War Paint Championship Series

COH2.ORG is excited for Relic's War Paint Championship Series. This is a 1v1 tournament that invites up to 16 of the top competitors from the Go4CoH2 ESL series to compete alongside 16 wild cards which enter the tournament through two open qualifier rounds.

The tournament will be run over a period of five weeks on Pacific Daylight Time. During this period, the top 8 competitors from each qualifier round will move on to face the 16 pre-seeded contestants from the ESL series in the main tournament which begins on August 28th, 2016.

Funded by purchasing War Paint Skins through the in-game store, each skin purchased between now and September 4th contributes both to the tournament's prize pool, as well as unlocking a variety of rewards for those who have purchased skins.

Each round of the tournament will be live streamed on Relic's Twitch Channel.

Tournament Schedule:

• July 29th: Tournament announce + Registration Opens
  
• August 14th: Qualifier Round 1
  
• August 21st: Qualifier Round 2
  
• August 28th: Opening Round
  
• September 4th: Quarter & Semi Finals
  
• September 11th: Grand Finals
  
  

Registration in the first round is offered to all participants on a first come, first registered basis. Although registration for the first round is full, you may wait standby to replace a no show and still compete in the first qualifier round.

Tournament Rules:

GENERAL SETTINGS
- Game type: 1v1
- Victory Points: 500
- Starting Location: Allies (1 or 2), Axis (3 or 4)

TOURNAMENT ELIMINATION
- Opening rounds: Single elimination
- Quarters & Semi-Finals: Best of 3

TOURNAMENT CHECK-IN
- Players must check-in before the start of the tournament in order to participate
- Check-in will open 30 minutes before tournament start time
- Only checked-in players will be seeded into the tournament bracket

MATCH CHECK-IN
- Once paired with an opponent, both players are required to check-in. Once a player checks in, the opponent will have 15 minutes to also check-in or they will automatically forfeit the match.
- Once both players have checked in, they are required to use the PRIVATE CHAT feed located on their Match Page to communicate with their opponent and set up the match.
- Once the match is ready to start, one or both players must report in the PRIVATE CHAT feed that the match has begun.

**IMPORTANT**

IF THESE STEPS ARE NOT FOLLOWED, THE MATCH MAY BE TREATED AS AFK IN WHICH THE LOWER BRACKET PLAYER WILL AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT THE MATCH

Regardless if you have coordinated with your opponent and stated your match, if you do not check-in for each match on Battlefy before it starts, you will automatically forfeit your match and be dropped from the tournament. In other words, if you do not check-in for each match-up, regardless of the results of the match, it will count as a forfeit.

SCORE REPORTING
After each match, both players are required to report who won in the match’s PRIVATE CHAT feed on Battlefy. Any disputes will be handled by a Tournament Moderator who may require a replay of the match for review. The Tournament Moderator has final say regarding all match disputes.

For more information, check out Battlefy’s How to Report Your Score blog post.

Map Pool

- Langres summer
- Kholodny summer
- Angoville
- Arnhem checkpoint
- Crossing in the woods
- Faymonville
- Semois winter

MAP VETOES
Before each match, players will take turns vetoing maps until only one map remains. This can be done via Steam chat, in-game lobby chat or in a matches PRIVATE CHAT feed on Battlefy. The only exception to this will be during game #2 of a best of 3 series where the map from game #1 must be played.

FACTION & MAP SELECTION

Single Elimination rounds:
- Winner of the coin toss gets first pick of faction
- Map is determined the map veto system. Loser of coin toss gets first map veto.

Quarters & Up:
- 1st Match: Winner of coin toss gets first pick of faction.
- Map determined through veto system; loser of coin toss gets first veto
- 2nd Match: Players swap factions (Allies to Axis & vice versa) and play on the same map as the 1st match
- 3rd Match (if applicable): The player with the best Victory Point score after two matches gets first pick of faction
- Map determined through veto system; loser of coin toss gets first veto

Grand Finals
- The grand finals are a best of 5 series, the following rules apply:
- 1st Match: Winner of coin toss gets first pick of faction.
- Map determined through veto system; loser of coin toss gets first veto
- 2nd Match: Players swap factions (Allies to Axis & vice versa) and play on the same map as the 1st match
- 3rd Match: The player with the best cumulative Victory Point score after two matches gets first pick of faction
- Map determined through veto system
- Lower VP player gets first map veto
- 4th Match (if applicable): The player with the best cumulative Victory Point score after three matches gets first pick of faction
- Map determined through veto system
- Lower VP player gets first map veto


OBSERVER SETTINGS
- Observer Mode: On
- Observer Delay: 5 minutes
- Bypass Delayed Password: Off

Prizes

1st Place: 50,000 Supply
2nd Place: 30,000 Supply
3rd Place: 15,000 Supply

Top 8 competitors qualify to compete in the War Paint Championship tournament which begins August 28th, 2016.

