<img src="http://i.imgur.com/pbUnysr.jpg" alt=""> The For Honor Subreddit Tournament Bracket can be found by clicking here. <a href="https://battlefy.com/for-honor/reddit-open-2v2-brawl-tournament-pc-only/589921699e01763203309524/info" rel="nofollow">PC Sign up Link</a> <a href="https://battlefy.com/for-honor/reddit-open-2v2-brawl-tournament-ps4-only/58992a3ee3107d4503eef6cd/info" rel="nofollow">PS4 Sign Up Link</a> <a href="https://battlefy.com/for-honor/reddit-open-2v2-brawl-tournament-xbone-only/58992adae4f15b3303a444c3/info" rel="nofollow">XBox One Sign up Link</a><img src="http://i.imgur.com/VZGGdys.jpg" alt=""> A compete and fully detail documented version of the rule set can be found <a href="https://goo.gl/5GNXy1" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You can only enter ONCE and only in ONE team. 1. Tournament Format<ul><li>Game Mode: 2v2 Brawl </li><li>Double Elimination Bracket </li><li>Preliminary rounds </li><li>1 Match (Best of 5 rounds) </li><li>Losers and Winners finals </li><li>Best of 3 Matches (Each match, Best of 5 rounds) </li><li>Championship final </li><li>Best of 5 Matches (Each match, Best of 5 rounds) </li><li>Each round is 3 minutes long </li></ul> Please start your match as soon as you have an opponent UNLESS ON PC - ON PC WAIT FOR ADMIN PERMISSION!!! 2. Custom Match Settings2.1. Map Selection:Map <ul><li>Preliminary Rounds - BO1 Match: Random Map</li></ul> <ul><li>Losers and Winners Finals - BO3 Matches:</li><li>Random map for Match 1</li><li>Loser of previous Match picks the next map.</li><li>If it is your turn to pick a map, you cannot pick a map you have won on.</li><li>Repeat until BO3 Matches is won.</li></ul> <ul><li>Championship Finals - BO5 Matches:</li><li>Random map for Match 1</li><li>Loser of previous Match picks the next map.</li><li>If it is your turn to pick a map, you cannot pick a map you have won on.</li><li>Repeat until BO5 Matches is won.</li></ul> Example: Citadel, Forest, Bridge. A random Map is chosen - its Citadel. Team A win. Team B choose Forest. Team B win. Team A cannot pick Citadel because they won on it. In the next match the map restrictions are reset.2.2. Rules:<ul><li>Round Timer: 3 Minutes </li><li>Number of rounds: 5 </li><li>Auto Add Bots - Disabled </li><li>Gear stats - Off </li><li>Renown - Feats disabled </li></ul>2.3. Options:<ul><li>Damage - Normal </li><li>Respawn time - Off</li><li>Revive - Enabled </li><li>Revenge - Enabled </li><li>Single hero pick - On</li></ul> 3. Team Rosters and Accounts3.1. Roster<ul><li>A roster must be of 2 players minimum. All players must be declared as part of the team before check in. </li><li>A team must have a team captain. A team may have up to 1 stand-ins. </li><li>For recruitment of additional players, please consider the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/forhonor/" rel="nofollow">r/ForHonor</a> Subreddit or <a href="https://discord.me/for-honor" rel="nofollow">Discord</a>. </li></ul> 3.2. Stand-ins/Reserve Players<ul><li>A team may have up to a maximum of 1 players in reserve in case of disconnect or drop outs. These players must be marked as stand-ins, and highlighted to tournament admins. </li><li>If a player is replaced by a stand-in, they are replaced for the WHOLE tournament, and may not substitute back in. </li><li>Stand-ins should sign up on BattleFY also. The 2 Players that play match 1 will be considered the main squad. The other player will be considered the stand in.</li></ul> 3.3. Team Captains<ul><li>Team captains are the main point of contact for tournament staff. They will be responsible for informing tournament staff of the following: </li><li>Results </li><li>No Shows </li><li>Mass Disconnects </li><li>Hosting games </li><li>In addition to this, team captains are also responsible for making sure that the rest of their team is quickly invited into each match. </li><li>All disputes must be submitted through a team captain to the tournament admins/referees. </li><li>Team captains will be expected to remain in the #tournament-discussion channel of the discord server throughout their time in the tournament.</li></ul> 3.4 Check In      All Players<ul><li>All players are required to check in at the start of the tournament to confirm you still wish to compete. Check in will be on BattleFY. Start of tournament check in times can be found at the schedule section below the rules.</li></ul> <ul><li>If you opponents have not shown up 10 minutes after you match start time, we ask team captains to inform an admin via Discord on #tournament-discussion.</li></ul>3.5 Creating matches<ul><li>Team captains will be mass informed of a bracket update on Discord on the #tournament- discussion channel. From BattleFY team captains can get the name of the opposing team captain.</li><li>They will host a game FULLY complying to the rules in section 2.</li></ul>The host captain will then:<ul><li>Invite the opposing team captain</li><li>Invite the remaining member of his team</li></ul>The opposing captain, after accepting the match invite will invite the remaining member of his team.NB: If you cannot get a hold of your opposing captain 5 minutes after your match start time inform an admin via Discord on #tournament-discussion. An admin will then help you resolve the situation. 