1. After 11 years, the Faction Wars tournament is back to celebrate the new patch and challenge it's balance.
This kind of tournament has the epic feeling of fighting for the honor of your favorite faction, where player individualism is shadowed by one of this great game factions. This is also possible thanks all the previous and current events going on, such as the Top 10 Challenge league, Clanwars league, the QuickMatch league or Latino's February tournament. All this BFME2 gamers activity has pretty much allowed us to establish by ourselves the skill rank of almost every active player. Which also means that a normal tournament may turn out way too predicable, or like one active player once said and created a meme;"we already know winner". Another benefits of this kind of tournament is that it gathers community in order to share knowledge, mentor each other, play on a huge map pool with lots of new maps and also brings the possibility to arrange not only 2v2, but also 3vs3 and 4vs4 in the same event.
2. What a Faction Wars is?
*A faction wars tournament consists on submitting all game factions (Men, Elves, Dwarves, Isengard, Mordor & Goblins) into a all vs all war in order to compete for the glory in the Championship.
*Each faction is represented by 5(five) players of different skill ranks. Rank 5(Apprentice), Rank 4(Medium), Rank 3(Good), Rank 2(Challenger), Rank 1(Expert).
*Each faction rank can optionally have one or more backup players.
*Each tournament match will be broken by the mentioned skill ranks. So a Rank 5 player of each faction will play against the corresponding Rank 5 player from the other faction, the 4th with 4th, etcétera.
*Each tournament match can be completed either by 5 matches of 1vs1 (1 match per skill rank), or can also be completed as one 2vs2 and one 3vs3, or by one 1vs1 and one 4vs4, etcétera. Once again, always respecting the skill ranks involved in the game.
3. Tournament Info & Brackets
Duration: 4 weeks. (From Monday 5th of April, to Monday 26th of April) Format: Round Robin & Single Elimination Games by player: 5 rounds of 2 games (Robin), and 3 rounds of best of 3 (Eliminator).
Round Robin: Global
Rank 1 Experts
Rank 2 Challengers
Rank 3 Good
Rank 4 Medium
Rank 5 Apprentice
Single Eliminator
The 2nd bracket is subject to change depending on the faction ranking after the first bracket. For example, if the performance of the 5th and 6th faction is so bad that there is a insane points gap between the first 4, they will simply be kicked before entering on the Eliminator stage.
4. Tournament Map Pool
1vs1 : Westfold, Firien Dale, West Emnet, Lossarnach, Chetwood, Hollin II, Ford of Bruinen, Fords of Isen 2 (any skin). 2vs2 : Lebennin, Firien Forest, Eryn Rhun, Crossroads, Upper Anduin, South Hollin, Udun (any skin), Minhiriath. 3vs3 : Brithombar, Dead Marshes, Weather Hills, Dagorlad, Dagorlad Reskin, Frozen Rift, Greenfrog Pass, Lebennin IV, Red Desert of Khand, River Baranduin (Custom Map), River Langwell, Tournament Weather Hills, Valleys of Rhun, Western Gondor. 4vs4: Tournament Hills, Druadan Forest, Lorien Plateu, Nevrast II, Pelenor Fields, Staddle, Woody End.
5. Official Schedule
Signs up: March 31 to to April 5 CLOSED. 1st week: April 5 to to April 12 Round Robin 1 Round Robin 2 2nd week: April 12 to April 19 Round Robin 3 Round Robin 4 Round Robin 5 3rd week: April 19 to April 26 Eliminator Round 1 Eliminator Semifinals Eliminator Finals
SCHEDULE REWORKED THE 11 OF APRIL. Now in the second week, 3 Robin Rounds will be played, instead of just 2.
6. Game Rules
Patch: 1.09 v2.00 Platform: GameRanger Match Size: 1vs1 and optional 2v2, 3v3 or 4v4. Hosting: Games preferentially shall be played on a neutral host. Only in the case this is not possible as players can not find one, both players can agree to play their own hosts in order to finish their games in time. In the Eliminators, the 3rd game shall always be in neutral host no matter what. Match Settings: 1000 Starting Resources; 1x Command Point Factor; No Custom Heroes. Map picking: Each faction gets to choose the map once (map pool above)
7. Tournament Rules
Rule A. In case one inflicting faction player does not show up for his encounter, while his opponent proved to be online; the inflicting player will be replaced by a faction member of weaker skill, and in case this inflicting player is already an Apprentice, he will be replaced by a Brutal AI bot. Matches against the AI shall be played only in Fords of Isen II.
