REMEMBRANCE. Gladiators.WT 8v8 2014. Regulations

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REMEMBRANCE.

The international tactical team championship amongst squadrons, dedicated to the Victory day.

Gladiators.WT 8v8 2014.

 

1. STATUTE

1.1 Goals and objectives

- Popularization of the history of World War II

- Enhancing of personal and tactical skill of virtual pilots

- Holding the tournament to find the best squadron teams in «War Thunder»

- Promotion of MMO-game «War Thunder»

 

1.2 Time and Place

- Applications from pilots willing to participate in the championship are to be submitted from 24 of April to 4 of May 2014

- Draw will take place on 4-5th of May 2014. Tournament schedule will be published on War Thunder official forums shortly after the Draw

- Tournament will start on 5th of May 2014

 

1.3 Management

- Gaijin Entertainment

-  Judges’ committee of the tournament.

 

1.4 Participants and terms of conducting.

- The championship will be held in the combat flight simulator «War Thunder».

Attention: The version of the game can be changed during the championship due to updates. Organizers reserve the right to introduce minor changes to this statute during the  championship. However this shall not give any advantages to any of teams participating in the tournament.

 

- The game mode – Custom battles.

- The mission of the tournament – «Kursk» (respawns are disabled).

- Time limit – 30 minutes.

 

The championship is held in two separate divisions:

Division №1 «Simulator Battles»

Game settings:

- Difficulty - Simulator Battles.

- Markers are ‘on’ on allies only. Range is 900 metres.

- Third person view is ‘off’.

 

Division №2 «Realistic Battles»

Game settings:

- Difficulty – Realistic Battles.

- Markers are ‘on’.

- Third person view is ‘on’.

 

It is recommended for participants to record tracks of each mission.

Participants are: squadron teams from all countries. These players must be members of a squadron and registered on the War Thunder forums (.ru or .com.).

The complete information about the championship will be published in both Russian and English languages.

There must be at least one person from each team that speaks English or Russian language fluently.

Quantity of teams in the final stage in each division of the championship is limited to 16

If quantity of accepted applications in each division of the championship is higher than 16, preliminary qualifying matches will be held.

 

Qualifying stage of the championship

Qualifying stage of the championship will be held with Single Elimination system. If necessary, two qualifying zones will be created for both divisions: «WEST» and «EAST». In that case, eight teams from each zone will participate in the final stage.

The order of the conducting the draw and qualifying matches will be published by organizers after closing the registration.

 

The final stage of the championship.

The final stage of the tournament will be held with Full Double Elimination system.

The order of the conducting the draw and matches of the final stage will be published by organizers after completion of qualifying stage.

 

- Each pilot must to prepare all his soft- and hardware needed for participating prior to the beginning of the tournament.

- A nickname used in War Thunder and official TeamSpeak server of the championship has to match team application. Game account will be recorded after the first match of a participant and it should not be changed during the tournament. In case of violation of this rule, a pilot is disqualified from the tournament and the team will suffer technical loss.

- A participant will need the skills of using TeamSpeak 3.

- Participants of a match must be connected to the official TeamSpeak server not later than 15 minutes prior to appointed time of a match and wait for the instructions from the main judge of the match.

- To check participant compliance to championship requirements a participant must use Custom battles mode and TeamSpeak server provided by organizers.

- Ping of a participant must not exceed acceptable limits. If during the match a judge observes sharp changes of ping for one or several participants, or notices chaotic movement of aircraft as a result of connection issues with the game server, he has the right to request excluding such players from the ongoing round. If any player is experiencing repeating technical problems, judge has the right to request substitution of such player. If the team is unable to provide replacement, judge has the right to exclude that player from the match completely.

- Server cluster (RU/EU/US/SA) for the match is defined by a main judge.

- If one of judges loses his ability to spectate a game (extremely high ping, lost connection etc.), he has to inform the main judge. In that case main judge is eligible to make a decision to re-run the round.

- In case of all participants being disconnected from the server of the game, the main judge of a match reschedule the date and time of the match. Result of the match gets recorded as of the state prior to disconnecting from the server (according to the round completed last).

 

- Two judges are appointed for each match. One of them will be the main judge of the match.

