Season 2 [KAOS TOURNAMENT] - rules and general news

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This is the main place to talk about tournament event in general.

There will be separate threads dedicated to each group, so you can arrange games with your hosts (who will manage full groups).

The groups will be drawn as soon as the qualifiers are played.

The qualifier matches are:

Chelsea vs philie
Shadow6x vs BoolC

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First qualifying match has been completed.

The result is BoolC 3-0 Shadow6x

BoolC needed just 43 minutes to jump into main 16 of season 2 kaos tournament.

He will be drawn from pot 4 for group-stage as soon as the other qualifier will be completed.

[BoolC]

:3

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Second qualifier has also been played.

The result is Chelsea 3-0 philie

Chelsea qualifies and so the groups draw can begin.

Players list for this event:

Alien
Asbest
Berria
BoolC
Chelsea
DreamTrance
hollow
Hurz
Impossible
Kayz
Magnificent
MarianRV
nickynick
o
pizzasheet
Zexorz

Pot 1

Kayz (68 wins in kaos league overall)
DreamTrance (62 wins in kaos league overall)
Alien (27 wins in kaos league overall)
Impossible (10 wins in kaos league overall)

Pot 2

hollow (8 wins in kaos league overall)
Berria (6 wins in kaos league overall
Hurz (3 wins in kaos league overall)
nickynick (10 points in 2v2 open challenge)

Pot 3

Magnificent (7 points in 2v2 open challenge)
Asbest (1 point in 2v2 open challenge)
o (1 point in 2v2 open challenge)
Zexorz (-3 points in 2v2 open challenge)

Pot 4

MarianRV (previously unranked in any official kaos events)
pizzasheet (previously unranked in any official kaos events)
Chelsea (previously unranked in any official kaos events)
BoolC (previously unranked in any official kaos events)

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The draw has been made, here you go with the groups.

You can see a man here, showing you pots. I hired him for 100 Euros to do it just for you.

This is the actual drawing of the groups, that starts when pots are already filled as shown. He wanted 200 for that, damn!

[Hurz]

dat bitch

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Ok, so for those who doesn't want to go through my gaaaay draw, I'll put it straight.

The videos are just to show you it's a real deal as a proof I'm not settin this up and not making groups up.

These are your groups dudes, enjoy this professional tournament!

Group A

Alien
Berria
Zexorz
BoolC

Group B

DreamTrance
nickynick
o
pizzasheet

Group C

Kayz
hollow
Magnificent
Chelsea

Group D

Impossible
Hurz
Asbest
MarianRV

With this message I would like to thank you all for signing up to this event, taking part in qualification, all the interest and support there is from your side and wish you also a merry christmas to you and all your families. Let it be a joyful time filled with good feelings and spent with the ones you love most.

I'm sure the wishes not only come from me, but also in the behalf of all professional kaos community I represent.

[Hussar]

hehhe, nice ide with those pots system.

Alien
Zexorz
BoolC

i ll catch ya soon !

[MarianRV]

 VS Asbest?Thanks.....

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This piece of information was created before everything that happened within this event so far, I'm just posting it now so you can know about this even deeper.

Welcome to the first official edition of the kaos tournament that will be a part of season 2 of the official kaos events.

Nowadays the professional kaos scene is being resurrected once again by the official events powered by the Kf community that keeps the spirit alive.

I'm glad to announce that the most important kaos event is just about to begin.

First of all I'd like to thank you all for your interest and participation that you declared, it will be a great adventure of kaos on its highest level. A lot of action is coming.

Let's show and prove that succeeding in kaos scheme is something that requires mastering of various complexed techniques, managing the turntime effectively, darksiding and many more strategies. Only those who wield them all best will reach the top phases and emerge victorious.

This event will begin on Thursday 1st January (0:00 GMT time) and will last until the end of February.

All games must be played within that period. There will be one unreachable deadline for group stage and fixed dates for playoff phases.

All playoffs games (beginning from quarterfinals) will have their own deadlines in the month of February.


EVENT FORMAT
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There are 32 games to be played in this event.

The event will consist of 4 stages:

1) The group stage (1st January - 1st February)

24 group-games at 3 victories by 16 players (3 games per every player)

2) Quarterfinal stage (2-10 February)

4 quarterfinals at 5 victories by 8 players (4 games for those who fail in quarterfinals)

3) Semifinal stage (11-19 February)

2 semifinals at 7 victories by 4 players (5 games for those who lose in semifinals)

4) Final stage (20-28 February)

2 finals at 9 victories by 4 players - 3rd place match and final (6 games for semifinalists no matter the result)

All games will be hosted by the approved hosts only. You will know who will host your games as soon as the draw will be done.

All games should be arranged individually. Special threads will be prepared for your convenience. Should you experience problems with contacting a player, contact me or the one who will manage your games and these dudes will try to solve the problem.

Check the Kf boards for tournament updates that will be a friendly tool prepared especially for your convenience so you can't get confused and have a pleasant event.


EVENT STAGES
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GROUP STAGE
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The professional draw of groups will be held once the qualifiers are completed.

There will be 4 pots. Each group will consist of 4 players (1 player from every pot within each group).

The pots will be based on the official kaos ranking. The players who didn't participate in any official kaos events before will form last pot.

