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The third Skirmish tournament for Season 3 in Halo Wars 2! $10 and 100 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs.
The tournament will take place on Sunday, October 9th, starting at 4 PM GMT. Brackets get locked at 3:45 PM GMT.
Please note this is a One Day Event. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up!
Seeding is based on 1v1 MMR - check yours here by searching for your Gamertag. To participate, your account:
- Must have 3.0 MMR or less.
- Must have gamerscore in multiple games.
- Must have 300+ matches played.
- Account age must be over 6 months.
Meta Plays Staff reserves the right to remove potential smurfs or known high ranked players.
The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups.
@Nakamura 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: $10 | 30 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon
- 2nd place: 23 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon
- 3rd place: 18 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon
- 4th place: 14 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon
- 5-6th place: 11 Meta Plays Ladder Points
GAME SETTINGS
- Higher seeded player may veto 1 map per series.
- First map is picked by the lower 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.
- Voridus is banned. Picking him results in a loss (even through random).
- Repeat leaders are allowed.
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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 casters are 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 may upload videos at your leisure.
- 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 will be considered as main streams for this event. Please contact @Nakamura for approval.
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Non-Partners:
- 90s delay is required.
- You may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Content Partners. Please contact @Nakamura for approval.
![]() 1st Place: Fair_Oaks_St |
![]() 2nd Place: STLR_SKUNKY |
![]() 3rd Place: UncleRuss_1074 |
![]() 4th Place: Shreko |
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 | 3 | Fair_Oaks_St | ![]() |
None |
2 | 3 | 34 | 34 | ||
2 | 4 | STLR_SKUNKY | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 27 | 27 | |||
3 | 2 | UncleRuss_1074 | ![]() |
None |
7 | 2 | 22 | 22 | ||
4 | 1 | Shreko | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 18 | 32 | |||
5 | 5 | Kinglxffy | ![]() |
None |
12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
DQ | 6 | Cezsa15 | ![]() |
None |
New To Ladder | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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