King of the Hill | Season 3

Standard Game Rules

Game Mode - 1v1, 500 VPs. All games played in the current automatch patch.
Best of - All games are single elimination
Starting Positions - Allies start in position 1 or 2, Axis start in position 3 or 4
Bulletins - All bulletins are allowed
Commanders - Due to the recent patch, all commanders are allowed in the event again
Factions - All factions are allowed
Matchups - No mirror matches allowed. All games are Allies vs Axis
Observer Settings - Please set observer delay to 3 minutes
Disconnects - Any disconnect after 5 minutes OR squad loss is a loss
Trolling - Trolling by any participant will result in a full non-revokable ban for the rest of the season and player will not receive any outstanding payments

Each player may only contest the throne 1 time each week.
If the King is dethroned, he cannot contest the throne again in the same week.

In the event of a bugged unit, please continue playing the game. Moderators will make a decision at the end of the game as to whether this bug was the cause of a win or loss. If the bug clearly caused a win or loss, then the game will be replayed for double prize pool on this game only.

Game Setup

The map is selected by the Wheel of Fate.
The King selects their faction.
The Challenger then selects their counter faction.


Map Pool

Please ensure that you use the official automatch version of these maps unless otherwise stated:





Time Table

The tournament starts from Sunday 27th January.

The tournament is scheduled for most Sundays at 16:00 BST. This may change occasionally and I will communicate this via Twitter & Discord but please check the weekly schedule posted on my channel for more information (www.twitch.tv/stormless).

Sign Up

This tournament is designed to encourage high-level play in the community. You must meet the following eligibility requirements to sign up to the player's list:

• Ranked top 50 for at least 1 Allied Faction & 1 Axis Faction
  
• Active Steam ID for a primary account
  
• You must be able to play each week at starting time if you are the current King
  

Please register your interest to play in this tournament by posting your main account name and SteamID in the #koth-signup Channel - https://discord.gg/MbWRKAk

During the time you are signed up for the KOTH event, we request that you keep your Steam profile to the same name you have signed up with. The moderators are doing a lot of spreadsheet work and this helps them work faster without having to check mismatched names. Please also make sure your name is accurate to your gaming brand as we do not want to have mismatched names on screen to what who we are casting.

If your names don't match, you won't be signed as available to play on the spreadsheet.


Funding

The prize pool is entirely decided by donations and support. If you would like to help this event continue, please make direct donations to the stream (Please make sure that your message clearly states where you want your donation to go).

A big thank you to Relic Entertainment for sponsoring King of the Hill | Season 3. Relic have kindly sponsored the event with an initial £400.00 to start things off!

Twitch Cheers & Bits do not count as donations. These will all go directly to Stormless


*Prizes


The prizes for this tournament are as follows:

THESE PRIZES WILL INCREASE AS THE PRIZE POOL INCREASES

1st Game Win - Become King of the Hill
2nd Win - £40.00 Prize Pool (£20 from 1st and 2nd game)
Any subsequent win - £20.00 added to Prize Pool for each game won

Prize money will be paid out at the start of the next month in arrears. It is the players’ responsibility to keep track of what they have won although all payments and win data will be tracked on public spreadsheets.


Stream Information


The official stream will be broadcast at www.twitch.tv/Stormless

VODs will be available at www.youtube.com/StormlessUK

Casters for the event may change occasionally.


Process for playing


All eligible players must be present in the 'Stormless' Steam group if they are ready to play the next game - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/stormlessUK

Please do not join this group unless you are confirmed as eligible to play. Players who join when they are not eligible will be removed from the group.

The Steam group will be used to track players who are available to play and also makes it easy for players to invite each other to the lobby if they are not friends on Steam.Once you are voted in to play, you will be invited from the steam group to the lobby where you will set up each game according to the rules stated in this document.