Judges’ Duties:

- To know the rules of the tournament.

- To publish official protocols of the matches on the forums daily.

- To make screenshots of summary results of each round.

Documentary confirmation of results of matches are:

- Protocol of the match.

- A log of the game (clog file).

- Screenshots with the results of each round.

 

1.5 Awards:  

Division №1 Simulator Battles

1-st place team becomes a champion, each pilot from the team gets Saitek X-55 joystick (for 8 pilots in the team) and 8.000 Golden Eagles (for 10 pilots of the team)

2-nd place team gets Saitek X-52PRO (for 8 pilots of the team) and 5.000 Golden Eagles (for 10 pilots of the team)

3-d place team gets Saitek X-52 (for 8 pilots of the team) and 3.000 Golden Eagles (for 10 pilots of the team)

All teams above are awarded by special symbols of “Remembrance” tournament. 

 

Division №2 Realistic Battles

1-st place team becomes a champion, each pilot from the team gets Saitek X-52PRO (for 8 pilots in the team) and 8.000 Golden Eagles (for 10 pilots)

2-nd place team gets Saitek X-52 (for 8 pilots of the team) and 5.000 Golden Eagles (for 10 pilots of the team)

3-d place team gets Saitek AV8R (for 8 pilots of the team) and 3.000 Golden Eagles (for 10 pilots of the team)

All teams above are awarded by special symbols of “Remembrance” tournament.

 

1.6 Terms of admission

Only registered squadrons can participate in the tournament.

It is allowed to register mixed teams that do consist of members of not more than 2 squadrons.

Each unique squadron can submit one team or a mixed team for each division. Members of any squadron can participate in one unique team only for each division.

Applications must be submitted by team captains or their representatives in time, according to Statute.

One team must consist of at least 8 pilots and must not exceed 10 pilots per team.

 

Application must consist of:

- A team name (Latin) ([ReDs] or [ReDs] [Blue] in case of two squadrons) and nicknames of all the pilots in the team including squadrons tags. Example:

1. [ReDs] _Ivan

2. [ReDs] _Sidor_

3. [Blue] Tor

4. [Blue] Bubi

- Country and prefered time zone.

- Team leader’s nickname.

Teams are allowed to participate in the championship if they have sent their applications and only if it’s application was accepted by the organizing committee of the tournament.

In each team there must be at least one person that speaks English or Russian language fluently.

A team name and nicknames mustn’t be abusive or violate rules of the forum and the game.

 

1.7 Tournament plane set

USSR

Fighters (Airfield spawning)

Yak-1B

La-5F

Attackers (Airfield spawning)

IL-2

IL-2M

 

Germany

Fighters (Airfield spawning)

Bf 109 F-4

Bf 109 G-2/trop

Attackers (Airfield spawning)

Ju 87 G-1

 

2. STATUTE RULES.

2.1 Tournament is held in the form of matches between teams.

2.2 Each match consists of two rounds (missions), launched consecutively in Custom Battles. Each round lasts 30 minutes.

- 8 pilots from each team participate in a mission.

- Each team consists of 4 fighters and 4 attackers. Planes for each pilot in each round are appointed by captains from the plane set.

- In the first round, according to the draw results, one team flies on USSR side, the other one on German side; in the second round they swap sides

2.3 All planes should have historical skins, decals and etc. Any custom skins and decals should be approved by the main judge of the match.

2.4 Modifications, ammo belts and fuel amount can be chosen freely. Any attackers weapons are allowed. Fighters weapon are only standard (under-wing gun pods, bombs and missiles are not allowed).

2.5 The ram (collision) is considered as an element of combat and a way of conducting fight.

2.6 If one participant loses his ability to participate in any round due to any technical issues before the start of the fight - this round can be replayed. If it happens after the start of the fight – the mission continues. Participants have to report any technical problems in time. The exact moment for the start of the fight (point when there will be no rematch) is defined by the main judge of a match by sending the message ‘battle’ in the game chat.

2.7 Victory in a round is defined according to the server notifications. Quantity of points, which a team earns in each round, is recorded by the judges and the captains of teams (by saving a screenshot).

