This first-of-its kind Allied mirror match tournament will be a thrilling and innovative contest pitting players against one another in an alt-history themed contest, where they can play as any Allied faction they see fit!
The main purpose of this tournament is to create a fundraising stream for GCS2! , but also to have fun, explore, and innovate.
It will take place on the following two Saturdays and will feature incredible and previously unseen action in the CoH2 arena and strategies on our battlefields.
Historical Context (Alt History)
Faction 1 - The Crusadersukfusf
Faction 2 - the British and US Forcesukfusf
Faction 3 - Nationalist Uprising (Soviets) PLUARO
Faction 4 - The Soviet Red Army sovietssoviets
The Rules
All matches best of three.
Any Allied faction can be used in any combination, no Axis factions can be used.
Higher seed chooses faction first.
New you cannot be the same faction twice in the same match.
14:15 - 14:40 GMT - Event check-in from 14:00 to 14:40
14:50 GMT- Brackets released
15:00 GMT Tournament starts
Results
Winner notifies the Steam Group of your result and the match score, brackets will be updated by referees accordingly.
Prizes
The winner gets a GCS2 poster and t-shirt mailed out to them. I know right!
But mostly please help create an exciting fun tournament for fans, and to provide an opportunity to help to raise funds for GCS2.
GCS Fundraising
If you like what you see here, please support the biggest event of its type in history Grand Championship Series 2, every penny goes into making an amazing esports calibre tournametn for CoH2.
big thanks for always being the first to sign up for tournaments, you make things look good by signing upfirst. Most people prefer to play 'the waiting game'...
big thanks for always being the first to sign up for tournaments, you make things look good by signing upfirst. Most people prefer to play 'the waiting game'...
weird that no one has signed up yet tbh i'll try recruiting a few
Still struggling to imagine how USF is going to survive a M3 rush. No effective mines, no atnade before vet1, no Sturmpio that can deal good damage at close range.
Still struggling to imagine how USF is going to survive a M3 rush. No effective mines, no atnade before vet1, no Sturmpio that can deal good damage at close range.
Same applies to UKF, I was actually thinking we might need some good natures 'house rules' to allow for some deviation from just sov v sov.
WC51 is harmless before 5 minutes and you'll probably be investing in a M20 with skirt than 50mu on a WC51 at that time. Between UC and M3, I don't know maybe it is balanced.
Thinking about it, who wins on a matchup between M20 and M3...
Rosbone: I would like to join in celebration with the 9% of Coh3 MP players who are getting ALL of the new maps. Woohoo! #3Tards Last Friday, 19:22 PM
OKSpitfire: I hope that at least one of heavies is a like-for-like reskin of the coh 2 ISU-152. I miss that thing. Last Friday, 10:23 AM
Rosbone: Buy our cool new large tanks that will never get played on the 4 new 1v1 maps added. Perfect synergy! Last Thursday, 19:23 PM
Rosbone: Everyone ready for some deep penetration Last Thursday, 17:13 PM
Lady Xenarra: I'm sure the ppl who defended it as balanced for Allies will be screaming like they got scaled with boiling water, in COH3. How the tables turn. Last Thursday, 11:33 AM
Willy Pete: I think it was nuts with any engine damage. Especially on superheavies Last Thursday, 07:03 AM
aerafield: Personally I think without the ram ability, it's worse than loiters for example Last Thursday, 00:09 AM
Willy Pete: It combined well with most slowing abilities, not just ram stuns Last Wednesday, 23:36 PM
Willy Pete: Only??? I think not being able to shoot it down and the ramp up effect also had something to do with it Last Wednesday, 23:34 PM
aerafield: AT overwatch was broken only because it came with the faction of T34 ramming Last Wednesday, 22:29 PM
Willy Pete: Love to see Relic really learning from their past mistakes. Let's bring back the dumbest ability in coh2, and charge money for it Last Wednesday, 20:34 PM
Willy Pete: New DAK commander will have AT overwatch as alternate choice to elefant Last Wednesday, 20:33 PM
aaa: Funy thing new players dont know that. And are trying to compete vs hacks Last Wednesday, 10:33 AM
aaa: Online gaming is trash in general, not just coh. On high level there are all cheats in most games Last Wednesday, 10:24 AM
aaa: 2 cheaters in 3 days. MH and DH Last Wednesday, 09:57 AM
