Wohoo, thanks for signing up folks! This is going to be fun. The ladder is here.

Update:

Unfortunately, a lot of the matches (about 1/3) didn't happen in this last week for various reasons. Therefor we are extending Round #1 for another week, you have until Sunday, the 29th of November, to play your matches.

Livestream

Please subscribe to our twitter account http://twitter.com/hedgewars to get early announcements of upcoming streams which are going to be available on this page.

So how is this going to work? All players, please read on carefully.

Forum

There's a special forum category where only you can join. Please post your announcements there.

General Rules

• Each player must use his login (same password as on the website).
• A party must consist of two players and two teams.
• Each team will have two hedgehogs, so it will be 4 hedgehogs per side.
• AI teams are forbidden.
• Players must use the same teams all the way through the tournament.
• Each round consists of 3 matches against the opponent, the party which wins 2 times first moves to the next round.

Demos & Disruptions (update!)

• When a match is finished, players must announce the winners in the tournament forum.
• Demos must be saved and uploaded for each match.
• Matches not played within the week schedule will be subject to review. If one or both parties are found to be responsible for the match not being played, that player/players will be knocked out of the tournament.
• If a network problem occurs kicking all players at the same time (e.g. server crashes) the match will be replayed.
• If a network problem happens to one player the match will be played to the end with the remaining players.

When you play your matches and you feel like someone did a nice turn or kill, please note the time and tell us in the announcement thread. We're planning on doing a fragmovie with a best of compilation (:

Schedule

• Every game in a particular round must be played within the week scheduled for that round.
• Organising when a match is played within the week scheduled is down to the players.

I propose using http://doodle.com/ to find the perfect date and time for your matches. It's quite easy to use (no signup needed). Nevertheless, you should check your PM Inbox and the tournament forums on hedgewars.org regularily.

Game scheme & weapon sets

• Rounds #1, #3 and the finals will be played using default game scheme and weapon set.
• Round #2 will be played with Pro Mode game scheme and Pro Mode weapon set.
• Round #4 will be played with a special config (Artillery+Pro Mode) which I will post later.
• Round #1, #2, #3 and #4 will take place on a randomly generated, medium-sized map.
• The finals will take place on a uservoted map, more on that in the tournament forums.

Finally, we can and will assist you as much as we can. E.g. we can setup game rooms and rules for you or supply TeamSpeak servers if you feel like it. Just get in touch, preferrably via IRC.

Good kills