Tournament

Gears Community Series APAC Launch Tournament

Finalized

GameGears 5

Entry FeeInvite

Region—

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DateSat, Oct 5, 2019 10:00AM GMT+1

About

This will be a one night tournament for the APAC Region, if you have any confusion on if you qualify to sign-up please refer to the rules below.

Tournament format: Best of 1 Single Elimination, Finals will be Best of 3

Winner take all - 100% of Prize Pool

Please join the Discord for Match Reporting and general questions: https://discord.gg/cZev4BB

TEAMS

1) Essentials Gaming - PegxZz0 rV , YummerZ l , iCranKiesT ,COG ChrisRoxal , LuffySoulDemon

2) 5D - Monkey TTM, Prince TTM, Arexifys, BLN Invirenz, Toxicityz

3) Goon Squad - elboww, mw deski, Froda Sama, Murch SB, TBE Mac

4) Rise Against - GumbieRiot, Bloodydredd, DIGI SITH, Skunky, Soundwave

5) Feeding Frenzy - Wicccca, Djvinity, Stelzah, Sumenk, Barcode AK

6) Cobra Kai - Arvo, Ramificationz, AmaaazeR, Sadam lnsane, Awe Brizzy

7) Mindfreak - Mercer8162, Hectik2788, Dubingup, Bonndyy, DEEJ DADDY PRO, Maid in Aus

8) Isolate - rhyzily, Raakin, ScarFace Z, GnarlyTie771916, Dogtor

This event offer TWO ways of FREE crowd funding.

#1: Sponsor Quests: By competing the attached Sponsor Quests by Gamestop, every person (even those not from the APAC Region) can donate for free by just simply following and retweeting. This takes minimal time and will help boost the prize.

*See right side of page for Sponsor Quests or click "Contribute"

#2: Coupons codes: Using coupon code APAC will donate $0.50 to the prize pool for free. You can do this in addition to the Sponsor Quests.

You can also donate directly if you choose or by purchasing any of the marketplace items. The marketplace items will show how much will go into the prize pool and you will have the item shipped to you.

Any amount or purchase is appreciated.

Rules

This event is for the APAC Region only. You will have to reside in one of these area's in order to compete.

Australia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

China

Fiji

French Polynesia

Guam

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Laos

Macau

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Islands

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vanuatu

Vietnam

All Matches are to be played on Gears 5’s Escalation game mode, unless otherwise stated.

All match reporting is to be done through the Gears Community Series Discord. Please join after you enter the tournament: https://discord.gg/cZev4BB

ESCALATION SETTINGS

Fill with Bots: Off

Bot Difficulty: Casual

Round Score Limit: 250

Respawn Escalation: -1 Second

Friendly Fire: On

Weapon Respawns: After Pickup

Aim Assist: Assist Disabled

Use Lives: On

Initial Lives: 5

Max Lives: 5

Restore Game (LAN): Off

WEAPON SUBSTITUTIONS

None

STARTING LOADOUT

Lancer

Gnasher

Snub Pistol

CHARACTER AND WEAPON SKIN RESTRICTIONS

Each Team is only allowed one iteration of any character on their Team at one time, irrespective of character skin. For example, “Esports Kait” is the same as “Armored Kait”.

A single COG Team is only allowed 2 female characters.

A single COG Team cannot have one Player using a Marcus skin and another using Batista.

The following Character skins are banned from Gears Esports play:

Terminator (Swarm)

The following weapon skins are banned from Gears Esports play:

Black Phantom

All Games are to be played on one of the following Maps:

Asylum

Bunker

District

Exhibit

Icebound

Training Grounds

Vasgar

MAP & HOST SELECTION

BEST OF 1

The Higher Seeded Team will choose to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban process.

The Map Ban process is as follows:

Team A bans 1 Map

Team B bans 1 Map

Team A bans 1 Map

Team B bans 1 Map

Remaining Map becomes Map 1

Team A picks Faction for Map 1

Team that picks faction will Host match

BEST OF 3

The Higher Seeded Team will choose to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban process.

The Map Ban process is as follows:

Team A bans 1 Map

Team B bans 1 Map

Team B picks Map 1

Team A picks Faction for Map 1

Team A picks Map 2

Team B picks Faction for Map 2

Team A bans 1 Map

Team B bans 1 Map

Remaining Map becomes Map 3

Team A picks Faction for Map 3

Team that picks faction will Host match

PLAYER DISCONNECTS

If a single Player disconnects at the beginning of a round (prior to any Player’s being killed, rings being captured or a power weapon being picked up), Teams should attempt to return to their spawns and allow the Player to reconnect. Once the Player reconnects, the Captains should use Xbox Live messaging or in-game chat to agree on an in-game time to begin play.

If more than one Player disconnects, or a Player disconnects after another Player has been killed, a ring has been captured or a power weapon has been picked up, the process is as follows:

1 - Round is to be finished with the Players still in the lobby.

2 - At the end of the round, Teams are required to take a screenshot or video of the scoreboard and the overhead map with the current weapon placements.

3 - At the start of the next round, the host is to return all Players to the Lobby.

4 - Once all Players have entered the lobby and the game has been launched, Teams should recreate the weapon placements and round score through to the round the Player(s) disconnected. The COG team should dominate each round by capturing all three rings until they’ve reached the correct round score, then the Swarm team. Please note that weapon selections made following the round Player(s) disconnected are not considered “current” and can be changed. Only weapon placements made prior to the round Player(s) disconnected must be honored.

5 - At the start of the next round, Players should kill one another using friendly fire until every Player has one more life than they did at the end of the round before the restart. In the event Teams cannot confirm or agree upon the lives remaining for any given Player, that Player is to begin with 3 lives.

6 - Once both Teams are ready, the Captains should use Xbox Live messaging or in-game chat to agree upon an in-game time to recommence play.

STREAMING

Semi-finals and finals will be streamed on twitch.tv/GearsCommunitySeries

Players will be allowed to stream up until that point. During semi's please apply the following rules.

Streaming any tournament match is prohibited. Any player that streams an official match using any live stream platform (Twitch, Beam, Hitbox etc.) will be subject to a DQ.

We reserve the right to stream any match and players must allow broadcasters and staff to join their game. We also reserve the right to enter any Xbox Live party or communication program (Skype, Discord, etc.) in order to do “listen ins” for the duration of the tournament.