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The eighth event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £250 and 2500 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19th, starting at 3 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 2:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a TWO DAY EVENT - please ensure you are available on both days. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching CoH3 option! @Olvadi is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £100 | 370 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £70 | 281 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £50 | 217 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £30 | 166 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 63 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Company of Heroes Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Maps are played twice. In the second game, the players swap factions (axis vs allies). Exception: the ace match acts as a decider and isn't played twice. Allies are on Position 1. Axis are on Position 2. No Mirror Matches. Map Pool: Angoville, Crossing in the Woods, Faymonville, Road to Tunis, Twin Beaches, Villa Fiore. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. SETUP FOR BEST OF 3 The higher seeded player should host the draft: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/BLLEM Players alternate with their battlegroup bans, eliminating 4 each. Players alternate with map picks, 2 each. Players snipe (ban) one of their opponent's map picks. The lower seeded player picks the map. The higher seeded player declares their faction (axis or allies). For the ace match (game 3), the player with a VP lead may decide to choose their faction first or second. VP lead refers to the total amount of Victory Points across all games. Players should make note of this as games end. Note that the map pick is still done BEFORE the faction pick. SETUP FOR BEST OF 5 The higher seeded player should host the draft: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/Janpl Players alternate with their battlegroup bans, eliminating 4 each. Players alternate with map picks, 4 each. Players snipe (ban) one of their opponent's map picks. The lower seeded player picks the map. The higher seeded player declares their faction (axis or allies). In game 3, the roles reverse: The higher seeded player picks the map. The lower seeded player declares their faction (axis or allies). For the ace match (game 5), the player with a VP lead may choose their role of either picking the map OR their faction. VP lead refers to the total amount of Victory Points across all games. Players should make note of this as games end. Note that the map pick is still done BEFORE the faction pick. Hosting The higher seeded player should always host. Replays The winner has to upload all Replays in the Discord Replays Channel. Find replays at: C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 3\Playbacks. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results and provide replays there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. There will not be a fourth chance after the season-long ban expires. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. No harassment, discrimination, or false cheating accusations against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. Cheating accusations are meant to handled in private with Meta Plays staff. Stalling games after final staff decisions (e.g. via cheating accusation arguments) will result in lateness penalties. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a disconnection or crash: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. The player who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both players may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 10 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money. You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party. We can pay out via Revolut, bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods. Our recommendation is Revolut for the following reasons: You keep more of your money, as there is no fee. It allows us to send in GBP, which then you can convert at the same rate we can. We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees. To minimize the impact, we recommend to use Revolut or bank transfers where possible. You may request to receive your prize in your local currency. In light of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian citizens are not affected by this if they reside in an un-sanctioned country, or have financial accounts in such a country able to receive payments. Affected prizes will be paid to a selected charity unrelated to the war in Ukraine, chosen by our staff. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS: Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @Olvadifor approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site.

EVENT PRIZES Winner takes all - £20 Thanks to Maximus for commissioning the showmatch. GAME SETTINGS First map is picked by the higher seeded player. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. PsychicWizard will pick the first map. No repeat leaders in the series. If you pick an invalid leader, your opponent picks any leader for you, and for themselves. This penalty comes without restrictions, opening up access to banned and already used up leaders to both sides. No node strat - do not take nodes without the intent of killing Sentinels. Exception: you can draw the Sentinels to attack an enemy minibase or units, and still capture the node. Exception: Cannon Fodder can take nodes any way you want. Players must use in-game chat or DMs to notify casters of the node-strat. Casters will need to confirm for validity. Mild cases of node strat will result in a warning (eg accidental retreats). 3 warnings will result in a match loss. Severe cases of node strat will result in a match loss (eg purposefully forced capture or cloak-based node strat). Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. 1 hour time limit. If base and slot building count is even/very close, and neither player has a large army advantage, the game is a draw. If one player has an army advantage, casters will send a final attack prompt. The outcome of this last attack determines whether a winner or a draw is called, based on the base/slot building count afterwards. Draws result in both teams receiving a point on the scoreboard. If one player has a clear base and slot building count advantage and their opponent is not in a position to even out the game with the next attack, the player with more slot buildings wins. Replay match if the series ends on tie. The previous loser picks map in this case. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Depending on severity, penalties may range from match loss or disqualification to long-term or even permanent bans. Hosting Game 1 will be hosted by Maximus, and then players will alternate host. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. Stalling games after final staff decisions will result in lateness penalties as well. No harassment or discrimination against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a disconnection or crash: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. The player who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both players may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. Johnson/Jerome crash: The Johnson/Jerome player loses. In the event of both players causing a crash, we will treat this case as a disconnect and follow rules around them.

