POISN'S NOMADNESS - 2v2 Tournament Rules and settings
Except for the finals the tournament will be a BO3 tourney. If you win 2x, you move on to the next round.
The finals will be a BO5 with the winner being the team that first reaches 3 victories.
Settings Must be as Follows:
Game: Random Map
Map Style: Standard
Location: Nomad
Size: Medium (4 player)
Resources: Standard
Pop: 200
Reveal Map: Standard
Victory: Conquest
You must also check the following boxes:
Team Together
Lock Teams
Record Game
Civilization Choice: You may only pick Team Random throughout the tournament.
Color choice: You can choose any color so long as the four players come to some agreement.
Each team will be able to call a restart (only 1x per match). This is how you must go about it -- you must pause the game and inform your opponents that you wish to call for a restart. So long as the game has not advanced to 5:01, on the game clock then you are able to do so. But let me repeat -- each team only gets 1 restart per match. Let me also make it perfectly clear that if you do NOT pause the game, and you do NOT let the other team know that you wish to call a restart, you may be penalized by an ADMIN with a loss for that map.
Rules during gameplay:
You are NOT allowed to interfere in any way with an enemy player during the first 5 minutes of the game. (Even if a villager walks under your tc in this time frame you cannot kill him or impede his movement) -- NOTE: At 5:01 this rule is not in effect and the same goes for all rules that disallow certain things to happen during the first 5 minutes.
You are NOT allowed to build any type of wall, house, or structure within 10 spaces from an enemy town center during the first 5 minutes of the game.
You are NOT allowed to lame any deer in the first 5 minutes of the game.
You are NOT allowed to kill any boars during the first 5 minutes of the game, except if you intend to harvest the boar yourself for food. (in other words, you may NOT palisade yourself in and kill a boar, simply to deny your opponent from using it)
You are NOT allowed to wall in a dock building villager of an enemy player during the first 5 minutes of the game.
You are NOT allowed to take or kill sheep if they are clearly walking with a villager. The player who controls the sheep first will be considered the owner of those sheep. However, if the sheep are not being shepherded by a villager, they are free for the taking.
However, you ARE allowed to build palisade walls, houses, lumber camps, mills and town center anywhere you wish during the first 5 minutes of the game if you are not intentionally trying to be malicious.
BUT... ONCE 5 Minutes of game play has elapsed, (at minute 5:01) you can do anything you wish to do!
In those cases where the interference is of an accidental nature (ie. you did not see the enemy tc, or did not notice an enemy vill) and you can rectify the situation by returning the sheep or deleting the palisade, then the game can continue on if the injury has been made right. However, if you did not see the enemy tc when you built your house, but it ends up being within 10 spaces of the enemy tc -- several things may happen. 1. If the enemy is OK with the house as it does not really impede their game play, they can just choose to ignore the rule infraction and the game must proceed as normal. 2. If the enemy is NOT OK with the house and is within their rights to force you to delete the house, then that also triggers a few more options. 1. You can delete your house and decide to keep playing the game (being down a house or part of a house) or 2. You can call for a restart because you are now at a disadvantage through no fault of your own (and please note that this does not affect the 1 restart you have per match.)
However, if you are caught obviously disregarding these rules by purposely trying to interfere with an opposing player, the game MUST be restarted and you will receive a warning. If at any time during the tournament you receive a 2nd warning, an admin win will be given to the opposing team for that map. If you ever receive a 3rd warning, you will simply be kicked out of the tournament for your disregard for fair play.
Scheduling games:
You have a full 7 days in which to play your matches. All games must be scheduled in the provided forums, and agreements to a specific day and time (including the time zone) must be clear. Then if one team is a no show at that time, the other team may receive an admin win unless there are exceptional circumstances which prevented a team from being able to come. (ie. internet connection has gone down, storm has knocked out power, wife has gone into labour, grandma has died -- you get the idea). Tournament admins will make the decisions on a case by case basis.
Note: If your opponents do not show up at the agreed upon time, please wait 20 mins to make sure that they aren't just running a few minutes late. But if they do not show up in those 20 mins then please reply in the scheduling forum that they did not show up and you can request an ADMIN win for that match. If they have a legitimate reason for missing the scheduled start time, they may try to reschedule the match -- however, if the match cannot take place because no times can be made to work, then the team which was a no show will still get admin loss.
When is it necessary to contact an admin?
If both teams come to an agreement about the game in question as regards the rules, and wish to continue the games then the teams may do so. However, you may NOT request an admin win or admin restart after having agreed to continue the match, and then since you lost, you decide to request admin help. If there is a problem that you cannot resolve between the two teams, the match must be paused until an admin has been contacted about the problem. The Admin will then make a decision based upon their best interpretation of the rules and the match may then be continued. I am hopeful that an admin will often be around immediately, but I cannot promise that at this point. If no admin is present please do your best to resolve the dispute by consulting the rules and making your decisions as best you can.
