Welcome everyone! This is the fourth in the series of the Many Lands Tournaments. This one is Many Lands IV - At Home in a Foreign Land. It follows the format of Many Lands II - The European Tour(http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=94046), but with one major difference. This time the players choose the maps, but they must have never played it before. So each players home map will be foreign to them!
The first round will have 27 players divided into 9 groups of 3. Second round will have 9 winners divided into 3 groups, with the finals being the winners of the second round. Players will be randomly placed into the first round groups.
The games will be 3 players, and each group will play 3 games (freemium players welcome!), one on each of the players "Home in a Foreign Land" map (details below). Players need to win two games to win the group and advance. If all 3 players win 1 game, a playoff game on a Random map will be played, the winner advancing to the next round (if it's the finals, then they would be the champion).
All games will be Automatic, Terminator, Sequential, Escalating, Unlimited, Foggy.
VERY IMPORTANT - Players MUST have played 500 games to qualify, and have 3 maps on which they've never played. When players sign up they must list the 3 maps chosen, one for each round. Players MUST HAVE NEVER PLAYED the map before the start of the round they will be playing them in (and I'll be checking - so make sure). If they have played the map by the time I plan to post the game, they will be given one chance to pick another. If they are out of maps to choose from, they will be eliminated - no exceptions. In the rare case this may occur, in the first two rounds a reserve will replace the player. If it's for the final, I'll choose the second round player with the most wins that did not move to the final, with a tie breaker being winning the on the maps they had picked to try.
Sign up example:morleyjoe, Round 1 - Europe 1914. Round 2 - Jamaica. Round 3 - WWII Poland.
Once 27 players are in, I'll add up to 3 reserves. Players have 24hrs to join or will be replaced promptly. If the games of round 2 go into the Christmas break (December 24-January 3), I will hold off starting the final until January 3rd.
interesting concept. i play the maps i like many times over but the others, wow. i don't know bout that. ill play but id rather not choose the maps, for sake id like my frustration to be random!
unknownhero wrote:interesting concept. i play the maps i like many times over but the others, wow. i don't know bout that. ill play but id rather not choose the maps, for sake id like my frustration to be random!
-unk
How about Austerlitz, Indian Empire, and Oasis? Or what about Rail Africa, Bamboo Jack, and Eastern Hemisphere?
You've not played any of those yet, and I'm sure a couple others.
BoganGod wrote:ok clan brother, just put me what ever you want, I'm your little puppet. I'm in for whatever
Ok then Bogan - it's 13 Colonies, Central America, Orient Express 1883, as you have these ones open. Just don't play any of them in the next few weeks!
Commander9 wrote:1st one - Staliningrad. 2nd one - Das Schloss. 3rd one - Waterloo.
Arama86n - you are in - and yes, letting the players pick the maps works well. And you've a lot to choose from. Commander9 - please pick three others, as you've played those ones. I did a MapRank of your games - you can choose 3 from Pearl Harbor, Rail Australia, Woodboro, and WWII Western Front.
Nice tourney MJ wish I could play played everyone of the fn maps except one Knights Court the new one. But am going to play that in a different tourney though