The fourth event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Rising Star 1v1 League Season 2! £100 and 750 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, September 27th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you have enough time to play in 1 go. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching HW 2 option! @Hosticide is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). Participation Restrictions: A-F Tier players as per the Meta Plays Provisional Rankings can join Rising Star League events. S Tier players are not allowed in these events, as our goal is to support the growth of the wider player base. EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £40 | 196 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £30 | 143 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £20 | 106 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £10 | 76 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 48 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 31 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 19 Meta Plays Ladder Points 13th place: 0 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Halo Wars 2 Season 7 announcement! GAME SETTINGS First map is picked by the higher seeded player. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. Higher seeded player picks the starting map. After the map pick, the higher seeded player decides who hosts the leader draft: Bo 1: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/ywzVZ - 2 bans, 2 picks per player Bo 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/AFYgq - 2 bans, 4 picks per player Bo 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/PekZM - 2 bans, 5 picks per player Bo 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/PlOlF - 1 ban, 7 picks per player The draft link must be shared in the Meta Plays Discord. No repeat leaders in a series. Otherwise, any leader within with the pool of the players' own picks may be used. You may not use a leader from your opponent's pick pool (ergo there are no mirror matchups). If you pick an invalid leader, your opponent picks any leader for you, and for themselves. This penalty comes without restrictions, opening up access to banned and already used up leaders to both sides. No node strat - do not take nodes without the intent of killing Sentinels. Exception: you can draw the Sentinels to attack an enemy minibase or units, and still capture the node. Exception: Cannon Fodder can take nodes any way you want. Players must use in-game chat or DMs to notify casters of the node-strat. Casters will need to confirm for validity. Mild cases of node strat will result in a warning (eg accidental retreats). 3 warnings will result in a match loss. Severe cases of node strat will result in a match loss (eg purposefully forced capture or cloak-based node strat). Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. 1 hour time limit. If base and slot building count is even/very close, and neither player has a large army advantage, the game is a draw. If one player has an army advantage, casters will send a final attack prompt. The outcome of this last attack determines whether a winner or a draw is called, based on the base/slot building count afterwards. Draws result in both teams receiving a point on the scoreboard. If one player has a clear base and slot building count advantage and their opponent is not in a position to even out the game with the next attack, the player with more slot buildings wins. Replay match if the series ends on tie. The previous loser picks map in this case. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Depending on severity, penalties may range from match loss or disqualification to long-term or even permanent bans. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when staff is not present. Casters will host if they are present. Exceptions may apply based on judgement calls. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. Stalling games after final staff decisions will result in lateness penalties as well. No harassment or discrimination against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a disconnection or crash: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. The player who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both players may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. Johnson/Jerome crash: The Johnson/Jerome player loses. In the event of both players causing a crash, we will treat this case as a disconnect and follow rules around them. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 10 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money. You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party. We can pay out via Revolut, bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods. Our recommendation is Revolut for the following reasons: You keep more of your money, as there is no fee. It allows us to send in GBP, which then you can convert at the same rate we can. We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees. To minimize the impact, we recommend to use Revolut or bank transfers where possible. You may request to receive your prize in your local currency. In light of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian citizens are not affected by this if they reside in an un-sanctioned country, or have financial accounts in such a country able to receive payments. Affected prizes will be paid to a selected charity unrelated to the war in Ukraine, chosen by our staff. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS: Everyone: You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Players: You may stream all of your own matches. 90s delay is required. Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @Hosticide for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. Non-partner Casters: 90s delay is required. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @Hosticide for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match. For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience.

External showmatch.

