ESOCommunity

Time Line

Sign Ups

February 1st – 15th

Bracket Stages

Round of 32 (BO3)
Febuary 18th – Febuary 25th

Round of 16 (BO3)
Feburary 26th - March 4th

Quarter Finals (BO3)
March 5th - March 11th

Semi-Finals (BO5)
March 12th - March 18th

Finals (BO7)
March 19th - March 25th


Note: The number of players in the first round may be altered after sign-ups have closed.
Note: When necessary, the tournament staff may extend the deadline for any match if scheduling proves to be an issue. There is one week built into the timeline for this.

Tournament Rules

Civilization Restrictions

These civilization restrictions have the purpose to bring variety to the game series for the community


You must play X different civilizations, then you can play any civilization one more time:

In a Best-of-3, you must play 2 different civilizations, then you can play any civilization one more time.
In a Best-of-5, you must play 3 different civilizations, then you can play any civilization one more time.
In a Best-of-7, you must play 4 different civilizations, then you can play any civilization one more time.

Example for BO5: You must play 3 different civilizations, then you can play any civilization you want one more time.

Game 1 (Best-of-5)

Player A plays British
Player B plays French

Game 2 (Best-of-5)

Player A may not play British
Player B may not play French

Player A plays Dutch
Player B plays Russians

Game 3 (Best-of-5)

Player A may not play British and Dutch
Player B may not play French and Russian

Player A plays German
Player B plays British

Game 4 (Best-of-5)

Player A may play any civilization (even from civilizations which he has played, British or Dutch or German)
Player B may play any civilization (even from civilizations which he has played, French or Russians or British)

Player A plays British
Player B plays Russians

Game 5 (Best-of-5)

Player A may not play British
Player B may not play Russian

Player A plays Spain
Player B plays German

Gameplay Rules

All games have to be played on Treaty Patch 1.5 which is integrated in ESOC Patch. Link to Download: here. All players should have Treaty Patch with the required maps here ready before their scheduled games.

1.1 - Players can freely pick their civilization in game 1. After that, they have alternatively pick their civilization, starting with the winner of game 1.

1.2 - Every player must respect their opponent, casters and organizers. Misbehavior will result in a warning and can lead into disqualification. Racism and/or insults will not be tolerated.

1.3 - Every game must be recorded.

1.4 - Every game must be screenshotted at approximately the 39:00 minute mark and 1 minute before the fight starts. Example: NR45 requires two screenshots, at 39th minute mark and 44th minute mark.

1.5 - All external mods are illegal, with the exception of the rotator mod.

1.6 -Players are allowed to take treasures from the entire map, however, all units must be on your half of the map at the 39:00 minute mark. Exception to this rule is on map Orinoco, where exploration and treasures are both limited to half map.

1.7 - Running on the maps is allowed, after the NR time.

1.8 - All games have the rules of no boats, which means no war ships, canoes and fishing boats should be trained for attacking your opponent, nor for transporting units to other side. Violation of this rule will lead to disqualification.

1.9 - When a player disconnects from the internet before 2 minutes, the player can (when both agree) restart and replay the game. When the opponent does not agree to restart, the outcome of the game will be determined by the tournament staff.

1.10 - When a player disconnects after 2 minutes, the players can (when both agree) restart and replay the game. When the opponent does not agree to restart, the player who lost connection will be given a loss.

1.11 - Every player may restart a game befor the 2 minute mark when necessary. This is allowed once per map when the game is not casted by an official caster. Restarts for casted games will be determined by the caster him/herself.

1.12 - The caster is allowed to restart a game as many times as necessary for optimal play.

1.13 - All games must be submitted using the results submitter. Afterwards, you can edit your result post to add the screenshots.

1.14 - Recorded games must be renamed to reflect the matchup.

1.15 - Players must be respectable to each other when selecting civilizations in a game. Players cannot intentionally change to unfair match-ups, or otherwise be difficult to agree to a match-up. The tournament staff reserves the right to two possible outcomes. 1. If only one player is deemed challenging, then that player will be forced to pick their civilization first. 2. If both players are disagreeable then blind pick will be enforced. This decision is made by the staff.

1.16 – Games which are played as NR 45 must be hosted as NR 30. This means you have 15 minutes to make a front base. It’s not allowed to attack before the 45 minute mark.

