NOC-

NOC-

Hello All,

Following a discussion held by the Tournament team we have come to a decision of a new policy regarding warning and banning players for repeatedly disrupting tournament proceedings.

The policy is as follows:
2 verbal warnings
1 ban from next FAF official tournament

If a player gets a combined 5 warnings they will be banned from Official Tournaments for 6 months.

Offences:
Not showing up to the tournament without prior telling the Tournament Director or Team that you will not be present.
As usual after 15 minutes no show you will be disqualified and now will receive a warning.
We can be contacted on Discord, Forums and in FAF channel that has been selected for the tournament.

Deliberately slowing down the tournament and tournament proceedings for example playing another game during the FAF tournament.

Leaving/Resigning from the tournament without telling the Tournament Director or team that you are doing so.

Harassment of any tournament team member will result in an instant ban from the next official tournament.

Important:
In order to be eligible for any money prizes you must complete all of your matches.
If you get to finals and do not want to play you will forfeit your prize.

Any questions please ask the tournament team.

NOC-

You want to help FAF when your clearly promoting an external game using the FAF player base to make money.
Your clearly utilising the news feed which is under your direct control to try and cause a biased election.
The only change your trying to make here is reducing FAF player base to increase your games player base so you make money.

Theyre not trying to save their own skin as Biass, FTX, Keyser, Turin any of the others do their job and they do it well. They do not cause issues to the level that you have.
Yes there is some toxicitiy there always is.
People have a difference of opinion. It always causes an issue thats life.

As from your previous post. "And if election integrity is something that is something that must be fiercely enforced ... just you wait for part 2".
Is this a direct threat the community of retaliation as you did not get your way.

I may not know the entire ins and outs of the council. Nor do I fully care. If Sheeo and FTX have a disagreement then I assume their arguing whether something is the best for FAF.
My issue is your clear abuse of your position.
That is why there is a call for your resignation not because of toxicity but due to the power abuse.

NOC-

Commanders, the time has once again come.

Our beloved land is under attack.

The battle of Setons will shortly begin.

Fuel your fighters, load your fleets and brace for mid reclaim.

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This will be a 2v2 Tournament.

1 Player in Mid position, 1 player in Rock position on either team.

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Rules:
All normal tournament rules apply for official tournaments.
Plus 1 extra
No Telemazer or your team will be forfeit.

This is Seton's not Dual gap.

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Prizes:
1st Place: King of Setons avatar
2nd Place: Tournament Participate avatar
3rd Place: Faction Face avatar

1st Place: $300 (split between 2)
2nd Place: $200 (split between 2)
3rd Place: $100 (split between 2)

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THERE IS NO RATING LIMITS FOR TEAMS OR PLAYERS

If you are 2500 you count as 2500 but there is no upper limit for your team.

This is the King of Setons, we need our strongest to defend our holy land.

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Date: 23rd March 2024
Start Time: 1400 UTC
Chat: /join #Kings
Challonge: https://challonge.com/zb2sb4m
Tournament Director: NOC
Streaming: TBC

Tournament Format:
Double Elimination - All Best of 1 games

Entry information:
SIGN UP WITH YOUR PAIR

Map:
Seton's Clutch FAF Version
Settings: Fixed Spawns, 1 rock, 1 mid (Players can play same slot (do not have to rotate)) Full-Share, 1500 max unit

Signups:

Tagada & Yudi
Swatoslav & Lunyshko
Nory & Foley
Karateka & BanExpires-Never
QuantumTyphoon & Exterminator-Hun

Looking for Team
Unknown
Deli

NOC-

Hello Everyone,

This is a 1v1 Tournament with Bo1 in all games with a double elimination bracket.
Bracket will be seeded by ladder rating.

The tournament is open to all players.

There is no map veto's as it is only Open Palms - FAF Version.
There is no faction veto's.

Date: September 28th
Start Time: 13:00 UTC
Chat: /join #Palms
Challonge: https://challonge.com/dby7dej0
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: TBC

Prizes:

1st: $150
2nd: $100
3rd: $50

1st: King of Open Palms Avatar
2nd: Tournament Participant Avatar
3rd: Faction face Avatar

Please note payment is via PayPal with transaction fee deducted from winnings.
All Payment rules and regulations must be followed as per https://forum.faforever.com/topic/7161/faf-official-tournament-payout-guidelines
Any questions please ask Deribus.

To signup leave a post below with your current ladder rating.

Map Pool:
Open Palms - FAF Version

Players:
Chisato 2219
banani, 2100
Pavor- 2078
Turin 2030
Unknow 1963
Robogear 1950
trandan 1900
Swatoslav 1888
Hybrid 1805
FFF 1700
Whiteheart 1700
Explosive 1633
CunningFox 1500
Futureman 1154
LoliChan 1114
HighLander-TX 951

NOC-

Hello and welcome to the Qualifier Tournament for the 2023 Summer Invitational. The top 4 players of this tournament will receive invites to play in the 2023 Summer Invitational.

