Welcome to our first ever charity tournament hosted in collaboration with Extra Life Hershey!
The tournament will take place on Saturday, December 20th, 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.
Charity Mission Statement
Extra Life Hershey, a program of Children's Miracle Network, fundraises year-round to assist Penn State Health Children's Hospital. Donations support lifesaving equipment, vital patient programs, and innovative research. Since 2021, nearly 500 enthusiastic gamers have raised more than $224,000 to give sick and injured children the gift of growing up.
SPONSOR
This event is sponsored by Retro Mobile Arcade.
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@_TheLegend_ is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to him on Discord, or @ him in the comments here (if not urgent).
MAIN BROADCAST
We will be live streaming the tournament with select matches on:
Third parties may stream as well. Please see the rules for this at the bottom of our rules section.
TEAM FORMATION
- Most players may team up any way they like.
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Our S and A tier players, as well as similar level "unranked" players will need to team up with someone in B tier or similar.
- We may make admin calls on certain teams. The above is a guideline.
EVENT PRIZES
- 1st place: $90 | Gold Medal Icon
- 2nd place: $60 | Silver Medal Icon
- 3rd place: $30 | Bronze Medal Icon
- 4th place: $20 | Copper Medal Icon
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.
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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.
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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.
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Players must use in-game chat or DMs to notify casters of the node-strat.
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Casters will need to confirm for validity.
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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.
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Mild cases of node strat will result in a warning (eg accidental retreats).
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Casters will need to confirm for validity.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
- Repeatedly forfeiting 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.
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Penalties for not showing up:
- Timer starts when 1 team is ready and neither team is currently playing a match.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In the event of a glitch where a building isn't building itself (the symbol preview never disappears):
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Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs.
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Casters will need to confirm for validity.
- If the glitch is verified, an admin restart will be issued.
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If the glitch is not verified, the game should continue.
- Resigning without admin permission will be counted as a loss.
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Casters will need to confirm for validity.
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Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the player must type into the game chat, or notify the casters in DMs.
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In the event of a disconnection or crash:
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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.
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In the third instance, the team who didn't disconnect wins the series.
- If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet.
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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.
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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.
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If the game was relatively even:
PAYMENT
- The prize pool is provided by external parties this time. We ask for your patience with payment delivery.
- You will be paid approximately 30 work days after the event.
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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.
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We can pay out via Revolut, bank transfers or PayPal. We do not pay out via other methods.
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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.
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Our recommendation is Revolut for the following reasons:
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We do not pay extra to cover transfer or currency conversion fees.
- You may request to receive your prize in your local currency.
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This tournament takes place during a war period. Ukraine has been invaded by Russia and Belarus.
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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.
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In light of NATO sanctions against Russia and Belarus, we are not able to pay out prizes to residents of Russia or Belarus.
LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS:
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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.
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Players:
- You may stream all of your own matches.
- 90s delay is required.
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Content Partners:
- 60s delay is required.
- You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @_TheLegend_ 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.
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Non-partner Casters:
- 90s delay is required.
- You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays or Content Partners. Please contact @_TheLegend_ 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.
Start Date: 12/20/2025 04:00 PM
Tournament Format: Double Elimination
Seasonal League Ladders: 2v2 Charity
League Ranking Class to Join: S Class, A Class, B Class, C Class, D Class
Provisional Ranking Tier to Join: S Tier, A Tier, B Tier, C Tier, D Tier, E Tier, F Tier
Total League Point Pool: 2000
Player/Team Limit: 32
Team Size: 2
Seeding: Custom
Tournament Status: live
Invitational Tournament: No
Media Labels: Yes
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Losers Round Losers Round 1 Losers Round 2 Losers Round 3 Losers Round 4 Losers Round 5 Losers Round 6 Losers Semifinals Losers Finals 32Loser of 1-Loser of 2-33Loser of 3-Loser of 4-34Loser of 5-Loser of 6-35Loser of 7-Loser of 8-36Loser of 9-Loser of 10-37Loser of 11-Loser of 12-38Loser of 13-Loser of 14-39Loser of 15-Loser of 16-40Loser of 24--41Loser of 23--42Loser of 22--43Loser of 21--44Loser of 20--45Loser of 19--46Loser of 18--47Loser of 17--48--49--50--51--52Loser of 26--53Loser of 25--54Loser of 28--55Loser of 27--56--57--58Loser of 30--59Loser of 29--60--61Loser of 31--
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Grand Finals 62--
| Seed | Name of the Team | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HERO KILLS | Hero_marine | JeffKills13 |
| 2 | POLLOS LOCOS 2 | AIbyRapier | ZonatedSole3 |
| 3 | Wumbo Land | Lem0n_Land91111 | iwumbo2x |
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