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On ancient Terra long before man conquered space, the men of the seafaring germanic tribes left their homes and went to the sea. The young embarked on their longships and left their cold, unforgiving homes. Some became traders, others pirates or conquerors. For three centuries those fearsome warriors ruled the sea.
To this day we know them by the one word they used to describe their way of life, viking – a long journey at sea.
The word has reached Solaris VII, of men and women who hold high the ways of their ancestors. Who praise their gods and seek battle for wealth and for glory. Those sons and daughters of Rasalhague met to celebrate Yule and to battle in honor of the old ways. Some found the glory of victory, others the glory of death.
Now they have another chance to prove themselves.
We of the Blue Vengeance invite you men and women of the Free Rasalhague Republic, to embark on a journey across the black sea we call space. Gather on Solaris VII to celebrate your strength and courage. And to give the gameworld a show unlike anyone that came before us.
Rules:
In this Tournament we will engage in lance to lance combat. Each lance will consist of 4 Mechs with a combined weight between 180 and 235 tons. The goal is to destroy the opposing mechs.
Up to 24 lances can compete in the tournament.
We will start in 12v12 synchdrops and we will conduct one, if possible two matches each drop.
Each team will bring 4 BattleMechs with a weight between 180 and 235 tons total.
Builds with a pinpoint damage of 30 or larger and LRM boats with volleys of over 40 are prohibited, those are the ways of the Davions!
Clarification: With pinpoint damage weapons we mean weapons that inflict all their damage in an instant at the exact point they hit. Those are PPCs, Gauss´s and all Autocannons except the LB 10 X. For example, if you run a HBK-4SP with 4 MLas and 2 SRM6 you make 44 points of damage. But that damage distributes over an area, so that is okay. On the other hand, if you run a HGN-733C with 2 PPCs and 2 AC5 you only make 30 Points of damage. But that damage is inflicted completely to a single point, so that is prohibited.
Teams are free to use alls modules or consumables as they please.
Players who do not participate in an ongoing match will shut down and stay so until the match is over. Whoever fires a shot at any player outside one of the matches is disqualified imediately.
Players who don´t participate in any match in a particular drop may destroy themselves by overheating or leaving the map in order to spectate.
In between drops players are to rebuy consumables and ready up as fast as possible, so we can keep the time in between matches as short as possible.
Registered teams are obliged to participate. If you don´t show up, you are disqualified.
All participating Teams are to remain with the Drops until the end of each round.
If one or two players don´t show up, teams are allowed to replace them from their friendlist. However, for organisational reasons we can not offer reserve players on our teamspeak.
There will be no spectators on our teamspeak, but we will stream every match in the finals and as many from the qualifications as possible.
Dates:
We will battle on 3 successive weekends in February 2014.
In qualification there will be up to 4 tiers with 6 Teams each, that makes at least 5 (!) matches per team, if we get our rooster full. The different tiers will be assorted after timezones so as much people as possible can participate.
We are currently working on the time scedule for each day of the tournament to find a sollution that fits people from different continents.
Qualification:
January 31st 2014 - 20:00 (8pm) CET - 11:00 (11am) PST
February 1st 2014 - 20:00 (8pm) CET - 11:00 (11am) PST
Quarterfinals:
February 8th 2014 - 20:00 (8pm) CET - 11:00 (11am) PST
Semifinals & Grand Finale:
February 15th 2014 - 20:00 (8pm) CET - 11:00 (11am) PST
Registration:
All clans and / or 4 player teams who fly the colors of the Free Rasalhague Republic are invited to participate.
Registration is open!
You´ll find it on our Homepage at the right side unter latest events.
http://www.blue-vengeance.de
Edit: Each lance that enters needs a seperate sign up. Those sign ups go directly on the bracket as they are.
Attention:
For organisational reasons we switched to another bracket system. The results & livebracket will now be hosted on binarybeast.com, since it has more capabilities. Teams that allready have enlisted will NOT need to do so again, I already transfered your registration to the new service.
Edited by Klappspaten, 03 January 2014 - 10:19 AM.