This is a 1v1 Double Elimination bracket with BO3 games in the winners bracket and BO1 games in the losers bracket. The bracket will be seeded based on ladder rating. Each BO3 will consist of a 5x5, 10x10, and 20x20, played in that order.

This tournament is open to all players.

There is no maximum number of players. The number of BO1s vs BO3s in the winners bracket will be adjusted to ensure a timely tournament.

All standard tournament rules apply. In the event of a tie in position occurs (ie 7-8th) which is needed to determine whether a player will advance to the group stage, a BO1 will be played to determine who advances. Signups will close 15 minutes before the start time.
See official tournament rules post for additional details.

Date: September 23rd
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #summer
Challonge: https://challonge.com/kltlh398
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: twitch.tv/faflive (yet to be ensured)

Prizes:
The top 4 players from the qualifier will advance to the Group Stage.
Avatars yet to be determined.

To signup leave a post below with your current ladder rating.

Players:
Ovenman - 1127
Tron - ?
Psychopomp - ?
One-Above-All - ?
Karateka - 1420
Wifi - ?
Winter - 1117
h4yd0s - ?

Map Pool:

5 by 5:
Ambush Pass
Theta Passage - FAF Version
The Ganges Chasm

10 by 10:
Distortion
Frithen
Open Palms - FAF Version
Niflheim Final V2
Twin Rivers - FAF Version

20 by 20:
Bermuda Locket - FAF Version
Point Of Reach V4
Pelagial

Mapgens:
7.5 by 7.5
10 by 10
12.5 by 12.5
15 by 15

Results:

Wifi
Nory
System Failure
Loxpooig
Winter
Ovenman
Karateka

NOC-

^^^ Wants big land battles -- Plays dual gap

NOC-

Based of this I shall resort back to my old insults: your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries

NOC-

Hello and welcome to the 2023 Summer Invitational Tournament! The annual Summer Invitational is a top level 1v1 tournament featuring a series of invited players and an open qualifier to find the top 16 players on FAF. For those who are not familiar, there will be series of invites sent out to previous tournament winners, and an open qualifier on September 23rd to fill the remainder of the slots. This is followed by a group stage on September 30th where the top 8 players will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket on October 7th - 8th whose winners will receive prizes and glory!

All tournaments will be casted on twitch.tv/faflive starting at 14:00 UTC.

What’s changed?
We will now be using the new combined Legend of the Stars points system for determining invites. There will now always be 12 players getting in through invites and 4 players getting in through the qualifier. Invites will be sent out to the top 12 players on that list and if any of the top 12 do not wish to participates, additional invites will be sent to the players next in line. In addition, the qualifier has gone back to being fully open to all players who wish to participate.

Would you like to contribute to the prize pool?
You can donate via Paypal to support this tournament.

Prize pool:
$350
Donated via FAF.

• 1st: $175, Summer Invitational Champion Avatar, 16 LotS points
• 2nd: $100, Faction Face Avatar, 12 LotS points
• 3rd: $50, Faction Icon Avatar, 8 LotS points
• 4th: $25, 6 LotS points
• 5th-8th: 4 LotS points
• 9th-16th: 2 LotS points

Congratulations to Turbo2 for winning and taking first place.
Congratulations to Yudi taking 2nd place.
Congratulations to Zlo taking 3rd place.
Congratulations to Blast Chilled taking 4th place.

Avatars yet to be ensured they exists.

Note: residents of countries under sanction by the US, EU, or Germany may be ineligible to receive cash prizes.

The qualifier:
This is an open qualifier, all players are welcome to participate. It will be a double elimination tournament with BO1s and BO3s in the winner's bracket and BO1s in the loser's bracket. Maps will be selected by myself from a pool for each round. Players will be seeded by ladder rating at the time of signup.

The group stage:
This will consist of 4 groups of 4 players playing a round robin style tournament with the top 2 of each group advancing. Games will be BO3s. Groups will be chosen by a captains system. The players with the top 4 highest invitational points will act as captains taking turns picking the remaining 3 players in their groups. The player with the most points will get Group A and first pick. Group B captain will pick second with following picks made using a snake system.

Maps will be chosen by players from a pool of 11 using a veto/pick system with 2 vetoes each, players will make alternating vetoes and picks with loser seed vetoing first and higher seed picking first. For the last pick players will resume vetoing from the remaining maps until only one map remains with lower seed vetoing first. Faction veto will also be used.

The playoffs:
This is a single elimination tournament with all BO3 matches expect for the championship match which will be BO5. Maps are chosen by players in a pick/veto system from a pool of 15 with 3 vetoes each, players will make alternating vetoes and picks. Players advancing from the group stage can submit one map to the finals bracket map pool (subject to Tournament Director veto). For the last pick players will resume vetoing from the remaining maps until only one map remains with lower seed vetoing first. Faction veto will also be used. There first two rounds of the Playoffs will be played on Saturday and the 3rd place and championship match will be played on Sunday. The 3rd place match will start at 14:00 UTC and the championship match will follow it.

