rC league

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Some of you might have heard rumours that vanquish and me were considering running a tournament in the near future, and here we are. We are hosting a one-day tournament, which will happen either at the end of January or at the start of February (we've added a poll so that you guys can choose which date works best for you). The tournament will be played in 2v2, and the teams will be seeded into groups, where according to the seeding determined by the groups, the final rounds (semifinals + final) will be played as single elimination. We are putting a limit to eight teams for this time, but might extend it for another time if the event becomes successful.
 
Signing up:

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Signups will happen at the same day as the tournament takes place. It opens at 12pm, and ends at 1:45. I suggest that you are as early as possible, since the first eight teams to sign up will get the spots. This means that if you sign up as number 9, you will most likely not be able to play.

We highly support the conscription of clans and clan-like teams, however mixed teams are also welcome to participate. Clans will be preferred before mixed teams. This means that in case eight teams are already signed up, let us say five clans and three mixed teams, you will get one of the mixed teams’ spots if you sign your clan up.

Substitutes are not required, but we recommend to have at least one. This is for the reason that the teams are not required to stop if a player disconnects.

Not all players can sign up however. If you have cheated in this version (1.2), you will be disallowed to sign up.

 
The actual tournament:

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When the signups are closed, the teams will be seeded into two groups of four. The games will start at 2pm. The group stages are taking place in round robin format and according to the seeding determined by the groups, the semi-final and final will just be single elimination.

In the group stage, every team will play a total of three matches. A match will consist of two 10 minute long games, on each side of a pre-selected map. Why not just go for two normal 15 minute rounds? Just to save time, and it might get a bit boring to play/watch the same map for 30 minutes. The flags will be totalled, and the winner is awarded two points, and the loser gets none. In case of a tie, both teams will be awarded one point.

As for the semi-finals, the best team from group A will play #2 from group B, #2 from group A will play the best team from group B. The matches will be played on one map from both sides, this time 15 minutes. The maps are again pre-selected, and in case of a tie, another pre-selected tiebreaker map will be played. The winners proceed to the final, while the losers will play a match for the third place.

The bronze final and the grand final will be played just as the semi-finals. The matches will be played on both sides of a pre-selected map. In case of a tie, a tiebreaker will be played.

 
 
The maps:

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We have made a map pool out of the most playable maps in 2v2’s. The pool will then be used to randomly assign maps to the matches. We will make sure that no team plays the same map twice.

The map pool consists of: ac_cavern1.2*, ac_desert3, ac_elevation, ac_gothic, ac_ingress, ac_mines, ac_shine, ac_sunset and ac_werk
 
* ac_cavern is an official map, but since the 1.2 version is way more playable, and it has only gotten positive feedback, we are adding that one instead.

 

Servers:

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The matches can happen on any server that both teams agree to play on, but if they can’t come to an agreement, a referee will decide which server will be played on. We do have a list of official servers though, and if you want your servers to be added, talk to either me or vanquish.

se-rc.tk 1111/2222/3333
us-rc.tk 1111/2222/3333
 
We have an irc channel set up for the event:

#rc-league at gamesurge.net
 
Teamspeak servers:

ts-rc.tk
se-rc.tk
us-rc.tk

 

Website:

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This website is still WIP, but I’ll put it here anyways. On the website you can find the bracket, the teams, a hall of fame, rules and much more. The forum is still under construction, and is as of now not usable. We’ll try and fix that as soon as possible.
www.rc-league.tk

 
If there are any questions or anything that is unclear, please ask below and we’ll answer as fast as possible. You can always find us on ts-rc.tk, or just pm us here.