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Let's Rumble!
A Stick Empires tournament celebrating 3 years of battles for Inamorta!
August 23rd, 11:00 AM EST
Twitch Channel
Commentary provided from Myself, Galeforce, Rain, and Crazy Jay!
Crazy Jay and I have decided to team together on more than just commentary to deliver to you another SE spectacle you won't want to miss! No, some of you can't afford to miss this one! The Stick Empires team is generously providing a prize pool of $1000 in paypal and chances for membership! This is your shot to prove your skills in Stick Empires. And if that's not all, witness the event with commentary provided by myself, Galeforce, Rain, and Crazy Jay! With plenty of TOs to manage the bracket and a livestream event that's sure to rock the house, this will take the place of being the #1 SE event of all time!
-How to Join-
Sign up posting the following information. Please copy all of the code!
SE username:
3 digit #:
IRC Nick:
Starting empire:
Classic rating (rounded to the hundreds):
-Game Rules-
-Depending on number of participants, players will be split pools. Top two players from each pool advance into a double elimination bracket.
- All games are best of 3, with the exception of semis and finals being best of 5.
- Your starting empire will be determined when you sign up. You are expected to play this empire for every first game in each set.
- Random is allowed as an empire selection.
- Your first game is played on Forest. Game two and three, loser picks from Forest, Ice Lands, Gates, or Desert.
- After map is picked for games two and three, winner is allowed to change empire. The loser is then allowed to change empire.
- Any game must be decided within 12 minutes. After the game timer hits 12 minutes, the player with tower control wins the game.
- If the opposing player is lagging, and the game is moving abnormally slow to the point where it is uncomfortable, you have the right to request a lag test. A TO will play an up to three minute deathmatch with the player, before making a verdict. If the player is found to not be giving any significant latency, any results from the previous game remain. However, should there be trouble with lag, the TO has the right to DQ on grounds of not being able to support the match at proper gameplay speed.
- Pausing for any reason during a game will result in a forfeit if elected by your opponent. Even if there are technical difficulties, it's up to your opponent to allow that. Plan in advance and test your hardware/software!
- It is not against the rules to talk to your opponent, but keep it clean. Any vulgar language or obscenities will not be tolerated, and you will be DQ'd.
- If anything your opponent does is questionable, you may take a snapshot of it to provide proof of any illegal play, and upload it to an image sharing site before addressing it to a TO. Abuse of this system, however, will cause for DQ on holding up the match.
- Wait for bracket announcements within the IRC channel #team-zenith. If you are unfamiliar with what an IRC is, I suggest reading this to help you out.
- During the bracket hours, you are required to remain ready and attentive for when it's your turn to play a tournament match. PLAYING ANY FRIENDLIES OR RANKED GAMES DURING THE TOURNAMENT OUTSIDE OF BREAK TIME IS IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION.
- After a match, you are required to save your replay link. Give all replays of the set to a TO at once, not link by link. The exception will be final matches, as the stream will be catching up to the gameplay.
-Gameplay Rules/Known glitches/exploits-
Here's a list of known bugs or problems we don't want to witness happen in game. If anyone is to be found abusing such methods, consequence and potentially disqualification will occur.
Please refrain from
- Running bombers under the bottom of the map to avoid castle archers. It's okay if crawlers are used as a deterrent.
- Using archidons to hit beyond the range of castle archers (or taking advantage of CA's lag). This is for castle dead or castle archer. Swords can be used as deterrent.
- Positioning ranged units on the bottom of the map to avoid being hit by other ranged units. This is a serious bug that while hard to do, can be set up, and is not allowed.
- Positioning air units on the nearest side/bottom of the map and behind castle archer to avoid being hit.
- Charrog rejumping or using cycloid double tornado.
- spawning trees near the bottom or top of the map to cause the scorpions to walk outside of the map (and remain mostly impervious).
These are just to name a few of the most popular tricks.
Schedule
ALL TIMES ARE IN EST.
For a timezone converter, click here, or here for a Timezone Map.
11:00-11:30
Sign ups end, pools/bracket are generated. Livestream begins.
11:30-12:00
Exhibition matches are streamed, pools start
12:00-2:45
Pools matches are selectively livestreamed.
2:45-3:15
Lunch Break. Bracket is generated. Livestream continues until 3:00.
3:15-7:30
Bracket matches. Livestream resumes at 3:30
7:30-8:30
Bracket ends, livestream finishes covering finals.
Rewards
There is a handsome $1000 prize pool coming from CJ and his team to be distributed among the top 8, as well as membership. (Payments with paypal in Canadian Dollars)
1st: $450
2nd: $300
3rd: $175
4th: $75
5th: 2 Year membership +10k E-Coins
6th: 2 Year Membership
7th: 1 Year Membership +5k E-Coins
8th: 1 Year Membership
F.A.Q.S
Who are the Tournament Organizers?
[TZ]Rain, [TZ]DAZ, [TZ]Galeforce, [TZ]Spino and myself, WyzDM. I will be commentating most of the time for the live stream, so query your match results to the others. If there is a real emergency, then notify me.
Can I sign up even if I'm not sure I can be there?
You really should only sign up when you know you can confirm your attendance 100%, but I won't stop you. Please do us a favor and update your status accordingly.
How is this event starting?
Join us in our swiftIRC channel, #team-zenith. Unfamiliar with IRC? You can join using the webbased page, or on our Team Zenith website.
More help on the IRC can be found here.
Can someone else use my account?
If you're going to be a loud mouth about it, my answer is NO. It's not my rules I'm enforcing, but the game's rules. Seriously, was that incident with AZXC that long ago where no one remembers?
The event is at a bad time for me. Why can't we play matches over the week?
I was hoping I wouldn't have to explain this, but I guess it can't be helped. Every other time (yes, I mean every other time) this was set up, it's failed. Players in opposite timezones will still not be able to compete against each other, as it's just basically a week of "Oh hey I didn't see you." No wonder, you're both sleeping when the other player's awake. And when they finally do get paired if at all, you're delayed the whole progress for everyone. And it's not just one incident, it's gonna happen for everybody. I'm not wasting my time to this "leisure" of playing when you want to. Register, show up, and be there. Maybe next time I can get it on a Saturday. This time, it's on a Sunday. Take time off from school or work if you need to. That's what I'm doing. It's on one day in advance to give time for accommodations. I will not host another day by day event EVER AGAIN. It was so bad I wrote this painfully long paragraph about it. Please don't ask me anymore.
What are exhibition matches?
Matches for fun against certain paired opponents. The results will not affect seeding or result in tournament placing. If you are curious and would like to be included in one, you are welcome to arrange your own exhibition match with another player, and message me about it.
Can my starting empire be random?
Yes it can
I'm 1400 in classic, but I'm 1900 in DM. Can I use my DM rating?
No. I only need classic rating. This tournament is in classic mode.
Is there an entrant cap or rating limit?
No, as many players can sign up, and hopefully that many players attend. As mentioned before, you guys have a piss poor history of showing. Hopefully we can change that.
Good luck!