Hello all, its that time of the year again where we show our setons skills at top tier gameplay! This year we will have a resulting 2024 King of Setons and 2024 Prince of Setons (Queen or princess, whatever your heart desires!) Please go on ahead and register your team and read through the information below! Looking forward to the tourney and answering any questions till then.

Date: November 16 2024 (May adjust due to 2 bracket system)

Start Time: 2:00/1400 UTC

Chat: /join #SetonsClutch24

Challonge: (Pro) https://challonge.com/s7loe86y

https://challonge.com/du74i5zh

Tournament Director(s): Syndicus

Broadcasting:

https://www.twitch.tv/pmbmizer
https://www.twitch.tv/Foleybts
https://www.twitch.tv/pedrobear99 (Kuhwa)
(If you are broadcasting, please let me know in the comments!)

Rewards:

- Prince of Setons 2024

- King of Setons 2024

**High Bracket
1st: King of Setons - $300
2nd: Prince of Setons Avatar $100

**Low Bracket
1st: Prince of Setons - $200
2nd: Faction avatar

Current rewards:

$300 -FAF
$50 - PMBMizer
$100- Aurand
$50- FedoraFreak
$50 - Syndicus
$50 - Active Backlash
If you would like to add to the pool please contact me on discord at .syndicus or Syndicus#9058

Tournament Format:

Swiss Tournament 4v4
A Swiss tournament is a competition format commonly used in gaming, where participants do not get eliminated after a single loss. Instead, players are paired in each round based on their current scores, so they compete against opponents with similar performance, making it fair and engaging for all skill levels.
Top 2 teams will fight in last final match for 1st and 2nd place
Entry information:
Please arrive 1 hour - 30 minutes before tournament is hosted for check in.

Allyby:

If player naturally disconnects throughout the game, team will have option to continue. Although Must have 4 players to start game.
If by chance the game disconnects due to server issues, (multiple people) the game or match will be null. In this event a new game will be hosted. In the event the servers go down, the tourney will be postponed to a later date.

Map:

Seton's Clutch 4v4
Settings: Balance: Fixed, (Players will not play same slot twice) Full-Share, 1500 max unit
We will have a maximum of 10 team entries

Rules:

• As of now we will have single signups , --> highest rated for each team will be team captains for their respective bracket.
• If player of team or teammate does not show up substitutes will be allowed if available for current team. If in any case the replacement is unable to show or team does not show they will be disqualified.
  Player will not play the same slot twice in a row.
  Players will choose random factions.
  Players will have a predefined team setup upon launching the game. Players will not switch around upon opposing team joining hosted game.
  PLAYERS WILL DM TD PREDEFINED SLOTS PRIOR TO JOINING HOSTING/JOINING LOBBY
  Please note more changes are to follow, those changes will be shown in bold for this thread!
  Let's get it on!

Captains will be picked on the 13th November.
We will have a short twitch stream where player picks will be held for both brackets. Advise to look at the tournament discord channel on the FAF main discord for more information or questions. https://discord.gg/dxertZpX
Pro Bracket:

Amateur Bracket:

Current signups:
Mize
Monstarslayer
Nuggets
Deli
Siilentbug
TheWeakie
Seraphim-noob
Vindex
InsidiousNoob
Lolichan
Swatoslav
Yew
Whiteheart
fedorafreak
Unknown
Nory
Foley
VIP
GULMO
Protect
ZUM
Luesches
waffelznoob
Robogear
Resistance
Ikigami
Hybrid
Winter-
EpicBennis
Haidovic
Doqqel
Sainserow
WarDaddy_
Shadysocks
Bloo_dream
Autonoob

Seton's Clutch Best team of 2023 tournament!
Date: 4 November 2023 November 11 2023
Start Time: 2:00/1400 UTC Continued 1600 UTC 12 November 2023
Chat: /join #SetonsClutch
Challonge: https://challonge.com/tlpthogt
Tournament Director(s): Syndicus
Broadcasting:
www.twitch.tv/PMBMize
www.twitch.tv/Syndicus

