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AoE3: DE 2v2 Tournament Rules

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​📜  Overview

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• 2v2 Round-Robin

• 6 teams; 2 players per each team

• Every team plays every other team once

• Teams earn standings points based on match results.

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🏆  Tournament Format

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​​​Knockout Stage Format 

• The tournament will consist of 6 participating teams. Each series will be matches played as Best-of-3 (BO3) series.

• The tournament will use a single round robin format.

• The Top 2 teams with the most points will advance to the Grand Final.

• The Grand Final will be played as a Best-of-7 (BO7) series.

•  The winner of the Grand Final will be crowned the tournament champion.

•  A team is eliminated after not finishing in the top 2 of the group.

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Points System

• Win (2-0 or 2-1): 3 Points

• Loss (1-2): 1 Point

• Loss (0-2): 0 Points

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Tie-breakers:

• Total Points

• Match Wins

• Game Differential (Games Won − Games Lost)

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⚔️  Game, Set, and Round Rules 

Match Rules:

• A set between two teams is composed of a single BO3.​

• Teams must declare their civilizations to an admin before the start of game 1. 

• Each team has 1 week to schedule their set.

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Grand Finale:

• During the finals, a single BO7 set will be played with Match rules in place for game 1.

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🌍  Civilization and Map Rules 

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Civilization Rules:​

• Every civilization can be played max TWO times per team during a series

• After this, each team will soft-ban THREE civilizations from the opponent’s remaining civilization pool (A team cannot soft-ban a civilization that has already been the target of the global soft-ban)

• Civilizations that are soft-banned can only be played ONCE by a team during the series

• Teams may NOT select duplicate civilizations for a game (e.g 2x Ottomans is not allowed)

• Game 1 of every set will be blind civilization picks; afterwards, the winners of the previous game will pick first

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Banned Cards/Techs:

FRENCH:

• Edict of Nantes (Age2 card)

MEXICO:​​​​

• Baja California (Age2 revolution)

• Central America (Age2 revolution) before 7:00 minute mark 

• Charreada (Age4 card)​

OTTOMANS:​

• Mosque Construction (Age3 card)

PORTUGUESE:

• Grapeshot (Age4 card)​​​​​

MISC:

• A player cannot sling while being in Age1

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Round Map Sets:  

Round 1:

• Darfur, Korea, Punjab

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Round 2:

• Karelian Lakes, Hokkaido, Texas.    

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Round 3:

• Fertile Crescent, Malaysia, Painted Desert.

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Round 4:

• Great Plains, Borneo, Dakota.

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Round 5:

• Sahel, Central Asia, Yukon

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​​Knockout Round Map Sets: 

Grand Finals:

• Hungarian Plains, Pomerania, Wallachia, Great Plains, Texas, Borneo.

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📅  Scheduling and Results 

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• Teams have a week to schedule and play their set

  • If a team cannot field a substitute for an unavailable player, then the team forfeits the set

• Should a player drop entirely out from the tournament, an appropriate replacement will be made pending the approval of the majority of team captains 

• Scheduling, match scores, and game recordings are to be posted in the appropriate Discord channels

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⚙️  Miscellaneous and Conduct Rules

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• All games will be played using the Supremacy gamemode with standard settings

• Disconnects before 2 minutes will result in a restart; disconnects after 2 minutes will be resolved by a restore, and if this fails to work, an admin will judge whether the game should be replayed or assigned as a win based on in-game context

• Players who fail to communicate with their team or are repeatedly unavailable during the agreed match time may face disqualification

• Should a player drop or be disqualified from the tournament, the admins will try to find a suitable replacement.

• Cheating, bug abuse, and exploits are grounds for disqualification

• Good sportsmanship is expected throughout the event