Except for the finals the tournament will be a BO3 tourney. If you win 2x, you move on to the next round.
The finals will be a BO5 with the winner being the team that first reaches 3 victories.
Settings Must be as Follows:
Game: Random Map
Map Style: Standard
Location: Nomad
Size: Medium (4 player)
Resources: Standard
Pop: 200
Reveal Map: Standard
Victory: Conquest
You must also check the following boxes:
Team Together
Lock Teams
Record Game
Civilization Choice: You may only pick Team Random throughout the tournament.
Color choice: You can choose any color so long as the four players come to some agreement.
Each team will be able to call a restart (only 1x per match). This is how you must go about it -- you must pause the game and inform your opponents that you wish to call for a restart. So long as the game has not advanced to 5:01, on the game clock then you are able to do so. But let me repeat -- each team only gets 1 restart per match. Let me also make it perfectly clear that if you do NOT pause the game, and you do NOT let the other team know that you wish to call a restart, you may be penalized by an ADMIN with a loss for that map.
Rules during gameplay:
You are NOT allowed to interfere in any way with an enemy player during the first 5 minutes of the game. (Even if a villager walks under your tc in this time frame you cannot kill him or impede his movement) -- NOTE: At 5:01 this rule is not in effect and the same goes for all rules that disallow certain things to happen during the first 5 minutes.
You are NOT allowed to build any type of wall, house, or structure within 10 spaces from an enemy town center during the first 5 minutes of the game.
You are NOT allowed to lame any deer in the first 5 minutes of the game.
You are NOT allowed to kill any boars during the first 5 minutes of the game, except if you intend to harvest the boar yourself for food. (in other words, you may NOT palisade yourself in and kill a boar, simply to deny your opponent from using it)
You are NOT allowed to wall in a dock building villager of an enemy player during the first 5 minutes of the game.
You are NOT allowed to take or kill sheep if they are clearly walking with a villager. The player who controls the sheep first will be considered the owner of those sheep. However, if the sheep are not being shepherded by a villager, they are free for the taking.
However, you ARE allowed to build palisade walls, houses, lumber camps, mills and town center anywhere you wish during the first 5 minutes of the game if you are not intentionally trying to be malicious.
BUT... ONCE 5 Minutes of game play has elapsed, (at minute 5:01) you can do anything you wish to do!
In those cases where the interference is of an accidental nature (ie. you did not see the enemy tc, or did not notice an enemy vill) and you can rectify the situation by returning the sheep or deleting the palisade, then the game can continue on if the injury has been made right. However, if you did not see the enemy tc when you built your house, but it ends up being within 10 spaces of the enemy tc -- several things may happen. 1. If the enemy is OK with the house as it does not really impede their game play, they can just choose to ignore the rule infraction and the game must proceed as normal. 2. If the enemy is NOT OK with the house and is within their rights to force you to delete the house, then that also triggers a few more options. 1. You can delete your house and decide to keep playing the game (being down a house or part of a house) or 2. You can call for a restart because you are now at a disadvantage through no fault of your own (and please note that this does not affect the 1 restart you have per match.)
However, if you are caught obviously disregarding these rules by purposely trying to interfere with an opposing player, the game MUST be restarted and you will receive a warning. If at any time during the tournament you receive a 2nd warning, an admin win will be given to the opposing team for that map. If you ever receive a 3rd warning, you will simply be kicked out of the tournament for your disregard for fair play.
Scheduling games:
You have a full 7 days in which to play your matches. All games must be scheduled in the provided forums, and agreements to a specific day and time (including the time zone) must be clear. Then if one team is a no show at that time, the other team may receive an admin win unless there are exceptional circumstances which prevented a team from being able to come. (ie. internet connection has gone down, storm has knocked out power, wife has gone into labour, grandma has died -- you get the idea). Tournament admins will make the decisions on a case by case basis.
Note: If your opponents do not show up at the agreed upon time, please wait 20 mins to make sure that they aren't just running a few minutes late. But if they do not show up in those 20 mins then please reply in the scheduling forum that they did not show up and you can request an ADMIN win for that match. If they have a legitimate reason for missing the scheduled start time, they may try to reschedule the match -- however, if the match cannot take place because no times can be made to work, then the team which was a no show will still get admin loss.
When is it necessary to contact an admin?
If both teams come to an agreement about the game in question as regards the rules, and wish to continue the games then the teams may do so. However, you may NOT request an admin win or admin restart after having agreed to continue the match, and then since you lost, you decide to request admin help. If there is a problem that you cannot resolve between the two teams, the match must be paused until an admin has been contacted about the problem. The Admin will then make a decision based upon their best interpretation of the rules and the match may then be continued. I am hopeful that an admin will often be around immediately, but I cannot promise that at this point. If no admin is present please do your best to resolve the dispute by consulting the rules and making your decisions as best you can.