The Arabian Conquest |
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All Stages are Knockout:
Round of 128: 18 - 24 August
Round of 64: 25 - 31 August
Round of 32: 01 September - 07 September
Round of 16: 08 - 14 September
Quarter Final: 15 - 21 September
Semi Finals: 22 - 28 September
Final: 29 - 05 October
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Format and Settings |
The tournament is to be played on Age of Empires II: The Conquerors with the Mod: AOC Balance Patch 2.4
Games to be played in the Tournament Lobby of Voobly using the VCOM Ladder
Round of 128,62 & 32 |
The rounds are to be played in the following manner: Bo3
Game 1 - 3: TAC_Dry_Arabia, Hidden Civs. Player's must NOT repeat civ choice. NO Team Random allowed.
Round of 16 & Quarter Finals |
The rounds are to be played in the following manner: Bo5
Game 1 - 5: TAC_Dry_Arabia, Hidden Civs. Player's must NOT repeat civ choice. NO Team Random allowed.
Semi Finals |
The semi finals are to be played in the following manner: Bo7
Game 1 - 7: TAC_Dry_Arabia, Hidden Civs. Player's must NOT repeat civ choice. NO Team Random allowed.
Final & 3rd Place Match |
The Final & 3rd place Match are to be played in the following manner: Bo9
Game 1 - 9: TAC_Dry_Arabia, Hidden Civs. Player's must NOT repeat civ choice. NO Team Random allowed.
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TAC Map Pool |
Map: TAC_Dry_Arabia DOWNLOAD
Prizes - |
1st: - 250 $
2nd: - 150 $
3rd: - 100 $
Total Prize Money: 500 $
2nd: - 150 $
3rd: - 100 $
Total Prize Money: 500 $
TAC - Administration |
The administrators will run the TAC tournament and will help players in various situations.
Tournament Administrators:
_Taff (Voobly) (AoCZone)
Genette (Voobly) (AoCZone)
Tournament Advisors : No Admin decision making
CarlosFerdinand (Voobly) (AoCZone)
TAC - OFFICIAL RULES |
1. General Rules |
- All players must respect the Tournament schedule and times for each round. There will be NO exceptions or delays granted to ANY player. No excuse will be accepted for failing to play in the specified time. If the admin staff determine that a player is trying to avoid scheduling and playing the tournament games, the player may be warned, receive an admin loss for the game or match or be disqualified from the TAC tournament.
- 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.
- Every player must respect their opponent. Bad behavior (determined by staff) will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification. 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 .
- All players must agree to the No Smurf rule. Smurfing and account sharing is not allowed. Any discovery of the mentioned will result in immediate disqualification.
- All games are by default to be played in the Voobly Tournament Lobby using the VCOM Ladder. If both players agree to play in another lobby on Voobly, that is accepted as well.
- During the event, Immediately after completion of each match, the winning player has to rename the recorded games according to the rules and post them in the TAC Recorded Games section → Recorded Games of that respective round.
- Before posting, the recorded game files must be renamed in the following format:
Game naming examples:
TAC R1 Bear_Grylls (POV) vs Wild_Nature G1 .mgz
TAC R2 Bear_Grylls (POV) vs Wild_Nature G2 .mgz
Pack naming examples:
TAC R1 Bear_Grylls(POV) vs Wild_Nature.zip
TAC R2 Bear_Grylls(POV) vs Wild_Nature.zip
If the games aren't renamed correctly (or not packed), the result won't be accepted until the games are renamed/packed according to the given format.
For the Quarter Final - Final Stage, both players must send the recorded games to Carlos Ferdinand, who will then post them to avoid any spoilers. More information about this will be given in the respective Scheduling threads.
- Additional time to complete your games will NOT be allowed under any circumstances!
- All the games must be scheduled and confirmed by both players in the TAC Scheduling forums → Scheduling Forums, informing the other player of the exact date and time of the arranged games. The scheduled time needs to be confirmed at least 24 hours in advance to allow for stream set up.
- If there is no agreement about the playing time by Thursday 23.59 GMT, the staff might start interfering in order to get the games scheduled and completed in time.
- 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 TAC instantly. Subsequently, facts will be analyzed and a final decision made.
- Once 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 player 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, and post the screenshot in Admin Requests topic( → 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.
- Prizes will be sent via PayPal. If the recipients do not use/have PayPal the prizes will be sent by other means. However, certain fees may be deducted from the amount.
- If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of result and evidence of it.
- By signing up for the tournament you agree to have all your games streamed and casted by the official streaming team of the TAC 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 no other persons are allowed to spectate your game besides the official streamers, or if persons are granted permission by the tournament Administration for a valid reason. There is no assurance of your games being streamed, but the possibility is there at all times.
- New rules can be added and current rules can be changed. However, Admins MUST inform the Teams about such changes in the TAC Rules & Settings forum. All the latest additions in Rules / Settings will be in red.
- If a player has the potential to travel and play games from a different location. That player must request in advance to the Admins and ask for permission. If Admins have any concern over a players location and have not had a prior request they maybe disqualified.
- No player will be allowed to refuse the presence of an official Streamer who has identified himself as such. .
2. Gaming Rules |
- The game settings must be the following.
Game : Random Map
Mod : AOC Balance Patch 2.4
Map Style : TAC Dry Arabia
Size : 2 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 restarts each.
In a Best of 5 each player is awarded one restarts each.
In a Best of 7 each player is awarded two restarts each.
In a Best of 9 each player is awarded two restarts each.
You may use no more than one restart per map. That means that if you've used one restart for G1, and still have a restart left, you are not allowed to use another restart for the G1.
A restart must be requested no longer than 4 minutes 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.
- 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 Arabian Conquest event and banned from future AoCZone / Voobly events, as well as the AoCZone forums.
- All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.
- No TAC Tournament Admin is allowed to participate.
- By signing-up for the tournament, you automatically agree with all the Tournament Rules and Settings.
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