Rules
for The Shadow Tournament of Champions
Tournament Event Rules
Scope:
The tournament is open
to all players who have at least 3 heroes and has all of
the unranked modes enabled. All players
are expected to know all vs modes. Please review the individual mode
descriptions in the game. Registration
and tournament organization is through start.gg. Video and image evidence is uploaded through
the tournament upload page: https://www.soulwarriorglobal.com/tnmt.php (If the file is too big; you may upload using
wetransfer.com to email address: sf4aupload@gmail.com).
Structure &
Format:
The tournament has 3
main phases:
First: Round Robin
Group Stage (12 groups of 4 / Within each group each fighter fights 1x against
the other three)
Second: Knockout
Round: Single Elimination: Best out of 3 matches
(First to win 2 matches) advances.
Third: Round of 16 and onwards: Single Elimination: Best out of 3 matches (First to win 2 matches) advances.
General Parameters throughout the
tournament:
Real Levels –
This tournament supports and promotes hero build. You put in time, work and
effort into your hero. This will allow
you to showcase it. At the same time,
one can have it all but can do poorly in implementing that said hero’s
features. So, skill is still the
determining factor.
Schedule &
Logistics:
We are all busy with
our real-life duties. The tournament
organizer will assist in matching said opponents, but each group fighter is
responsible to communicate with their opponent to schedule their matchup as
they will know their own daily business. If after attempts were made and
matchup fails to commence; the tournament organizer reserves the right to
administer an ethical solution. The
tournament accommodates to players schedule but with a progressive momentum to
avoid unnecessary delays. A tournament commencement post will be made on
Facebook and on Discord. After that
official post; player will need to start scheduling the times good for them.
Standings &
Advancement:
After registration,
players are placed in groups based on country and/or the average between their
ranked 1v1 and 3v3 win rate. Going
further into this; placement will be as even and balanced as possible
considering of country (time zone scheduling), and performance. Players will be processed on a first come
first serve basis, but after all 48 players are signed up; there will be a review
of the placement and adjust if need be.
Details of advancement will be in the tournament match rules, but in
short, after the group stage is completed; the top 2 fighters from each group
advances and then the top 8 3rd runner up across from all the groups
advances. Knockout round and onwards are Single elimination. Each phase
requires to upload the result screen, and video matchup is strongly
recommended.
Prizes &
Disqualifications:
Prize Pool is set to
$1000 once all 48 players have completed registration and agreed to the
tournament rules.
1st 50% ($500)
2nd 20% ($200)
3rd 9% ($90)
4th 5% ($50)
5th 4% ($40). QUARTER
FINALS: 4 WAY 5TH PLACE TIE
Please see the
code of conduct for details on what every fighter needs to follow: https://www.soulwarriorglobal.com/coc.php
Simply put, any
unethical and unfair practices/actions is caught and recorded/captured; player
will be disqualified.
Match Rules
For the following:
Group Stage / Knockout Round / Round of 16
/ Quarter Finals / Semi Finals / 3rd Place / Finals
Group Stage
48 players are placed in 12 groups of 4.
The top 2 players in each of the groups who score the
most wins advance to the knockout round.
Fighters in each group will fight 1 time against the
other 3 fighters in their groups.
If there is a tie between said fighters for the initial
2 advancers; the KO scores of their matches will be used.
GAME MODE
1V1 DUEL (UNRANKED VS FRIEND: 1V1)
GAMEPLAY RULES: SPARRING
HEROES’ PARAMETERS: REAL LEVELS
LOCATION: ANY
The knockout round will have 32 players, therefore the remaining 8 spots will be filled by the top 8 players who were in 3rd place across the groups (24 + 8 = 32)
The knockout round will have 32 players,
therefore the remaining 8 spots will be filled by the top 8 players who were in
3rd place across the groups (24 + 8 = 32). The fighter’s KO total
will be used in determining the top 8 fighters to advance. Any ties that results
in determining the 8th spot will be settled by counting how many
times the said fighter(s) got KO’d. The
person who shows the least advances to the knockout Round. Furthermore, if
fighters KO score is the same and by the rank 8 spot and there is a clear
higher number from the 9th highest; no matches are required.
Players need to submit a screenshot of the match when
the clock reaches 0 to capture the total amount of Kos. Verbal communication is not admissible(not acceptable).
I advise to video record the match in the event there
is an issue. Upload is strongly recommended.
Knockout Round
The 32 players who remain are placed in the associated
brackets.
GAME MODE
1V1 DUEL (UNRANKED VS FRIEND: 1V1)
GAMEPLAY RULES: LIGHT IN THE GLOOM
HEROE’S PARAMETERS: REAL LEVELS
LOCATION: ANY
ROUNDS TO WIN: 3
ROUND DURATION: 100 SEC
Best out of 3 matches (First to win 2 matches) advances
to the round of 16
Round of 16
The 16 players who remain are placed in the associated
brackets.
GAME MODE
3V3 DUEL (UNRANKED VS FRIEND: 3V3)
GAMEPLAY RULES: CLASSIC FIGHT
HEROE’S PARAMETERS: REAL LEVELS
LOCATION: ANY
ROUND DURATION: 100 SEC
Best out of 3 matches (First to win 2 matches) advances
to the Quarter Finals
Quarter Finals
The 8 players who remain are placed in the associated
brackets.
GAME MODE
3V3 DUEL (UNRANKED VS FRIEND: 3V3)
GAMEPLAY RULES: CLASSIC FIGHT
HEROE’S PARAMETERS: REAL LEVELS
LOCATION: ANY
ROUND DURATION: 100 SEC
Best out of 3 matches (First to win 2 matches) advances
to the Semi Finals
Semi Finals, 3rd Place, and
Finals
The 4 players who remain are placed in their brackets
and onwards.
GAME MODE
3V3 DUEL (UNRANKED VS FRIEND: 3V3)
GAMEPLAY RULES: TRUE MASTER
HEROE’S PARAMETERS: REAL LEVELS
LOCATION: ANY
ROUND DURATION: 100 SEC
Best out of 3 matches (First to win 2 matches) advances.
Entry Fee
A $39.00 entry + platform fee is required to
participate in the tournament.
A refund minus any fees can be made BEFORE the
tournament officially starts. No refunds will be made AFTER the
tournament starts.
All participants are responsible and expected to
exercise all measures to be active and available.
There are 48 fighters, all active and ready, therefore
after the official start of the tournament, a refund cannot be given. To be fair and balanced for the other
fighters; there cannot be any unwarranted delays.
A grace period would be given for the requester to find
a replacement ONLY if the requester’s group did not start competing. The
organizer will set in writing the grace period.
The replacement fighter will need to register and confirm payment. When confirmed; only then; a refund minus
any fees can be given to the requester.
If no replacement is found in the allotted time frame and the requester
still does not want to participate; then the matches against the other 3
fighters will be marked as a loss. The
tournament organizer will state in writing on the amount
of points to be given to the other fighters.
This grace period only applies to the group stage.
Knockout stage and on wards; a non-compete would result
in complete forfeiture. There will be no replacement fighters, Reason being is
that by this point in the tournament; fights already had taken place.