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The third tournament for Season 2 in SpellForce 3! $100 and 1000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. Sign ups will close Saturday, September 17th, at 11 PM GMT. From this point, players must complete each round within 1 week. Thank you to our anonymous supporter, who contributed $1000 to ensure the longevity of our SpellForce 3 league! For those looking to contribute to this event, you may do so via our Donation Page, using the SF3 option! Contributions will count toward this event until it begins. All funds contributed during/after this event will go towards the next one. Seeding is based on the Season 2 Ladder standings first, and the in-game Leaderboard standings second! The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. @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 1st place: $40| 264 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: $30| 194 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: $20| 144 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: $10| 104 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 41 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-16th place: 19 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the SpellForce 3 Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Platform: Steam, Epic or GoG. Other platforms are currently incompatible. Mode: Skirmish Objective: Capital Destruction Max heroes: 1 Resource Abundance: x1 Economy Multiplier: 100% Players must blind pick their race using this tool each game. Once joining the lobby, you must use the race you announced. You may switch races between games. Random race is allowed. Contact @Olvadi for race pick disputes. Higher seed player bans a map first, followed by the lower seed player. Alternate until the number of maps matches the size of the series. Lower seed player picks the starting map and hosts it. Host takes slot 1, other player takes slot 2. Valid maps: Ancient City, Bitter Canyon, Empyrian Coast, Evergreen Forest, Greykeep Gardens, Hard Rock, Jungle Crossroads, Fortress Stoneguard, Wasteland of Xu, Windwall Forest No cheating or exploits of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays 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 # Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. Ensure in-game names are not modified for color. You may symbols so long as your name remains readable. In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. Avoid using the "End Session" button, as this breaks spectating. Avoid using pauses, as this breaks spectating. Disconnected or crashed games may be re-hosted from saves, when possible. In the event a game appears decided, casters may call the winner, however. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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 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 @Olvadi for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You cover any match. Please contact @Olvadi for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

The second Skirmish tournament for Season 2 in SpellForce 3! $10 and 100 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. Sign ups will close Saturday, September 17th, at 11 PM GMT. From this point, players must complete each round within 1 week. Seeding will be randomized! Sign ups are capped to 1200 Elo. Meta Plays Staff reserves the right to remove suspicious or known high ranked players. The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. @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 1st place: $10 | 34 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: 22 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: 17 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: 13 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 5 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the SpellForce 3 Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Platform: Steam, Epic or GoG. Other platforms are currently incompatible. Mode: Skirmish Objective: Capital Destruction Max heroes: 1 Resource Abundance: x1 Economy Multiplier: 100% Players must blind pick their race using this tool each game. Once joining the lobby, you must use the race you announced. You may switch races between games. Random race is allowed. Contact @Olvadi for race pick disputes. Higher seed player bans a map first, followed by the lower seed player. Alternate until the number of maps matches the size of the series. Lower seed player picks the starting map and hosts it. Host takes slot 1, other player takes slot 2. Valid maps: Ancient City, Bitter Canyon, Empyrian Coast, Evergreen Forest, Greykeep Gardens, Hard Rock, Jungle Crossroads, Fortress Stoneguard, Wasteland of Xu, Windwall Forest No cheating or exploits of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays 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 # Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. Ensure in-game names are not modified for color. You may symbols so long as your name remains readable. In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. Avoid using the "End Session" button, as this breaks spectating. Avoid using pauses, as this breaks spectating. Disconnected or crashed games may be re-hosted from saves, when possible. In the event a game appears decided, casters may call the winner, however. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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 Everyone: You may stream all of your own matches. You may upload videos at your leisure. 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 @Olvadi for approval. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You cover any match. Please contact @Olvadi for approval.

