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The third event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Amateur 1v1 League Season 2! £50 and 500 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, August 23rd, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:45 PM UTC. This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you have enough time to play in 1 go. @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: C-F Tier players as per the Meta Plays Provisional Rankings can join Amateur League Qualifier events. S-B Tier players are not allowed in these events, as our goal is to support the growth of the the entry-level player base. EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £20 | 128 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £15 | 93 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £10 | 68 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £5 | 48 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 28 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 19 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 13 Meta Plays Ladder Points 13-16th place: 9 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. 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. First instance penalty for active cheating is 1 year, followed by a permanent ban next time. Exploit use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 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. 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, 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.

Hi all, Close followers of our YouTube channel may have already seen our financial report video for the first half of 2025. If you haven't, feel free to watch the whole thing, but we wanted to give you the short version here in writing as well. Note: the video is much more detailed! How is Meta Plays set up? Meta Plays is 100% owned by Nakamura. It's just a second brand name. The structure is self employment in the UK, so Meta Plays is not a company. Nakamura funds the project with a mix of personal day job income and content creation income. Our paid team consists of a web developer, 3 community managers, a graphic designer and an editor. Our mission remains as usual: we boost our team's favourite RTS game communities via tournaments. We roll as much revenue as possible back into the project. So, how are we doing? Not too bad actually! But not amazing either. We're near the end of our "build" phase, and will start our "growth" focus in the next year. Basically, we spend just over 2x of what we make with the project. £7,330 in expenses vs £3,400 in income in 2025 H1. Ending the "build" phase means we will no longer develop website features, removing development costs. Once we look past the large one-off Age of Mythology Deathmatch tournament and dev costs, we are near break-even. We had a MASSIVE 78% HoH increase in sponsorship revenue. This hugely helps us pay for our events. What about the games and their leagues? The Company of Heroes 3 Pro League is our most-watched series on Twitch! We are super pleased, as it's quite new. Halo Wars 2 in all its forms remains most popular, and this is the community that supports us the most by a mile. The Halo Wars 2 Amateur League wins in cost effectiveness, making back 44% of its costs via just content revenues. Age of Mythology has drastically underperformed regardless of whether it was major esports, or our own events. Despite this underperformance, we are sticking with our AoM Deathmatch League this season. What didn't go so well in 2025 H1 While soon addressed, the deficit is a massive drain on resources. Website feature development has been overblown in prioritization, and remains hard to justify going forward. We are no longer relevant in Age of Mythology, despite having been a co-host of a Microsoft-sponsored event. We are not able to interest top players with our low prize pools as compared to MS-sponsored events. MS-sponsored esports occupies the vast majority of prime slots, making scheduling tough. Direct community revenue is at a historically very low share (14.7%) of our income, totalling at just ~£500. Goals for 2026 Half-year event planning (seasons and reports). Achieve a break-even budget for each season. Grow average Twitch viewership and thus sponsorship revenue (targeting £2,000/season). Pursue Relic Sponsorship for CoH 3 Pro League. Addition of Rising Star CoH 3 League (top 8 players excluded). Website and tooling dev wrapped up, entering maintenance mode (imminent). Community-held tournaments and show matches on our website (imminent). Patronage revenue to fund more content pieces once new goals are hit. Increased number of total events for performant games. Failing above, prize pool reductions for low performers. Experiment with crowdfunded events for low performers. Consider pausing our self-funded Age of Mythology events until we’re needed again. Nakamura to cover crowdfunded passion projects (AoM Deathmatch / SpellForce 3) on personal channels. This will help Meta Plays perform better by removing the worst performers from the data set. Eliminate cheating in Halo Wars 2 events. Ways to financially support Meta Plays Become a Patron of the RTS Make a donation to a tournament or our staff Commission a show match Watch and share our content on Twitch and YouTube Participate in sponsorships as we announce them on Discord Thank you very much for reading. We'll see you on the battlefield.

