Conquer Club

Players will each be in one of 2 divisions.

Winners from each division (see below for scoring system) will progress to the Championship Final.

Runners-Up from each division qualify for the second stage of the play-offs (see below).

The third-placed players from each division, plus the next 4 best-placed players from all divisons (with the total points) qualify for the play-offs first stage.

Play Offs - First Stage
The Play-Offs First Stage involve 3-player terminator games on Doodle Earth (randomly drawn but such that each game involves players from different divisions if possible). If players miss the invite for play-offs then the next best-placed player from the previous phase will be invited in his/her place. The two winners progress to the second stage.

Play Offs - Second Stage
The Play Offs - Second Stage involve 1 v 1 series (best-of-3, Random map & randomly drawn but such that each game involves players from different divisions if possible). If players miss the invite for play-offs then the next best-placed player from the previous phase will be invited in his/her place. Winners qualify for the Campionship Final.

If the play-offs are not complete by the start of the Championship Final start time then they will be completed in 'rt' fashion (the Tournament Organiser will regulate this). In this circumstance, if a player fails to play in 'rt' fashion then his opponent will progress. If this situation does not bring about qualifiers for the final within 1 hour then any of the finalists may choose to play the Championship Final as a casual match.

The Championship Final
The Championship Final will involve play-off winners and divisional winners in a final 4-player match, on a global map to be determined closer to the time (Classic / High Seas / Doodle / Duck and Cover). Spoils for the final will also be determined closer to the time.

Although players can join part-way through the league stage, they must have played in at least 6 games In order to qualify for the play-offs or final.

Settings

Maps and settings are designed to ensure games dont drag and to appeal to the general CC population. A round limit of 20 will be applied to all games.

Joining Games

• Each week, for each division, the moderator will set up a range of standard (including 1 v 1), assassin and terminator games. Games will be 2-to-5-player games.
  
  All games will have a generic password (which will change each week). The Division Moderator will send all players the password by PM just before the start time, and post it in the tournament thread.
  
  Therefore a range of games will be available to join. It is individual players' responsibility to turn-up at the allotted time and join games. If games do not fill, it is individual players responsibility to find another game. It is Recommended that Players Regularly Refresh a Game Finder Window showing Speed Tournament Games Waiting for Players.
  
  There should also be little turmoil waiting for players to join games - if a game does not fill, players can simply join an alternative game (games for varying numbers.of players will be set-up to ensure that there are no odd-players-out).
  
  Division moderators will ensure that the same map (except Random) is not used more than once for each division's time-slot on any week.

Settings

• All games will be automatic and sequential.
  
  All play-off and championship finals games will also involve fog of war and adjacent settings. All play-off games will involve escalating spoils.
  
  Spoils will generally either be escalating or nuclear (to avoid build-up games). Games on small maps may use other types of spoils.
  
  During weeks 1 to 5, there will be a relatively even distribution of sunny and foggy games.
  
  During weeks 1 to 5, there will be a relatively even distribution of adjacent and chained games (there may also be some unlimited reinforcements although a reduced number due to first-player advantage usually being increased with this setting).

Maps

• Each week the following popular speed maps will all be used:
  
  • Classic
    Doodle Earth
    Luxembourg
    Duck and Cover
    Feudal War
    American Civil War
    World War II Poland
    Europe 1914
    Canada
    Steamworks
    Random
  Each player signing-up in advance can select one map which will be every each week (the Division Moderator will determine the settings and how the map fits in to the range of games available). The map must be conjusive to games finishing relatively quickly (e.g. no Hive) and players' original choice cannot be changed. The Division Moderator retains the right to ask players to reselect their map choice.
  
  The Division Moderator can also select two geographically-relevant maps to be used each week (relevant to the geography of the division).
  
  Complex maps (such as base-style starting positions etc.) will not be used more than once for each division time-slot, each week during the league phase.
  
  The Play-Offs 1 v 1 games will use Random Map (see above).

Example, for, say, the Eastern European Division:

Classic, 4-player Terminator (Escalating)
Doodle, 5-player Assassin (Fog, Nukes)
Classic, 5-player Assassin (Escalating)
American Civil War, 5-Player Terminator (Escalating)
Feudal War, 5-Player Terminator (Escalating)
Luxembourg, 3-player Assassin (No spoils)
Classic, 3-player Terminator
WWII Poland, 3-Player Assassin (Flat Rate)
Duck and Cover 4-Player Terminator (Escalating)
Feudal War 1 v 1
Doodle 1 v 1
Lux 1 v 1
Cyprus 1 v 1
Europe 1914 [Player Choice] 4-player
AoR 3 [Player Choice] 5-Player
Duck & Cover [Player Choice] 3-Player Term
Pelo War [Player Choice] 4-Player
Arms Race 1 v 1 [Player Choice] 1 v 1
Ancient Greece [TO Choice] 3 Player (Escalating)
WWII Eastern Front [TO Choice] 4 Player (Escalating)

The scoring system favours players who attend regularly without penalising players who miss just one week.

The system also provides players joining the tournament part-way through with a chance of progressing if they play very well.

• Each week, players score 2 attendance points for joining a game which starts during their division's time slot. Players score 1 attendance point joining a game which starts outside their division's time slot. Attendance points are only granted where players have played in games.*
  
  Players also score participation points. Each week (regardless of which division games are played in), players score 2 participation points for playing in 3 or more games and 1 point for playing in 2 games.
  
  During Weeks 3 to 5, players score 2 attendance points for playing at any time, and core participation points as above.
  
  Players can score a maximum of 6 attendance and 6 participation points (and thereby do not lose out if they miss just one week).
  
  Players also score kill ratio points.
  
  This is calculated as follows:
  
  • Each victory in 2-player standard games counts for 24 kill points.
    
    Each victory in 3-player standard or assassin games counts for 36 kill points.
    Each victory in 4-player standard or assassin games counts for 48 kill points.
    Each victory in 5-player standard or assassin games counts for 60 kill points.
    
    Each kill in 3-player terminator games counts for 18 kill points.
    Each kill in 4-player terminator games counts for 16 kill points.
    Each kill in 5-player terminator games counts for 15 kill points.
    
    (This reflects the real probabilities per kill according to player numbers.)
    
    Each player's kill points are added up and divided by (the number of games played * 12) to give the kill ratio points.

Player's kill ratio points, atttendance and participation points are added together to determine their league table position.

• * Plenty of games will be set-up by moderators so players showing-up on time have no excuse for not playing. If they are too selectibe about joining games and thereby do not play then no attendance points will be awarded.

Dates for these games are fixed and not subject to change or negotiation once the tournament starts. If a player is unavailable on the day then games will progress with one fewer player. If a player announces unavailability in advance, then the player with the best record in the previous round* will progress as a replacement.

Players will be sent invites to the Play-Off games - if they fail to join they will forfeit.

Players will be sent a PM invite 10 minutes before the Final start times and will have until 5 minutes after the start time to join.

• For the final, the player defeated by the missing player in the play-off stage two will be the replacement. For play-off stage two, the replacement will be the last player defeated by the missing player in the play-off stage one. For the play-off stage two, the replacement will be the player with the most points from the league stage (not already qualifying).
• If the initial replacement is not available either, then the replacement will be the player with the next-best record from the previous round.