March 2013; with the release of Gears of War Judgment on 20 March and our Gears of War 3 Grand Finale Tournament in the run up will be a true Gears of War Month!
URGENT!! We’re still in need of a few volunteers to help host/ref matches (Tues/Thurs). If you have a stable ADSL line (preferably 4mb) contact clancmrza@gmail.com.
Summary Details:
| Date: | 04 – 16 March 2013 |
| Format: | Groups & Single Elimination |
| Teams: | 4v4 |
| Registration: | Maximum of 5 members per team (4+1 reserve) Please indicate who will be captain as well as a contact email address Please submit registrations via our contact page Registration closes 24 February 2013 |
| Host: | Private Each match will be provided a neutral host (+ ref) No team may play their match while in party chat (so that hosts/refs can easily communicate with teams) |
| Matches: | Best of 3 (Execution – KOTH – Execution) Best of 5 (3x Execution, 2x KOTH) Prelims + Final only |
Schedule — Updated 03-MAR
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Teams
Crimson Moon Rising, Fallen Lobotomisers, GroundZero, RipCordz, Johnny Can’t Swim, Bench Warmers, The Button Mashers, OAP… See full team rosters and overviews here.
Match Settings
| Execution | King of the Hill | ||
| Rounds to Win: | 4 | Rounds to Win: | 2 |
| Time Limit: | 4 minutes | Score Limit: | 120 points |
| Friendly Fire: | Yes | Friendly Fire: | Yes |
| Classic Stalemate: | Yes | Classic Stalemate: | n/a |
| Weapon Spawn: | After Use | Weapon Spawn: | After Use |
| Loadout: | Lancer/Gnasher only | Loadout: | Lancer/Gnasher only |
| Weapon Swaps | Boltok/Gorgon > Snub Inks > Smokes |
Weapon Swaps | Boltok/Gorgon > Snub Inks > Smokes |
| Maps: | Blood Drive Gridlock Slab Clock Tower Hotel Rustlung |
Maps: | Raven Down Thrashball Trenches Depths Old Town |
Rules: UPDATED 03-MAR
Characters:
- Each team member must have a different character
- No clone characters (e.g. Dizzy + Big Rig Dizzy or A. Carmine + B.Carmine)
- No Skinny Characters (All female skins, All Kantus skins)
Disconnections / Forfeits
- A round may be restarted if a player drops within the first minute. Map restarted with same score.
- If a player drops after the first minute, the team must complete the round a man down.
- The play may rejoin the round if he can.
- The map will be restarted with scores as of the last completed round
- Only the team from whom the player drops may signal end of round (waving smokes, spinning in circles) – wait for the ref/host to join game chat.
- Each team is only allowed 1 restart per map, after that they must continue a player down.
- Maps may be restarted because of:
- players dropping
- incorrect weapon swaps / loadouts
- players spawning with no weapons
- teams spawning with incorrect numbers
- excessive lag i.e. walking on walls, cannot move, etc (host’s discretion)
- NOT sponging - 10 minute grace period allowed for start of matches, thereafter team will need to play a man short or forfeit
- All players are to have their party settings set to “Invite Only”, Host will kick randoms
Fairplay / Behaviour / Sportmanship
- None of the following will be accepted, proof of guilt will result in banning of players:
– Racial taunts / slurs
– Offensive prejudicial taunts / slurs
– Lewd in-game taunts or celebrations
– Any and all of the above directed towards tournament participants outside of tournament play