Enter the Sahara - Rules & Settings

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Thanks to Uglie for designing the banner.​

Enter the Sahara

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:arrow: Dates

Sign Ups

May 23rd - June 5th


Single Elimination stage

Round of 16 - June 6th - June 12th
Quarter Finals - June 13th - June 19th
Semi Finals - June 20th - June 26th
Grand Final & 3rd Place - June 27th - July 3rd


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This is an Open Sign up 1v1 tournament. Sign Up HERE


:arrow: Brackets

Gold Division Bracket

Silver Division Bracket

Format and Settings

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The tournament is to be played using the WololoKingdoms African Kingdoms patch on Age of Empires II: The Conquerors with the 1.4 Userpatch on Voobly. Using the Tournament Lobby of Voobly and the VCOM Tournament Ladder.

The tournament will consist of the following stage & settings:


Single Elimination Stage Round of 16

Singe Elimination Stage

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The Round of 16 is to be played as a Bo3 in the following manner:

Game 1: EtS_Dry_Arabia - Hidden Civ Pick of the 9 expansion civs (Forgotten and African Kingdoms)
Game 2: EtS_Arena - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ, NO Aztec )
Game 3: EtS_Team_Islands - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)




The Quarter Finals and Semi Finals are to be played as a Bo5 in the following manner:

Game 1: EtS_Dry_Arabia - Hidden Civ Pick of the 9 expansion civs (Forgotten and African Kingdoms)
Game 2: EtS_Arena - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ, NO Aztec )
Game 3: EtS_Team_Islands - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)
Game 4: EtS_Sahara - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)
Game 5: EtS_Valley - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)

Grand Final

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The Grand Final and 3rd Place are to be played as a Bo7 in the following manner:

Game 1: EtS_Dry_Arabia - Hidden Civ Pick of the 9 expansion civs (Forgotten and African Kingdoms)
Game 2: EtS_Arena - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ, NO Aztec )
Game 3: EtS_Team_Islands - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)
Game 4: EtS_Sahara - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)
Game 5: EtS_Valley - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)
Game 6: EtS_Nomad - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)
Game 7: EtS_Dry_Arabia - Hidden Civ pick (Can not repeat a civ)

Prizes -

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Gold Division​

1st -

for their Voobly profile, $100usd and 3 months Voobly Gold membership.

2nd -

for their Voobly profile, $80usd and 3 months Voobly Silver membership.

3rd -

for their Voobly profile, $50usd and 1 month Voobly Silver membership.

Silver Division​

1st -

for their Voobly profile and $30usd.

2nd -

for their Voobly profile

3rd -

for their Voobly profile

Random​

Every player who plays all of their matches (which means does not give away an Admin Lose) and has not earned another prize will enter a draw to win 1 month Voobly Silver membership.


If you wish to donate to the prize pool you can do so here.

Total Prize Money: $240​

Enter the Sahara

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The administrators will run the Enter the Sahara and will help Players in various situations.

Tournament Administrators:

robo (Voobly) (AoCZone)
Shark_Slayer (Voobly) (AoCZone)


Sponsored by : Anonymous $75, Anonymous $70, robo $30, Anonymous $10

Enter the Sahara- OFFICIAL RULES

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1. General Rules

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1. If both Players cannot come to an agreement in scheduling their match, the Staff will analyze the situation, schedule, and time zones, in order to add a viable Admin Time that suits both Players, to the best of our ability. Admins will ensure Players are not forced to play games between 2am - 6am Local time.
   
   
2. Every player must respect their opponent. Bad behavior (determined by staff) will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification of a whole team. This tournament values not only great skills, but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, racism or flaming will not be tolerated. Laming and mind games in game are allowed.
   
   
3. All games are by default to be played on Voobly in the Tournament Lobby of Voobly using the VCOM Tournament Ladder.
   
   
4. Recorded games must be posted before the completion of that round (00:01GMT on the Monday) in the Recorded Games Forum for the earlier stages, once the finals are reached the recorded games will be posted by a 3rd party to prevent spoilers.
   
   
5. It is the Winners responsibility to ensure the recorded games are posted, but it is allowed for the loser or another 3rd party to post the recorded games instead.
   
   
6. Before posting, the recorded game files should be renamed in the following format:
   
   Game naming examples:
   EtS Ro16 Bear_Grylls (POV) vs Wild_Nature G2 Islands.mgz
   
   Pack naming examples:
   EtS Ro16 Bear_Grylls (POV) vs Wild_Nature.zip
   
   
7. If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of result and evidence of it.
   
   
8. All the games must be scheduled and confirmed by both Players in the Enter the Sahara Scheduling forums :arrow: Scheduling Forums, informing the other team of the exact date and time of the arranged games.
   