Accepted invites:
Yudi
Archsimkat
Espi
Turbo2
Fodin
Grimplex
Shen
Blast
Banani
Rowan

https://challonge.com/cl0w1bjl

NOC-

Whats wrong with the word "faggot".

I say this as a member of the gay community so you can ban me for being homophobic as it legitimately defines me.

NOC-

Overview:
Hello everyone and welcome to this years Legend of the Stars championship.

Schedule (All tournaments start at 14UTC):
Legend of the Stars Open Qualifier: November 25th
Group Stage A+B Day 1: December 2nd
Group Stage C+D Day 2: December 3rd
Playoffs Day 1: December 9th
Playoffs Day 2: December 10th

Stream: twitch.tv/faflive
Tournament Organizer: NOC-
Tournament Directors: NOC-, (hopefully more)
Streamers: TBD

Current Prize Pool: Current Prize Pool $1900
Current Donators:

FAF - $1900

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE: Please contact NOC- or post in this thread directly.

Prize Pool:
1st - 1st place LotS avatar - $600
2nd - 2nd place LotS avatar - $375
3rd - 3rd place LotS avatar - $275
4th - 4th place LotS avatar - $150
5th-8th - $75 each
9th-12th - $30 each
13th-1th - $20 each

Rules:
This tournament will run via the new set of tournament rules.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/6167/official-tournament-rules

Invited Players:
This year there will only be 8 invited players based on the Invitational points system.

Yudi
Tagada
Espi
Turbo2
Zlo
Nexus
Turin
Grimplex

Rejected:
Turin

New Invited:
Shen

This tournament will have 1 qualifier stage tournament to make up the additional 8 players entering the 16 man group stage.

Then a 16 man group stage split across two different days to maximise casting before entering a final 8 man battle until we get to the Gold, Silver, Bronze and 4th place matches.

Qualifier: 25th November 2023

Followed by a 16 player round robin event group stage.

Group Stage - split between Groups A & B, Groups C & D.
Groups A & B : 2nd December 2023
Groups C & D : 3rd December 2023

Round of 8 and Semi-Finals: 9th December 2023.
Finals Bronze and 4th Place matches: 10th December 2023.

Qualifier 1 - 25th November 2023:

This is a 1v1 Double Elimination bracket with BO3 games in the winners bracket and BO1 games in the losers bracket. The bracket will be seeded based on ladder rating.

This tournament is only open to players currently placed in 1v1 Masters, Grandmasters, and/or those with 1500+ ladder rating.

There is no maximum number of players. The number of BO1s vs BO3s in the winners bracket will be adjusted to ensure a timely tournament.

Date: November 25th
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #Qualy
Challonge: ----
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: twitch.tv/faflive
Link: ----

Prizes:
The top 8 players of this tournament will fill 8 slots in the LOTS 2023 player list.

A separate post will follow for signups to this tournament.

16 Player Group Stage:
Group Stage - split between Groups A & B, Groups C & D.
Groups A & B : 2nd December 2023.
Groups C & D : 3rd December 2023.

3 Map Veto's Each
Faction Veto's used.
All brackets are BO5.

Day 1:
Date: December 2nd
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #LOTS23
Challonge: https://challonge.com/42fafngn
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: twitch.tv/faflive
Streamers: TBD

Day 2:
Date: December 3rd
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #LOTS23
Challonge: https://challonge.com/42fafngn
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: twitch.tv/faflive
Streamers: TBD

Final 8 Playoffs:

These matches are BO5.
3 Map Veto's Each
Faction Veto's used.

Date: December 9th 2023
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #LOTS23
Challonge: https://challonge.com/42fafngn
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: twitch.tv/faflive

Final 4 Playoffs:

These matches are BO7.
3 Map Veto's Each
Faction Veto's used.

Date: December 10th 2023
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #LOTS22
Challonge: https://challonge.com/42fafngn
Tournament Directors: NOC-
Stream: twitch.tv/faflive

Substitutions:
In the event players are unable to attend a substitute will be brought in.
These substituted are from the Qualifier Stage Tournaments.

Player Cards

With Thanks to:

NOC-

Its in the rule set

NOC-

A tournament is considered official if FAF is offering prizes for the participants, including
avatars, public funds, and other prizes.

NOC-

Hello All,

In accordance with the rules while this is discouraged it is not actually against the rules.

This is a forum topic where players can openly and freely discuss the moderation action within FAF.

As long as we keep it civil apparently.

So in accordance with FAF rules as stated https://faforever.com/rules

"Discussing moderation decisions in public is discouraged. Channels exist for appealing processes and raising concerns about moderation."

While discouraged it is not prohibited.

And there is a moderation support channel for one on one discussion but no clear community open discussion.

Also as some Russian players are unable to utilise this function in discord due to their Government this is their channel for discussing such events.

So please keep it civil and user friendly.

NOC-