Welcome to the first Official FAF Teamgame Event! We'll be doing an oscillating schedule until LotS this year between 1v1 and larger team events. Depending on interest both from players and viewers, we can hopefully attach an end of the year event for team events as well!
Logistics
Tournament Dates:
July 16th 14:00 UTC
Tournament Directors:
FtXCommando & Deribus
Event Link: https://www.twitch.tv/faflive
Event LiveCasters: Endranii
Challonge Top Bracket: https://challonge.com/1t5fpour
Challonge Lower Bracket: https://challonge.com/5kjx9y5m
IRC: #DD
Current Prize Pool: $300
Interested in Donating?
Contact me on the Forums/Discord/FAF Client.
Tournament Structure
This Tournament will follow a Single Elimination Format with BO3 series as a general rule. The tournament will also have a 4100 rating cap looking at player peak rating across global and the 2v2 leaderboard. However, the rating ceiling is capped at 2200 so if a player is above 2200 they will still be valued at 2200.
Rating will also be locked in at the values they were at as of July 2nd.
NOTE:
I may do adjustments depending on the quantity and quality of signups. If people fall well below the rating cap they can still feel free to signup and I don't mind running dual or triple brackets to keep the events competitive and interesting even with a large margin of skill levels.
I made this setup on the premise of about 10-12 3500+ rated teams signing up.
Map Selection
The maps this event will utilize are:
-INITIALLY UNVETOBLE-
Map Gen 15x15 (8 spawns)
Map Gen 20x20 (8 spawns)
-INITIAL VETO POOL-
10x10
canis 4v4 spezial edition
Diversity
Funeral Plains
Huracan
Phenom Spartiate v2
Wonder open 5v5 v3b
20x20
Adaptive Metir
Huge Wonder Open (6-7 & 14-15)
Insanity Rising
Seton's Clutch - FAF Version
The Drunken Beetles Dance - FAF Version
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Lower Bracket Map Pool
-INITIALLY UNVETOBLE-
Map Gen 15x15 (8 spawns)
Map Gen 20x20 (8 spawns)
-INITIAL VETO POOL-
10x10
Badlands 5v5
Diversity
Funeral Plains
Africa
Miracle
Wonder 4v4 v3c (it's version 4)
20x20
Adaptive Moon
Adaptive Fate
Mangrove Delta
Point of Reach v4
The Drunken Beetles Dance - FAF Version
TL:DR - 3 alternating vetoes each, low seed vetoes first. High seed picks map 1. Low seed picks map 2. Players veto down for the last map. All maps are viable to veto on the 3rd game.
There is a pool of 13 maps and maps will be selected using a veto and pick system. This means each team has 3 vetos, with the lower seed in the group vetoing first in an alternating pattern. (ie lower seed, upper seed, lower seed, upper seed). Next the higher seed will select the first map, the lower seed the second map, and if necessary teams will resume vetoing maps until only 1 remains with the lower seed vetoing first.
No faction veto will be used for this tournament.
Once a map is picked for a round, the team that selected that respective map will confirm their team setup (who is playing slot 1 and 2) and the lower seeded team will then proceed to pick the slot setup they wish to play.
For mapgen, both teams can enter the lobby and view the map prior to sending in their vetoes. Each team now gets 1 reroll, but must use the rerolled map. Players must host with the tournament settings on when using map gen.
To clarify map picking and faction veto:
- Figure out whether you use the upper or lower bracket pool.
- Lower seed (as shown by the position in the group) vetoes first map
- Higher seed vetoes next map
- Lower seed uses next veto
- Higher seed uses next veto
- Lower seed uses final veto
- Higher seed uses final veto
- Higher seed then picks the first map to play from the list of maps in the pool that have not been vetoed
- Lower seed picks the second map following the same rules
- In the event of a tie, players veto down the remaining maps until 1 remains with lower seed going first
- The winner reports the results (including losses and tie games) to their group's tournament director in the #DD channel
Rewards:
1st: $150 and 
2nd: $100 + Faction Face
3rd: $50 + Faction Logo
Note: residents of countries under sanction by the US, EU, or Germany may be ineligible to receive cash prizes.
Signups:
Swkoll Crushers Crushers (Bully & Auto) - 4131
Swkoll Crushers (grimplex & Tersto) - 4095
TBD (Tagada & Sladow) - 4092
Blodir & Wesh (Blodir & Wesh) - 4081
(Protect & Smith) - 4078
Creativity Issue (ZLO & arch) - 4057
Psychonauts (Farm & FtX) - 4032
Deepression Squad (Shen & Maitz) - 4010
Circus Rejects (Harzer & Blast) - 4008
Creativename11 (Yudi & SpikeyNoob) - 3996
Cringeload (Resistance & MacroNoob) - 3940
RickRoll (Banana & Furkotya) - 3870
Full Aeon, Full Baguette (Auriko & Unknow) - 3582
Forlorn Hope (Robogear & demonstreamer666) - 3475
Looking for Teammate:
BlueNoob - 1792
Secondary Bracket Signups:
Karateka & FalconV - 2100 rating
SoulRipper77 & Tytoos - 2000 rating
loxpooig & Nevelke - 2000 rating
Babel-42 & EnablingBarley - 1900 rating
NikolaMX & Brannou - 1900 rating
Talon & dman88249 - 1800 rating
This tournament will also follow standard FAF tournament rules. Any comments or concerns about the procedures or structure of the tournament? Please post them here.
Helpful Links:
Rating Leaderboards:
https://www.faforever.com/competitive/leaderboards/global
https://www.faforever.com/competitive/leaderboards/2v2
Player Ratings from July 2nd:
Tournament Ratings.pdf
if not no hard feelings.