1.17 – Blitz games need to be hosted as NR 10. You have to respect and wait for your opponent to macro his economy. When both players write 11 you can unpause.

Casting Rules

2.1 - It is every player's responsibility to work with tournament staff for the casting of games.

2.2 - If the players and caster(s) determine that a selected match cannot be streamed due to lag, in order to provide an optimal environment for competitive play, the match may be streamed from the replays instead.

2.3 - Only casters that have been authorized by the tournament staff will be permitted to stream matches. The list of authorized casters can be found in the Tournament Information & Discussion subforum.

2.4 - The players in casted matches will be required to schedule their matches with their opponents and with the authorized caster(s).

2.5 - All streamed games must have a time delay of 2 minutes.

2.6 - The tournament staff reserves the right to extend the deadline of the match if deemed appropriate.

2.7 - All tournament streamed matches must be recorded.

2.8 - No additional observers may be present in games.

Disqualification Rules

3.1 - The tournament administration reserves the right to disqualify a player for use of any exploits to gain an unfair advantage.

3.2 - Exploits include but are not limited to: Map Hacks, Trainers, Explorer Revival Glitch, OOS / Intentional Lag (Stacked downloads or other game crashing exploits).

3.3 - If you suspect your opponent has violated any of the player integrity rules, finish the game and submit it for review with an explanation of why you think the game was unfair. If the tournament staff members find someone to be guilty of cheating, the cheater will be disqualified from the tournament.

3.4 - The tournament staff has the right to disqualify a player in cases where there is severe lag to the point where the playing and/or viewing experience is unusually burdened.

3.5 - The registered account name must be the main account of its owner for proper seeding.

3.6 - When a player is disqualified or if a player forfeits a series for any reason, he/she has no right to claim any prize money.

3.7 - A disqualification may only be committed if all tournament staff agrees. The tournament staff consists of MCJim, QueenofDestiny, Guyshir and dicktator_

Scheduling Rules

4.1 - Players must respond with the times they are available to play in their dedicated scheduling thread. Players will then play out their games on the given maps.

4.2 - Posts in scheduling topics will be considered along with interaction with admins when making decisions regarding scheduling. Other communications will not be considered.

4.3 - Players must play the series in the map order given, after vetoes have been issued.

4.4 - Players cannot deny casters without consulting with the tournament admins first.

Map Pool, Map Rules, and Map Vetoes

The map pool for the entire tournament will be as follows:

1) UI 2.2 TR Blitz Cliff 6.0a
2) UI 2.2 TR Blitz Route 6.0a
3) UI 2.2 TR ESOC Andes
4) UI 2.2 TR ESOC Toluca
5) UI 2.2 TR New Deccan
6) UI 2.2 TR Northern California
7) UI 2.2 TR Orinoco
8) UI 2.2 TR Snowy GP

Edit: New maps for future rounds:

9) UI 2.2 TR Blitz Route 6.0b
10) UI 2.2 TR Blitz Cliff 6.0b

Please make sure you have the all maps. download here

Veto System

5.1 – Until the Semi-Finals, each player vetoes a map from the map pool (along with its game mode).

5.2 - The civilzation veto system is active from the Semi-Finals.

5.3 – Each player will issue one veto.

5.4 - The player with the highest overall treaty ELO at the time of seeding will issue the veto first.

5.5 - The opponent player cannot play a vetoed civilization.

Prize Pool

The prize pool is $350 (USD)

First: $200
Second: $100
Third: $50

Brackets are live

brackets.php?id=40&type=elimination

To be honest, how can it be that I face hamberg in the first round? He did not sign in with his main account but with a second account (Bleut) and therefore has a much lower elo (1900). I would face a weaker player in the first round but now im facing someone with almost 2500 elo. The seeeding should be redone but now with his real elo.

ye, you should probably be swapped positions with kyle the great

Stop ur crying and accept where u were put

Its not fair because you are supposed to sign in with your main...

just beat him :)
edit: if u want we can exchange our spots :)

sebnan12 wrote:just beat him :)
edit: if u want we can exchange our spots :)

Nah ty but its not your fault.

Edit: New maps for future rounds:

9) UI 2.2 TR Blitz Route 6.0b
10) UI 2.2 TR Blitz Cliff 6.0b