Lower Echelon Championship

Finished
Period 15.11.2022 - 19.11.2022
Applications 10.11.2022 10:00 - 13.11.2022 22:00
Matches 15.11.2022 20:00 - ?
Prize fund
Grand prize
Participation fee none
Teams (total/accepted/max) 16 / 16 / 16
Players on the team 7 - 10

Description

To participate in this tournament, each player in the team should have a Lower Echelon Championship Ticket which has been accrued for the clan among the top 16 teams in the Lower Echelon clans basing on Prove your skill series tournaments in Autumn Season 2022. The rewards include a special avatar, gold, credits, and premium account days.

All players in the team must be members of the same clan at the time of registration and the running of the tournament. Participants of this tournament could not participate in other tournaments which take place at the same time. 


Tier: X.
Registration: from November 10, 10:00 (CET) to November 13, 10:00 (CET).
Only one team can represent a clan in the Tournament.


Battles will be held from November 15 to November 19.
Start time: 20:00 (CET).
Systems: Double Elimination.
Control type: touch.
Battle type is Supremacy. 


Team requirements

The team should consist of at least 7 regular players and up to 3 reserve players. The number of players participating in a battle must be at least 5.


Battle format

The precise start time of matches will be displayed in the game client after the drawing. Start times of matches in the rules and the actual time may be different.

Group stage, November 15 and 16.

Double Elimination, 16 teams, 4 teams in the group, 4 groups. 
Seeding principle in each group: Strongest-Weakest.
Top 1 team in each group advance to the next stage.

Two battles are held on the same map with the spawn point swapped after the first battle, then the map is changed. 

November 15 (maximum duration of matches is 1 hour 40 minutes):

First Upper Bracket round, Bo5 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Dynasty's Pearl, Canal, Castilla.
First Lower Bracket round, Bo5 — 20:50 (CET). Maps: Mayan Ruins, Rockfield, New Bay.

November 16 (maximum duration of matches is 2 hours 30 minutes):

Upper Bracket Final, Bo5 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Black Goldville, Faust, Port Bay.
Lower Bracket Final, Bo5 — 20:50 (CET). Maps: Naval Frontier, Yukon, Middleburg.
Group Final, Bo5 — 21:40 (CET). Maps: Desert Sands, Winter Malinovka, Mayan Ruins.

Final stage, November 17, 18 and 19.

Double Elimination, 4 teams, 1 group.
Seeding principle in each group: Strongest-Weakest.

Two battles are held on the same map with the spawn point swapped after the first battle, then the map is changed. 

November 17 (maximum duration of matches is 1 hour 40 minutes):

First Upper Bracket round, Bo5 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Castilla, Oasis Palms, Alpenstadt.
First Lower Bracket round, Bo5 — 20:50 (CET). Maps: Fort Despair, Normandy, Molendijk.

November 18 (maximum duration of matches is 2 hours 16 minutes):

Upper Bracket Final, Bo7 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Vineyards, Canal, Rockfield, Black Goldville.
Lower Bracket Final, Bo7 — 21:10 (CET). Maps: Middleburg, New Bay, Dynasty's Pearl, Mayan Ruins.

November 19 (maximum duration of the match is 1 hour 26 minutes):

Grand Final, Bo9 — 20:00 (CET). Maps: Black Goldville, Castilla, Fort Despair, Faust, Yukon.


Prize fund

Group stage
All tournament participants will receive Participant of Lower Echelon Championship avatar.

I place — 1 650 000 credits for each player in a team.
II place — 990 000 credits, 7 days of premium account for each player in a team.
III-IV places — 660 000 credits, 7 days of premium account for each player in a team.
V-VIII places — 460 000 credits, 7 day of premium account for each player in a team.

Final stage

I place — 3 500 000 credits, 2 000 gold, 7 days of premium account for each player in a team.
II place — 2 100 000 credits, 1 500 gold, 7 days of premium account for each player in a team.
III place — 1 400 000 credits, 1 000 gold, 7 days of premium account for each player in a team.
IV place — 900 000 credits, 500 gold, 7 days of premium account for each player in a team.

Rewards will be accrued during 14 working days after the tournament will be ended.

Players must observe the principles of fair play and the sportsmanship of the competition. Any actions of the player that do not comply with these principles shall be treated as unsportsmanlike conduct and may cause punishment for the player for all Tournament duration, as well as complete forfeiture of the Team prize pool.

The organizer has the right to exclude a player, team or clan from the tournament at any stage on the basis of gross violations of the regulations, rules of the game, ethical and moral standards, unacceptable behavior.
The organizer reserves the right to add changes to the regulations during the season without additional notice to the players.