Registration is closed and teams have been assigned. Subs are still welcome


Here it is guys. The Tactical Gamer NS Tournament is now official. The following will lay out the rules and procedures for the tournament. Please read it in its entirety if you are interested in participating.

TEAM FORMING

6 teams will be formed by approved captains. Each team must consist of at least 2 supporting members.

Team captains
Team captains will be responsible for forming teams. Interested players should send kormendi a PM ASAP. While the first 6 applicants will most likely be accepted, we reserve the right to deny a request if the applicant is not an established player in the TG community. What is meant by established is one who plays on the server regularly and recognizes the ideals Tactical Gamer stands for.

Captains should be those who are willing to accept the associated responsibilities. Please don’t take this position lightly.

Draft
All players will be drafted onto a team. This will work similarly to how we do captains games on the server. On Sunday May 29, the six team captains will meet on the Tactical Gamer TeamSpeak server. The captains will take turns picking players until all are assigned to a team. The selection order will be random and after each round will be rotated so that the captain who has the last pick in a round will have the first pick in the following round.


SUBSTITUTES

Interested players whose schedule does not allow for full time participation may become substitutes. Please PM kormendi if you are interested.

Teams may only choose a ringer from the pool of approved substitutes. A thread will be maintained exclusively for substitute requests. Any substitutions must be resolved 15 minutes before a match. Teams are encouraged to find a sub well before the deadline. Try to gather your team before the deadline to rule out any last minute disappearances. All substitutes are encouraged to idle in the TG TeamSpeak server and the #tacticalgamer IRC channel to provide assistance in the case that a team needs a player just prior to the deadline.

Substitutes may not play in more than 4 matches. An exception will be made if the sub is the only one available at the 15 minute deadline. If only two or more subs are available, those who have exceeded the 4 match limit are ineligible to play.


THE TOURNAMENT

The tournament will start with a 2 week preseason the week of June 12th. After the preseason a double elimination tournament will start.

2 Week Preseason
For the first 2 weeks of the tournament, teams will play 2 exhibition games. The match ups will be randomly assigned. This will give teams a chance to grow before the elimination takes effect. Additionally, the two teams with the best record during the initial two weeks will earn their bye into the second round of the tournament.

Double Elimination
The tournament will be double elimination. This means that after a team’s first loss they are moved to a loser’s bracket where they play until a second loss. Matches will continue untill all but the winner of the loser's bracket and the undefeated team are eliminated.
Click for a look at the bracket. This shows the break down of games by week. I will update the bracket after the completion of a week's matches.

Matches
-The tournament manager (kormendi) will assign match times.
-Will be played on Monday and/or Wednesday at 8:15PM EST and/or 10:15PM EST.
-A strictly enforced 10 minute grace period will be allowed for teams to organize. See linked thread for details.
-Schedule changes will be permitted if both teams agree and at least 24 hours advanced notice is given.
-Will be played using the current version according to naturalselection.com.
-Will be played 6v6
-Will consist of 2 rounds.
-A single round will last until a win condition is satisfied or 45 minutes has elapsed.
-In the event of a tie after two rounds, a tie breaker round will be played with the choice of team determined by the method detailed in the linked post.
-The team which plays as marines first will be determined randomly at the time of scheduling.
-After the first round the teams will switch sides and a second round will be played.
-All matches will be recorded by HLTV.
-Any disputes will be resolved by inspection of the recorded demos.
-Matches will be played on the public Tactical Gamer NS server.
-During a match the server will be locked.



Maps
Maps for the tournament will be decided week by week. The maps will be selected from those in rotation on the server at the start of the tournament. If you have a map in mind that you would like included in the tournament, please request that it be added to the rotation. Any factors that determine a map's eligibility for rotation will apply.


Amendments and edits may be made at any time. Please refer to this post for any updates and changes to the rules. I will maintain a change log at the bottom of this post.

I would like to acknowledge the CSS tournament, its participants, and its management. The CSS Tournament provided both inspiration and guidance for the planning of this tournament.


Teams
Suicide Kings
Pokerface
Zek
Black_V!per
Wyzcrak
Nickhastapee
Asian_Noodle
j

Dark Eagle Ops
Wuss
Rampage
Cerevox
Tempest
Infro
Cainanth
Karrd
Headchestfoot

The Catpunchers
Micr0c0sm
Violentsquirrel
FireFly
Enigma
kormendi
TheFenix
Kerostasis

Tactically Dangerous
[Taco]Maniac
Al
RGM-79N_GM_CUstom
Keres
Tele
Yack
Pfhor

Apex
DON.MAC
Aesop Rock
HiJack
Fury
Snappy
Abix
Vapox

Spongebob Mob
Wildchild
Verbose
Yellow-Asterisk
Eternaly_Lost
Frost
Zogato
T_Bear


Captains
micr0c0sm
[Taco]Maniac
Wildchild
DON.MAC
Wuss
Pokerface

Change Log
5/15 11:15PM - Added the Interested Participants section
5/16 12:15AM - Added people to the list... some from other tourny thread
5/18 9:30PM - Removed requirement for draftees to be present at draft on teamspeak.
5/20 3:30PM - Added 6v6 match requirement, monday/wednesday match days, and bracket.
5/20 5:30PM - Fixed starting day, was june 15, now june 12
5/20 6:00PM - Added list of captains
5/27 12:45PM - Finalized captains.
5/27 1:00PM - Revised "team forming" section
5/27 3:30PM - Added info about match times to "matches" section
5/29 11:30AM - Finalized player list
6/6 2:30AM - Added teams
7/6 10:45PM - Updated match rules with 10 min grace period, and tie breaker, and some misc revisions