Greetings Comrades, Red3.org and GameReplays are proud to announce Archon Encounter:
Like all tournaments we run it will be on C&C: Online.
You will need to be set up with C&C: Online, so make sure you do that before the day of the tournament. Remember, GameReplays is not the place to get help with C&C: Online. Head to the Revora support forums for help with C&C: Online.
Archon Encounter will be on Saturday, July 18th beginning at 14:00 GMT/ 16:00 CEST. We will meet in the Tournaments 01 lobby immediately after you check-in. Time differences can be cross-checked using the timer on the home Page.
The total cash prize pool for this event is 45$ and is sponsored by Edvin(30$) and Inspector_Rage(15$)
1st Place: 30$ divided equally between both players Random Draw: 15$
The prizes will only be awarded if we have at least 8 participating players / 4 teams. If the cash prize does not pay out, all donations will roll over to the next applicable event.
You do have to play all your matches to be eligible for any prize. Anyone who forfeits, is disqualified or does not properly participate at any point in the event, will not be eligible for any prize.
All prizes are in USD and will be transferred via PayPal. If we cannot transfer the money to you, then we will work with you on how you want your winnings handled.
MAPS
We will be using the 1.4 Version of Archon you can download them here.The first map of each round will be based upon map elimination, loser picks thereafter. Please click the show button to learn exactly how map elimination works as you are expected to know this information.
Map Elimination Guide
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Map elimination applies to the first game of every round. The process is to determine what the first map of a series will be, in as fair a manner as possible. If both players agree, either player can start the elimination, but if you can't decide quickly who should start, then the player with the lower seed number will eliminate the first map. In this example image JPBP would eliminate the first map. Both players will alternate eliminating a map, one at a time, until only one map remains. This is what the process would look like:
At this point the only map left is Fire Island, so that is the first map to be played. Some players will use a "-" to indicate they are subtracting the map, but this does not always happen. Note that often times in games players will use abbreviations such as bbb, cr, fi, is, ii, sp, and tp. If your version of Red Alert 3 is not in English this may be confusing since the abbreviations may be different.
If you can't decide who should start the elimination, the player with the lowest seed number on Challonge will eliminate first which can be verified on the bracket. If you don't know what that means, ask a Referee. Factions, including random, must be chosen before elimination begins and cannot be changed afterwards. If a player changes faction after map elimination is complete, the other player can decide to counter pick, do nothing, or restart the map elimination process at his discretion. The same map cannot be played twice in any series during any round.
Map pool, using 1.4 versions! <-----------------------------------
Archon BattleBase Beta
Archon Cabana Republic
Archon Fire Island
Archon Industrial Strength
Archon Infinity Isle
Archon Snow Plow
Archon Temple Prime
DETAILS
Archon Encounter will be a Single Elimination event. All rounds will be BO5 up to the Finals will be a BO7. There is no 3rd place match.
Fair Play
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All general Fair Play Rules apply. If a reminder is necessary, you will be disqualified if you use any following bugs or exploits.
1. Empire's Sudden Transport glitch. 2. Allies placing structures around an outpost before it is finished deploying. 3. Peacekeeper splash damaging walled structures. 4. Dolphin splash damaging land structures. 5. The "Mini-MCV" bug in its entirety! 6. Intentional DCs or game crashing. 7. Invisible infantry glitch. 8. Dropping Tengus on buildings intentionally. 9. Building structures on top of infantry. 10. Stacking Tengus to allow for mass point defense drones.
REGISTRATION
All you need to do to register for this tournament is have your Team Leader post your Team Name along with the in-game name of the 2 players in the registration topic linked below.
Only register if you have confirmed with your teammate that both of you will be able to show up on the day of. Registration officially closes at 13:45 GMT on July 18th.
Substitutes
Substitutes are allowed but you must register them as part of your team before registration closes. A player can only serve as a substitute for one team.
A substitute player can be called in at any time, but once called in, they must play for the remainder of the tournament. The substitute also takes over the prize pool, however, the previous player still qualifies for the random draw so long as he played at least one game.
Free Agent
If you don't have a team, you can register as a free agent and we can attempt to help form a team for you or perhaps act as a substitute for an other team.
CHECKING IN
The check-in period will be between 13:00 and 13:55 GMT (opens 1 hour prior to event start time), after that point the brackets will be drafted and made official.
There will be an official check-in thread that will open at 13:00. To check-in: Every player, (including substitutes) has to check individually along with the Team Name in the check-in thread. Exampled: Inspector_Rage, Team Staff
Only Teams with players/subs that are registered will be allowed to check-in. Only checked-in Teams will be in the bracket. If you have a situation that would cause you to not be able to check-in, but you can still participate then message CWedvin.
You will have 15 minutes to begin your games after the brackets are posted. Brackets will likely be posted by 14:00, but this depends on how late players check-in. You must start your games by 14:15 or you will be disqualified.
PARTICIPATION
If you're early then you're on time. If you're on time then you're late. And if you're late you're disqualified!
There is simply no fun in sitting around waiting on people, so the 15 minutes is the maximum grace period allowed in between all rounds. Failure to appear at any stage of the event will result in a forfeit. Extreme circumstances can be discussed with event staff.
If you need to take a break in between games, inform your opponent and the Referee. At most, five minute breaks will be allowed and only if needed. Maximum one break per round. If a player is found to be abusing this freedom or failing to inform the necessary parties or not returning on time, you will be disqualified at Referee discretion.
STREAMING
As live streams and casts are an important part of GameReplays.org events, if a streamer wants to observe a game, the players must allow at least 1 attempt. If the game has just started and either player feels like it is unplayable, they reserve the right to leave the game and request a replay with the streamer observing using the live replay tool. If unplayable lag starts mid-game, then the players can request the streamer leave ONLY if they are running the live replay tool.
If, and only if, the live replay tool fails to work for whatever reason, the streamer can request the players to submit the replays one at a time as completed direct to the streamer through agreed means (e.g. Skype).
Failure to comply with any of the above can lead to a match forfeit or disqualification from the current and/or future events.
As always, match-ups will be completely random as the seeds will be shuffled shortly after officially closing check-ins, so make sure you are viewing the official bracket before starting your matches.