Star Wars: Squadrons Winter Tournament Series 25/26 What is The Winter Tournament Series? The Winter Series will be a tournament series held on three rounds over six weeks, with each round expected to last around 3 hours. There will be a maximum of six spots available to teams, allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis.  It will feature a round-robin format with each team playing a best-of-three series match with every other team. Teams will be awarded one point for each best-of-three victory. These points will aggregate over the three rounds. The first round will be a seeding round with random maps and factions. Relative position at the end of the first round will inform seeding for the next 2 rounds. In rounds 2 and 3 high seed selects either map or faction, which then alternates for each of the remaining games of the match. Point allocation will double with each round, with a best-of-three victory earning 1 point in the first round, 2 points in the second round, and 4 points in the third round. For example: <ul><li>1 victory in round 1 = 1 point</li><li>1 victory in round 2 = 2 points, 3 total</li><li>1 victory in round 3 = 4 points, 7 total</li></ul> The team with the most points at the end of round 3 wins the tournament. In the event of a tie, a tie-breakers will be played, consisting of a further best-of-three series with the same high/low seed picks. There is a minimum prize pool of $500, open to donations via Matcherino. Match organisation will take place on Discord. Matcherino will handle the payment of prize money. All players must sign up to Matcherino. At the end of each event there will be a recap and interview stream. <ul><li>A $25 steam card will be awarded to the “player of the day” after the end of the final game of each round, as voted by the stream audience.</li><li>A $5 steam card will be awarded to each player on the team with the best livery, including tags, as voted by stream audience.. At least 60% of players must have their team tag displayed to be eligible.</li></ul> Teams and players can win these prizes multiple times. There are no restrictions on who votes in these streams. <ul><li>Each player on the team with the most points at the end of round 3 will win a portion of the prize pool divided by the number of rostered players on the team.</li></ul> When is The Winter Tournament? <ol><li>Round 1 21st December 17:00 EDT</li><li>Round 2 4th January 17:00 EDT</li><li>Round 3 18th January 17:00 EDT</li></ol> What mods will this use? <ul><li>Scramblers banned except Reaper</li><li>Reinforced banned except Y-Wing, Reaper</li><li>Chaff banned except Y-Wing, Reaper</li><li>Defender must run Nimble Shields, Unstable Engine, Laminasteel Hull</li><li>Empire Starfighter Hull 1.2</li><li>NR Cap Hull 2</li><li>NR Flag Hull 2</li><li>Empire Cap Hull 1.5</li><li>Empire Flag Hull 1.5</li><li>Empire Raider Shields 0.7</li><li>Empire Raider Hull 0.7</li></ul>What are the rules? <ul><li>OOPing is allowed with no restrictions.</li><li>Intentionally glitching turrets is not.</li><li>Intentionally glitching into terrain is not.</li><li>No restrictions on double auxes, ie concussion missiles.</li><li>Matches may be replayed once if a team drops within 35 seconds of a game.</li><li>Player names in game must remain consistent </li><li>Use of remapping software is permitted however “multistroke” or “combo” macros are not.</li><li>Matches must be played in a timely fashion. In the event of a delay without good cause, if one team is ready and another is not, the ready team will be awarded the win at admin discretion.</li><li>This league is run as-is with no entry fee. Admins reserve the right to ban at their discretion in cases of grossly offensive or unsporting behaviour.</li><li>Common sense applies. Attempts to hinder or disrupt games will be considered unsporting behaviour.</li><li>Teams must register with a minimum of five players.</li><li>Teams must register with a team tag, eg RANDO.</li><li>No substitutions.</li><li>Teams can make one roster change for the duration of the tournament.</li></ul> Discord can be found here:<a href="https://discord.gg/vwfp3FA9" rel="nofollow">https://discord.gg/vwfp3FA9</a>