Master Your Map: Cyprus [Risk_Averse WINS]

by **MrGlassB** on Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:01 pm

edit: mc29. This Tournament has been rescued by MC29

This tournament is part of the Master Your Map mega tournament. For more details see the main thread.

Can you master Cyprus? Once mastered, can you defend it from a group of challengers? This tournament will be a 16-player satellite tournament for the Master Your Map mega tournament. The winner of this tournament will be granted an automatic bid into the final Master Your Map: Challenge the Masters tournament with both first and second round byes.

Participants in this tournament will be randomly placed into 4-player groups. The tournament will consist of 5 stages. Stages 1 through 4 will correspond to different settings groups. Each group of players will play 5 games in each stage with the winner of each game receiving a single point. At the end of Stage 4, the points leader in each group will advance to Stage 5. The four players remaining in Stage 5 will then play two games on each settings group to determine the tournament winner.

show: Stages and Games: Cyprus

Stage 1
Spoils: Escalating
Reinforce: Unlimited
Fog: Sunny

Stage 2
Spoils: Flat Rate
Reinforce: Chained
Fog: Foggy

Stage 3
Spoils: Nuclear
Reinforce: Unlimited
Fog: Foggy

Stage 4
Spoils: No Spoils
Reinforce: Chained
Fog: Sunny

The following settings will be consistent throughout all games.

Players: Four
Type: Standard
Initial: Automatic
Order: Sequential
Rounds: Casual

show: Special Rules

Master Rule: The winner of this tournament will select their preferred settings group. This settings group will be used in the Master Your Map: Challenge the Masters tournament whenever they play their map.

Master Rule: The winner of this tournament will select their preferred settings group. This settings group will be used in the Master Your Map: Challenge the Masters tournament whenever they play their map.

show: Terms and Exceptions

Grouping will be random (random.org). Groups will not change throughout all 5 stages.
Games will be played 5 at a time. I will accept freemium players provided they commit to using all 4 slots for this tournament and send me a PM saying such.
Players will have 48 hours to join their games (from the time the message was sent). After 48 hours, they will be removed from the tournament. Reserves will be used through Stage 2, but not after it.
Ties in Stages 1-4 will be broken by an additional game. Ties in Stage 5 will be broken by an additional set of games.
I reserve the right to change any part of this tournament at any time.

Grouping will be random (random.org). Groups will not change throughout all 5 stages.
Games will be played 5 at a time. I will accept freemium players provided they commit to using all 4 slots for this tournament and send me a PM saying such.
Players will have 48 hours to join their games (from the time the message was sent). After 48 hours, they will be removed from the tournament. Reserves will be used through Stage 2, but not after it.
Ties in Stages 1-4 will be broken by an additional game. Ties in Stage 5 will be broken by an additional set of games.
I reserve the right to change any part of this tournament at any time.