Gunboat Tournament

The 2018 Gunboat Tournament will consist of two rounds. In the first round, players will play seven simultaneous games, one as each country. Steps will be taken to ensure balanced strength of schedule through seeding by gunboat GR and minimizing repeat opponents, but only the country assignment is guaranteed. Scores across games will be aggregated, and the top 7 players (or 14 if we have 56 or more signups) will make the finals.

In the finals, players will play five games rather than seven so that anonymity isn't compromised as games end. No player will play the same country twice. Scores will again be aggregated (from the final five games only) to determine a winner.

Games will be 36 hour phases, anonymous, no press, with hidden draw votes. Scoring will be Draw Size Scoring (WTA for you old timers), which means that these games will be ranked. Buy-ins will still be five points, which we can subsidize for anyone who doesn't have enough.

In the event of a tie in first round scores that would be relevant to qualification, the tie will be broken as follows:

Scores in head to head matchups between the tied players

Total supply centers in head to head matchups

Total supply centers in all games

A game of FvA, draw goes to France

Players will be allowed up to a week of (not necessarily consecutive) pause time per round. Pausing will pause all of your games. If you need additional pause time, you are encouraged to find a sitter not in the tournament (sitting someone's account will disqualify you from subbing or sitting for anyone else in the tournament). Games will not be paused or set to Wait For Orders mode to prevent NMRs. They will be paused to prevent impending Civil Disorder, in order to avoid punishing substitutes. Two consecutive NMRs or three NMRs over the course of a game will result in substitution.

Substitutes will be pulled from a group of volunteers in the first round. Substitute positions in the finals will be offered in order of placement in the first round. Since games are ranked and we don't want to punish people for stepping in, substitutes will be given the option [i]before joining each game[/i] of being removed from that game prior to its completion. This will not affect scoring; you'll still get any points from a game you're removed from, as well as any points your predecessor earned before you took over.

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

1st place: 2000 :points: and a special icon on the forum.

2nd place: 1000 :points:

3rd place: 500 :points:

Other finalists: 200 :points: