Play of the tournament: https://www.twitch.tv/razana_xfp/clip/HungryOutstandingWasabiTheRinger-AP-4YOZ0qyG7vM0c

Congratulations to Mutzo for winning the tournament!!!

A huge thanks to everybody for participating and watching tournament. See you guys in subsequent editions!

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@maudlin27

I'll let you know what the finalised format will be 48 hours before the tourney starts. I usually get a surge of sign-ups at the last minute so I'll have to accomodate for that. Also I need your 1v1 rating

U1100 1v1 Tournament V

Time & Date

13:00 UTC, 9th August 2025

Note: Signs-ups will close 24 hours before the tournament starts.

Format

• If there are less than 8 participants, the tournament will be a Best-of-3 (BO3) Single Elimination followed by a BO3 in the grand finals.
• If there are 8 or more participants; The format will have a group stage with a Best-of-2 (BO2) using the Swiss system, then a BO3 in the semis and grand finals.

Single Elimination

Single Elimination is a tournament format in which the players will play until someone has won 2 of the 3 games in each round.
The losing player is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

Swiss

Competitors meet one-on-one in each round and are paired using a set of rules designed to ensure that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but does not play the same opponent more than once (across multiple rounds). Top 4 participants in the group stage will move on to the semifinals.

In the first round, competitors are paired with each other using their seed positions which are based off their 1v1 rating. In subsequent rounds, competitors are sorted according to their cumulative scores and are assigned opponents with the same or similar score up to that point. For example, if you won 2:0 against your opponent in Round 1, your opponent in Round 2 will likely be someone who also won 2:0 in Round 1. The intent of this system is to provide more even matchups for all participants regardless of their performance.

For each round in a BO2 system during the group stage: 2 wins against your opponent gives you 3 points, a win and a loss gives you 1 point, and losing both matches nets you 0 points.

The total number of rounds in the group stage is determined by the total number of participants:

Note: To keep the tournament duration manageable, the BO2 Swiss format may be swapped to a BO1 Swiss format depending on total number of participants and their feedback

Tournament Director

Razana

Matchups & Standings

https://challonge.com/ph6jnbc3

IRC

#U1100

Coverage

https://www.twitch.tv/razana_xfp

Rewards

U1100 Champion avatar which will be held by the winner until the next u1100 tournament.

Lobby Settings

Everything else is set to default. This means that every game in the tournament is rated! This is to comply with FAF's standardised tournament rules.

Rules

1. Disconnects within 5 minutes may result in a rehost. The Tournament Director has the last say afterwards.
2. Players will replay the same map if they draw.
3. If the incorrect map is hosted, the correct map will be hosted and the incorrect map will not count towards the score
4. Players who do not appear without valid reasoning may be temporarily suspended from tournaments.
5. If a player does not show up in Round 1, they may be replaced. For all subseqent rounds, it will be treated as a forfeit and they will be eliminated and not replaced.
6. The Tournament Director's decison is final.

Frequently Asked Questions (Important for newbies!)

1) How do I sign up?

Leave a message in this thread with your FAF ID and 1v1 rating. For example:

Razana, 1371

2) I've signed up, now what?

Please join our Discord server (Opens a Discord invite) after you have signed up. The Tournament Director will provide reminders for the tournament and further updates there.

3) Where do I need to be on the day of the tournament?

It is very important that you join the IRC channel (#U1100). Instructions on how to do so can be found below. This will make it easier for the Tournament Director to oversee the players, the status of their games, and to make sure the lobbies are hosted with the correct map and settings.

Everyone's presence in the IRC channel will help ensure a smooth tournament.

4) How do I join the IRC channel?

i) On the FAF client, navigate to the Chat Tab, then click on the "+" symbol.

ii) Under the "Join a channel" label, type in "#U1100" (Without quotations).

iii) Congratulations, you've succesfully joined the U1100 IRC channel.

5) How long will the tournament last?

This depends on the number of participants and your individual progress. The full tournament can last between 5-6 hours, assuming there is no delay.

For further questions, please contact the Tournament Director on Discord: Razana.xfp

Map Pool

Cadmium Green
Arcane
Azalea Gardens

Adaptive Gornyak
Clarkes Retreat
Horizons

Eye Of the Storm
Regor VI Highlands
Pelagial

Players Signed up

Mutzo || 1009
Haidovic || 1012
THEALPHA || 1068
TheCrimsonKnight || 838
zopniky || 613
Calamity63 || 236

@icish

Hello, sign-ups are closed unfortunately.

@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).

No, it's a bug where to my understanding: The game ends before the server receives a game result. It's been reported on the Discord with a tentative fix by Nomander ready. It just needs to be patched in.

Played my first Decapitation game this week and i felt the same way. It was surprising when the game ended because I didn't realise we were down to our last ACU.

I think an announcement along the lines of "X ACUs remaining on Team Y" after every ACU death shouldn't be too intrusive either.

@LordVladimer if that's the case, then you're left with just being able to complain about your teammates. Good luck.

Like Nomander said, the FAF community is too small to support a block/avoid list like in other games, you'll lock yourself out of finding matches real quick.

If you're good enough, you can carry your team 1v5 in most games and eventually settle into a higher rating where you can't do that anymore. If you can't do this, then you're roughly at the rating where you should be.

Realistically, the only thing you can do here is figure out the flaws in your gameplay so you can improve and escape the trenches.

@maudlin27 Yes, that's right. Thanks for pointing it out. I've modified the list to reflect this.

@Calamity63 @gunner1069 @rewersant @Sam-site @maudlin27 @THEALPHA

Please check the opening post for the updated map pool and finalised brackets. Please also join the tourney Discord server (https://discord.gg/4UaX8RzTxj) for easier communication during the tournament tomorrow.

See you guys, and good luck!

SIgnups are now closed. The post has been updated with the final map pool and starting brackets. You can catch the broadcast tomorrow on Twitch once the tournament starts.

Minor announcement

I honestly wasn't expecting this many sign-ups as this caused the brackets to shift around. As a result. I've had to add more maps into the pool. Once the sign-ups have been locked. I will be posting the complete map pool as well as the finalised brackets so all participants can get a preview of who their first opponent will be. Players will find out what map they will actually be playing when the tournament starts.

@maudlin27 said in U1100 1v1 Tournament IV:

How many games are played at each stage (assuming playoffs not round robin) - BO1? 3?

It's a BO1 for all games (Upper and Lower Bracket) except for the Grand Finals. There, it will be a "BO3" but the Upper Bracket finalist will have a 1-game advantage. So they will have to only win one game whereas the Lower Bracket finalist will have to win two games to be crowned the winner.

@Sam-site

Don't worry about it. This is a tournament aimed at newbies like you anyway. Just DM me on Discord (Razana.xfp) 24 hours before the start time if you can't make it. Otherwise, I assume you'll be able to join

Map pool is released!

There's still time for sign-ups. Registraton will close 24 hours before the tournament.

@Sainse said in U1100 1v1 Tournament IV:

@Razana said in U1100 1v1 Tournament IV:

Format

The format is either Double Elimination or Round Robin, depending on the total number of participants.

So how many for either one?

6 participants will be the maximum for the Round Robin format. The intent is to ensure that players will at least play a certain number of games against different opponents in this tournament to get a feel for the competitive setting. With more participants, time constraints will have to be considered so we'll move on to the Double Elimination in that case.

Thanks for the question. I'll add it to the FAQ.

@Skill-Issue

Sign them up or I will spam the Dojo everyday with this tourney!!