IamMagic vs Beastyqt Bo 7

Welcome to our promotional showmatch between IamMagic and Beastyqt!
Remember you can commission your own showmatch in our store!

The showmatch will take place on Sunday, Janauary 15th, starting at 4 PM GMT.

Make sure to catch our live stream! But in case you can't make it, a YouTube VOD will be available.

EVENT PRIZES

Winner: $200
Loser: $100

PREREQUISITE

• Players MUST add TenFourTim and Nakamura in Age of Empires 4 as a friend.

SPECIAL TWIST

• Players will pick each other's Landmarks one by one before each game begins.
  • Loser of the coin toss picks first.

GAME SETTINGS

• Mode: Standard
• Win Conditions: All
• Tuning Pack: None
• Display Player Scores: No
• Starting Resources: Standard
• Starting Age: Age 1
• Map State: Concealed
• Map Size: Micro
• Allow Observers: Yes
• Observer Delay: 2 min
• First map is picked by the winner of a coin toss.
• Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once.
• Map Pool:
  • Official maps: Dry Arabia, Mediterranean, Prairie
  • Community maps: Basin, Frisian Marshes, Golden Heights, RTW - Lipany
• Each player has 1 restart per series for map generation before the 3-minute mark.
• Players must blind pick their civ using this tool each game (after the map is selected).
  • Once joining the lobby, you must use the civ you announced.
  • Random civ is not allowed.
  • Contact @TenFourTim for civ pick disputes.
• No repeats of a civ you have won with. You can only win with the same civ 1 time and must switch to another.
• No cheating or exploits of any form.
• No intentional deleting of enemy resources.
• No Stone Walls in Age 2.
• No Stone Wall Towers.

SOCIAL RULES

• Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord.
• Forfeiting/not showing up to the showmatch without notice will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes.
  • 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling.
  • Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will not be considered for future showmatches.
• Penalties for not showing up:
  • Timer starts when 1 player is ready and neither player is currently playing a match.
  • Late by over 10 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win.
    • This is the wait time BEFORE a series begins.
    • BETWEEN games in a series, the lateness limit is 5 minutes.
  • Late by additional 5 minutes: opponent gains 1 match win for each 5 min.
  • Once a player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified and will not be considered for future showmatches.
• No harassment or discrimination of players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms.
  • You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. 
• No excessively derogatory messaging targeting our staff on any platform.
  • This will result in a permanent ban on all Meta Plays platforms.
• Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing.
• In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. 
• No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. 

PAYMENT

• You will be paid approximately 2-5 work days after the event.
• Please reach out to @Nakamura with your payment information after the event. 
  • If you do not provide payment information despite requests within 60 days after the event, you forfeit the prize money.
  • You confirm that the account you provide is owned by you. We do not take responsibility for funds getting lost to third parties in the event of the account not belonging to you. We will not pay out to a known third party.
• We can pay out via bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods.
• We do not pay extra to cover transfer fees.

LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS

• Everyone:
  • You may live stream the event.
  • You are required to feature the provided Meta Plays Logo over gameplay at all times.
  • We request you give Meta Plays three shout-outs for our upcoming League.
• Players:
  • You may upload videos at your leisure.
• Content Partners: 
  • You may upload videos at your leisure.
• Non-Partners:
  • We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.