Masters of RMS: Rules and Settings

[siestes]

Tournament formula

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The tournament will be a cup format with single elimination.
Series will be played on the following format:
8th finals and quarter finals: Bo3
Semi-finals: Bo5
Final: Play all 5

The tournament is planned for 16 players. Might extend to 24 or 32 if there is demand. If that’s the case, preliminary rounds will be played with Bo3 format.

Players Seeding

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Seeding will be made from averaging current ELO (30 September 2020) and highest ELO in the 1v1 ladder.

Tracksheet for ratings and seedings, thanks to @Michaerbse : click here.

Draw (brackets)

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Every player will be drawn randomly in the brackets. The top 8 seeded players cannot face each other before quarter finals. The top 4 seeded players cannot face each other before semi finals.

Scheduling

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Players will schedule their game at any time during the defined time frame (see section "calendar"). They will schedule publicly in dedicated threads on aoezone. If players can’t agree on a schedule, admins will determine a time to the best of their ability. If a player shows unwillingness to schedule they will get an admin loss for the series.

If a player is 15 minutes late to a series, they will get an admin loss for the series. The player waiting in the lobby must take a screenshot with both the lobby and https://time.is/UTC and post it immediately in the aoezone scheduling thread for the game for this to be effective.

Maps and civs settings

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Civs will be hidden pick no repeat

Map draft
Mappool will be like this:
2 maps by AlgernonR: Shoals and Nexus
2 maps by Chrazini: Rockslide and Llanganati
2 maps by Henk: Crusade and Mud Pool
2 maps by Zetnus: Eye and Random River

+ the map of the winner of the contest for the final: City Ruins by PleaseBeGentle

You can already subscribe to the map pack in the mod center: https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/18265/

The 4 map creators have been paired, effectively splitting them in two groups of 4 maps: Map Group A, and Map Group B. The pairing is as follow: Zetnus and Chrazini are in Map Group A. Henk and AlgernonR are in Map Group B.

The first half of the bracket will play Bo3 until quarter finals exclusively on Map Group A
The second half of the bracket will play Bo3 until quarter finals exclusively on Map Group B

Bo3 series played in the first half of the bracket until quarter finals
G1: Player with lower seed chooses a map from Map Group A.
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map from Map Group A.
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map from Map Group A

Bo3 series played in the second half of the bracket until quarter finals
G1: Player with lower seed chooses a map from Map Group B.
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map from Map Group B.
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map from Map Group B.

Bo5 semi finals
G1: Lower seed chooses a map, bans the other map by the same creator. (e.g. chooses Shoals, bans Nexus)
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map, bans the other map by the same creator. (e.g. chooses Rockslide, bans Llanganati)
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map, bans the other map by the same creator. (e.g. chooses Mud Pool, bans Crusade)
G4: Loser of G3 chooses one of the 2 maps by the last map creator left. (e.g. Eye and Random River remaining. Chooses Random River)
G5: The other map from the last map creator left. (e.g. Eye only map remaining)

Play all 5 final.
G1: Winner of the contest.
G2 to 5: one map per map creator, exact settings TBD.

Lobby settings

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Public lobby
Spectators enabled
Spectator delay: 2 minutes
Hidden civ activated
Server: choose the fairest server possible for both players

Game settings

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Data Mod: Definitive Set
Game: Random Map
Location: (depending on the map)
Size: Tiny (2 players)
Difficulty: Standard
Resources: Standard
Population: 200
Game Speed: Normal
Reveal Map: Normal
Starting Age: Standard
Ending Age: Standard
Treaty: None
Victory Condition: Conquest

Lock Teams: [X] Yes
Team Together: [X] Yes
Team Positions: [ ] No
Shared Exploration: [ ] No

Lock Speed: [X] Yes
Allow Cheats: [ ] No
Turbo Mode: [ ] No
Full Tech Tree: [ ] No
Record Game: [X] Yes

Player restarts

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No player restarts are allowed.

Admin restarts

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An admin re can be called in the following cases
- Within 1 minute 30 secs of game time if a starting unit doesn’t have a path to the TC
- Within 4 minutes of game time, if a starting resource didn't spawn (missing resource)
- Within 4 minutes of game time, if a starting resource cannot be properly accessible
In case of gold, stone and berries, if less than 5 sides of the entire pile are directly accessible, or if no drop off point can be built next to it
In case of wild animals and herdables, if they don’t have a path to the TC

If the other player doesn't agree with the call, admin restarts game files should be sent to an admin. If the restart was abusive, and the player calling the restart won the game eventually, decisions will be made by admins to the best of their ability.