The third event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Rising Star 2v2 League Season 1! £160 and 1600 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, August 2nd, 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: £70 | 435 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £40 | 323 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £30 | 243 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £20 | 179 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 119 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 94 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below. ITSxYOURxDEMISE: £10 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 team. Losing team each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. Following the first map pick, each team bans 1 leader globally. Higher seed bans first. No repeat leaders in a series. In the event that an invalid leader is picked, the opposing team may pick any leader for the team with the invalid pick, and they may re-pick their own. This penalty comes without restrictions, opening up access to banned and already used up leaders to both sides. No double leaders in a team. 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 team has a large army advantage, the game is a draw. If one team 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 team 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 team 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. First instance penalty for active cheating is 1 year, followed by a permanent ban next time. Exploit use is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded team 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 (we will provide instructions). Scores will need to be supplied with links from HaloWarsHub to verify the scores. 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 team is ready and neither team 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 team wins via lateness penalties, the late team 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 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 team who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both teams may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the team who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the team who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet. If a team was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the team who didn't disconnect wins the series. Johnson/Jerome crash: The Johnson/Jerome team loses. In the event of both teams 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. 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.

The sixth event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £255 and 1275 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27th, 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: £35 | 166 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 63 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributor to this tournament below: Gunther - £5 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. If the players handle this, we don't need to pay for a premium account. This reduces our costs. 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: 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 - £40 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 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 Game 1 will be hosted by Mar, 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.

EVENT PRIZES Winner takes all - £50 Thank you to DarkAngel for putting up the prize. 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 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 Game 1 will be hosted by Mar, 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 fifth event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £275 and 2750 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29th, 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 | 718 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £80| 525 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £55 | 388 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £40 | 278 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 175 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 115 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 68 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributor to this tournament below: GreenApple - £25 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. If the players handle this, we don't need to pay for a premium account. This reduces our costs. 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: 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 - £35 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 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 Game 1 will be hosted by Mar, 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 third event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 "Grizzlies" Pro 1v1 League! £325 and 1625 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, June 7th, 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 | 471 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £90 | 357 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £65 | 276 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £50 | 211 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 79 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9th place: 0 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below (£5 lost to transfer fees). Creek: £40 wiilllz: £30 ITSxYOURxDEMISE: £10 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 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.

The second event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Rising Star 1v1 League Season 2! £175 and 1315 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, May 31st, 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: £70 | 344 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £50 | 252 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £35 | 186 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £20 | 134 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 84 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 56 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 34 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below (£10 lost to transfer fees). DarkAngel: £50 ColossalC: £10 ITSxYOURxDEMISE: £10 Lem0n Land: £5 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.

The second event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Amateur 1v1 League Season 2! £50 and 750 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, May 17th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:45 PM UTC. This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you have enough time to play in 1 go. @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: C-F Tier players as per the Meta Plays Provisional Rankings can join Amateur League Qualifier events. S-B Tier players are not allowed in these events, as our goal is to support the growth of the the entry-level player base. EVENT PRIZES Prize distribution is as follows: 1st place: £20 | 192 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £15 | 139 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £10 | 102 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £5 | 72 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 41 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 28 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 19 Meta Plays Ladder Points 14-16th place: 13 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. 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.

The third event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £290 and 2900 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25th, 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 | 840 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £80 | 637 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £60 | 492 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £50 | 376 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 141 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributor to this tournament below: RedxWings - £40 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 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: 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.

The third event for the Meta Plays 1v1 Deathmatch Pro League! £200 and 1500 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, August 9th, 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: £80 | 392 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £60 | 287 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £40 | 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 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. If the players handle this, we don't need to pay for a premium account. This reduces our costs. 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 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. 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 third event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £270 and 2025 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27th, 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 | 587 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £70 | 445 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £60 | 344 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £40 | 263 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 98 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributor to this tournament below (~£2 lost to transaction fees): GreenApple - £22 Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Company of Heroes Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Each player may ban 4 battle groups in a drafting stage. The higher seeded player should host the draft: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/BYjFA Faction is picked by the lower seeded player. Alternate between Axis and Allies each game. Maps are pre-determined each round. No Mirror Matches. Allies are on Position 1. Axis are on Position 2. VP lead gets to choose between first pick or second pick his Faction in the Ace game (VP lead means the total amount of VPs across all games Players have to count for themselves). Map Pool: Road to Tunis, Faymonville, Twin Beaches, Angoville, Villa Fiore, Crossing in the Woods No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. 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. Hosting Higher seeded player is the host. 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 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: 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. Cast by Yodesla.