2.8 Victory in a match is defined by a total sum of points earned by each team by the results of both rounds. In case of even score, the match (both rounds) is re-played.

2.9 Each participant has the right to ask for 5-7 minute break for solving his technical problems. Also there can be a 5 minute break between rounds by the request of a captain of any team.

2.10 Teams which can't show up in the scheduled time, should report to the main judge of the tournament 2 hours prior to the scheduled time with a request for rescheduling, providing an explanation. Rescheduling of the match is possible only after negotiation of the date and time with the captain of the other team. The final decision on the rescheduling of the match is taken by the main judge.

2.11 Before each round of the match a team captain can do any number of substitutions from his application list.

2.12 Captains of teams have the right to do a transfer or add pilots to their applications between matches during the tournament. The number of replaced pilots shouldn't exceed 3 pilots during the tournament. Thus a total number of pilots shouldn't exceed 10.

All changes to the applications must be sent to the main judge of the tournament not less than for 2 hours prior to the beginning of the next match.

Pilots that left the tournament can not be added into different team.

2.13 A draw by judges is made as follows: The main judge moves Captain_1 to the draw room where Captain_1 picks a hand for a coin – right or left. Then Captain_2 is moved to the room: he attempts to guess a hand in which coin is. If Captain_2 picks correct hand, he has the right to define the side for the 1st round (USSR/Germany). Otherwise, the right to define the side for the 1st round is granted to Captain_1.

Note: Team that is written first in the schedule gets formal definition – team_1. The other team – team_2

2.14 A team loses if it doesn’t appear on time or in 15 minutes after the match beginning.

 

3. Forbidden actions

3.1 Violating rules of skins, plane choice and rules of markings (rules 2.3 and 1.7).

3.2 Staying in a plane after landing not on an airfield. A pilot has to leave the plane in that case.

3.3 Delaying of taking off after landing and refueling for more than 2 minutes .

3.4 Spectators, team members, who don’t participate in the round, pilots that are shot down are not allowed to give any type of advice.

3.5 Disrespectful, unsportsmanlike behavior. (An intended insult towards participants of a match or pilots, judges and also spectators in a chat or TeamSpeak).

3.6 Refusal to execute lawful requirements or requests of the judges.

3.7 Pilots who were submitted in any team are not allowed to play in any other teams.

3.8 Violation of rules of the forum and TeamSpeak.

3.9 For any forbidden action team receives an official or verbal warning. After gaining three official warnings in one match team suffers technical defeat

 

4.CONSIDERATIONS AND REGULATIONS OF PROTESTS.

4.1 In case of disagreements with the decision of the judges in a match, a team captain has the right to submit a complaint to the main organization jury within 15 minutes after the match ends.

4.2 The judiciary board reviews the protest as Soon™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™™ as possible after receiving it. The judiciary board preserves the right to turn down the complaint if applicant fails to provide any of the following: replay file, screenshots with rounds results or log files. In case of positive decision, board can review the results or to arrange a rematch.

 

5. DISQUALIFICATION OF A PLAYER OR A TEAM.

5.1 A team is disqualified for three forbidden actions during one match.

5.2  A pilot or a team can be disqualified for discrepancy nickname of a player with a nickname of the game account (e-mail) of a participant, which is fixed after his first match.

5.3 A certain player or a team can be disqualified for violating rule 3.7.

5.4 Disqualified teams are not permitted to participate in future matches and all their results may be cancelled by the judiciary board.

5.5  A certain player or a team will be disqualified for using any cheats or exploits (programs giving obvious benefit in game) for one year or even permanently in all competitions that are held in War Thunder.

5.6 A pilot or a team can be disqualified for one year or permanently in all competitions that are held in War Thunder for repeated violation of the rule 3.8.  3.5

 

Attention! There can be some minor corrections before the beginning of the tournament.
thread to the registration page:    http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/129657-remembrance-gladiatorswt-8v8-2014-registration/

 

1. Updated rule 2.12: The number of replaced pilots shouldn't exceed 3 pilots during the tournament.

2. Updated rule 2.12: Pilots that left the tournament can not be added into different team.

Edited May 19, 2014 by oreva