Tournament Staff
A. Sonu, Jeffrey47
B. IV_Ispanico
Stages
A. Bracket Stage I
The tournament will begin with the division of the 16 accepted teams. This stage will consist of a best-of-3 round. 8 teams will advance to Bracket Stage II.
B. Bracket Stage II
These 8 teams will then compete. This stage will consist of a best-of-3 round. 4 teams will advance to Bracket Stage III
C. Bracket Stage III
This will be followed by best-of-5 matches between the 4 teams that will be remaining. 2 teams will advance to the Finals.
G. Final Stage
The final stage will consist of a best-of-5 series between the 2 remaining teams.
Stage Maps
A. Great Plains, Saguenay, Siberia.
B. Great Plains, Saguenay, Siberia, Patagonia, Yukon.
C. Great Plains, Saguenay, Siberia, Patagonia, Yukon, New England, Mongolia.
D. Great Plains, Saguenay, Siberia, Patagonia, Yukon, New England, Mongolia, Yucatan, Bayou.
Game Play
A. Every participant team must respect their opponent. Bad behavior (determined by staff) will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification of a player. This tournament values not only great skills, but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, racism or flaming will not be tolerated.
B. It is compulsory for all tournament matches to be rated and recorded.
C. All participants are responsible to read the rules and updates as the event progresses. Tournament staff reserves the right to update, edit, and add rules at anytime during or before the event.
Civilisations Restrictions
A. Tournament must be played on Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties without The Warchiefs.
B. At any time should a team win a game, its player cannot use the same civilization again; he may not use: Ottoman, Japan, India, China, in the following matches of the same series.
C. There is no restriction on the playing of the 7 European Civilizations - British, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Russia, and Dutch.
Disconnection
A. If a disconnection occurs before (2)minutes of any match a player restart upon agreement. After two (2) minutes of a match, the player who disconnects may resign or request a review by the tournament staff. Who may then award the match or authorize a restart.
B. If a player repeatedly disconnects from games, a record will be kept on these participants. The tournament staff may also warn or disqualify the player in question from the event.
C. At any time should a game disconnect or a restart is needed, the restart match must be played by the same civilizations; unless both players agree to change.
Disqualifications
A. If you suspect your opponent has some sort of unfair external advantage or has done a modification to their game to input/enhance ( cheats, hacks, map visibility, trainers, abuse of bugs etc.), finish the game and submit it for review with an explanation of why you think the game was unfair. If the tournament staff members find someone to be guilty of cheating, the cheater will be disqualified from the tournament. Building rotator modification is allowed.
B. In the event a player uses the explorer revival exploit, the participant will be given a warning or/ direct disqualification.
C. Should A player/participant be deemed uncooperative in this event by the tournament staff, he will be issued a warning or direct disqualification.
Commencement
The tournament staff would like to start the tournament on 30 November/1st December.
All matches must be played on Voobly
