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Before getting into the season finale event, we are very pleased to announce that we will renew Age of Mythology for another season of tournaments! More info and some polls for your feedback soon. The current, pre-finale ladder standings can be seen below: After 7 total tournaments worth $1060 later, we invited the top 16 players in our ladder to participate in the Season Finale. The Finale will be running in a scheduled fashion, with open casting available in the first 2 rounds. Based on player preferences, we will set up 2 separate days to cover the last segment of the event. These games will all be live streamed on our Twitch. The prize pool is starting at $300. If you would like to contribute to this, you can do so using our donation page. There will also be unique theming to the tournament - we named it Forge of Olympus, and have colossus helmet-themed medals for the top 4 finishers. As for the format of the tournament, we are making this one a double elimination. If you are in the top 16, please head to the brackets and accept your invitation. If certain players can't make it, we will go down the list to still have 16 players. Upon completion of the tournament, our new Hall of Fame page will be revealed, giving a spotlight to the top 4 ladder finishers. This will be for prestige purposes only - we tie all prizes to events at Meta Plays. The points the players earn from the tournament still matter - next season's seeds will be heavily based on the season 1 ladder, while the new one is fresh. We also have a poll running about the winner of the event. Be sure to join the discussion!

Before getting into the season finale event, we are very pleased to announce that we will renew Halo Wars 2 for another season of tournaments! More info and some polls for your feedback soon. The current, pre-finale ladder standings can be seen below: After 7 total tournaments worth $900 later, we invited the S and A class players to participate in the Season Finale. Be sure to catch the live stream on our Twitch on October 31 at 3 PM GMT! The event will have a $500 minimum prize pool, thanks to the $200 donation from @NeWYoRkLeGenD. If you would like to contribute to this, you can do so using our donation page. There is also a unique theming to the tournament - we named it Dawn of Decimus, and have Brute-themed medals for the top 4 finishers. We are also changing up the format - it will be a GSL-style group stage into single elimination tournament! The bracket can be viewed below: Upon completion of the tournament, our new Hall of Fame page will be revealed, giving a spotlight to the top 4 ladder finishers. This will be for prestige purposes only - we tie all prizes to events at Meta Plays. We have a season champion poll going on in our forums at the moment, feel free to vote! The points the players earn from the tournament still matter - next season's seeds will be heavily based on the season 1 ladder, while the new one is fresh.

The Season Finale of Season 1 in Age of Mythology! $300 and 3000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. Starting on Starting on Saturday, November 20. Note this is an INVITATIONAL SCHEDULED EVENT, so it might last several weeks. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up. This time, we are running a Double Elimination Bracket. We are inviting the top 16 available players from our Season 1 Ladder. We will notify you in multiple places if you are invited. @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: $125 | 783 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Forge of Olympus Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: $75 | 573 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Forge of Olympus Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: $60 | 423 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Forge of Olympus Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: $40 | 303 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Forge of Olympus Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 191 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 125 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 75 Meta Plays Ladder Points Confused about the Meta Plays Ladder Points? Check our Launch Announcement and the Leaderboards for current standings. GAME SETTINGS Use Age of Mythology: The Titans on Voobly Game mod: Voobly Balance Patch 5.0 Blind Pick First map per round is picked by the lower seeded player. Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Alfheim, Anatolia, Arctic Craters, Blue Lagoon, Borderlands, Frozen Wastes, 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 cheating of any form. 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, with replays/links. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes 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. Not showing up = late by over 10 minutes. Max 5 min break between games in a series. Exceptions for emergencies only. Unreasonable delays will result in a map loss every 5 min. 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. 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. You may stream your own matches, but a minimum of 90s delay is required. Streaming without delay results in a forfeit. Third party casters may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact our manager for this event for approval. 90s delay is required. If you are streaming our event, please consider giving us a shout-out or two, and sharing the next tournament with your community. This is optional, but we would return the favor. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamurawith 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. We recommend bank payments as there are likely fewer fees. Paypal is a valid alternative that we support. We do not pay out via other methods. We do not pay extra to cover transfer fees.

The Season 1 Finale in Halo Wars 2! $500 and 5000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs in this Group Stage -> Single Elimination event. Starting on Sunday, October 31 at 3 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 2:50 PM GMT. 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. @_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: $200 | 1416 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Dawn of Decimus Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: $125 | 1066 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Dawn of Decimus Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: $100 | 816 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Dawn of Decimus Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: $75 | 616 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Dawn of Decimus Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 298 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-9th place: 167 Meta Plays Ladder Points GAME SETTINGS First map is picked by the worse seed Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. No repeat leaders in a series. No Voridus. 1 leader ban per player per series. Neither player can use banned leaders in the series. Accidental repeated leader/Voridus pick 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, with replays/links. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes 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. Not showing up = late by over 10 minutes. Max 5 min break between games in a series. Exceptions for emergencies only. Unreasonable delays will result in a map loss every 5 min. 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. Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups. No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. You may stream your own matches, but a minimum of 90s delay is required. Streaming without delay results in a forfeit. Third party casters may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact our manager for this event for approval. 90s delay is required. If you are streaming our event, please consider giving us a shout-out or two, and sharing the next tournament with your community. This is optional, but we would return the favor. PAYMENT You will be paid approximately 2-5 work days after the event. Please reach out to @Nakamurawith 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. We recommend bank payments as there are likely fewer fees. Paypal is a valid alternative that we support. We do not pay out via other methods. We do not pay extra to cover transfer fees.

Hey all, We've updated our home page with some new art that helps explain what Meta Plays is to new visitors! To go in tandem with this, we wrote some quick explainers for the Ladder, Tournament and Hall of Fame systems, too. To be clear, you can access these directly at https://meta-plays.com. Here's how it looks: For our returning users, we recommend to bookmark either the main portal(this used to be the home page), or that of the games you are into: Lastly, we have closed down our Patreon, and have built upon our in-house Subscription System to achieve the same goal. The reason for this is that as a personal business, we don't need to charge VAT, thus reducing the cost to you. There is also no third party corporation taking a cut this way. 9 tiers are available, and they'll come with several on-site perks. The best thing is, that the majority of these perks will be automated and instantaneous, and our staff only has to manage the higher tier custom perks. Please don't hesitate to use the Support or Contact Us pages to get in touch about your subscription requests! With these site subscriptions, you have the option to help us increase the prize pools for all games we support, as per the goals on the page. Thanks to everyone that have already activated their subscriptions! The help is very much appreciated. Our first season is drawing to a close, with both Age of Mythology and Halo Wars 2 having their final open tournaments this year. Donations towards the season finales for both games are also open. Both finales have a starting budget of 300$ - special thanks to @NeWYoRkLeGenD for increasing the prize pool of the Halo Wars 2 finale to 500$! Sign ups for the open tourneys below. This is the final chance to make it to the season finale - you must be in S or A Class to be invited! More information on the finales will be announced soon. Lastly, regarding the showmatches for Starcraft II and Warcraft 3, we have been having some trouble arranging them. This is probably a good thing though, as the break allows us to sort our process for this, and will mean that we will have some back-to-back content for you after the HW2 and AoM seasons end! See you on the battlefield.