4. General Rules4.1. Hero Restrictions<ul><li>The tournament will have Hero restrictions in place. Only one of each Hero can be on a team at each time. </li><li>Example of a LEGAL team: </li><li>1 Peacekeeper, 1 Warden</li><li>Example of an ILLEGAL team: </li><li>2 Peacekeepers, </li><li>Please note: HEROES ARE NOT FACTIONS! </li></ul> 4.2. Game Version<ul><li>All players must install the newest version of the game in order to participate in the tournament. Updates must be installed before the tournament starts, so delays will be at a minimum. </li></ul> 4.3. Hosting<ul><li>A team captain must host the game. Tournament admins will pick between one of the two team captains via a coin toss. </li><li>A captain can nominate another team member to host the game, if they are in a better position to host, if the other team agrees to it. </li><li>Admins will still refer to the team captain as the main point of contact when passing down new information. IE: Next opponent. </li></ul> 5. Drop Outs5.1. Connection Disconnects<ul><li>Games must be restarted if a player disconnects in the first 30 seconds or before the first kill, whichever happens first. </li><li>If a Player disconnects from a elimination game after the first 30 seconds or after the first kill, the game must continue. </li></ul> 5.2. Mass Disconnects/Host Disconnects<ul><li>If a mass disconnect occurs in the first round, a rehost will take place. </li><li>If a mass disconnect occurs in the final / deciding round a best of 1 will be rehosted. IE: Under the rules section in the For Honor custom games tab, the round limit will be set to 1 round, the winner of which will advance. </li><li>If a mass disconnect happens after a round has been played, team captains will inform admins of the score at the time of the disconnect. Admins must record the score given to them. </li><li>Admins will then refer to the disconnect scenarios. </li><li>Disconnect scenarios are in place to prevent malicious disconnects being used as a tool to “reset” the progress of a match. </li></ul> 5.3. Disconnect scenarios<ul><li>Please visit the &#39;Disconnect Scenarios&#39; section in the documented rules by clicking <a href="https://goo.gl/5GNXy1" rel="nofollow">here</a>.  </li></ul> 6. Penalties and Disputes6.1. No Shows<ul><li>The No Show grace period time is 10 minutes after the match&#39;s original start time. For example, if a match is scheduled for 10:00 PM, the no show time is 10:10 PM. </li><li>No Shows must be verified by a Tournament Official. </li></ul> 6.2. Results<ul><li>Both team captains are responsible to enter the correct result. Results must be submitted after all games have been played. If anything is unclear, participants should have screenshots of the end of match score screen saved, in-case of any dispute. </li></ul> 6.3. Disputes<ul><li>Disputes submitted by those who are NOT team captains will be ignored. </li><li>Disputes can be submitted with evidence to support the claim, examples are: </li><li>Wrong results (e.g: screenshot of score screen) </li><li>Wrong game settings (screenshot of active feats) </li><li>Suspected cheating (Video evidence) </li><li>Illegal team composition (screenshot) </li><li>Admins decisions on disputes are final. </li></ul> 6.4. Forfeits<ul><li>Participants can choose to forfeit a match if they wish. Forfeiting will result in loss of the match and being sent to the loser&#39;s bracket or eliminated from the tournament. </li></ul> 7. Misc7.1. Admins and Referees<ul><li>All participants must adhere to the decisions and rules of the tournament organizers, admins, and referees. All decisions are final. Conversations, either verbal or written, between organizers, admins, or referees, and participants are confidential. Publicly posting or sharing these conversations with outside parties is strictly forbidden, unless permission is obtained.</li></ul><ul><li>Tournament Organizers respectively are (in no specific order): </li><li>ApollyonZR </li><li>FreeDom </li><li>HideoshiKaze </li><li>KernelPad </li><li>Optophobe </li><li>Tsunami49 </li><li>Vivid </li><li>Zagwitz </li></ul> 7.2. Personal Streaming<ul><li>Personal streaming is allowed and encouraged. Due to For Honor not having a spectator client in the open beta(sic) we ask anyone who wishes to stream a match to provide the stream URL to tournament admins BEFORE the match takes place. </li></ul> 7.3. Content Request<ul><li>It would be much appreciated if video game capture such as shadow play or sharing options on console was enabled. If you have a cool clip be sure upload to YouTube or any other video service as public or unlisted and send a link to the clip to Vivid via <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/vividnaz1" rel="nofollow">Reddit</a> or <a href="vividnaz@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Email</a>. All footage will be condensed to highlight epic moments or the best/worst/funniest plays of the tournament. Please do not forget to include time stamps. </li></ul> 7.4. Special Thanks<ul><li>The organisers of this event would like to take the time to thank you for entering this tournament and going through this document. </li><li>We wish you the best of luck in the upcoming tournament! </li></ul> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/lYkz8uo.jpg" alt=""> 1st Place Prize<ul><li>TBA</li><li>TBA</li><li>TBA</li></ul> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/h4ZzrPq.jpg" alt=""> Start Time:<ul><li>6:00 PM CET </li><li>5:00 PM GMT </li><li>12:00 PM EST </li><li>9:00 AM PST </li></ul>Check In Starts:<ul><li>17:30/5:30 PM CET </li><li>16:30/4:30 PM GMT </li><li>11:30/11:30 AM EST </li><li>8:30/8:30 AM PST </li></ul>Note:<ul><li>Time Zone Converter – http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/</li><li>Don’t forget to adjust for Daylight Savings Time changes in your locality. </li><li>Check In closes 1 minute before the starting time of the tournament. Late Check Ins will be considered a forfeit. </li><li>Tournament will begin once seeding is complete. Please play your match each round as soon as you have an opponent.</li></ul> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/6YGnS0Q.jpg" alt=""> Discord<ul><li>Contact with tournament staff is conducted via the For Honor Discord server. </li><li>Use of Discord is recommended for all team captains. </li><li>View the <a href="https://discord.gg/3G93D4T" rel="nofollow">#tournament-discussion</a> channel via the following <a href="https://discord.me/for-honor" rel="nofollow">link</a>.</li></ul> Console users, in case of an extreme emergency contact /u/Tsunami49 or /u/KernalPad on Reddit.