The second event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 Rising Star 2v2 League Season 1! £180 and 1800 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, May 3rd, 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: £70 | 548 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £50 | 401 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £35 | 296 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £25 | 212 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-6th place: 134 Meta Plays Ladder Points 7-8th place: 88 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-12th place: 52 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below. DarkAngel: £20 Chrillypad: £10 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 team. Losing team each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once. Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault. Following the first map pick, each team bans 1 leader globally. Higher seed bans first. No repeat leaders in a series. In the event that an invalid leader is picked, the opposing team may pick any leader for the team with the invalid pick, and they may re-pick their own. This penalty comes without restrictions, opening up access to banned and already used up leaders to both sides. No double leaders in a team. 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 team has a large army advantage, the game is a draw. If one team 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 team 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 team 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. Hosting Games will be hosted by the higher seeded team 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. There will not be a fourth chance after the season-long ban expires. Penalties for not showing up: Timer starts when 1 team is ready and neither team 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 team wins via lateness penalties, the late team 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 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 team who didn't disconnect may choose a new map, and both teams may choose a new leader. In the second instance, the team who didn't disconnect receives a point on the score board. In the third instance, the team who didn't disconnect wins the series. If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet. If a team was significantly ahead: Admin win is awarded for the match for all cases. In the third instance, the team who didn't disconnect wins the series. Johnson/Jerome crash: The Johnson/Jerome team loses. In the event of both teams 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.

External showmatch.

The second event for the Meta Plays 1v1 Deathmatch Pro League! £1000 and 20000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:30 PM UTC. This tournament is a TWO DAY EVENT - please ensure you are available on both days. Day 1 will focus on the group stage, while day 2 will feature the single elimination playoffs. 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: £400 | 5141 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £300 | 3742 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £200 | 2742 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £100 | 1943 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 668 Meta Plays Ladder Points 9-16th place: 327 Meta Plays Ladder Points 17-24th place: 144 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributor to this tournament listed below. Note that this is an older donation, hence listed in USD. GanG: $240 Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Age of Mythology Season 6 announcement! REQUIRED MOD DM Patch 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: Alfheim Elysium Megalopolis Savannah Silk Road Steppe Tundra After the first map is picked, the higher seeded player hosts a leader draft: Bo 3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/deaBe - 2 bans, 4 picks per player Bo 5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/GAkbg - 2 bans, 5 picks per player Bo 7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/kZxTM - no bans, 7 picks per player The draft link must be shared in the Meta Plays Discord. In the event of invalid god picks: The game must be restarted The opponent may pick any available god for the player making the mistake. The god chosen must be picked from the opponent’s drafted god pool. Repeated invalid picks will result in an admin loss. No repeat gods in a series. Otherwise, any god within with the pool of the players' own picks may be used. You may not use a god from your opponent's pick pool (ergo there are no mirror matchups). 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 30 work days after the event. This prize pool is large, hence the longer time window. 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. 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. 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 second event for the Meta Plays Halo Wars 2 "Grizzlies" Pro 1v1 League! £250 and 1600 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday, April 12th, 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: £100 | 363 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £70 | 275 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £50 | 213 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £30 | 163 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 61 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, 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.

The first event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £285 and 1875 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, March 22-23rd, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:45 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: £110 | 543 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £80 | 412 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £55 | 318 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £40 | 243 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 91 Meta Plays Ladder Points We thank our generous contributors to this tournament listed below: Gunther: £35 Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Company of Heroes Season 2 announcement! GAME SETTINGS Each player may ban 4 battle groups in a drafting stage. The higher seeded player should host the draft: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/BYjFA Faction is picked by the lower seeded player. Alternate between Axis and Allies each game. Maps are pre-determined each round. No Mirror Matches. Allies are on Position 1. Axis are on Position 2. VP lead gets to choose between first pick or second pick his Faction in the Ace game (VP lead means the total amount of VPs across all games Players have to count for themselves). Map Pool: Road to Tunis, Faymonville, Twin Beaches, Angoville, Villa Fiore, Crossing in the Woods No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. 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. Hosting Higher seeded player is the host. 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 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: 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.

