This tournament is open only to premium players.
This is a Tournament Players Association Year 6 [TPA6] event, and is governed by its rules, guidelines, and judgments which are detailed here: https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewt ... 9&t=215395
All are welcome to join and participate in the association. You do not need to do anything more than join one or more of the TPA6 events that will be announced on Mondays.
The Terminator game type is a popular variation of the classic settings in everybody's favourite global-domination game.
With the ever increasing number of maps and game settings that the CC Admin and Community have produced, it certainly takes lots of skill to master each of them and still be able to call yourself a 'Master of Terminator' games.
This tournament will pit players against others on each of their favourite Terminator game settings, and see who is truly the Master of Terminator!
Tournament Setup
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Rules
(*Number may change, depending on signups.)
Point Award System
Kill: 4 points
Consecutive Kill: 5 points
Winning Kill: +1 point
For example:
Player B gets 4 points for second kill, and 5 points for third kill (total 9 points).
Anomalous Wins / Eliminations
- Each round, you will play a two sets of five 5-player games (1 home and 4 away).
- Players will be awarded points based on their kills within each of the games.
- At the end of each round, the 10* players with the lowest scores will be eliminated from the tournament.
- Points for each round are cumulative, i.e. they carry over from previous rounds; but older rounds will decrease their weightage at a compounded rate of 50% reduction per round.
- This will carry on until we have the final 5, where two sets of 5 games will be played (1 home for each finalist, and 5 other randomly selected maps used in the tournament).
- The player with the highest score at the end of the final round wins the tournament!
(*Number may change, depending on signups.)
Point Award System
Kill: 4 points
Consecutive Kill: 5 points
Winning Kill: +1 point
For example:
- Player A kills Player C.
- Player B kills Player D.
- Player B kills Player E.
- Player A kills Player B.
Player B gets 4 points for second kill, and 5 points for third kill (total 9 points).
Anomalous Wins / Eliminations
- Wins by fulfilling win conditions (on maps that have them) will give the winner 3 points for every other surviving player.
- Wins by round limit will give the winner 1 point for every other surviving/deadbeat player.
- Deadbeats (who aren't eliminated before the end) will count as 2 points for the player who made the winning kill / fulfils the win condition.
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Here's the twist: all points awarded on your home settings will be doubled multiplied 1.75x when added to your point totals.
This means that your selection of home map and settings is especially important, as it can truly make a huge difference to your standing in the tournament!
This means that your selection of home map and settings is especially important, as it can truly make a huge difference to your standing in the tournament!
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Before choosing your settings, do bear in mind that games that end as a result of the 20 Round limit give drastically lower point totals than from kills, so it's in your best interest to avoid settings where that might happen.
The possible home settings you are allowed to choose from are as follows:
The possible home settings you are allowed to choose from are as follows:
- Map: Any non-Beta map (including Random), except Conquer Man, Hive, and USA2.1.
Spoils: Escalating, Flat Rate, Nuclear or No Spoils
Reinforcements: Chained, Adjacent, Unlimited or Parachute
FoW: Sunny or Foggy
- Game Type: Terminator
Players: 5 Players
Troops: Automatic
Order: Sequential
Trench: No
Round Limit: 20 Rounds
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In case of ties, the following tiebreaker rules will be used, in order of priority:
- Points earned in the current round.
- Total number of kills.
- Point totals without Home Ground bonus.
- If all of the above are equal, all remaining tied players will progress, and more players will be eliminated in the subsequent round.
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Players will be ranked according to the round they got eliminated. The above tiebreaker rules will also be applied among players eliminated in the same round, for greater differentiation between ranks.
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The tournament can take a minimum of 32 players, and a maximum of 50 players.
When signing up, please include your chosen settings from the list indicated above! (See the 'Settings' tab.)
Players that do not indicate their settings will be assigned Random, Escalating, Chained, Sunny.
You will not be able to change your settings once the tournament starts, so be sure of your choice!
When signing up, please include your chosen settings from the list indicated above! (See the 'Settings' tab.)
Players that do not indicate their settings will be assigned Random, Escalating, Chained, Sunny.
You will not be able to change your settings once the tournament starts, so be sure of your choice!
1. I reserve the right to change aspects of the game if anything needs changing, to ensure fairness to all players or for the benefit of the tournament.
2. If you wish to withdraw from the tournament at any time, please inform me via personal message or post on this thread.
3. If you do not join the game within 48 hours, you will be replaced.
4. If you are know you are not going to be around for a duration of time, please inform me. If the period of time is short enough, I will delay all of your games.
5. For any questions, problems etc. you may voice it out in this thread or you can PM me.
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