Rewards:
$400- Prize for winner of tournament

Donated by:
$100- Mizer
$50 - Syndicus
$50 - JT_
$50 - CheeseBerry
$50 - FedoraFreak
$50 - Exselsior
$50 - Man_on_the_Moon
If you would like to add to the pool please contact me on discord at .syndicus or Syndicus#9058
Tournament Format:
Double Elimination
This tournament format tends to be used for more casual events as it provides a way to ignore the concerns of seeding that more competent players have by having a "2nd chance" bottom bracket. It takes losing at least 2 series to be knocked out. The format also tends to have an additional match to determine the final winner in the case that the winner of the bottom bracket beats the winner of the top bracket. The existence of this extra game in the case of a loss is the extra security the winner of the top bracket gets for never losing a series.
Entry information:
Please provide name of team and players.
Please arrive 1 hour - 30 minutes before tournament is hosted for check in.
Allyby: If player naturally disconnects throughout the game, team will have option to continue. Although Must have 4 players to start game.
If by chance the game disconnects due to server issues, (multiple people) the game or match will be null. In this event a new game will be hosted. In the event the servers go down, the tourney will be postponed to a later date.
Map:
Seton's Clutch
Settings: Balance: Fixed, (Players will not play same slot twice) Full-Share, 1500 max unit
We will have a maximum of 10 team entries
Rules:

All members of team must arrive at check in time of the tournament. If by chance player is missing for some odd reason, there may be exceptions for substitutes.
Team will have a combined rating of 6700 rating cap.
Must have rating by the day of sign up. No rating manipulation. If suspected will result of disqualification.
All members of a team must have minimum rating of 1100
Looking through feedback, I have decided there will be no personal rating cap. Therefore there will be no exceptions towards the the minimum and combined rating.
Starting on 12 November 2023 players will not hand base over to the highest rated player of the game for the purposes of having a slight eco advantage. Giving units is accepted but not entire bases. This just changes the entire point of adding a rating cap. If suspicion is found of this type of gameplay, team will be disqualified. Exceptions include ACU being killed by enemy, user has a disconnecting issue (user must provide proof)

Team Windows AI 6700/6700 (LOCKED)

1. Cortana (2000)
2. Riot- (1700)
3. KuhwaKlimakleber (1900)
4. Ullona_Oss (1100)

Team Rocket Blast 6800/6700 (Last minute buffer) (LOCKED)

1. Mr_Blastman (1500)
2. John (2000)
3. Protect (2100)
4. ErgoPr0xy (1200)

Team Raspberry Pie 6700/6700 (LOCKED)

1. Man_on_the_moon (2000)
2. SwatoSlav (2100)
3. Maro (1500)
4. QuantumTyphoon (1100)

Team Friendship-And-Gaming 6700/6700 (LOCKED)

1. PMBMizer (1400)
2. GFY_DePonny (1700)
3. FedoraFreak (1500)
4. VIP (2100)

Team JTizzle 6700/6700 (LOCKED)

1. JT_ (1600)
2. Accidental_Aeon (1700)
3. Gulmo (1900)
4. LoliChan (1500)

Team 5head 6600/6700 (LOCKED)

1. Aurand (1200)
2. Exselsior (1800)
3. Nory (2200)
4. legat_pit (1400)

Team 300$ 6700/6700 (LOCKED)

1. cZARJc (1700)
2. FFF (1900)
3. HorohLoxMato (1800)
4. Nooby-Pl (1300)

Team Kappa 6700/6700 (LOCKED)

1. Yudi (2400)
2. insidiousnoob (1800) BlInChIk (1800) (Substitute)
3. Melanol (1300)
4. BoneKing (1200)

Extras:
Nuggets (2100)
Deli (1900)

BlInChIk (1800)

Greetings!

FAFLive Team Lead here. First and foremost, I want to wish each and every one of you a Happy Holidays.

As the year comes to an end, I wanted to take a moment to share some stats from this past year, along with a few changes coming as we head into the new one.