Welcome to our first ever showmatch using our new system! Remember you can commission your own showmatch in our store! The showmatch will take place on Tuesday, September 13th, starting at 5 PM GMT. Shadowfax is currently the #6 player in our Age of Mythology: Extended Edition season 3 ladder, whereas this is actually Yoshii's first supremacy event! Make sure to catch our live stream! But in case you can't make it, a YouTube VOD will be available. EVENT PRIZES Winner takes it all: $50 USD. GAME SETTINGS Play on Age of Mythology: Extended Edition on Steam. Use the Meta Plays Balance Mod. No repeats of a god you have won with (within a series). You can only win with the same god 1 time and must switch to another. Valid Maps: Alfheim, Anatolia, Arctic Craters, Blue Lagoon, Borderlands, Ghost Lake, Marsh, Mediterranean, Midgard, Oasis, Savannah, Tropical Mirage, Tundra, Watering Hole. 1 map ban each. Coin toss for who bans first. Coin toss for first map pick. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. 2 vetoes (restarts) per player total (before 1 min). No excessive wall connector spamming allowed. Banned cases: Connector spam to protect wonders Illegal placements around gold mines and Settlements Acceptable cases include: 4 pieces around towers (including around your main base gold mine, if it blocks) 4 pieces to save dock builder Segments to seal off a gap that was meant to be walled No hunt deleting. No unnatural wall usage, such as deleting wall segments and setting up a gate network. No Gaia Forests around Gold Mines or Settlements. No cheating of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there, with replays. Forfeiting/not showing up to the showmatch 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 not be considered for future showmatches. 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 and will not be considered for future showmatches. 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 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. In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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, 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: We will provide replays after the event privately. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: We will provide replays after our YouTube VoD is public. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

The first tournament for Season 2 in SpellForce 3! $100 and 750 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. Starting on Sunday, September 11 at 4 PM GMT. Bracket will be locked at 3:45 PM GMT, making signing up impossible. Please note this is a ONE DAY EVENT. You must complete the tournament in 1 sitting. The event might take 6+ hours. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up. Thank you to our anonymous supporter, who contributed $1000 to ensure the longevity of our SpellForce 3 league! Seeding is based on the Season 2 Ladder standings first, and the in-game Leaderboard standings second! The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. @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 1st place: $40| 218 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: $30| 165 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: $20| 128 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: $10| 98 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 37 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the SpellForce 3 Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Platform: Steam, Epic or GoG. Other platforms are currently incompatible. Mode: Skirmish Objective: Capital Destruction Max heroes: 1 Resource Abundance: x1 Economy Multiplier: 100% Players must blind pick their race using this tool each game. Once joining the lobby, you must use the race you announced. You may switch races between games. Random race is allowed. Contact @Olvadi for race pick disputes. Higher seed player bans a map first, followed by the lower seed player. Alternate until the number of maps matches the size of the series. Lower seed player picks the starting map and hosts it. Host takes slot 1, other player takes slot 2. Valid maps: Ancient City, Bitter Canyon, Empyrian Coast, Evergreen Forest, Greykeep Gardens, Hard Rock, Jungle Crossroads, Fortress Stoneguard, Wasteland of Xu, Windwall Forest No cheating or exploits of any form. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays 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 # Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. Ensure in-game names are not modified for color. You may symbols so long as your name remains readable. In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. Avoid using the "End Session" button, as this breaks spectating. Avoid using pauses, as this breaks spectating. Disconnected or crashed games may be re-hosted from saves, when possible. In the event a game appears decided, casters may call the winner, however. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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 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 @Olvadi for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You cover any match. Please contact @Olvadi for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

The second Skirmish tournament for Season 3 in Halo Wars 2! $10 and 100 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, September 10th, starting at 4 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 3:45 PM GMT. Please note this is a scheduled event. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up! Seeding is based on 1v1 MMR - check yours here by searching for your Gamertag. To participate, your account: Must have 3.0 MMR or less. Must have gamerscore in multiple games. Must have 300+ matches played. Account age must be over 6 months. Meta Plays Staff reserves the right to remove potential smurfs or known high ranked players. 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: $10 | 30 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: 23 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: 18 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: 14 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 11 Meta Plays Ladder Points GAME SETTINGS Higher seeded player may veto 1 map per series. First map is picked by the lower 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. Repeat leaders are allowed. 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. 1 hour time limit. Casters must either call the winner, or give both sides 1 point. Replay match if the series ends on tie. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when casters are not present. Casters will host if they are present. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. 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/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. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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: Everyone: You may stream all of your own matches. You may upload videos at your leisure. 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 will be considered as main streams for this event. Please contact @Nakamura for approval. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Content Partners. Please contact @Nakamura for approval.

