Operation Torch Pro League - Qualifier 1

The first qualifier for for the Meta Plays Company of Heroes 3 Pro League! £100 and 1000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs.

The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6, 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.

For those looking to contribute to the main event, you may do so via our Donation Page, using the CoH 3 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: £40 | 290 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon
• 2nd place: £30 | 220 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon
• 3rd place: £20 | 170 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon
• 4th place: £10 | 130 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon
• 5-8th place: 49 Meta Plays Ladder Points

Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Halo Wars 2 Season 6 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:

• Everyone:
  • 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.
  • For casting, we recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience.
• Content Partners: 
  • 60s delay is required.
  • You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @Hosticide for approval.
  • You may upload videos at your leisure.
• Non-Partners:
  • 90s delay is required.
  • You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @Hosticide for approval.
  • We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.