Challengers Cup (4v4)(u6000)

hybrid_

Greetings everyone! This is going to be a new tournament aimed at the mid range of players as there hasn't been much at all in recent times. As someone who has continued to play FAF because of tournaments, I thought it would be a fun and enticing idea to make this tournament. My fondest early memories of playing FAF were playing mid-rank tournaments where you find that itch for being in intense competitive games.

This will be a 4v4 tournament with the aim of increasing the competitiveness in the mid-rank range. If this tournament goes well it may become a regular tournament throughout the year, with potential cash prizes being included.

General Information

Date: 5th/6th of July, 13UTC
Coverage: https://www.twitch.tv/faflive
Bracket: https://challonge.com/v4mine5l
Chat: #CC
Tournament Organiser: hybrid_
Tournament Director: Paradox_Of_War, Razana

Format

The tournament is a 4v4, which will be either double elimination, with a best of 3 upper bracket and a best of 1 lower bracket. Or a swiss stage which will lead to a final stage where 4 teams face off in a single elimination bracket. More details will be announced as signups proceed.

Map pool

For this tournament, we will be collaborating with the Matchmaker Team. They will be making for pool for us alongside making it the 4v4 matchmaking pool for the month of July. This means the map pool will be released on the 1st of July.

Prizes

1st - Custom Challengers Cup Champion avatar (Rotating until the next Challengers Cup)
2nd - Faction face
3rd - Faction logo

Rules

The official FAF Tournament Rules apply.
Some of the most important of these rules are:

Disconnects within 5 minutes may result in a rehost. The Tournament Director has the last say afterwards.
Players will replay the same map if they draw.
If the incorrect map is hosted, the correct map will be hosted and the incorrect map will not count towards the score
Players who do not appear without valid reasoning will be given a warning that may result in being temporarily suspended from tournaments.
If a player does not show up in Round 1, they may be replaced. For all subsequent rounds, it will be treated as a forfeit and they will be eliminated and not replaced.
All participants will be allowed a 15-minute wait at the start of a tournament to show up however after this 15 minute wait the Tournament Direct has the right to disqualify you from the tournament. In the case where you will be late but do intend to arrive you need to message the Tournament Director preferably via Discord to inform them you will be late but will show up. When doing this please provide an approximate time delay until you arrive, it will then be the Tournament Directors decision whether than delay is too long or acceptable. If your team loses a member, you may find a substitution within the rank requirements.
The Tournament Director's decision is final.
You can read the rest here: https://forum.faforever.com/assets/uploads/files/1685891393985-official-faf-tournament-rules.pdf

Specific Tournament Rules

All 4 players on a team must be within a range of a combined global rating of 6000. Exact ratings will be taken.
No player above a global rating of 1650 may participate.

Signup Information

Signup as teams of 4 or as a free agent.
If a player is seen or deemed to be intentionally dropping rating for the tournament, they will be screened.
Free agents are able to message each other to make a team before registration ends, if unable to find a team, the tournament director will decide the free-agent teams.
Team names are allowed as long as they are appropriate and are letters of the English alphabet, numerals, and special symbols: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-.!<>()[]{}/&
Signups close on the 4th of July

When signing up, please state:

For premade teams:

Team name if you have one already.
All 4 Players FAF usernames and their global rating exactly.
The team "captain" alongside their discord tag, as it will be the player who will interact with the TD the most
The total combined team rating

For free agents:

FAF Username and your exact global rating
Discord tag

Team Signups:

Free Agents:

rewersant 1380
~~BabeI 1270~~
Ubivator_3000 1400
zopniky 1165
~~TurboPuck 1500~~
Civralex 789
Froku 982
Quantum Typhoon 1101

If you have any questions, please feel free to make a post on this page!

hybrid_

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens on the day of the tournament?

As it might be your first tournament, I think it would be best to guide you through what typically happens on the day of the tournament.

To start, you will need to be able to communicate with the tournament director, the two places you will need to be in are:

The FAF Client chat, which will be #CC. To access it, go to the chat tab, press the + next to the "aeolus" tab, type CC and press enter.
The Challengers Cup channel in the FAF Discord. To find it, scroll down to the "Tournament Directors" category, and press the tournament page, and find the tournament that says "Challengers Cup".
This is an especially important part of participating in a tournament, as the tournament director will give you instructions on who you will be playing, any notices and be able to answer any questions you may have.

From here onwards, check the bracket, find your opponent and await approval of the tournament director to start hosting you games.

When hosting the games, please give it the appropriate title, for example, CC R1 G1 Team_hybrid vs Team_Strydxr. Make sure you double check, hell even triple check that all the settings are correct. If you have played with the wrong settings, you may need to replay the game, even if you have already played it as it will not count towards the match.

The lobby settings in question:

After each game, make sure you report the current scoreline to the tournament director.

Substitutions

Can we use a player who has already been knocked out as a substitute?
No.
Will the sub qualify for all prizes that the team gets? What about the guy that had to leave halfway?
When a player drops out, he forfeits his chance at a prize. The substituted player will receive the prize instead, IF they have played and won at least 1 series.

hybrid_

How do I join the Challenger's Cup channel in the FAF Discord?

Join the FAF Discord: https://discord.gg/FbgtTTcA9F
Scroll down the channel list on the left to check that you have access to the "Tournament Directors" category on the server. If you do, you should see the "Tournaments" channel. Click on it and you should see the "Challengers Cup" post. Open the post and send a message to confirm that you have read and write access. If you are new to the server, you may have to wait for 10 minutes before you have permission to send messages.
If you do not see the "Tournament Director's category on the server, scroll up on the server's channel list and click on "Channels & Roles". It should be located below "Events" .
On the "Channels & Roles" screen, click on the "Browse Channels" subsection then scroll down until you see a section labelled "Tournament Directors".
To the right of this label, tick the box labelled "Follow Category" and you should now be able to follow step 2.
If any issue persists, please let us know in this forum thread.

Babel-

Signing up, FAF Username: BabeI, (thats not an L), Global atm: 1270, FAF Discord: Babel.

rewersant

rewersant 1380

SYSTEM_FAILURE

I would like to join, but I dont have any friends. If anyone wants a 40 year old autisic degenerate let me know

In_Omnia_Paratus

I am signing up the team.

Team name: Pro Team
In_Omnia_Paratus ( Captain ) , global 1527 [discord tag: In_Omnia_Paratus ]
b1adam , global 1399
Strife , global 1422
System_Failure , global 1572

total combined team rating: 5920

Thorkan12

Can I join? (300 rating)

zopniky

I'll sign up as a free agent.
FAF: zopniky, 1165
Discord: zopniky

Ubivator_3000

Hello. I would like to try to play. My nickname is Ubivator_3000
rating global 1400

TurboPuck

Hello. I would like to try to play. My nickname is TurboPuck
rating global 1500

Cunningfox

Sign up solo CunningFox 1776

Capy

@Cunningfox isnt 1650 max?

Neytron

@Cunningfox bro

Civralex

Hello there, i also would like to join as free agent but i cannot see the post challengers cup on discord. Name: Civralex, Rating 789, Discordname: Uran

Razana

@Civralex

Hi, we haven't created the thread for it yet. As long as you can see the "Tournaments" text channel under the "Tournament Directors" category, you should be fine. You can expect the thread to be there either the day before or on the day itself (I will reconfirm this and update my post accordingly).

Froku

I like to play.
Global raiting 982

Finisterre

Signing up the whole team named "White Lotuses of Shaolin":

1455 Cantarolar
1590 White_Owl
1536 Sainse
1419 Finisterre

Total sum: 6000

chaospyr

Signing up the team "HEL"
Total rating: 5642
Captain:
Chaospyr => 1437
chaospyr on discord
Members:
Firv => 1512
Karimm => 1400
Esmonoob => 1293

hybrid_

@Finisterre Which player is your captain and whats their discord @?