Before getting into that, I want to clearly address one important point: all FAFLive broadcasts and media outlets are strictly non-biased. We do not promote, endorse, or align with any political affiliation, ideology, or real world political events. Our focus has always been, and will remain, on the game, the competition, and the community.

FAFLive exists to provide fair, neutral coverage and to create a space where players, viewers, and contributors from all backgrounds can enjoy high quality content without outside agendas. That principle will continue to guide how we operate moving forward.

The team has been hard at work behind the scenes producing higher quality content and developing a refreshed look for the stream. We’ve spent a lot of time brainstorming and refining ideas, and we’re getting close to locking in a direction we’re excited about.

Recent tournament coverage and live broadcasts have kept us busy, which is why these changes haven’t rolled out just yet. That momentum is a good problem to have but it does mean some of the visual updates had to stay in development a little longer.

Our goal is to have everything fully in place going into the new year. Along with the updated aesthetics, we’re also exploring the possibility of a team rebrand beyond the FAFLive name so keep an eye out for what’s coming next. That is a little about the upcoming changes, more to come. Cheers to those helping us out with the project.

Below are a few statistics from our Twitch channel for this year.

We’re also still in the process of expanding and integrating YouTube more fully, with the goal of having both platforms consistently showcasing FAF to a wider audience.

I also want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to all the broadcasters that helped us cover events throughout the year and the tournament organizers who hosted the events! You are the heartbeat that keeps this community alive. Last but not least, thanks to every single contributor that makes this project possible !

Looking ahead to 2026, we’re excited for what’s next and ready to build on the momentum from this year. New ideas, stronger content, and bigger plans are already in motion.

ps. For those wondering about the recent tournaments, we are still working on compiling them and uploading them to youtube, look out for those.

Date: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Reserve / Postpone Date: Sunday, 16 November 2025 (if servers or schedule force a move)
Start Time: 14:00 UTC (check-in opens 13:00 UTC; final check-in 13:30 UTC)
Chat: #SetonsClutch25 / Setons Clutch Tournament 2025 FAF Discord
Challonge:
https://challonge.com/esbdo9uh - UPPER
https://challonge.com/n19z2a3k - LOWER
Tournament Organizers: Syndicus
Tournament Director(s): TBD
Broadcasting / Streams:
https://www.twitch.tv/faflive
https://www.twitch.tv/pedrobear99

Sponsors:

FAFOfficial - $300
Syndicus - $300
FedoraFreak - $50
If you’d like to add to the prize pool, DM .syndicus or Syndicus#9058 on Discord.

We thank you for the generous donations given to the tournament.

Format & Limits

Format: Round Robin

Round Robin Format:
In a round robin, every team plays against every other team in the group. No one gets knocked out early, and final standings are based on overall win–loss records. This format is considered one of the fairest because everyone faces the same opponents.

After the round robin ends, the top 2 teams advance to a Grand Final Best-of-3. As a reward for finishing 1st, the top seed starts the final with a 1–0 advantage, meaning they only need one more win to claim the championship, while the 2nd seed must win two straight games.

All placements outside the top two are determined by the final round robin standings.

Captain Pick System: This will be a captain-pick tournament. We will have 6 teams in the upper bracket and a maximum of 6 teams in the lower bracket. Depending on the number of participants, this structure may be adjusted. Captains will be selected, and team drafting will take place one week prior to the tournament. (November 8th, 2025)

Captain picks rules is subject to change

Games will be hosted in a private lobby. TD will give the captains and casters the password for these lobbies once tournament has started.

Max teams: TBD (subject to signups and bracket needs).

Team size: 4 players minimum to start a game. Full teams should be 4–5 (1 substitute allowed on roster).

Map & Game Settings

Map: Seton’s Clutch scmp_009
Settings: Balance: Fixed (players will not use same slot twice in a row ), Full-Share, 1500 max unit , Random Factions!!

Check-In, Registration & Substitutes

Check-in opens 1 hour before start and closes 5 minutes before start.
How to check in: Post team name or player names by team captain.
Substitutes: Allowed if registered before the match and announced in chat.. Last-minute emergency subs require TD approval.