The criteria of forming pots are:

- players who participated in old seasons of kaos league (based on ranking)

- players who participated in season 1 of 2014 kaos league (based on ranking)

- players who participated in 2v2 open challenge only (based on overall basic points)

- unranked players who signed up also for league event within season 2 (by signing up order)

- unranked players who signed up just for the tournament event within season 2 (by signing up order)

Pot 1

Kayz
DreamTrance
Alien
Impossible

Pot 2

hollow
Berria
Hurz
nickynick

Pot 3

Magnificent
Asbest
o
Zexorz

Pot 4

MarianRV
pizzasheet
Chelsea*
BoolC*

* = won a qualifier

The draw will begin with pot 4, placing each player at the bottom of each group, starting with group A.

The draw will end with pot 1, placing 1 strongest player in each group at the top position, ending with group D.


Group A [hosted by DreamTrance]

Alien vs Berria
Alien vs Zexorz
Alien vs BoolC
Berria vs Zexorz
Berria vs BoolC
Zexorz vs BoolC

Group B [hosted by Kayz]

DreamTrance vs nickynick
DreamTrance vs o
DreamTrance vs pizzasheet
nickynick vs o
nickynick vs pizzasheet
o vs pizzasheet

Group C [hosted by nickynick]

Kayz vs hollow
Kayz vs Magnificent
Kayz vs Chelsea
hollow vs Magnificent
hollow vs Chelsea
Magnificent vs Chelsea

Group D [hosted by DreamTrance]

Impossible vs Hurz
Impossible vs Asbest
Impossible vs MarianRV
Hurz vs Asbest
Hurz vs MarianRV
Asbest vs MarianRV

The group stage will begin on 1st January and will last until 1st February.

The tournament will include competition in 4 groups of 4 players with scheme and rules used also in league format. The only exceptions are stated below.

Each player will have to play one game against everyone within their group. That will amount in 3 games for each player to be played in group stage.

Once all these games are played the best two players from each group (based on the criteria explained later) will advance to the next stage.

Group stage games will be played at 3 victories.


The criteria used to determine group standings will be as follows:

1. Amount of victories,

2. Greater Won/Lost rounds ratio,

3. Greater amount of rounds won,

4. Head 2 head result between tied players.


QUARTERFINAL STAGE
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This stage will be played between 2nd and 10th February.

Players will be paired for quarterfinal matches as follows:

QF1 [A1 vs C2]
QF2 [B1 vs D2]
QF3 [C1 vs A2]
QF4 [D1 vs B2]

A1 = Group A winner
A2 = Group A runner up

... etc ...


Quaterfinal games will be played at 5 victories.

The ones who will be starting in each match will be determined on a group-stage criteria.

Winners of each quarterfinal will advance to the next stage.


SEMIFINAL STAGE
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This stage will last between 11th and 19th February

The winners of quarterfinals will be paired as follows:

SF1 [QF1 vs QF2]
SF2 [QF3 vs QF4]

The semifinal matches will be played at 7 victories.

All four players attending this stage will advance to the last final stage.

The player who will be starting semifinal (and final) games will be the determined on criteria below:

- won by more rounds advantage in the stage before,

- performance count

- random, as game decides.


FINAL STAGE
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This stage will take place between 20th and 28th February.

Losers of semifinals will meet in a 3rd place match.

Winners of semifinals will meet in the event's final.

Both matches of this stage will be played at 9 victories.

Winner of 3rd place match will get the money prize as specified in the rules.

Loser of event's final will be announced vice-champion of the event and will get the money prize as specified in the rules.

Winner of event's final will be declared the season 2 world champion of the official kaos tournament and will get the money prize as specified in the rules.

Prizes paid in full apply only to games completed in time.

Each day of breaking the deadlines will cause the prize money to drop by 10 Euro.

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QUARTERFINAL STAGE

QF1 [Alien 5-3 Chelsea]
QF2 [DreamTrance 5-2 Asbest]
QF3 [Kayz 5-3 boolca]
QF4 [impo 5-4 nickynick]

SEMIFINAL STAGE

SF1 [Alien ?-? DreamTrance]
SF2 [Kayz 7-6 impo]

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Important information

MarianRV will be replaced in Group D and Asbest will have to repeat the game played vs MarianRV with new player.

Felo will be asked in few days to replace him. If he refuses, Shadow6x who lost in the qualifiers will be asked.

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Quarterfinal 1 [Alien vs Chelsea] is scheduled on 29th January 17:00 GMT!

[Chelsea]

Quarterfinal 1 [Alien vs Chelsea] is scheduled on 29th January 17:00 GMT!

TODAY ALIEN   

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First quarterfinal was completed!

Alien 5-3 Chelsea

 QF1 [Alien 5-3 Chelsea].zip (137.4 kB - downloaded 14 times.)


Performance scoring

Alien [35]

5 kills combo, 4 kills combo (5+4=9 points)
2x under 10 minutes win (5+5=10 points)
100 crates collected in 1 round without opponent's collecting too (2 points)
1+2+1+4+6 survivors (14 points)

Chelsea [17]

under 10 minutes win, under 15 minutes win (5+3=8 points)
1+4+4 survivors (9 points)

Detailed game report

Round 1: Hell (Alien won by 1 worm)
Round 2: Tools (Chelsea won by 1 worm in under 10 minutes)
Round 3: Art (Chelsea won by 4 worms in under 15 minutes)
Round 4: -Forest (Chelsea won by 4 worms)
Round 5: Fruit (Alien won by 2 worms)
Round 6: Cheese (Alien won by 1 worm and collected 100 crates without his opponent collecting too)
Round 7: Manhattan (Alien won by 4 worms in under 10 minutes, performing 5 kills combo)
Round 8: Time (Alien won by 6 worms in under 10 minutes performing 4 kills combo)

Match duration: 2h 56 minutes (22 minutes average roundtime)