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The third tournament for Season 1 in Halo Wars 2! $100 and 1000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs in this open, Single Elimination event. Starting on Sunday, July 25 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. 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 | standard gold medal icon 2nd place: $30 | 194 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard silver medal icon 3rd place: $20 | 144 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard bronze medal icon 4th place: $10 | 104 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard copper medal icon 5-8th place: 41 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-16th place: 19 Meta Plays Ladder Points GAME SETTINGS 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: Ashes, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. No repeat leaders in a series. No Voridus. 1 leader ban per map per player. 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 links. Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes. 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 15 minutes. No harassment or discrimination of players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit 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 prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. You may stream your own matches, but a minimum of 2 minutes of 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. 2 minute 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.

Hey everyone, In the time since launch we have been hard at work on running the tournaments, as well as some minor tournament system improvements (e.g. GSL-style group stages now support byes), but let's talk about the new stuff instead! Achievements & Leveling As part of the latest Invision update (this is the suite the site uses), we are now able to create a profile leveling and achievement system. Our take on this is to have this feel like a game's progression system - most common actions will be giving you XP and increase your progress towards achievements. Each profile level and achievement tier will come with a unique badge created by @PF2K that will be featured in your profile and on the front page like so: Here is a preview of the badges you can unlock (tournament ones are a preview, these are coming in the future). You can expand the spoiler below to reveal the precise details regarding the unlock criteria and XP values. Showmatch Store In addition to tournaments, we also will have a showmatch offering from now on. These will be commission options that you can purchase in our store. 100% of funds will go to players directly. We're doing 4 tiers from $25 (Bo 3) to $200 (Bo 9). All those commissioning showmatches will be placed in the matching "Showmatch Benefactor" group, which come with the same perks as our Subscribers. Except these perks are for life! Additionally, Patrons at the highest levels will receive a free $50 or $100 or $200 showmatch commission (at the $250, $500 and $750 levels respectively). Halo Wars 2 example: Replay Packs We have added downloads categories and portal panels for each game supporting replays, and have also submitted replay packs for our AoM and SC2 tournaments. Furthermore, we are unfortunately cutting support for Age of Mythology replay embedding. Single match uploads are no longer commonly used functionality, and with the rise of Twitch streaming in the last few years, we believe that replay packs are the only "wanted" format going forward. These will make it easier for those looking to do detailed learning from replays, giving access to a large batch of examples with a single download, rather than having to hunt for several, and managing folders manually. Keep your eyes on the Home Page / Game Portal widgets for replay packs! Twitch Affiliate We made it to Twitch Affiliate as quickly as possible (7 streams), thanks to you! In fact, during the Halo Wars 2 stream after this unlock, you subbed and gifted so much that we are almost at the affiliate emote limit already! Sub/bit emotes, bit/sub badges, channel points, predictions & more will be available from now on! Status Updates: We enabled a status update panel on the front page, feel free to share what's on your mind! Future Features in the Future, from the Future: Next up, we will be working on a show match system - something not too dissimilar to our tournament system. Stay tuned! Also let us know what you would like to see from us next in the replies below. That's all for now, we'll see you on the battlefield!

The third tournament for Season 1 in Age of Mythology! $310 and 4650 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs in this open, Single Elimination event. This time around we are seeding by Meta Plays' Ladder! Huge thank you to our @WarriorMario and @Ippert, who have contributed $150 and $60 to the prize pool respectively. Starting on Saturday, July 17 at 3 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. 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: $125 | 1224 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard gold medal icon 2nd place: $95 | 898 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard silver medal icon 3rd place: $60| 666 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard bronze medal icon 4th place: $30| 480 Meta Plays Ladder Points | standard copper medal icon 5-8th place: 183 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-16th place: 83 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 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, 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. 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 15 minutes. 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 2 minutes of 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. 2 minute 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.