March Madness ā0864 players/teams (10 reserves)
All players welcome (please have one game slot open to begin the tournament and have that slot remain open until you lose or the tournament ends)
Subsequent rounds will not begin until all games in the previous round have been completed.
This will be a single loss elimination, bracket style tournament
Pick an NCAA Division 1 basketball team (menās or womenās, if you need an idea you can go to
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/standings for menās teams and
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/standings for womenās teams)
Game settings for all games: 2 player, standard, sequential, escalating, chained, no fog (no infected neutral if it is implemented before the end of the tournament)
If the game is not joined within 48 hours this will result in a forfeit and a replacement player will be soughtā¦please make an effort to join your games in a reasonable amount of time.
If your opponent is on your ignore list, please remove them for the duration of the game. If you cannot access your game because you are on your opponentās ignore list, send me a pm and I will make a request of the other player to remove you. Non-compliance will result in a forfeit and a replacement player will be sought.
Seeding will be done by rank at the time that all slots are filled. Everyone will be ordered 1-64 and set into four quarters with 1v64, 2v63ā¦32v33. Region 1 will contain ranks 1,8,9,16,17,24,25,32 and their opponents. Region 2 will contain ranks 2,7,10,15,18,23,26,31 and their opponents. Region 3 will contain ranks 3,6,11,14,19,22,27,30 and their opponents. Region 4 will contain ranks 4,5,12,13,20,21,28,29 and their opponents. At this point the players in each region will be renumbered 1-16 by rank and the games in each region will be played as follows:
1v16
____1/16 v 8/9
____1/16/8/9 v 5/12/4/13
____1/16/8/9/5/12/4/13 v
8v9
________________________________________3/14/6/11/7/10/2/15
5v12
____5/12 v 4/13
4v13
3v14
____3/14 v 6/11
____3/14/6/11 v 7/10/2/15
6v11
7v10
____7/10 v 2/15
2v15
At the time that ranks are being determined the maps will be randomly assigned to each quarter.
Round 1 & Round 2
8 maps ([D,ME]Africa, [ME,Mi]Asia, [Mi,T]Australia, [ME,T]Europe, [D,ME]North America, [D,T]South America, [D,Mi]British Isles, [Mi,T]USA)
Same map from Round 1 to Round 2
The lettering inside the [brackets] corresponds to the second set of maps. That is, Africa will be played as a first and second round map in the Draknor-Level 1 region as well as the Middle Earth region.
Round 3 & Round 4 (Regional Semifinals and Finals)
4 maps (Draknor-Level 1, Middle Earth, Midkemdil, Tamriel)
Same map from Round 3 to Round 4
Round 5 & Round 6 (National Semifinals and Finals)
1 map (Classic)