Comp.tf 1st Ultiduo Cup EU
Contents
What is Ultiduo?
Ultiduo is a competitive format, to know more about it, visit our ultiduo page on the wiki here.
Rules
- No maximum sign-ups
Cup Format
- Single-elimination
- Bo3 until the finals
- Bo5 in the Final
- 3rd Place match
Cup Date
- 4th May 2014 (Sunday)
Sign Ups close
- 2nd May 2014 (Friday) at midnight
Rulesets, configs and maplist
- Maps: koth_ultiduo_r_b7, ultiduo_baloo, ultiduo_gullywash_b2, more TBA
- Class limit: 1 Medic, 1 Soldier
- Settings: Winlimit 2, Timelimit 0
- Config: etf2l_ultiduo.cfg
- Unlocks: We will use the following Whitelist
The cup will use the last ETF2L Ultiduo cup ruleset and configs (note: we will not be using etf2l cup whitelist so make sure when setting up the server to use the official cup whitelist=.
We recommend players to use serveme.tf to reserve the servers in advance for the cup, simply choose the correct config for the Server Config option and Whitelist.tf (custom whitelist) for the Item whitelist option, Whitelist.tf ID is 598.
ETF2L configs can be downloaded here
Team/Player Restrictions
- This is a european cup, as such, only european teams will be eligible for the cup
- Teams are free to use mercs for their matches as long as they warn the admin of the cup previously and their opponent accepts the merc.
Prizes
The prizepool is dependent on the number of sign-ups but the distribution will be as follows:
- 1st Place: 60% of the prizepool
- 2nd Place: 30% of the prizepool
- 3rd Place: 10% of the prizepool
Cup Info
Brackets
Brackets TBA on May 3rd
Match Scheduling
You should add the players of the team you're supposed to play with on steam, there will be a spreadsheet posted on this page with the profiles of the teams you will be playing, check back this page later for more information.
- Round times have not be announced yet, but we expect to start the 1st Round at around 14:00 BST (15:00 CEST)
Note: Teams have 15 minutes tolerance to show up for a match, if you can't contact the opposite team after 15 minutes you should talk to Kaneco on steam, from then it will be given a default loss to that team if they still don't respond.
Servers
Refer to the Rules section of the cup to know which config and map to use. We recommend players to use serveme.tf to reserve the servers in advance for the cup, simply choose the correct config for the Server Config option and Whitelist.tf (custom whitelist) for the Item whitelist option, Whitelist.tf ID is 598.
Players are free to use their personal servers as long as they have the correct settings. From the quarter-finals onwards every match will be played on servers provided by us.
Sign-Up
The sign up price is 2 keys per team, the key should be traded to the steam user below at the time of signup, we will also require your e-mail or challonge username to invite you to the cup, keep in mind the user invited to the cup on challonge will be the one updating the results from their matches.
You should also have in hand the steam profile links of both the players in your team and the desired team name.
To sign-up for this cup you should add Kaneco on steam.
(Please make sure you are adding and trading the correct user)
Practice / Testing
We recommend using the TF2Pickup ultiduo pickups to practice.
Stream and VODs
As usual we will be streaming and casting all the matches from the semi-finals onwards, watch live on our twitch channel and the recorded VODs over on our youtube channel linked below:
Feedback / Suggestions
Use the Talk page if you have any feedback.
Alternatively if you have any questions feel free to contact me (kaneco) through my talk page on the wiki or add me on steam