The first event for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League Season 2! £250 and 1875 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs. The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, February 15-16th, starting at 4 PM UTC. Brackets get locked at 3:45 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 | 543 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon 2nd place: £70 | 412 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon 3rd place: £50 | 318 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon 4th place: £30 | 243 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon 5-8th place: 91 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 Faction is picked by the lower seeded player. Alternate between Axis and Allies each game. Maps are pre-determinded each round. No Mirror Matches. Allies are on Position 1. Axis are on Position 2. Battlegroup Elimination is in effect (each battlegroup can be only played once per set). In Bo5 the Battlegroup Elimination resets in the ace game. VP lead gets to choose between first pick or second pick his Faction in the Ace game (VP lead means the total amount of VPs across all games Players have to count for themselves). Map Pool: Faymonville, Twin Beaches, Road to Tunis, Villa Fiore. No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed. 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. Hosting Higher seeded player is the host. 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 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 @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. 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 @Olvadi for approval. We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match where applicable. We request you give Meta Plays one shout-out mid-commentary, such as an invitation to make an account on the site.

We are pleased to announce the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 League Season 2! Meta Plays will cover key matches of the league, with the rest being open to community casters. Introducing the "Eagle Strike" Pro League: Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #1 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Feb 15-16 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #2 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Mar 22-23 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #3 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Apr 26-27 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #4 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - May 24-25 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #5 - £250 + Community Donations - Double Elimination - Jun 28-29 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #6 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Jul 26-27 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #7 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Sept 20-21 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #8 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Oct 18-19 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #9 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Nov 22-23 Eagle Strike Pro League Season 2 #10 - £250 + Community Donations - Single Elimination - Dec 13-14 Note: this article and our calendar will be updated as we progress through the season and new info becomes available. A Different Approach In season 2, we are scattering individual events across 2025. There are no qualifiers and no main events. We believe this offers the following benefits that should result in greater player participation: Better prize pools for individual events. Increased schedule flexibility for players, as they no longer need to work around main events. Each event will now accept community donations as well, reducing the amount of time between contributions and effect. Without a main event, the slot they would normally occupy is now available for all players. This is not necessarily a permanent change we will keep, but we are going through with it for this year. In the event of significant budget/sponsorship changes, we would prefer running our classic league format with qualifiers and main events. As things stand however, it makes more sense to aim for maximized participation instead of small-time "premier" events. The Provisional Ranking System (Seeding) This will be the first occasion of us utilizing the Provisional Ranking System in Company of Heroes 3. While in Halo Wars 2, we use this for segregating skill levels into different leagues, our Company of Heroes revenues are not in a place to allow for this setup yet. So we will use it from a seeding point of view only. 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. The tiers are distributed as follows for Company of Heroes 3: S Tier: Rank 1-8 A Tier: Rank 9-16 B Tier: Rank 17-28 C Tier: Rank 29-44 D Tier: Rank 45-64 E Tier: Rank 65-90 F Tier: Rank 91+ We will link to the rankings in this article after the first tournament has sign-ups. 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. 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 Tournament Profile. 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! Can I Help Meta Plays Directly? For any of you looking to support our project, the best way to do so is becoming a subscriber on the website. This is a monthly recurring payment that you get perks and exclusive news for. The more goals we hit, the easier and safer it is for us to keep the project going. We are also currently looking for Moderators to join our team, so that we can keep our chats, Discord and website a pleasant and friendly environment for all. Moderators will also help with entering scores during events. You can apply here. Where To Watch We will live stream all events on our Twitch, and YouTube, with edited videos released later. Community casters will have access to cover matches - all games that we don't cover are open casting for live streamers. Please contact each event's manager for clearance. Can I Host Tournaments Too? Very soon! We have successfully split our ladders for asynchronous season timings, meaning that we can theoretically support partner tournaments and leagues. We just need a little more time to ensure that the partner experience of hosting is working fully as intended. We are looking for additional Content Partners that are interested in either helping to cover our own events, or once our work to allow this is complete, to host their own leagues on the website. You can apply as a content partner here. That is pretty much it! Let us know what you think in the comments below, join us on Discord for real-time chats, and we will see you on the battlefield!