The seventh event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £250 and 2500 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Sep 20-21st, starting at 3 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 2:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a TWO DAY EVENT - please ensure you are available on both days. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching CoH3 option! @Olvadi is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £100 | 370 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £70 | 281 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £50 | 217 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £30 | 166 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 63 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Company of Heroes Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Maps are played twice. In the second game, the players swap factions (axis vs allies). Exception: the ace match acts as a decider and isn't played twice. Allies are on Position 1. Axis are on Position 2. No Mirror Matches. Map Pool: Angoville, Crossing in the Woods, Faymonville, Road to Tunis, Twin Beaches, Villa Fiore. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. SETUP FOR BEST OF 3 The higher seeded player should host the draft: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/BLLEM Players alternate with their battlegroup bans, eliminating 4 each. Players alternate with map picks, 2 each. Players snipe (ban) one of their opponent's map picks. The lower seeded player picks the map. The higher seeded player declares their faction (axis or allies). For the ace match (game 3), the player with a VP lead may decide to choose their faction first or second. VP lead refers to the total amount of Victory Points across all games. Players should make note of this as games end. Note that the map pick is still done BEFORE the faction pick. SETUP FOR BEST OF 5 The higher seeded player should host the draft: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/Janpl Players alternate with their battlegroup bans, eliminating 4 each. Players alternate with map picks, 4 each. Players snipe (ban) one of their opponent's map picks. The lower seeded player picks the map. The higher seeded player declares their faction (axis or allies). In game 3, the roles reverse: The higher seeded player picks the map. The lower seeded player declares their faction (axis or allies). For the ace match (game 5), the player with a VP lead may choose their role of either picking the map OR their faction. VP lead refers to the total amount of Victory Points across all games. Players should make note of this as games end. Note that the map pick is still done BEFORE the faction pick. Hosting The higher seeded player should always host. Replays The winner has to upload all Replays in the Discord Replays Channel. Find replays at: C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 3\Playbacks. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results and provide replays there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. There will not be a fourth chance after the season-long ban expires. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. No harassment, discrimination, or false cheating accusations against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. Cheating accusations are meant to handled in private with Meta Plays staff. Stalling games after final staff decisions (e.g. via cheating accusation arguments) will result in lateness penalties. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a disconnection or crash: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. The player who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both players may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 10 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money. You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party. We can pay out via Revolut, bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods. Our recommendation is Revolut for the following reasons: You keep more of your money, as there is no fee. It allows us to send in GBP, which then you can convert at the same rate we can. We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees. To minimize the impact, we recommend to use Revolut or bank transfers where possible. You may request to receive your prize in your local currency. In light of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian citizens are not affected by this if they reside in an un-sanctioned country, or have financial accounts in such a country able to receive payments. Affected prizes will be paid to a selected charity unrelated to the war in Ukraine, chosen by our staff. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS: Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @Olvadifor approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site.

External showmatch.

The fourth event for the Meta Plays 1v1 Deathmatch Pro League! £240 and 1500 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, October 11th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you are available for the whole duration. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching AoM option! @fophuxake is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to her on Discord, or @ her in the comments here (if not urgent). EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £100 | 392 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £70 | 287 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £50 | 212 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £20 | 152 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 96 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 63 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 38 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Age of Mythology Season 6 announcement! REQUIRED MOD DM Patch (changes are WIP) This mod rebalances the game to provide a better experience in the Deathmatch mode. It also includes blind picks, so that players can't see what god their opponent is picking in the lobby. Any matches played without the mod will be invalid. Management will ask players to replay invalid matches. Refusal results in disqualification. GAME SETTINGS First map is picked by the higher seeded player. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Bamboo Grove Elysium Megalopolis Savannah Silk Road Steppe Tundra Gods are single-use (regardless of whether you win or lose). There is no draft. In the event of invalid (e.g. reused) god picks: The game must be restarted The opponent may pick any still available god for the player making the mistake. Repeated invalid picks will result in an admin loss. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Spectator settings: All matches must be hosted publicly. Spectators must be allowed. A minimum spectator delay of 3 minutes is required. Lobby Settings: All parties are equally responsible for ensuring the lobby settings are correct before launching a game. Wrong settings may result in a game being restarted. Game type: Deathmatch Victory Condition: Standard Player Count: 2 Map Size: Standard Map Visibility: Revealed Starting Resources: Standard Game Speed: Standard Allow Titans: No Bonus: No Lock Teams: Yes Military Autoqueue: No Free for All: No Villager Priority: No Allow Cheats: No Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player The server used should be a middle ground solution that has reasonable ping to both players SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. There will not be a fourth chance after the season-long ban expires. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. No harassment, discrimination, or false cheating accusations against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. Cheating accusations are meant to handled in private with Meta Plays staff. Stalling games after final staff decisions (e.g. via cheating accusation arguments) will result in lateness penalties. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of a disconnection or crash: The administration will assess the situation and decide whether the game should be restored or restarted. In case of a game restore or restart, players must exit the game without revealing the map. Any issues that can not be resolved between the players must be immediately brought up to an administrator. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 10 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money. You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party. We can pay out via Revolut, bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods. Our recommendation is Revolut for the following reasons: You keep more of your money, as there is no fee. It allows us to send in GBP, which then you can convert at the same rate we can. We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees. To minimize the impact, we recommend to use Revolut or bank transfers where possible. You may request to receive your prize in your local currency. In light of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian citizens are not affected by this if they reside in an un-sanctioned country, or have financial accounts in such a country able to receive payments. Affected prizes will be paid to a selected charity unrelated to the war in Ukraine, chosen by our staff. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS: Players: You may stream all of your own matches. 60s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Content Partners: You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @fophuxake for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Non-partner Casters: You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @fophuxake for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site.