aerafield: I am a simple man, I build Humvees with Pathfinders and Missile Launchers inside, I am happy Last Tuesday, 20:57 PM
Lady Xenarra: aerafield lamevee spammer confirmed Last Tuesday, 20:42 PM
adamírcz: Might be onto somethin here, combine side armour existing, maps where flanking is a viable option, and hopefully also heavies actually being less manouverable than mediums (lookin at you coh2), and it might be fun gameplay 17 Feb 2025, 13:39 PM
Willy Pete: Shouldn't coh3 heavies actually have insane front armor values? The glory days of 400+ Kt armor wouldn't be as bad when side armor is a thing. Not to say its a good idea lol 14 Feb 2025, 23:14 PM
aerafield: But then again, maybe CoH3 superheavies should actually have insane armor values because the whole game is designed for the clumsy & inept anyway 14 Feb 2025, 23:04 PM
aerafield: It's like you have to coordinate an entire orchestra of abilities and the correct units, meanwhile your opponent just clicks his 1 superheavy tank occasionally... 14 Feb 2025, 23:01 PM
aerafield: the giga frontal armor also made these units too oppressive in average or low ELO games 14 Feb 2025, 22:59 PM
aerafield: Massive HP pool but reasonable amount of armor is way healthier design 14 Feb 2025, 22:57 PM
aerafield: Say what you want, but the titanium frontal armor design of coh2 superheavies was bullshit. Too many bad players not getting punished for their bad micro because penetration RNG carries them 14 Feb 2025, 22:57 PM
Willy Pete: Also the attack ground with the pak40 looked perfect, that Pershing should be dead 14 Feb 2025, 19:18 PM
Willy Pete: Ahh just saw the other one that died. Some bad rng I think but there was an AT gun at med range for a chunk of that fight 14 Feb 2025, 19:14 PM
Willy Pete: Which KT? I saw one got almost deleted but it also showed its side to a hellcat AND the m5. I think the player even admitted he got lucky 14 Feb 2025, 19:10 PM
Lady Xenarra: I understand that the devs want to sell the Allied part of the DLC, but the KT got swiss cheesed like a COH2 bunker on treads 14 Feb 2025, 15:16 PM
SupremeStefan: They should make dlc separataly for axis and alies 14 Feb 2025, 10:28 AM
SupremeStefan: 25$ is actually a ok price for 40 abilites = 8 commanders = 4 battlegroups. But problem is that it comes in bundle 14 Feb 2025, 10:24 AM
Willy Pete: Have they shown the actual trees yet for the new commanders? Skimmed through the deep dive today, didnt see em 13 Feb 2025, 22:29 PM
Rosbone: Big Tonk boners incoming 13 Feb 2025, 17:38 PM
Lady Xenarra: Ever the contrarian, aerafield. 07 Feb 2025, 11:59 AM
aerafield: I havent seen the new units in action yet (whose BGs will not be purchased by too many people as they are pretty expensive I recon), but I can say with 100% confidence that the Pershing needs a buff 07 Feb 2025, 02:31 AM
Lady Xenarra: I would think lots more players would come/return since there's so many iconic units being added in the new BGs. I just don't want to hear another 8+ yrs of Pershing need buff complaints 06 Feb 2025, 23:22 PM
adamírcz: If I had my supply of copium, Id say they might at least get enough money to not have to wait 5 months with problems that should be a matter of bi-weekly hotfix 06 Feb 2025, 23:10 PM
adamírcz: I mean, its overpriced, 06 Feb 2025, 23:10 PM
Rosbone: Will it help or hurt the current player base is the real question. Should add more players, but may drive many away. 06 Feb 2025, 19:17 PM
Rosbone: Yes you too can play with a persdhing for the low price of $24.99 USD. Or be the poor schlub who gets his rectum reconfigured who doesnt have the latest pay to win stuffs. 06 Feb 2025, 19:16 PM
donofsandiego: persdhing in coh 3? 😳 06 Feb 2025, 18:42 PM
Rosbone: @aerafield Ahhh, I think I made a pershing like twice in my life since that commander is pretty bad in 4s. 05 Feb 2025, 23:20 PM
aerafield: @Rosbone coh2 pershing has the same ability so, whatever. Though it's probably gonna be a 30 seconds ability to make it super broken pay to win, then 2 months later it will get "hotfixed" into a skillshot like coh2 pershing 05 Feb 2025, 22:00 PM
Rosbone: How do we feel about Pershing shooting thru multiple buildings? 05 Feb 2025, 19:43 PM
Rosbone: I am just happy Relic was smart enough to put this out now because the community was falling asleep waiting 3 months between patches. And a new/old map was shown 05 Feb 2025, 19:38 PM
aerafield: Not even the trailer can hide the trash sound effects 05 Feb 2025, 18:46 PM