No glitches allowed. The most known glitches:

• Peacekeepers shoot through walls
• Build more than 4 MIGs from one Soviet Airfield
• Twinblades fall underground / stay on ground after dropping the infantry
• The wall glitch
• Shrinking units two times with Cryocopter to make the unit even smaller and faster4

No engineers drop ( which is putting an engineer into a Twinblade then droping that engineer into ur enemy's base )

No MCV push-engineer ( means you can MCV push but you CAN NOT use an engineer to capture enemy structures by building a Barracks next to enemy building )

You are not allowed to sell MCV to use the engineer to immediately capture enemy MCV

However, walking engineers is allowed ( sending a engineer from distance - walking - ) and defending with engineers is allowed too ( in the meaning if someone MCV pushes you and he deploys his MCV next to your barrack you CAN engineer it, although once he deploys his MCV you MAY NOT build a barrack next to it UNLESS you are NOT going to engineer it )

There are more glitches in this game. You are not allowed to use them. Please play this game like it's meant to be played :)

If you accidentally use a glitch or break any rule, you will be warned. If the player does it again, he will automatically lose the match.

Maps

The Group Stage Games: Hostile Hostel or Pool Party - Players decide.

The Quarter Finals: The players decide the map they want to play. It can be any 4 player map. If the players can't decide the map, the spectator will pick it.

The Semi Finals: The players decide the map they want to play. It can be any 4 player map. If the players can't decide the map, the spectator will pick it.

The Grand Finale (best of 3): The Finals will be played on random 4p maps. Yes, completely random :)


Everyone must now be thinking: When does it begin?!

Here is how it goes: H_ZoRo_LastStorm will now create schedule for the first round games. All 24 first round matches will be played within one week after the Tournament begins. We will listen to the players' opinions when creating the schedule.


- Soigge