Red Alert 3

Welcome Commanders! In what is no doubt a belated return of a community favorite, For The Lulz is back for it's fifth addition to the series. The sole aim is all in the name of entertainment, laughs & general banter. c9q9md has initiated & drawn up the plan for the whole tournament, & with a date set we're ready to announce the sign-ups!

Date, Time & Place

The date will is set as Sunday the 18th of November. The first rounds will commence at 14:00 GMT/16:00 CEST. The tournament will be held in the 'Tournament 01' lobby, where there should be a staff member hosting the event (lol_maker/iNdK/c9q9md).

In the event no Referee is present, please save all replays.

Elimination & Tournament Format

Each round up till the finals will be a BO3 series, with the finals set at a BO5. Each round has a set match-up/map:

Round 1 - Semis
• Match #1 - Vs on Hidden Fortress.
• Match #2 - Vs on Spring Fever *40k.
• Match #3 - Vs on Casual Encounter *20k.
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  Finals
  ^1-3 as above
• Match #4 - Vs on Roundhouse Redux.
• Match #5 - Vs on Magmageddon

The matches marked with a asterix (*) have their starting credits adjusted correspondingly.

Sign-ups

Sign ups are currently under way HERE, which will close 20 minutes before the event starts. The brackets will be set up during this time & posted in a thread in General Discussion (titled "FTL #5 BRACKETS & REPLAYS").

Please be mindful of the information you submit into the tournament system. All information regarding your in-game username must be 100% accurate - it is your own responsibility to ensure this. If in the event a mistake is made & you require assistance, please don't hesitate to send a PM.

Here's some helpful steps to follow when signing up using the tournament system:

1. Click the green "Register Here" button.
2. Input your in-game username in "game ID" field. The "rating" tab is not needed.
3. 30 minutes before the event come back to the sign-up page click the sign-in button to confirm your participation (brackets will be posted 5-10 minutes before Round 1 starts.

Alternatively, if you prefer to post up your correct details in the forum topic, then please do so & a member of staff will input those details into the tournament system for you.

Fair Play

All general Fair Play Rules apply. If a reminder is necessary, then use of the following bugs/exploits will lead to disqualification:

• Empire's Sudden Transport glitch.
• Allies placing structures around an outpost before it is finished deploying.
• Peacekeeper splash damaging walled structures.
• Dolphin splash damaging land structures.
• The "Mini-MCV" bug - in it's entirety!
• Intentional DCs or game crashing
• Invisible infantry glitch.

Players who are more than 20 minutes late will be disqualified - there's simply no fun in sitting around awaiting people.

Replays

Please save all replays & upload them to the thread that will be made available in General Discussion. Wmm's Replay Tool is great for checking the stats of & automatically saving replays.

As a last measure to help prevent replays being lost, all matches should be played with the "Broadcast Match" option ticked in the Rules tab. That way replays will be retrievable for a time after the event via shatabrick

• Sign-up to play FTL #5
• Join the discussion on FTL #5
• Return to the Red Alert 3 Portal!