AWL Spring Cup: Schedules

The organizer of the tournament is the Armored Warfare team.

Terms:

• Team - an organized group of players eligible for the tournament. A team consists of 7 players and up to 2 reserve players
• Player - a member of a team who has been signed up for the tournament
• Team’s captain - the player representing his team and responsible for providing the Tournament Organizer with the necessary information
• Referee - a representative of the Tournament Organizer, responsible for observing and enforcing the tournament rules
• Round - a fight between two teams on one map
• Match - a series of rounds

Format:

• EU server
• 32 teams, 7 players each
• The bracket is generated automatically
• Format - single elimination (lose once and you’re out), Best of 5
• Maps - Pipelines/Narrows/Ghost Field/Tropical Coast/Lost Island
• All rounds of a match are played one map. Before the match, each team bans two map (t1 ban- t2 ban - t1 ban - t2 ban), the remaining map is played. The team which is higher in the bracket gets to ban first
• The team which is higher in the bracket gets to pick the respawn site
• Lobby parameters: Standard match, Privacy - Private, Duration - 10 minutes, Allow Invites - on. The name of the lobby must contain the names of both teams
• Tier 7, all classes except for SPG are allowed, premiums allowed, all consumables allowed, all commanders are allowed

Signing up:

• Team’s captain submits their squads of 7 players and up to 2 substitutes on esports.my.com from 23.4. to 27.4.2018. The registration closes at 19:00 CEST, 27.4.2018
• After that, team captains have to confirm their team’s participation on the same page. Teams that registered earlier have a priority in getting their spot confirmed. Confirmation closes at 23:59 CEST, 29.4.2018. Brackets will be formed on 30.4.2018
• All players need at least 1 Tier 7 vehicle in order to be eligible for the tournament
• One player can only be a member of one team
• Team’s captain (the one submitting the list of players) must make sure all of his or her players are eligible for the tournament and the team has a name. Additionally, the captain can add up to 2 reserve players, which can be used in case one of the main players can’t participate in a game due to a technical or connection issue.
• After the confirmation is finished all captains must contact the Tournament Organizer in Discord at Peligro#7743

Before and during the matches:

• All matches must start by 20:00 CEST (1/32 - Tuesday, 1/16 - Wednesday. Finals - Sunday)
• At 19:00 CEST, the team captains will get an option to check in on the match page. As soon as one team captain checks in, a 15 minutes timer starts, and if the second captain fails to check in on time, the first team gets a default win
• After both captains have checked in, they may add each other as friends in-game, prepare the lobby and commence the map pick ban
• All captains must make screenshots of the results after every map played
• After the match has concluded, the captains must enter the results of the match on the match page and attach relevant screenshots
• All matches must conclude by 22:00 CEST
• In case where one captain can’t reach another to start a match, but both captains have checked in, a Tournament Organizer must be contacted
• During the matches, players are expected to demonstrate fair play and good sportsmanship

Win conditions:

• A team wins a match after winning 3 round in Bo5
• The conditions for winning a round correspond with the in-game conditions
• If a draw occurs a tie-breaker round will be played
• If a tie-breaker also ends up in a draw, the winner is determined by the following statistics:

1. Amount of vehicles left alive after the tie-breaker ends
2. If not determined by (1), by the amount of damage dealt by the whole team combined
3. If not determined by (2), a referee can call another tie-break round or give default losses to both of the teams, at the discretion of the jury and the Tournament Organizer

Disqualification:

A team may be disqualified for the following reasons, at the discretion of the referee from a CM team:

• A team or a member of a team was found guilty of cheating or hacking in any way that gave said team an unfair advantage during the match
• A team or a member of a team was found guilty of match fixing
• A member of a team used obscene, vulgar or offensive language, or statements inciting hatred or discrimination, at any point before, during and after the match
• A team or a member of a team was found guilty of breaking the Armored Warfare EULA
• A member of a team knowingly mislead the Tournament Organizer or other players using deliberately false information
• A member of a team has switched his or her vehicle during a replay
• A member of a team has used an account that belongs to a third person
• A member of a team has provided information about a match lobby to anyone other than the match participants, a referee or an official streamer
• This list is not exclusive. In all disputes the Tournament Organizer has the final decision and reserves the right to disqualify a team

Other rules:

• If necessary a team can take part in a match with incomplete composition. The minimum number of players in the team for the match is 5 players, which means a match can be played 7vs6 or 7vs5. In the event where a team has less than 5 player present, that team gets a default loss
• All captains must have 1 video replay of their matches that must be submitted to the Tournament Organizer (referee) if requested
• In case of a technical issue a round is replayed. Only global server-side issues count as a technical issue
• Players may switch their vehicles between the rounds. In case of a replay of a round players cannot switch their vehicles
• A referee might contact team captains and ask to be invited to spectate a match before or during the game
• Selected matches, included finals, will be broadcasted on AW official Twitch, Youtube & Facebook and casted by the CMs & AW streamers. Tournament Organizer will reach out to team captains to allow spectating for the streamers
• Tournament Organizer reserves the right to call for an additional match to determine stronger team.
• Tournament Organizer reserves the right to fine a team (reduce their prize) if said team has received a default loss during the tournament
• Tournament Organizer reserves the right to alter these rules at any point
• By signing up for the tournament team captains confirm that they have read and agreed to these rules
• In any and all non-standard situations or situations not described by these rules the Tournament Organizer reserves the right resolve the situation at its discretion