The fourth event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 "Grizzlies" Pro 1v1 League! £285 and 1070 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, September 6th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you have enough time to play in 1 go. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching HW 2 option! @Hosticide is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). Participation Restrictions: Only S and A Tier players as per the Meta Plays Provisional Rankings can join Pro League Qualifier events. If you are not in these Tiers, you will need to defeat one of these players in a showmatch, or a Rising Star League event. EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £120 | 481 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £90 | 381 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £65 | 310 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £50 | 253 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 159 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below (£5 lost to transfer fees). Blinx: £35 Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Halo Wars 2 Season 7 announcement! GAME SETTINGS First map is picked by the higher seeded player. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. After the first map is picked, the higher seeded player hosts a leader draft: Bo 1: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/ywzVZ - 2 bans, 2 picks per player Bo 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/AFYgq - 2 bans, 4 picks per player Bo 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/PekZM - 2 bans, 5 picks per player Bo 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/PlOlF - 1 ban, 7 picks per player The draft link must be shared in the Meta Plays Discord. No repeat leaders in a series. Otherwise, any leader within with the pool of the players' own picks may be used. You may not use a leader from your opponent's pick pool (ergo there are no mirror matchups). If you pick an invalid leader, your opponent picks any leader for you, and for themselves. This penalty comes without restrictions, opening up access to banned and already used up leaders to both sides. No node strat - do not take nodes without the intent of killing Sentinels. Exception: you can draw the Sentinels to attack an enemy minibase or units, and still capture the node. Exception: Cannon Fodder can take nodes any way you want. Players must use in-game chat or DMs to notify casters of the node-strat. Casters will need to confirm for validity. Mild cases of node strat will result in a warning (eg accidental retreats). 3 warnings will result in a match loss. Severe cases of node strat will result in a match loss (eg purposefully forced capture or cloak-based node strat). Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. 1 hour time limit. If base and slot building count is even/very close, and neither player has a large army advantage, the game is a draw. If one player has an army advantage, casters will send a final attack prompt. The outcome of this last attack determines whether a winner or a draw is called, based on the base/slot building count afterwards. Draws result in both teams receiving a point on the scoreboard. If one player has a clear base and slot building count advantage and their opponent is not in a position to even out the game with the next attack, the player with more slot buildings wins. Replay match if the series ends on tie. The previous loser picks map in this case. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Depending on severity, penalties may range from match loss or disqualification to long-term or even permanent bans. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when staff is not present. Casters will host if they are present. Exceptions may apply based on judgement calls. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. Stalling games after final staff decisions will result in lateness penalties as well. No harassment or discrimination against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a disconnection or crash: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. The player who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both players may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. Johnson/Jerome crash: The Johnson/Jerome player loses. In the event of both players causing a crash, we will treat this case as a disconnect and follow rules around them. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 10 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money. You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party. We can pay out via Revolut, bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods. Our recommendation is Revolut for the following reasons: You keep more of your money, as there is no fee. It allows us to send in GBP, which then you can convert at the same rate we can. We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees. To minimize the impact, we recommend to use Revolut or bank transfers where possible. You may request to receive your prize in your local currency. In light of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian citizens are not affected by this if they reside in an un-sanctioned country, or have financial accounts in such a country able to receive payments. Affected prizes will be paid to a selected charity unrelated to the war in Ukraine, chosen by our staff. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS: Players: You may stream all of your own matches. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @Hosticide for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Non-partner Casters: 90s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @Hosticide for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match. For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site.

