22nd August 13:30 GMT+12 (3:30am CEST)
One day, 8 man, single elimination tournament. Each match will be a best of three.
Format:
The starting map for each round is announced. The lower seed player selects faction first for each round. Factions are swapped. If necessary, faction selection for game three will be decided by the player that had the greatest number of Victory Points remaining in their win.
Seeding:
Seeding will be based off the sum of the players best allied faction & axis faction 1v1 automatch ranks (at the conclusion of the signup period)
Player selection:
Registrations will be taken at this thread on COH2.org. 6 players will be chosen from the registered players by tightrope. The remaining 2 spots will be wildcard entries and alongside 4 reserve players will be randomly selected from the remaining pool of registrations.
All players are required to join and check in on the tightrope Pacific Invitational steam group
If you have not checked in 15 minutes before the tournament starts, your place will be taken by the first reserve player to check in
Maps:
Round 1: Crossing In the Woods
Round 2: Kholodny Ferma Summer
Round 3: Angoville
Faction Positions:
Axis are always in position 1
Other Rules:
Ghosting wire, sandbags etc. IS allowed
Intentional abuse of obvious bugs will not be tolerated
The winning player from each series must upload ALL replays (including losses) to coh2.org or risk being banned from future events.
Prize:
$60 NZD to the winner
Both finalists get guaranteed entry into the next tightrope Pacific Invitational event.
Coverage:
Live casting of the event available at www.twitch.tv/tightropexilo
Brackets:
http://challonge.com/tpi1