The subbed player recieves the rights to ALL prizes if he wins one series (for example one bo3). If he subbed in, but did not win a series, he has no claim to any prizes.

This is only valid if the tourney is held at the officially announced tourney dates. (And NOT if it is moved because of ddos or whatever, in that special case the TD team decides)

Disconnects, Server Issues & Rematches

If a single player disconnects naturally during a game, the team may:
Continue the match if they have ≥ 3 players and accept the result;

If a match is interrupted by server-wide issues (multiple players disconnect or server crash), the match is null and will be replayed.

Reporting Results & Disputes

Result reporting: Winner reports on Setons Clutch discord tournament channel
Disputes: DM the TD immediately with: match ID, time, short description, & evidence (screenshot / VOD). TD decision is final. Appeal window is 30 minutes after TD ruling with new evidence.

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

Conduct & Fair Play

No cheating, smurfing, match-fixing, or rating manipulation. Offenders will be disqualified and may be banned from future events.

Be respectful. Harassment or hate speech = immediate removal and possible ban.

Streamers must follow community rules & add delay to stream to avoid stream sniping. (minimum 90 second delay)

Prize Distribution

Avatars:
- King of Setons

- Prince of Setons

Winner:

Upper Bracket

1st Place: $300 + King of Seton Avatar

2nd Place: $150 + Prince of Seton Avatar

Lower Bracket

1st Place: $150 + Prince of Seton Avatar

2nd Place: $50 + Faction avatar

The prize will strictly follow FAF guidelines. Includes disbursement of prize to sanctioned countries.
Reminder that all payments of official FAF fund prizes are subject to the official FAF tournament payout guidelines.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/7161/faf-official-tournament-payout-guidelines

Misc / Admin Notes

TD reserves the right to alter match formats, times, or rules in case of unforeseen circumstances. Changes will be posted in SetonsClutch Tournament channel.
For questions or to add to the prize pool: .syndicus or Syndicus#9058 on Discord.

UPDATE
No need to list rating, as I have access to verify ratings, please note I will be taking ratings from the day of this posting! (October 1st!)

Teams listed below:

What has been the best feature you've liked so far that FAF has implemented towards the game? What is the least liked feature you like about the game?

Maybe something you wish to be added?

This could be all around, anything FAF related, client, game, social medias, discord, etc.

@Nuggets Lets go with the facts.

Was the tourney scuffed? Yes.

The connections made this tourney really difficult to manage. When half of the teams are having connection issues, and I'm only referring this to the upper bracket. The lower bracket had little to none issues, which is why they were able to finish 90% that first day.

This brings me to the challonge, I'm not sure what went wrong with the challonge, but wifi's team needed a moment to try to fix connections before starting, in order to help accommodate that, I tried to switch him from starting in the first matches. Retroactively, when you make a change to challonge, its supposed to regenerate with the set paremeters of the seed, not sure why it did not do that.

Teams and substitutes:
Let me put this out as clearly as I can, I as the TD was trying to be reasonable and fair in order to make a great tourney.
Realistically, all the teams that were having connection issues were at a point of disqualification. And if you disagree, that is your opinion, when you drag the game towards another day, that is the effect of being lenient I did not believe that would be fair for the team members still wanting to play.

Lets talk about communication:
I made the discord thread specifically for the team captains on purpose. Referring back to your comment nuggets, the amount of pings that i was receiving was insufferable and caused me to lose track of things, cause there were other players with actual issues. So I relied on the team captains to give me viable information regarding the tourney. Of course this was not happening, another thing to try to fix.

As someone has already addressed, I'm always open to constructive feedback. What I will not listen to, is whining and crying about tournament being unfair. That provides me nothing to look or address in the future. It comes as simple as contacting me and addressing your issues and concerns, and we can look how to implement changes. And if you dislike the way the tourney is ran and you think you could do it better, you are always more than welcome to host it. I am not part of the TD team, but I host these for the sake of the community.

