Fountain of Manner League Season 1

Prize Pool

Minimum: $500 spread across the league. More to be raised through crowdfunding. 

After $500, we will use 50% of donations towards this season and carry over 50% of all donations to support the prize pool for season 2. 

We'll be aiming for 40-50% of the available prize pool to be given to the top 3 winners of the highest group and 20-30% of the prize pool for top 2-3 winners of the 2nd group. The rest of the prize pool will be split evenly among the remaining divisions with guaranteed prizes for the top 2 in each group.

Disclaimer: Depending on the number of participants, some changes may need to be made to prize structure and format to create a more fair tournament. (For example, if larger divisions won't work out, we may need to go with smaller groups. This may result in something along the lines of only the top 2 in each group of 8 players being paid out instead of top 4 in each division of 14 players.)

Format

Depending on the amount of participants, the league will be divided into 3-4 divisions. These divisions will have be grouped by player skill judged by a player's MMR. From there, each division will be split into two groups evenly by MMR and potentially race. Players will play only within their group throughout the season. At the end of the season, the top half of the group will advance to the division playoffs. The seeds will be reshuffled and sorted by total points scored by the players. 

For an example of the breakdown of the groups and divisions, read the full rules here.

How to join 

Register to the Challonge here and join the FoM Discord here. Joining both is a requirement, as the groups will be run through Challonge, and contacting opponents as well as scheduling will be done through Discord.

Who is eligible to play?

There is no minimum or maximum MMR restrictions. Players will be sorted into a group within a division of players of similar skill level as balanced as is possible. Players must have at least 20 solo games on W3Champions in either the current or previous season in order to be eligible. This is to have a more accurate gauge of each players skill level, so that divisions can be seeded in a fair manner for all players. If this requirement is not met, players can reach out to an admin and see if they may still be eligible to join. All regions are eligible to join, however we will currently have hosting priority associated to those within the "Americas" regions for the first season of the league. Players can always opt for whatever server is the most fair, but in the case of a dispute, priority will be given to the Americas regions. More information listed in the "Hosting" section.

League Schedule 

TENTATIVE TO CHANGE

Signups August 25th - September 11th 

Week 1: September 13th - September 19th

Week 2: September 20th - September 26th 

Week 3: September 27th - October 3rd 

Week 4: October 4th - October 10th 

Playoffs: October 11th - October 24th

Scoring

All matches are best of 3 maps series. The playoff finals will be best of 5 maps series for the top 2 divisions, but still best of 3 maps series for the lower divisions unless a best of 5 is agreed upon. 

• Every map win awards 1 point
• No extra points for winning 2-0
• A forfeit of 1 or more maps has a penalty of -1 point.
• End of season rankings are based on points, not on your win-loss record

Scheduling

Matches will be scheduled by the players themselves each week. Admins may reach out to certain players at the start of each play week to set a matchup to be broadcast on one of the main stream channels. Matches are to be played and reported during the play week before Sunday 11:59pm PDT. Matches should be scheduled each week as soon as possible to avoid situations where forfeits need be given out. Some matches can be postponed to the next play week if agreed upon by both sides, but must be finished as soon as possible. Matches may also be played a week early if agreed upon by both sides, for situations such as some circumstance preventing that match being played during its scheduled play week. All group stage matches must be finished by October 10th regardless. The playoffs will then run from October 11th to October 24th, covering all three rounds of the playoffs (quarterfinals, semifinals, finals).

Match Process

All matches are best of 3 games. The top player on the match list (also the higher seed in playoffs) decides whether they are player A or player B. 

Maps are vetoed in the following order by players: A B B A B A 

3 Maps now remain. Player A selects 1 remaining map as their map choice should they lose a game. Player B selects 1 remaining map as their map choice should they lose a game. The final map remaining is played first.

Map Pool

Amazonia • Autumn Leaves • Concealed Hill • Echo Isles • Last Refuge • Northern Isles • Shallow Grave • Terenas Stand LV • Tidehunters 

For copy-paste purposes for map pool and vetoes: 

AZ - AL - CH - EI - LR - NI - SG - TS - TH 

A B B A B A

Race Selection

Race must be selected before vetoing. You are required to play that race for the full series. Random is a race option.

Hosting

All games are to be played on the W3Champions Flo servers through the Warcraft III Battle.net client. Netease and Battle.net servers can be used if agreed upon by both players. Default hosting is on North America Servers: US West 4, US West 6, US Central 2, US South 2, US East, US North West as well as Asia East/Asia East 2 for matches between the Oceanic region and Americas regions if they are more fair than US West.

Additional rules about reporting results, forfeits, disconnect ruling and more can be found here.