Masters of Arabia 2v2
This post is just to inform players that a spiritual sequel to the 2013 Masters of Arabia 2v2 is being worked on and will start in late November.
Time to find your teammates and get practicing! Teams will be able to sign up with either 2 or 3 players, but all games will be 2v2.
Format:
- 32-team Double Elimination Bracket.
- 56 total teams can participate.
- 24 top seeds go straight to Double Elimination (mix of best of 5 & best of 7). Up to 32 teams (seeds 25-56) will play two weeks of single elimination qualifying (best of 3) to get the 8 teams who will join the top 24 seeds in Double Elimination.
- Grand Final will have a double elimination chance for the winner bracket team (second 'best of X')
Settings:
2v2 RM on standard 4-player Arabia map only.
Civ settings will be similar to the original tournament, including a mixture of the following:
- Random civs + Switch for games 1 & 2 in all rounds of the tournament (losing team picks who plays which civs for both teams in game 2)
- Free Pick
- Free Pick with Aztecs, Huns & Mayans banned
- Team Random
- Set civ wars including Huns & Mongols and all Huns ( )
A rule will be in place to counteract slinging, but we do not plan to use a mod for this since it affects people watching recs.
Time Frame:
When the Double Elimination bracket starts on 28th November, all currently ongoing tournaments (as I write this on 22nd September) will already be finished. Masters of Arena 4 will be in its final 2 weeks (finishes by December 11th).
Rounds will generally last 1 week, but sometimes the winner bracket has rounds lasting 2 weeks whilst the loser bracket catches up. Additionally, during the Christmas period, all teams in both brackets will have 2 weeks to play their games.
Sign-ups: Monday 31st October until Friday 11th November
Single Elimination Qualification Stage: 14th November for 2 weeks
Double Elimination: 28th November
Grand Final: To be played by 12th February 2017
Prizes:
To be announced.
Streaming:
No restrictions. An official streamer list will be in place to ensure players allow streamers to spectate.
Current Staff Team:
SMB360
robo
andreskbr (Krlz_Ask)
RacerFXX