Rule B. In case two different faction member do not show up for their encounter; tournament will go on to the next round without storing a point for any of the inflicting factions, being affected negatively in the final scoreboard.
Rule C. Wins are completely ligated to replays. No replay, no win. Upload them in the 2021 Faction Wars Tournament Event following the tag "Player vs Player + Skill + Round".
Rule D. Regarding backup players: The priority is to play with the first signed player, but matches can be played with the second and even third backup player, in case the first is unavailable.
How can i upload my wins?
Click upload Fill the info and click +Upload (click once then wait)
8. Awards
-Winning Faction award: the winning faction can be considered for a year as the best faction of 1.09v2.00 version for a year. -Most Valuable Player award (criteria: inputs for his team, mentoring others, sportsmanship). -Prize pool open for donations. Paypal here. If you donate comment how much you sent and i keep topic updated. -Gambling is welcome! As long it's not illegal
-Registration closes the 4th April 2021. -Comment on this post with your Faction , NicknameGameranger ID, and a skill rank. -Skill ranks are: Rank 5 (Apprentice), Rank 4(Medium), Rank 3(Good), Rank 2(Challenger), Rank 1(Expert). Obviously the skill rank will be supervised and suggerences might be made.
Note: Please anticipate us if you think you won't be available during the tournament so we can organize a backup player.
Note: GameRanger and Registration names must both be the same. You will be disqualified if not. It is also encouraged but not mandatory that when the tournament start, players include in the Gameranger's name the faction they fight for, like it was a clan tag (eg; Isengard | Uglúk).
NOTE!! Teams have been subjected to revision. Certain players skill ranks and factions (after personally asked about a 2nd and 3rd faction desired) have been changed. Follow this topic!
**Team Men of the West** Expert - FarmerLau 4179144 Challenger - sweet (11440393) Good - | Daryl 2180504 | Xelenos 2726415 Medium - PoW_Pietor (11599370) | Menji (menji) | TaR_OrCrisT 1222584 Apprentice - Punisher 9133274
Since April 15, TaR_OrCrisT covers Menji who hasn't showed up in Gameranger since the sign up.
Would like to participate, though I'm unsure which skill rank I'd currently fall under. I've been playing on and off as [X]Magiczzz the past two months and done pretty ok.
You can also enter me under any of the FoL factions, Elves used to be my main but I've been more consistent with MotW/Dwarves since coming back.
GameRanger ID: FactionTBC|Magiczzz (2355288)
This post has been edited by Mortal9: Mar 31 2021, 20:08 PM
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Maybe i get to train them in faction wars a bit
1. After 11 years, the Faction Wars tournament is back to celebrate the new patch and challenge it's balance.
This kind of tournament has the epic feeling of fighting for the honor of your favorite faction, where player individualism is shadowed by one of this great game factions. This is also possible thanks all the previous and current events going on, such as the Top 10 Challenge league, Clanwars league, the QuickMatch league or Latino's February tournament.
All this BFME2 gamers activity has pretty much allowed us to establish by ourselves the skill rank of almost every active player. Which also means that a normal tournament may turn out way too predicable, or like one active player once said and created a meme;"we already know winner".
Another benefits of this kind of tournament is that it gathers community in order to share knowledge, mentor each other, play on a huge map pool with lots of new maps and also brings the possibility to arrange not only 2v2, but also 3vs3 and 4vs4 in the same event.
2. What a Faction Wars is?
*A faction wars tournament consists on submitting all game factions (Men, Elves, Dwarves, Isengard, Mordor & Goblins) into a all vs all war in order to compete for the glory in the Championship.
*Each faction is represented by 5(five) players of different skill ranks. Rank 5(Apprentice), Rank 4(Medium), Rank 3(Good), Rank 2(Challenger), Rank 1(Expert).
*Each faction rank can optionally have one or more backup players.
*Each tournament match will be broken by the mentioned skill ranks. So a Rank 5 player of each faction will play against the corresponding Rank 5 player from the other faction, the 4th with 4th, etcétera.
*Each tournament match can be completed either by 5 matches of 1vs1 (1 match per skill rank), or can also be completed as one 2vs2 and one 3vs3, or by one 1vs1 and one 4vs4, etcétera. Once again, always respecting the skill ranks involved in the game.
3. Tournament Info & Brackets
Duration: 4 weeks. (From Monday 5th of April, to Monday 26th of April)
Format: Round Robin & Single Elimination
Games by player: 5 rounds of 2 games (Robin), and 3 rounds of best of 3 (Eliminator).
4. Tournament Map Pool
1vs1 : Westfold, Firien Dale, West Emnet, Lossarnach, Chetwood, Hollin II, Ford of Bruinen, Fords of Isen 2 (any skin).
2vs2 : Lebennin, Firien Forest, Eryn Rhun, Crossroads, Upper Anduin, South Hollin, Udun (any skin), Minhiriath.
3vs3 : Brithombar, Dead Marshes, Weather Hills, Dagorlad, Dagorlad Reskin, Frozen Rift, Greenfrog Pass, Lebennin IV, Red Desert of Khand, River Baranduin (Custom Map), River Langwell, Tournament Weather Hills, Valleys of Rhun, Western Gondor.
4vs4: Tournament Hills, Druadan Forest, Lorien Plateu, Nevrast II, Pelenor Fields, Staddle, Woody End.
5. Official Schedule
Signs up: March 31 to to April 5
CLOSED.
1st week: April 5 to to April 12
Round Robin 1
Round Robin 2
2nd week: April 12 to April 19
Round Robin 3
Round Robin 4
Round Robin 5
3rd week: April 19 to April 26
Eliminator Round 1
Eliminator Semifinals
Eliminator Finals
Now in the second week, 3 Robin Rounds will be played, instead of just 2.
6. Game Rules
Patch: 1.09 v2.00
Platform: GameRanger
Match Size: 1vs1 and optional 2v2, 3v3 or 4v4.
Hosting: Games preferentially shall be played on a neutral host. Only in the case this is not possible as players can not find one, both players can agree to play their own hosts in order to finish their games in time. In the Eliminators, the 3rd game shall always be in neutral host no matter what.
Match Settings: 1000 Starting Resources; 1x Command Point Factor; No Custom Heroes.
Map picking: Each faction gets to choose the map once (map pool above)
7. Tournament Rules
Rule A. In case one inflicting faction player does not show up for his encounter, while his opponent proved to be online; the inflicting player will be replaced by a faction member of weaker skill, and in case this inflicting player is already an Apprentice, he will be replaced by a Brutal AI bot. Matches against the AI shall be played only in Fords of Isen II.
Rule B. In case two different faction member do not show up for their encounter; tournament will go on to the next round without storing a point for any of the inflicting factions, being affected negatively in the final scoreboard.
Rule C. Wins are completely ligated to replays. No replay, no win. Upload them in the 2021 Faction Wars Tournament Event following the tag "Player vs Player + Skill + Round".
Rule D. Regarding backup players: The priority is to play with the first signed player, but matches can be played with the second and even third backup player, in case the first is unavailable.
Click upload
Fill the info and click +Upload (click once then wait)
8. Awards
-Winning Faction award: the winning faction can be considered for a year as the best faction of 1.09v2.00 version for a year.
-Most Valuable Player award (criteria: inputs for his team, mentoring others, sportsmanship).
-Prize pool open for donations. Paypal here. If you donate comment how much you sent and i keep topic updated.
-Gambling is welcome! As long it's not illegal
9. Discord
Discord to arrange the games: Official GameReplays.Org server
1. Go to reaction-roles tab.
2. Hit the bfme2 icon.
3. BFME2-TOURNAMENTS will appaer in the left
10. Tournament Admin(s)
-Ecthelion (GR ID: ecthelion)
-Daryl (GR ID: 2180504)
11. Streamers(s)
-English: E.W.A Axl
-Turkish: Joelogytv
12. Registration
-Registration closes the 4th April 2021.
-Comment on this post with your Faction , Nickname Gameranger ID, and a skill rank.
-Skill ranks are: Rank 5 (Apprentice), Rank 4(Medium), Rank 3(Good), Rank 2(Challenger), Rank 1(Expert). Obviously the skill rank will be supervised and suggerences might be made.
13. Chronological Sign Up
1. Isengard - Ecthelion (ecthelion) - Expert
2. Elves/Men/Dwarves - [X]Magiczzz (2355288) - Good
3. Dwarves - J_Edgar (1219926) - Good
4. Isengard - Netput (7201707) - Medium/Good
5. Men/Goblins - Daryl (2180504) - Good
6. Elves - Lovely (6860778) - Good
7. Dwarves - Powerkartoffel (2261424 ) - Apprentice
8. Elves - Sauron (6789557) - Expert
9. Goblins - Tyrion (6768263) - Good
10. Men - PoW_Pietor (11599370) - Medium/good
11. Men - sweet (11440393) - good
12. Goblins - [RECON]Halet (6731670) - Expert
13. Goblins - AoW_Luxus (1248683) - Challenger
14. Goblins - AoW_Nathan 1220375 - Medium
15. Mordor - GosPure(Bilbo) 2834834 - Challenger
16. Dwarves - so0rry 10107053 - Medium
17. Isengard - AnDy' 3088346 - Challenger
18. Mordor - Morris 2728703 - Apprentice
19. Men - Xelenos 2726415 - Apprentice
20. Mordor - Azog 9013588 - Expert
21. Mordor - SCloud 7411344 - Apprentice
22. Isengard - Tempest 1205121 - apprentice/med
23. Mordor - Shinoda 6824269 - good
24. Elves - Scare_Cr0w 1221068 - Good
25. Goblins - Hhiruma 10590498 - Good
26. Isengard - iDream 8305935 - Medium/good
27. Goblins - Otter 6716088 - apprentice
28. Men - Menji (menji) - Medium/good
29. Elves - ThEoL 3617363 - Medium
30. Dwarves - mustafa 8182378 - Challenger
31. Men - FarmerLau 4179144 - Expert
32. Elves - Break 1225719 - Medium
33. Goblins - Vito 8292349 - good/Challenger
34. Dwarves - THE_GLUTEMASTER (picth) - Challenger
35. Isengard - PoW_Clever 3271311 - Good
36. Dwarves - Savage 6886052 - Apprentice/Medium
37. Elves - RaD3GaST 1222442 - medium/good
39. Dwarves - Ahwehawe 8481427 - good/challenger
39. Men - Punisher 9133274 - apprentice
39. Elves - Glorfindel 2294098 - apprentice
39. Men - Sakulnebur 9023979 - apprentice
40. Isengard - TaR_OrCrisT 1222584 - medium
41. Isengard - Gomez 2856438 - medium
14. Current Teams
**Team Men of the West**
Expert - FarmerLau 4179144
Challenger - sweet (11440393)
Good - | Daryl 2180504 | Xelenos 2726415
Medium - PoW_Pietor (11599370) | Menji (menji) | TaR_OrCrisT 1222584
Apprentice - Punisher 9133274
**Team Elves**
Expert - Aow_Luxus (1248683)
Challenger - Scare_Cr0w 1221068
Good - Magiczzz (2355288) | Lovely (6860778)
Medium - ThEoL 3617363 | RaD3GaST 1222442
Apprentice - Glorfindel 2294098
**Team Dwarves**
Expert - Sauron (6789557)
Challenger - mustafa 8182378 | THE_GLUTEMASTER (picth)
Good - J_Edgar (1219926) | so0rry 10107053
Medium - Savage 6886052
Apprentice - Powerkartoffel 2261424
**Team Isengard**
Expert - Ecthelion (ecthelion)
Challenger - AnDy 3088346 | PoW_Clever 3271311
Good - iDream 8305935 | Break 1225719
Medium - Netput (7201707) | GomeZ 2856438
Apprentice - Tempest 1205121 | Sakulnebur 9023979
**Team Mordor**
Expert - Azog 9013588
Challenger - GosPure(Bilbo) 2834834
Good - Shinoda 6824269
Medium - SCloud 7411344
Apprentice - Morris 2728703
**Team Goblins**
Expert - [RECON]Halet (6731670)
Challenger - AoW_Nathan 1220375
Good - Vito 8292349
Medium - Tyrion (6768263) | Hhiruma 10590498
Apprentice - Otter 6716088
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