   
9. In case of disconnections, the game must be saved and restored. All of the .mgz recorded game files (multiple parts of the game before/after drop) must be provided when posting the recorded games.
   If restoring is not possible, the recorded game should be provided, along with any additional information to the Administration of the tournament instantly. Subsequently, facts will be analyzed and a final decision made.
   
   
10. Once two Players have arranged and confirmed a time to play, the maximum waiting time is 30 minutes. If one of the Players fails to arrive, the waiting team must take a screenshot showing http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx (so the current time is clearly visible) with the Tournament Lobby Game Room, ( Example ) and post the screenshot in Admin Requests topic( :arrow: Admin Requests, with a link to the post in the Scheduling forums where the game time was arranged and confirmed. This way, tournament admins will know how long the team waited and upon Admins decision, the team that did not come might get an Admin Loss for the games. Do not try to edit time arrangement posts in an attempt to get free wins, because our forum registers the exact date and hour of each edited post. Such actions are considered cheating, and the offender will be punished according to rules.
    
    
11. Prizes will be sent via PayPal and any fees incurred will be deducted from the winnings.
    
    
12. By participating in the tournament you agree to have all your games streamed and casted by any known streamer using the Spectator Mode on Voobly, brought by the UserPatch 1.4 RC version. The streams will always have a delay to avoid cheating, and anyone is allowed to spectate your game. There is no assurance of your games being streamed, but the possibility is there at all times.
    
    
13. New rules can be added and current rules can be changed. However, Admins MUST inform the Players about such changes in the Enter the SaharaRules & Settings forum. All the latest additions in Rules / Settings will be in red.
    
    
14. No Player will be allowed to refuse the presence of a known Streamer who has identified himself as such.

2. Gaming Rules

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• The game settings must be the following.
  
  Game : Random Map
  Map Style : Standard
  Location : Various :arrow: Download the maps Here
  Size : Tiny player map
  Difficulty : Standard
  Resources : Standard
  Population : 200
  Game Speed : Normal
  Reveal Map : Normal
  Starting Age : Standard
  Victory Condition : Conquest
  
  Team Together : [X] Yes
  All techs : [ ] No
  Allow Cheats : [ ] No
  Lock Teams : [X] Yes
  Lock Speed : [X] Yes
  Record Game : [X] Yes
  Single Building Queue [SQ]
  
  
• Restarts:
  In a Best of 3 each Player is awarded one restart each.
  In a Best of 5 each Player is awarded one restart each.
  In a Best of 7 each Player is awarded one restart each.
  
  A restart must be requested no later than 4:00 of game time (remember that this is shorter than real minutes). Games that are restarted must be included when posting recorded games of the match. When a game is restarted, the civilizations must be the same as in the previous attempt.
  
  
• Bugged maps: If a map is bugged then a team may ask for a bugged RE before 7:00 minutes of in game time. Bugged maps are defined as; Any of your standard sheep ( 8 ), boar ( 2 ) or deer ( 3/4 ) not able to be eaten by vils, berries ( 6 ) with 4 or less sides of berries free to be eaten, a main gold mine (the 7 tile gold) with 4 or less sides of gold free to mine, a main stone mine (the 5 stone mine) with 4 or less of stone free to mine. Secondary golds/stones or extra patches of deer/boar are not effected by this rule.
  
  
• Any graphic changes that only affects the player's Age of Empires II: The Conquerors are allowed.
  
  
• Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from the event and potentially banned from future events.
  
  
• Receiving information from external sources while playing a match is strictly forbidden and classed as cheating. It is the players responsibility to ensure messages / contact by any means are restricted. If an instance occurs then players MUST notify admins.
  
  
• All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.
  
  
• Tournament Admins are allowed to participate but are ineligible for prizes.
  
  
• By participating in this tournament, you automatically agree with all the Tournament Rules and Settings.

 

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23 May - Aztecs are Banned on arena for all rounds.

 

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Updated prize pool distribution.

+ $20usd to the prizepool, and Voobly badges for 1st, 2nd and 3rd of each division.

 

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Added bugged map rule that I forgot about

+$35 to the prize pool.

 

[robo]

added the voobly badges that top 3 in each division will receive.

thanks to Cavin for creating them. <3

 

[Dutch Class]

Nice!

 

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MobiusOne Has won the random draw for a months Silver Premium.

Hopefully all badges and premiums will be awarded over the next few days.

Thanks to everyone who participated. Please leave any feedback or suggestions in the thread. <3

 

[Mobius One]

Although I did not win gold, I walked away with silver. 8-)

Thx Robo for organizing this event, looking forward to seeing more AK content on voobly soon!

 

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All prizes awarded :!: