The Gathering Storm 1v1 Tournament

Sign-Up

• All players between the rank 50 - 1 with at least one allies and one axis factions are welcome to join but not those who have more than 7 ML points. The seeding will be based off of automatch ranks;
  
• Signs-ups are open until the 14th of October;
  
• To officially sign up DM AceHiro on .ORG/Discord/Steam/Twitch;
  
• Other than the 16 spots available there are 5 other spots that are considered reserves in which any kind of player from top 100 can sign up.
  

Dates and times

• 15th and 16th of October;
  
• Games begin at 3PM CET;
  

Rules

• Any sort of cheating/hacking is forbidden;
  
• Minor exploits on the other hand are permitted as long as they are not game breaking (i.e. wiring inside garrisons, stopping the retreat of MGs that are setting up etc.)
  
• If there are any problems, contact AceHiro and he will find a solution;
  
• The organizers take the rights to change the rules at any time to improve the continuity of the tournament or add clarification.
  

Map pool

• Amilly Fields;
  
• Crossing in the Woods;
  
• Crossroads;
  
• Crossroads Winter;
  
• Faymonville Approach;
  
• Langreskaya;
  
• Mill Road;
  
• Nexus;
  
• Vilshanka;
  

General match rules

• Game Mode: Double elimination 1v1;
  
• Winner bracket: BO3;
  
• Loser bracket: BO1;
  
• Standard 500 Victory Points;
  
• Fixed starting positions (Allies: 1 | Axis: 2);
  
• All bulletins and commanders are allowed but not every unit. To ensure a fairly balanced matchup between different factions certain abilities and units are banned, specifically the Russian 120mm mortar, SVT conscripts and Spotting Scopes;
  
• Tuning Pack: Master League - Tourney Mode V2.1;
  
• No mirror matches;
  

First round

• Game 1:
  • "Faction coin toss" winner picks his faction/commanders/bulletins first (no change after that phase) then the other player picks his faction/commanders/bulletins;
    
  • "Map coin toss" winner picks the map;
  
  
• Game 2:
  • Switch Allies/Axe, G1 winner picks his faction/commanders/bulletins first (no change after that phase) then the other player picks his faction/commanders/bulletins;
    
  • G1 winner picks the map;
  
  
• Game 3:
  • VP leader (from G1 + G2) picks his faction/commanders/bulletins first (no change after that phase) then the other player picks his faction/commanders/bulletins;
    
  • G2 winner picks the map;
  
  

After the first round

• Game 1:
  • "Faction coin toss" winner picks his faction/commanders/bulletins first (no change after that phase) then the other player picks his faction/commanders/bulletins;
    
  • "Map coin toss" winner picks the map;
  
  
• Game 2:
  • Switch Allies/Axe, G1 winner picks his faction/commanders/bulletins first (no change after that phase) then the other player picks his faction/commanders/bulletins;
    
  • G1 winner picks the map;
  
  
• Game 3:
  • VP leader (from G1 + G2) picks his faction/commanders/bulletins first (no change after that phase) then the other player picks his faction/commanders/bulletins. The player faction must be different than his factions in G1 and G2;
    
  • G2 winner picks the map;
  
  

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