The first event of the Meta Plays SpellForce 3 Pro League Season 1! 250 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will start on Saturday, September 13th, and players will have to complete 1 round per week. SpellForce 3 will be sporadically covered via Nakamura's personal channels using replays, rather than live on Meta Plays. Please ensure you are in Nakamura's Discord by start time, as we will kick missing players from the tournament. Please note this is a LONG TERM EVENT. Make sure you are able to freely schedule at least 1 round every week. Pro League events are only open to high level players. For this first event, access will be arbitrarily restricted and seeding will be arbitrary as well. The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching SF3 Pro option! @Nakamura is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). EVENT PRIZES 1st place: 74 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: 56 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: 44 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: 34 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 24 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the SpellForce 3 Season 4 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Platform: Steam, Epic or GoG. Other platforms are currently incompatible. Mode: Skirmish Game Mods: Mandatory: Skirmish Maps Optional (either player may opt out): Undead Faction Skirmish Heroes Please ensure the order of mods is as you see above, otherwise extra heroes may not show up. Objective: Capital Destruction Max heroes: 1 Resource Abundance: x1 Economy Multiplier: 100% Valid maps: Ancient City Breathing Swamps Caldera Springs Empyrian Coast Evergreen Forest Greykeep Gardens Hard Rock Jungle Crossroads Fortress Stoneguard Laranian Catacombs Red Wastes Wasteland of Xu Windwall Forests Hosting, Bans and Picks Players must start by banning maps using the corresponding tool for each series size: Best of 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/nrhKn Best of 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/rHGvp Best of 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/zGNRp Note: the admin-picked maps at the end of the draft are available for the players to use. Higher seeded player picks the starting map and hosts it. Losing player picks the next map each time. Players must blind pick their faction using this tool each game. Once joining the lobby, you must use the race you announced. Restart the game if an incorrect pick is made. You may switch factions between games. Random pick is allowed. Contact @Nakamura for race pick disputes. Host takes slot 1, other player takes slot 2. On 4 player maps, set up a cross spawn if both players agree. Use blue (player 1) vs red (player 2) colours for ideal spectating visibility. No cheating or exploits of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Nakamura's Discord. Report match results there, with replays. Replays should be named with the following format: Round X - Player 1 Name vs Player 2 Name - Game # We will not count matches that you fail to properly report. Please cooperate for the sake of timeliness. Forfeiting/not showing up to any top 4 match without notice will result in disqualification. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. No harassment or discrimination of players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. Ensure in-game names are not modified for color. You may symbols so long as your name remains readable. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speed test results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a crash or disconnection: Create a save file ASAP to continue the game from (load a multiplayer save lobby). In the event of a crash that can't be recovered: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't crash wins the series. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS Everyone: You may stream all of your own matches. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. We recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You may cover any match. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You cover any match. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

The first event of the Meta Plays SpellForce 3 Rising Star League Season 1! 250 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will start on Saturday, September 13th, and players will have to complete 1 round per week. SpellForce 3 will be sporadically covered via Nakamura's personal channels using replays, rather than live on Meta Plays. Please ensure you are in Nakamura's Discord by start time, as we will kick missing players from the tournament. Please note this is a LONG TERM EVENT. Make sure you are able to freely schedule at least 1 round every week. Rising Star League events are open for all, minus the top 4 players. For this first event, access will be arbitrarily restricted and seeding will be arbitrary as well. The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching SF3 Rising Star option! @Nakamura is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). EVENT PRIZES 1st place: 85 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: 67 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: 55 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: 45 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the SpellForce 3 Season 4 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Platform: Steam, Epic or GoG. Other platforms are currently incompatible. Mode: Skirmish Game Mods: Mandatory: Skirmish Maps Optional (either player may opt out): Undead Faction Skirmish Heroes Please ensure the order of mods is as you see above, otherwise extra heroes may not show up. Objective: Capital Destruction Max heroes: 1 Resource Abundance: x1 Economy Multiplier: 100% Valid maps: Ancient City Breathing Swamps Caldera Springs Empyrian Coast Evergreen Forest Greykeep Gardens Hard Rock Jungle Crossroads Fortress Stoneguard Laranian Catacombs Red Wastes Wasteland of Xu Windwall Forests Hosting, Bans and Picks Players must start by banning maps using the corresponding tool for each series size: Best of 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/nrhKn Best of 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/rHGvp Best of 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/zGNRp Note: the admin-picked maps at the end of