Laming

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Straggler trees laming within 10 tiles of the opponent’s TC is not allowed, except if the said tree is part of a wall.
Fish laming is not allowed within 10 tiles of the opponent’s TC.
All other forms of laming are allowed.

Recorded games

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Once the series is played, players must provide the score of their series in the dedicated thread, the maps played, as well as the recorded games. Don’t forget the spoiler tags.

Fair-play and respect

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Insults, unsportsmanship and overall bad behaviour will not be tolerated.

Mods

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Graphical mods are allowed. All other mods are not allowed and using them will be considered as cheating.

Cheating

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Cheating is not tolerated and will result in immediate disqualification.

Calendar

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Creator sign ups deadline: 15 September 2020 23:59 gmt
Maps reveal: 20 September 2020
Player sign ups deadline: 27 September 2020 22:00 gmt
Player seeding deadline: 30 September 2020 16:00 gmt
Players draws: 30 September 2020
8th finals: 5-11 october 2020
quarter finals: 12-18 october 2020
semis and final: 19-25 october 2020

Brackets

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TBD on 30 September 2020. Brackets will then be available here.

Streaming Policy

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Open streaming, players are encouraged to stream their POV too. If you plan on streaming the event, don’t hesitate to participate in the prizepool too

Prizepool

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elttaw: 100€
sieste: 100€
Azure_Sentry: 65€
Poena: 50€
Zetnus: 50$
mjsul: 5£
AlgernonR 30€ for the players

Total prizepool as of now (with fees deducted and currency conversion done): 331,85€

+ 50€ for the Kids of RMS showmatch

Prizepool will be split 50/50 between players and map creators.
Players side: 1/9th of the prizepool for each of the 4 semi-finalists + 1/9th for each game won in the final
Creators side: 20% of the prizepool for each of the map creators

If you wish to participate to the prizepool please contact an admin!

Admins and communication

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sieste is the admin for the tournament. (only admin as of now)
General questions and feedback can be asked in the channel #masters-of-rms in the rms discord server https://discord.gg/WWr9sQN or in this thread if necessary.
The preferred mean of private communication is through discord: sieste#6361. You can also PM on aoezone @hallogallo

 

[siestes]

Changelog: added the rule that top 4 seeded players cannot meet before the semi finals in the "draw" section.

 

[siestes]

Changelog
Map Group A: "Zenk and Henk" has been changed to "Zetnus and Chrazini"
Map Group B: "Chrazini and AlgernonR" has been changed to "Henk and AlgernonR"

 

[siestes]

Changelog:
More precision on the calendar

 

[L_Clan_Capoch]

Just noticed, if ACCM is seed 1 and Im seed 2, how come we arent in opposite side of brackets? It should seed 1 and seed 4 in same side and seed 2 and 3 in the other side...

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

Just noticed, if ACCM is seed 1 and Im seed 2, how come we arent in opposite side of brackets? It should seed 1 and seed 4 in same side and seed 2 and 3 in the other side...

I think the top 4 seeds were randomly divided into 2 groups.

 

[siestes]

Yep, we have a bit of randomness involved. So the 4 players in pot 1 don't meet before the semi finals, but in the semi finals it's random. There is not a single player who is seed #1 but rather 4 players equally seeded in the first pot.

 

[siestes]

The rules for map pick were too complicated. Actually a vast majority of players didn't follow them. When that happens to that degree, it surely means they were poorly designed more than the players fault.
New rules for quarter finals follow what most players actually did for the 8th finals so concretely it won't change much.

Changelog
"Bo3 series played in the first half of the bracket until quarter finals
G1: Player with lower seed chooses a map from Map Group A.
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map from the other creator of Map Group A.
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map from Map Group A.

Bo3 series played in the second half of the bracket until quarter finals
G1: Player with lower seed chooses a map from Map Group B.
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map from the other creator of Map Group B.
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map from Map Group B."

has been changed to:
"Bo3 series played in the first half of the bracket until quarter finals
G1: Player with lower seed chooses a map from Map Group A.
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map from Map Group A.
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map from Map Group A.

Bo3 series played in the second half of the bracket until quarter finals
G1: Player with lower seed chooses a map from Map Group B.
G2: Loser of G1 chooses a map from Map Group B.
G3: Loser of G2 chooses a map from Map Group B."