The second tournament for Season 3 in Halo Wars 2! $190 and 1900 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Sunday, September 4th, starting at 4 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 3:45 PM GMT. The final stage will be a ONE DAY EVENT, scheduled by the remaining players. Thanks to the $40, $35 and $15 contributions from @LikelySquidward, anonymous, and @Yeatzee respectively! Seeding is based on the Season 2 ladder standings first, and your Solo War CSR second. @_TheLegend_ 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: $75| 550 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: $60| 417 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: $35| 322 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: $20| 246 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 92 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Halo Wars 2 Season 3 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Higher seeded player may veto 1 map per series First map is picked by the lower seeded player Once the map is picked, each player may veto 1 leader per series. The higher seed should veto first. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. No repeat leaders in a series. No Voridus. Accidental pick of vetoed leaders or Voridus results in loss. 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. 1 hour time limit. Casters must either call the winner, or give both sides 1 point. Replay match if the series ends on tie. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when staff is not present. Casters will host if they are present. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. 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/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. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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: 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 stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @_TheLegend_ for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @_TheLegend_ for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.

The second Skirmish Tournament for Season 3 in Age of Mythology! $10 and 100 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, September 3rd, starting at 3 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 2:45 PM GMT. Please note this is a one day event. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up! Maximum Elo to enter this tournament is 2000. Players with 2001 and above Elo will not be permitted to play. Meta Plays Staff reserves the right to remove suspicious or known high ranked players. Seeding is based on 1v1 Supremacy Elo. The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. @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 1st place: $10 | 29 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: 22 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: 17 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: 13 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 5 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Age of Mythology Season 3 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Use Age of Mythology: Extended Edition on Steam Use the Meta Plays Balance Mod. God repeats are allowed. First map per round is defined in the bracket. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Alfheim, Anatolia, Blue Lagoon, Ghost Lake, Marsh, Mediterranean, Midgard, Oasis, Savannah, Tundra, Watering Hole 1 veto per player per series. Must be used before 1 minute. No excessive wall connector spamming allowed. Banned cases: Connector spam to protect wonders Illegal placements around gold mines and Settlements Acceptable cases include: 4 pieces around towers (including around your main base gold mine, if it blocks) 4 pieces to save dock builder Segments to seal off a gap that was meant to be walled No hunt deleting. No unnatural wall usage, such as deleting wall segments and setting up a gate network. No Gaia Forests around Gold Mines or Settlements. No cheating of any form. HOSTING Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there, with replays. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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 Everyone: You may stream all of your own matches. You may upload videos at your leisure. 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 will be considered as main streams for this event. Please contact @fophuxake for approval. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Content Partners. Please contact @fophuxake for approval.

The first Monthly Tournament for Season 3 in Age of Mythology! $250 and 3750 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Sunday, August 28th, starting at 3 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 2:45 PM GMT. Please note this is a one day event. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up! Thank you to @Flacofor the $150 contribution to this event! Seeding is based on the Meta Plays Season 2 EE Ladder first, and your 1v1 Supremacy Elo second. The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. @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 1st place: $100 | 987 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: $75 | 724 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: $50 | 573 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: $25 | 387 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 148 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-16th place: 67 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Age of Mythology Season 3 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Use Age of Mythology: Extended Edition on Steam Use the Meta Plays Balance Mod. No repeats of a god you have won with (within a series). You can only win with the same god 1 time and must switch to another. First map per round is defined in the bracket. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Alfheim, Anatolia, Arctic Craters, Blue Lagoon, Borderlands, Ghost Lake, Marsh, Mediterranean, Midgard, Oasis, Savannah, Tropical Mirage, Tundra, Watering Hole. 1 veto per player per series. Must be used before 1 minute. No excessive wall connector spamming allowed. Banned cases: Connector spam to protect wonders Illegal placements around gold mines and Settlements Acceptable cases include: 4 pieces around towers (including around your main base gold mine, if it blocks) 4 pieces to save dock builder Segments to seal off a gap that was meant to be walled No hunt deleting. No unnatural wall usage, such as deleting wall segments and setting up a gate network. No Gaia Forests around Gold Mines or Settlements. No cheating of any form. HOSTING Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player. SOCIAL RULES Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there, with replays. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 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 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 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 fees. 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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 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 stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @fophuxake for approval. You may upload videos at your leisure. Non-Partners: 90s delay is required. 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.

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Our season 3 finale event, covered by Meta Plays. Brackets:

The last of the open tournaments in Season 3 of Meta Plays' Halo Wars 2 League! Brackets:

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