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The fourth tournament for Season 3 in Halo Wars 2! $250 and 1875 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs.
The tournament will take place on Saturday, November 5th, starting at 4 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 3:45 PM GMT.
This tournament is a ONE DAY EVENT - please ensure you have enough time to play in 1 go.
Thank you to @Skettiboifor the $100 contribution to this tournament!
For those looking to contribute to this event, you may do so via our Donation Page, using the HW 2 option!
Contributions will count toward this event until it begins. All funds contributed during/after this event will go towards the next one.
Seeding is based on the Season 3 ladder standings first, and your Solo War MMR second.
@_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).
EVENT PRIZES
- 1st place: $100 | 510 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon
- 2nd place: $70 | 379 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon
- 3rd place: $50 | 285 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon
- 4th place: $30 | 210 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon
- 5-6th place: 140 Meta Plays Ladder Points
- 7-8th place: 110 Meta Plays Ladder Points
Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Halo Wars 2 Season 3 announcement!
GAME SETTINGS
- Higher seeded player may veto 1 map per series
- First map is picked by the lower seeded player
- Once the map is picked, each player may ban 1 leader per series. The higher seed should veto first.
- Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once.
- Valid maps: Ashes, Badlands, Bedrock, Fissures, Frontier, Mirage, Rift, Vault.
- No repeat leaders in a series. No Voridus.
- Accidental pick of vetoed leaders or Voridus results in loss.
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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.
- 1 hour time limit. Casters must either call the winner, or give both sides 1 point. Replay match if the series ends on tie.
- No cheating or intentional exploiting of any form allowed.
Hosting
- Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when staff is not present.
- Casters will host if they are present.
SOCIAL RULES
- Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there.
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Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes and 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 from the entire 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 player is ready and neither player 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 player wins via lateness penalties, the late player is disqualified.
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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.
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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.
- Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups.
- 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 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 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.
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In the third instance, the player who didn't disconnect wins the series.
- If both sides crash 3 times, reset PC/Xbox and internet.
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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.
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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.
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If the game was relatively even:
- 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.
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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.
- 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.
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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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in 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 Russian and Belarusian competitors residing in Russia or Belarus.
LIVE STREAMING & VIDEOS:
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Everyone:
- 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.
- We recommend you use the Meta Plays Casting Tool for the best viewer experience.
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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.
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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 @_TheLegend_ for approval.
- We request you wait with video uploads until the Meta Plays channel has posted its version of the identical match.
![]() 1st Place: ROCKGENERATION |
![]() 2nd Place: EODspartan_seb |
![]() 3rd Place: Almirante99 |
![]() 4th Place: HERO_Absolution |
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Losers Round Losers Round 1 Bo 1
Losers Round 2 Bo 1
Losers Round 3 Bo 1
Losers Round 4 Bo 3
Losers Semifinals Bo 3
Losers Finals Bo 5
14ELHECH1ZERO1Chewie015Fair_Oaks_St-1Apexsean116HERO_Absolution1Vdkaguy017Arenti0ELHECH1ZERO118Nastwan0STLR_SKUNKY119Shreko1Apexsean020HERO_Absolution1ELHECH1ZERO021STLR_SKUNKY0Shreko122Strike0HERO_Absolution223EODspartan_seb2Shreko0
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Grand Finals Bo 7
Place | Seed | Avatar | Name | Country | Main Leader | Seasonal League Class | Current Seasonal League Ranking | Seed Points | Points Won | Current Ladder Points |
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1 | 2 | ROCKGENERATION | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 490 | 1653 | |||
2 | 3 | EODspartan_seb | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 359 | 1348 | |||
3 | 1 | Almirante99 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 265 | 1572 | |||
4 | 6 | HERO_Absolution | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 190 | 511 | |||
5 | 5 | Strike | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 120 | 215 | |||
6 | 8 | Shreko | ![]() |
11 | 8 | 120 | 120 | |||
7 | 4 | ELHECH1ZERO | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 79 | 390 | |||
8 | 10 | STLR_SKUNKY | ![]() |
13 | 10 | 79 | 79 | |||
9 | 7 | Arenti | ![]() |
14 | 7 | 47 | 47 | |||
10 | 9 | Vdkaguy | ![]() |
16 | 9 | 47 | 47 | |||
11 | 11 | Apexsean | ![]() |
15 | 11 | 47 | 47 | |||
12 | 13 | Nastwan | ![]() |
17 | 13 | 47 | 47 | |||
13 | 12 | Chewie | ![]() |
None |
28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
DQ | 14 | Fair_Oaks_St | ![]() |
None |
New To Ladder | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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