the draft are available for the players to use. Higher seeded player picks the starting map and hosts it. Losing player picks the next map each time. Players must blind pick their faction using this tool each game. Once joining the lobby, you must use the race you announced. Restart the game if an incorrect pick is made. You may switch factions between games. Random pick is allowed. Contact @Nakamura for race pick disputes. Host takes slot 1, other player takes slot 2. On 4 player maps, set up a cross spawn if both players agree. Use blue (player 1) vs red (player 2) colours for ideal spectating visibility. No cheating or exploits of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Nakamura's Discord. Report match results there, with replays. Replays should be named with the following format: Round X - Player 1 Name vs Player 2 Name - Game # We will not count matches that you fail to properly report. Please cooperate for the sake of timeliness. Forfeiting/not showing up to any top 4 match without notice will result in disqualification. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. No harassment or discrimination of players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. Ensure in-game names are not modified for color. You may symbols so long as your name remains readable. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speed test results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a crash or disconnection: Create a save file ASAP to continue the game from (load a multiplayer save lobby). In the event of a crash that can't be recovered: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't crash wins the series. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS Everyone: You may stream all of your own matches. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. We recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You may cover any match. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You cover any match. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

The first event of the Meta Plays SpellForce 3 Amateur League Season 1! 250 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will start on Saturday, September 13th, and players will have to complete 1 round per week. SpellForce 3 will be sporadically covered via Nakamura's personal channels using replays, rather than live on Meta Plays. Please ensure you are in Nakamura's Discord by start time, as we will kick missing players from the tournament. Please note this is a LONG TERM EVENT. Make sure you are able to freely schedule at least 1 round every week. Amateur League events are intended for lower level or new players. In the future, only players of a certain Provisional Ranking will be able to join. For this first event, access will be arbitrarily restricted and seeding will be arbitrary as well. The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. @Nakamura is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). EVENT PRIZES 1st place: 85 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: 67 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: 55 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: 45 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the SpellForce 3 Season 4 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Platform: Steam, Epic or GoG. Other platforms are currently incompatible. Mode: Skirmish Game Mods: Mandatory: Skirmish Maps Optional (either player may opt out): Undead Faction Skirmish Heroes Please ensure the order of mods is as you see above, otherwise extra heroes may not show up. Objective: Capital Destruction Max heroes: 1 Resource Abundance: x1 Economy Multiplier: 100% Valid maps: Ancient City Breathing Swamps Caldera Springs Empyrian Coast Evergreen Forest Greykeep Gardens Hard Rock Jungle Crossroads Fortress Stoneguard Laranian Catacombs Red Wastes Wasteland of Xu Windwall Forests Hosting, Bans and Picks Players must start by banning maps using the corresponding tool for each series size: Best of 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/nrhKn Best of 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/rHGvp Best of 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/zGNRp Note: the admin-picked maps at the end of the draft are available for the players to use. Higher seeded player picks the starting map and hosts it. Losing player picks the next map each time. Players must blind pick their faction using this tool each game. Once joining the lobby, you must use the race you announced. Restart the game if an incorrect pick is made. You may switch factions between games. Random pick is allowed. Contact @Nakamura for race pick disputes. Host takes slot 1, other player takes slot 2. On 4 player maps, set up a cross spawn if both players agree. Use blue (player 1) vs red (player 2) colours for ideal spectating visibility. No cheating or exploits of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Nakamura's Discord. Report match results there, with replays. Replays should be named with the following format: Round X - Player 1 Name vs Player 2 Name - Game # We will not count matches that you fail to properly report. Please cooperate for the sake of timeliness. Forfeiting/not showing up to any top 4 match without notice will result in disqualification. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. No harassment or discrimination of players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. Ensure in-game names are not modified for color. You may symbols so long as your name remains readable. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speed test results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a crash or disconnection: Create a save file ASAP to continue the game from (load a multiplayer save lobby). In the event of a crash that can't be recovered: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't crash wins the series. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS Everyone: You may stream all of your own matches. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. We recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You may cover any match. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You cover any match. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

