Gamereplays.org is proud to announce the first official
Admirals Cup for Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn Remastered!
Dates and Time
In an effort to try engage as many members of the community as possible the tournament will take place over the month of February starting from
00:00 GMT 01/02/2021 up until the
28/02/2021 00:00 GMT.
Players will be free to agree upon a time to play games with their opponent however some limitations will apply:
- Round 1 Games must take place during the first week of February
- Round 2 Games must take place during the second week of February
- Round 3 Games must take place during the third week of February
- Round 4+ Games must take place during the fourth week of February
Once started all matches for a round must be completed in sequence, you cannot for example have one game on Monday, one on Wednesday, and one on Friday. You must complete all three games in a best of 3 series sequential one after the other.
If you have difficulties or issues agreeing upon a time with your opponent you can reach out to a Referee to arbitrate.
There will be a dedicated Forum Topic under which you can make arrangement and confirmations with players for timings of your upcoming matches.
To compare GMT to your local timezone, you may use one of the following internet services:
greenwichmeantime,
timeanddate,
timezoneconverter.
This tournament will be run on the official Gamereplays.org Official Server, so please confirm that you are able to access it before you attempt to join this event. When signing up, please state the username under which you will be playing in the tournament, it is preferable for your in-game and discord name to match so your opponents/referees can find you easily.
PrizesPlacements- First Place - $100 & The Admirals Cup - (posted by Madstar directly)
- Second Place - $50
- Third Place - $25
A special shoutout to Madstar for providing the funds and prizes for this tournament.
Disclaimer: Prizes will be paid via PayPal from GameReplays, Cup will be fulfilled by Madstar directly.
Referees:The tournament will be played as a single elimination tournament. For those unsure what this means, it means each player will be knocked out immediately after losing their first set of games.
- Games in every bracket will work as a best of 3.
- Games in the grand finals will be played as a best of 5.
Signing up and checking inSignupsYou must be signed up by
Friday the 29th of January 17:00 GMT.Entries after this time may be accepted at the discretion of the tournament organizers.
Check-insYou must notify a referee of your intention to play a game at least 24 hrs in advance.
Please note Commanders, letting someone else play in your name in an event is treated as cheating by GameReplays and will be punished accordingly. The fixed penalty for a first offence cheat conviction prescribed by the site rules is a 28 day suspension from GameReplays. The penalty for a second offence is a permanent ban.
Communications during the tournamentDuring the tournament you may need to get in contact with other players or the referees. This can be done via the Gamereplays.org Official Discord channel where there is a dedicated ‘Remastered Tournaments’ -> #general chat room available. Please ensure you can access this chat room before the start of the tournament to prevent any issues on the day.
SeedingFor this tournament we will not be doing seeding based on the players ladder position, instead match ups will be based on similarly skilled opponents.
GameplayFor this tournament any faction is allowed including random.
Bugs and ExploitsUse of bugs and exploits is prohibited. Anyone who uses bugs or exploits in their matches will be immediately disqualified from this tournament with the potential of full exclusion from future tournaments.
Special Tournament RulesSpecial Rule #1 - No Engineers & Transport Unit CombinationsParticipants in this tournament must not use Engineers with Chinhooks/APCs. Participants may still build engineers and use them by walking around the map. If an engineer enters an APC or Chinhook the offending player will forfeit that match and the point for that round will go to the opponent.
Map RulesThe following rules need to be set in game lobby before players start their matches (standard ladder settings):
Mode: Bases On - Destroy Structures
Game Speed - Fast
Starting Units - None
Tech Level - 7
Credits - 10,000
Unit Queueing - Enabled
Tiberium Regrows - 3
Crates - Disabled
Super Weapons - Enabled
Redeployable MCV - Disabled
Spawn Visceroids - Disabled
Map pool and Spawn positions
Map Pool- Green Acres - bottom left vs top right
- Monkey In The Middle - top left vs bottom right
- Heavy Metal - top left vs bottom right
- Quarry - only two spawn points
- Elevation - only two spawn points
- Tournament Middle Camp - only two spawn points
- Duality 3.6 - only two spawn points
Map FormatFor this tournament we will be using the following system:
* Winners Bracket: Best of 3 rounds - each player will pick one map that they wish to play with the decider being Green Acres. The lower seeded player will pick the map first. Each map may only be played once during a series.
* Grand Finals: Best of 5 rounds - each player will pick one map that they wish to play with the decider being Elevation. The lower seeded player will pick the map first. Each map may only be played once during a series.
StreamingAs the tournament will take place over the month of February players are more than welcome to stream their point of view of their own games or while watching others playing - please ensure you keep a delay minimum of 5 minutes on your stream if spectating other players games to prevent giving potential stream sniping opportunities to their opponent.
Result ReportingAfter the winner of each round has been determined, it is the responsibility of the winning player to report the victory. There is a short guide on how to do this available
here.
The following is required to report your results:
- Update score and upload replays to the corresponding 'Bracket, Results and Replays' forum topic in the format: Danku 2 - 1 Khanomancer.
- @mention a referee in Discord to quickly confirm your result and that you have updated the corresponding 'Bracket, Results and Replays' forum topic.
RegistrationPlease note, there are further rules and information listed in the sign up forum topic so please make sure you are aware of these as well. If you accept the rules and wish to participate in this tournament, please post in the tournament discussion topic, giving the online username you will be using. Registration for the event closes 1 hour before the event is due to start. Entries after that time may be accepted at the discretion of the tournament organizers but under no circumstances will entries be accepted after check-ins have closed.
Please make sure you can access the Gamereplays.org Official Discord Server BEFORE you sign up for the event.
Please do not sign up if you are not 100% sure that you will be attending the tournament.
If something comes up and you are unable to attend the tournament, please post in the tournament discussion topic at once so that your slot may be reallocated to another player. Failure to show up without in-advance cancellation may result in exclusion from future tournaments.
We hope to see you on the battlefield, Commanders!
Head to the sign-up topic!Head back to the Tiberian Dawn Remastered Portal!