Hey everyone,
For those that don’t know me, I’m Syndicus (or Syndi), and I’ll be stepping in as the new lead for FAFLive. This is a section of FAF that’s been without leadership for a while, and I’m excited to bring it back to life.

What’s FAFLive?
Think of it as FAF’s production team. We’ll make sure streamers have the support they need, events get hosted and streamed, videos go up on our channels, and visuals like overlays and transitions look sharp. FAFLive is how we project FAF to the wider world—whether that’s Twitch, YouTube, or whatever platform that helps grow our community.

As the recent DDoS attacks have sparked worries about FAF’s future. Rest assured: our development team has been working hard to keep things running smoothly and prevent disruptions.

My goals moving forward:

• Keep what’s already working, tweak what needs improving.

• Make streams more consistent—not just on weekends, but also during the week for those watching from work, on the go, or away from their computers.

• Upload more content so tourneys, events, and highlights are easier to catch after the fact.

The focus is to give more emphasis on what we can do with FAFLive and our Youtube channel.

Right now we are currently looking for Video Editors, a dedicated FAF Casting team, and graphics designers.

But.....wait, wasn't there someone working on this before?

The answer is yes, but as you may know a lot of the project is volunteer based, and in order to reduce the workload on one or more people who have gave countless hours to the project, we are looking for new volunteers to fill in the gaps! The more people we have the less work that needs to be done!

Come be part of the community!

If you’re interested in becoming a streamer or have ideas you’d like to contribute, I’d be happy to hear them.
You can always reach me on Discord: .Syndicus.
We are always looking for volunteers in other areas as well, through this link:
https://discord.com/channels/197033481883222026/1168179121843613760

I’m genuinely looking forward to what we can accomplish together. Let’s make FAFLive something the whole FAF community can be proud of.
— Syndicus

Off topic, but those are some nice screenshots.

Syndicus -Finally a tournament I can get into! 1300

@chisato As discussed with Farms, it is difficult to find the sweet spot in which both levels of players (Moderate and Pro) are able to play at the competitive level (rating wise). The idea here is to include more than just the pros. As well as to avoid such team, stomping down the others due to a large skill gap (ex: stacked 2K teams), which is why the 6600 is justified. Simply put, the tournament is hosted for a greater amount of players in the FAF community!

Hello, there is a "Tester" role in the discord currently, but not sure how it's being used. I would say, balance changes could be released towards the FAFDEV Game mode for a few weeks to gain feedback before they are actually pushed to the regular game.

@ipconfig-release Yes but that doesn't explain why we now have an Aeon Factory that looks nothing like an HQ. More or so a generic supplementary factory.

I'm sorry, but what was the purpose of this change?

Thanks for the definition!

Welp here goes to a player losing all their units because they guessed the wrong answer. XDD

I find this a difficult issue to address, one because there is no rating decay over time of a non active player. 2. What is defined as true rating when as you can see in your chart this player has hit high peaks and has dipped low. At what possibility would I say this person is actually a 2100 rated vs a 2400. While the rating may be similar on this level, it doesn't translate at lower levels.

Hello,
As others have already mentioned, UTC is the standardized time for every event on FAF, considering we don't have multiple servers and we all play on one client. Makes this the most sensible thing to use.

A simple method to coordinate time, is to figure how far or behind you are to UTC, once you figure that one out, calculating the time shouldn't be hard.

Hello, and welcome. Caveating off of what Nuggets said, there is a seton's discord, but I can only recommend it if you are trying to get better at setons as we do have a trainer and all sorts of people that play all the time. Both serious and unserious. The only downfall is, the discord is filled with a bunch of degenerate setoners, which may or may not be the crowd you would like to hang with. There are plenty of other options as mentioned above.

Team The Setons Crutches
Radiance - 1504
FAFMemex - 1594
DarkWage - 1371
Haidovic - 1449

@Nuggets This would be kind of a slap to the face to those who already have or are maintaining the coding today. Lot of the time given to the FAF project especially for developers is free of charge. Something will always break even if we just hire a temporary developer. This is just one of those topics that will always be controversial.