Schedule

9:30 AM PDT - Check-in opens
9:45 AM PDT - Check-in closes
10:00 AM PDT - Tournament begins

As mentioned, not only is the prize pool funded by those who purchase skins, the purchase of skins also contributes towards milestone rewards which will be available to those who participate and add to the pool .

War Paint Championship Series Milestones:

Milestone 1 (Default)
Prize Pool
• 1st Place: $500
• 2nd Place: $250
• 3rd Place: $100

Milestone Rewards:
• Two Twitch broadcasters will be selected from the community and be paid to live cast tournament matches during each round of the competition.
• If available, an eSports broadcasting Studio will be rented and used by the broadcasters mentioned above to cast the competition’s grand finals.
• To celebrate the announce of the tournament, all War Paint skins will be 33% Off in CoH2’s in-game store from July 29 – 31.

Milestone 2
Prize Pool
• 1st Place: $1000
• 2nd Place: $500
• 3rd Place: $250

Milestone Rewards:
• A Custom War Paint Themed Faceplate & Decal will be created and awarded to all War Paint Contributors*.
• One Axis and One Allied War Paint Themed skin set will be created and awarded to all War Paint Contributors.

Milestone 3
Prize Pool
• 1st Place: $1,500
• 2nd Place: $750
• 3rd Place: $500

Milestone Rewards:
• A custom faceplate will be created for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place competitor in the tournament to commemorate their achievement in the competition.
• A community t-shirt designing competition will be ran to choose up to 3 unique CoH2 themed t-shirt designs. The winning designers will receive a t-shirt for each winning design.
o A total of 150 t-shirts will be produced and given away to War Paint Contributors via random draws and broadcasted on Relic’s Twitch channel (i.e. winners are drawn on various live Twitch streams).
o Please note that the random draws will continue beyond the end of the War Paint tournament and at Relic’s discretion.
• A variety of new Intel Bulletins will be given away to War Paint Contributors

Milestone 4
Prize Pool
• 1st Place: $2,000
• 2nd Place: $1,000
• 3rd Place: $750

Milestone Rewards:
• To celebrate reaching Milestone 4, all War Paint skins will be 50% off for a limited time.
• This milestone unlocks the showdown you’ve all been waiting for. Game Director Quinn Duffy (#TeamDuffy) will take on Executive Producer Greg Wilson (#TeamWilson) in an all-out, best of 3 CoH2 battle royal. Streamed live on Relic’s Twitch channel and casted by none other than your favorite casting duo, this is one epic match-up you will not want miss.
• Once this Milestone is reached, tune into Relic’s next Twitch stream for your chance to win 1 of 20 commanders that will be given away through the stream.
• 50 Free SEGA games given away to War Paint Contributors via random and broadcasted on Relic’s Twitch channel (i.e. winners are drawn on various live Twitch stream).

Milestone 5
Prize Pool
• 1st Place: $2,000
• 2nd Place: $1,000
• 3rd Place: $750

Milestone Rewards:
• A commander portrait (avatar for an in-game character) is designed to the likeness of the top 3 tournament contestants and given to them as a prize for their achievement in the tournament
• If this milestone is achieved by September 4th, 2016, the remaining 2 competitors in the tournament will receive a paid trip to Vancouver, BC, Canada to compete in the Grand Finals at Relic Entertainment’s studio. This trip includes flight, hotel, expenses and celebration dinner after the tournament put on by Relic.

Milestone 6
Prize Pool
• 1st Place: $2,000
• 2nd Place: $1,000
• 3rd Place: $750

Milestone Rewards:
• If this milestone is achieved by September 4th, 2016, the 2 live broadcasters appointed by Relic to cast the tournament will receive a paid trip to Vancouver, BC, Canada to broadcast the Grand Finals at Relic Entertainment’s studio. This trip includes flight, hotel, expenses and celebration dinner after the tournament put on by Relic.

We hope to see some of the best games in this tournament and make sure to upload the replays on COH2.ORG!

For more information, please contact:
tournaments@relic.com