Date: 2014-11-30 Sunday, November 30, 2014
Time: 15:00 UTC
Location: NLD, Amsterdam
Chat: #ffapickup at irc.quakenet.org

Prizes*
1st place 3 month Pro access.
2nd place 1 month Pro access.
3rd-8th place 1 week Pro access.

Structure
Rounds: 8
Maps per Round: 1
Players per Server: 8

The 2 first rounds will have players randomly distributed.
Remaining rounds will have players sorted by score points achieved in previous rounds not counting the latest round played.

Map Pool
Almost Lost, Arkinholm, Asylum, Campgrounds, Chemical Reaction, Demon Keep, Devilish, Dreadful Place, Grim Dungeons, Hearth, Hell's Gate, Hidden Fortress, Intervention, Leviathan, Limbus, Overkill, Purgatory, Quarantine, Retribution, Terminatria, The Edge, Trinity, Warehouse

Player number 1 in each group gets to pick the map from the pool.
Player number 2 in each group gets to call vote the map from the pool.

All players cast their vote.
If the vote passes, the map is changed to player number 2's choice.
If the vote fails, the map stays as player number 1 picked.

Servers
Spawn servers with these settings.
{"maps":["intervention"],"cvars":{"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"FFA Pickup Tournament","timelimit":10,"sv_warmupReadyPercentage":1,"g_password":"ffa","g_voteLimit":5,"g_timeoutLen":60,"ruleset":1,"g_damage_bfg":60,"g_splashdamage_bfg":50}}
Big Gun is scaled down to be just like a normal weapon.
Each group gets one server and players will find their slot by server owner name.

Requirements
All players must sign up, play at least 5 pick-ups and record demos.

Sign-up
Post in this thread like this.
I want to sign up for this tournament.
After that you will be added to the list in the next post.

Pick-ups
HexChat is recommendable, download it here.
Go to #ffapickup at QuakeNet IRC.
Use the !a command and follow instructions.
Gatherings usually start at 18:00 UTC and end around 20:00 UTC.

Demos
All players must submit their demos.
Setting cg_autoaction to 1 or 3 is recommended.
Use Sendspace to upload them and PM links through IRC.

Promotional
Videos
Previous tournament's final round.
Map 1: fazz FFA theedge 2014-11-09
Map 2: fazz FFA hiddenfortress 2014-11-09
Map 3: fazz FFA retribution 2014-11-09

Bonuses
First 8 to sign up will receive 1 week Pro access.* Code: FIRST8
First 32 to qualify tonight will receive 1 week Pro access.* Code: FIRST32

Place the code on an otherwise empty line in your sign-up post.
I want to sign up for this tournament.
CODE
Only one code per player allowed.
Players must qualify, play all rounds and submit their demos.

Advertisement
Please help advertising this by notifying players on populated FFA servers.
bind m "say FFA Pickup Tournament 2014-11-30 16:00 CET at #ffapickup"
Just put this in your config and press 'm' during gameplay.

*May be subject to change.