We are pleased to announce the Meta Plays SpellForce 3 League Season 4! Nakamura will cover key matches via personal Twitch and YouTube channels. Introducing the Pro League Season 1: (Note: all leagues are rebooted in terms of numbering) Pro League Tournament 1 - Double Elimination - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting September 13 - 1 round per week Pro League Tournament 2 - Double Elimination - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting Date TBA Pro League Tournament 3 - GSL Group Stage - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting Date TBA Introducing the Rising Star League Season 1: Rising Star League Tournament 1 - Double Elimination - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting September 13 - 1 round per week Rising Star League Tournament 2 - Double Elimination - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting Date TBA Rising Star League Tournament 3 - GSL Group Stage - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting Date TBA Introducing the Amateur League Season 1: Amateur League Tournament 1 - Double Elimination - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting September 13 - 1 round per week Amateur League Tournament 2 - Double Elimination - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting Date TBA Amateur League Tournament 3 - GSL Group Stage - 1000 Ladder Points - Starting Date TBA Note: this article and our calendar will be updated as we progress through the season and new info becomes available. Return To Tournaments & Casual Approach As you can see, these events are not going to receive the usual Meta Plays package of full live coverage, and self-funded prize pools. This is purely a passion project in an effort to give SpellForce 3 players a fair, structured environment to play in consistently. More importantly, we think that our new Provisional Ranking System has real potential to allow players to play in their own skill division. This is extremely important for growth, both in terms of player interest and overall retention. We understand that no new player wants to go up against the top players and get smashed in round 1, hence the separate leagues. Given players' schedule constraints, we are also going with single events over a qualifier -> main event system, as we want new players to be able to join our events for the first time any time, rather than having to sit out a main event they didn't qualify for. In the new year, once we have gathered enough players, we will also investigate hosting 2v2 tournaments. Lastly, while there will be both a short and long-term ladder for players to compete in, monetary prizes are entirely community-driven. Only the Pro and Rising Star Leagues will accept community donations. 100% of proceeds will go to prize pools. Access To Sign Ups - The Provisional Ranking System Since we last hosted SpellForce 3 events, we have added a new leapfrogging ranking system. This will allow us to segment the leagues, stopping top players from playing in the Amateur League, and likewise stopping low and mid level players from playing in the Pro League. This approach is strongly in line with player feedback we have seen over the last few years. Provisional Ranking Tiers will give you access to sign up to specific events like so: Pro League: S and A Tiers Rising Star League: A, B, C, D, E, F Tiers Amateur League: B, C, D, E, F Tiers Moving through Provisional Rankings happens every time a tournament series or a showmatch gets a result on our website with immediate effect. So if you are currently rank 8, and beat rank 5, you will be the new rank 5, and the former rank 5 is now rank 6. Everyone in-between loses a rank as well. You will be able to view the Provisional Rankings on this page. The tiers are distributed as follows for SpellForce 3: S Tier: Rank 1-4 A Tier: Rank 5-12 B Tier: Rank 13-24 C Tier: Rank 25-40 D Tier: Rank 41-60 E Tier: Rank 61-84 F Tier: Rank 85+ We will start with Provisional Rankings that are based our staff's best judgement, but we expect any errors will be corrected within a single season, especially with the help of showmatches. Caveat: 2v2 is not supported by the Provisional Ranking System. For 2v2 events, we will manually restrict sign ups for some players. Of course, there will be badges on your profiles, in event sign-up lists, and in the ladders as eye-candy. See them below for all games. How the Seasonal Ranking Ladder Works Each tournament we host will reward players that have won any series with Meta Plays Ladder Points. The more you win, the more points you receive. These Meta Plays Points then will go towards a Seasonal Ranking Ladder. Each League has its own separate Ladder. The Seasonal Ranking Ladder will start everyone at 0 points when a new season comes around. The scaling of the ladder points works as follows: Base value: 10x Prize pool in GBP (or monetary value in prizes). The number of players in the tournaments will scale the points in the following way: 4-8: -50% 9-15: -25% 16-23: no change 24-31: +50% 32-47: +75% 48-64: +100% You can review the point spread between player placements using our Tournament Point Calculator. Cosmetic Features In The Seasonal Ranking Ladder Based on your position in the ladder, we assign you to a "Class" - one of D(lowest), C, B, A and S(highest). The classes give you a badge and will be featured on your Profile. For the Main Event, we will only take our own ladder into account for your seeding. Check out the Class icons below. The top 4 players will also receive medals corresponding with their final placement in each Tournament. For additional info, please check our Tournament and Ladder explainer posts! Where To Watch Nakamura will cover key matches via personal Twitch and YouTube channels, using replays. Community casters will have access to cover matches live or otherwise without restrictions. Please contact @Nakamurafor clearance in advance if you want to cast. Can I Host Tournaments Too? Yes! We are in fact looking for additional Content Partners that are interested in either helping to cover our own events, or to host their own leagues with separate Seasonal Ranking Ladders. W-e will closely work with you to help you set up your events. You can apply as a content partner here. That is pretty much it! Let us know what you think in the comments below, join Nakamura's Discord for SpellForce 3 events, and the Meta Plays Discord if you're interested in the other games we cover. We will see you on the battlefield!

The third event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Rising Star 1v1 League Season 2! £200 and 2000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, August 30th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you have enough time to play in 1 go. Looking to contribute to this event? You may do so via our Donation Page, using the matching HW 2 option! @Hosticide is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent). Participation Restrictions: A-F Tier players as per the Meta Plays Provisional Rankings can join Rising Star League events. S Tier players are not allowed in these events, as our goal is to support the growth of the wider player base. EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £80 | 509 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £60 | 369 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £40 | 269 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £20 | 189 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 107 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 72 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 47 Meta Plays Ladder Points 13-16th place: 32 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below. DarkAngel: £70 Blinx: £30 Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Halo Wars 2 Season 7 announcement! GAME SETTINGS First map is picked by the higher seeded player. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. After the first map is picked, the higher seeded player hosts a leader draft: Bo 1: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/ywzVZ - 2 bans, 2 picks per player Bo 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/AFYgq - 2 bans, 4 picks per player Bo 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/PekZM - 2 bans, 5 picks per player Bo 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/PlOlF - 1 ban, 7 picks per player The draft link must be shared in the Meta Plays Discord. No repeat leaders in a series. Otherwise, any leader within with the pool of the players' own picks may be used. You may not use a leader from your opponent's pick pool (ergo there are no mirror matchups). If you pick an invalid leader, your opponent picks any leader for you, and for themselves. This penalty comes without restrictions, opening up access to banned and already used up leaders to both sides. No node strat - do not take nodes without the intent of killing Sentinels. Exception: you can draw the Sentinels to attack an enemy minibase or units, and still capture the node. Exception: Cannon Fodder can take nodes any way you want. Players must use in-game chat or DMs to notify casters of the node-strat. Casters will need to confirm for validity. Mild cases of node strat will result in a warning (eg accidental retreats). 3 warnings will result in a match loss. Severe cases of node strat will result in a match loss (eg purposefully forced capture or cloak-based node strat). Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. 1 hour time limit. If base and slot building count is even/very close, and neither player has a large army advantage, the game is a draw. If one player has an army advantage, casters will send a final attack prompt. The outcome of this last attack determines whether a winner or a draw is called, based on the base/slot building count afterwards. Draws result in both teams receiving a point on the scoreboard. If one player has a clear base and slot building count advantage and their opponent is not in a position to even out the game with the next attack, the player with more slot buildings wins. Replay match if the series ends on tie. The previous loser picks map in this case. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Depending on severity, penalties may range from match loss or disqualification to long-term or even permanent bans. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when staff is not present. Casters will host if they are present. Exceptions may apply based on judgement calls. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with money prizes without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling. Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event. Repeat offenders will receive a ban for the entire current and next season. Reoffending after the above season ban results in a permanent ban. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match. Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win. This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins. BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes. Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min. Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified. Stalling games after final staff decisions will result in lateness penalties as well. No harassment or discrimination against players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. No public cheating accusations. Use our private Cheating Reports page, or DM our staff. Cheating players outside of our events (in matchmaking, or non-Meta Plays events) will be banned from events for 3 months. Players engaging in public witch hunts will receive the same penalty as cheaters. Reports must be private. Repeat offenses will double the previous penalty each time. No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform. This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms. Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing. Live coaching or any other external communication during matches is unacceptable and will result in a permanent ban from all Meta Plays events. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit prizes in this event, and will be permanently banned from all event participation. STABILITY RULES In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears): Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs. Casters will need to confirm for validity. If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued. If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue. Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss. In the event of a disconnection or crash: If the game was relatively even: If all parties crash, re-play the game. The game doesn't count for score in the first instance. The player who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both players may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the player who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet. If a player was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series. Johnson/Jerome crash: The Johnson/Jerome player loses. In the event of both players causing a crash, we will treat this case as a disconnect and follow rules around them. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 10 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money. You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party. We can pay out via bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods. We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees. To minimize the impact, we recommend to request bank transfers. You may request to receive your prize in your local currency. This tournament takes place during a war period. Ukraine has been invaded by Russia and Belarus. In light of NATO sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian citizens are not affected by this if they reside in an un-sanctioned country, or have financial accounts in such a country able to receive payments. Affected prizes will be paid to a selected charity unrelated to the war, chosen by our staff. LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS: Players: You may stream all of your own matches. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Content Partners: 60s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @Hosticide for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site. Non-partner Casters: 90s delay is required. You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @Hosticide for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match. For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site.