powah tournament 2v2

[powah tour]

Hello to everyone!

We are glad to inform you that first full KaM Remake tournament “Powah tournament 2v2” is finished.
It was long and sometimes hard time for us. But now it is over and we hope there will be a lot of good things in future. We hope more people would like to take part in creating KaM Remake events like this tournament.

Now lets go for the most interesting part of this post. “Powah Tournament 2v2” awards…

So:
1) The champions titles goes to Mulberry and Da Revolution. Simply because they won this tournament. Also we have got here special prize “Powah golden sosauge” for the biggest amount of sosauges produced during the tournament! That’s for you, Da Revo!
2) The 2nd place and prizes: "For will to victory " , "The most friendly team of the tournament" goes to koczis12 and BigChuj. Congratulations!
3) "The Die Hard prize" goes to winners of loser bracket kruciprdel and czechboss for the biggest amount of games played and for the longest way in tournament. Thank you!
4) “The new talents of the tournament” and “The kindest team of the tournament” prizes goes to team: Luki and woloszek! We love you!
5) "The inspires of the tournament" prize goes to Florek and Romek as players who found out the idea of tournament during the beta-testing of Remake RC. We also want to award “The best team play” and “The best builders” prizes to this team. Congratulation, friends!
6) “The bravest team of the tournament”. Welcome on this hmm… stage! [R.A]Frans and [R.A]Mike! Hurray, guys!
7) “The good teamplay and high tactical skill” prize goes to Maslo and Kolouch! Thank you for participation!
8) "The harmonie of old and new" prize goes to ImmortalFen and Kirelareus for the great mixing of oldschool and newschool style of playing. Congratulation!
9) “The Powah oak forest” prize goes to our oldest players, brothers To and Fu. For their strength on the growing and developing KaM traditions throught years.
10) “The strongest young team of the tournament” prize. Mixons and Boris that’s for you! Thanks for your participation!
11) “The Powah veteran eagle” prizes going to teams: Jeronimo and T*AnTi-V!RuZz, Kamykos and Joker. You were the stongest from old players. Stay and fight! Congratulations!
12) “The Powah unity wine barrel” prize. This teams was united by players from different part s of the world and countries. Wich is a symbol of KaM Remake international nature. The prize going to bucek100 and The Dark Site, King of War and King of Love. Stay united!
13) “The Powah desire” prize for the desire of participation. Goes to teams: Itlerion and NL Vortex Damage, ‘Maurice and Yoven, Jesua Christ and Alhdaron, jarob5, HardStyle. Thank you for particiption!
14) “The comeback militia” prize going to GreatWhiteBear and BiuW. Thank you for remembering of this awesome game and participation in our tournament!
15) “The kings knight” prize going to players from different teams. NaruTo and Sreba, we remember you as strong decent players. Thank you that you were brave enough even after your teammates let you down.
16) “The romantic fairy horse” prize going to The Dark Lord and Beerzoepper. For the unique build orders without marketplace and for the great fantasy! Also we want to give special prize “Powah partizan” to The Dark Lord for his annoying knights and great fighting skill!
17) “The golden raspberry” prize for Recti and Fkl for their courage. They expected to win the tournament after the draw. Good luck, our confident friends!
18) And the main prize! “The Powah potato” prize for players who left the tournament and their teammates. Congratulations to: pawel95, wisnia_pl, Wojcieszko, DevilishKnight. You have your potato! Enjoy!

Best regards for everyone who is doing the KaM Remake history, for all of you: players, creators, programmers, admins, stonemassons and woodcutters! We love and respect your work and your interest in Remake! We wish have fun and good luck to you in your real and Remake community life!

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Welcome all KaM Remake players! We have the honor to announce the first multiplayer event for teams, called "powah tournament", which (if everything goes well) will be the first part of a bigger series called "powah tour" (maybe with prices in future!). The idea was born during beta tests, to give possibility for players to choose the best team from our community. As 2-2 games are based on good relationships and tune, we have hopes that the tournament will take place in a friendly and good atmosphere.

Format
- it’s a 2-2 team tournament
- the limit for participant teams is 24 (in case of huge interest the limit can be set higher).
- ladder with loser bracket (depends on the amount of teams – 4 or 5 rounds)
- maps will be chosen from a maps pool by an elimination system
- locations will be chosen by locations choosing system

following rounds will be played in best of 1 (team wins 1 game goes to the next round):
- all games in winner bracket except semi-finals and final
- all games in loser bracket
following rounds will be played in best of 3 (team wins 2 games goes to the next round):
- semi-finals and final in winner bracket

Maps pool:
- Across the Desert - 60pt
- Border Rivers 4p - 55pt
- Golden Cliffs - 60pt
- Warfare in the Wilderness - 60pt
- Wilderness - 60pt

Requirements for competitors
- KaM Remake r3392
- account on knightsandmerchants.net/forum
- not required, but handy if you have Skype
- stable internet connection (ping up to 900)
- every additional thing that organizers ask you for
- you must play bo1 match in 5 days and bo3 match in 7 days

(about link below: sign up you and your friend only once – if you sign your team, your friend doesn’t have to do the same, cause you will be twice on our list)

Registration for the tournament takes place only by using the following form:
http://www.kamremake.com/competition/

Signing up means that you agree with all tournament terms.

Tournament rules
- 5 days to play bo1 match and 7 days to play bo3 match
- each team will have an assigned number in order of registration
- contact between players will mostly proceed by private messages on forum
- teams will decide about the exact date of the games
- every problem should be reported and then decided by a judge!

Posting results
- match results have to be posted by the winning team
- match results should be posted in the special topic called “powah tournament 2v2: results”
- to confirm a victory the winning team have to add one screenshots with statistics and one replay from each game (remember: you have to destroy enemies barracks, storehouses and schools for achieve victory!)

Maps rules:
Across the Desert - 60pt:
- locations choosing system – loc 3 is banned (don’t choose loc 3)
Border Rivers 4p - 55pt
- locations choosing system (or if both teams agree then all players set random locations)
Golden Cliffs - 60pt
- locations choosing system
Warfare in the Wilderness - 60pt
- team with lower registration number picking locations 1 and 2
Wilderness - 60pt
- locations choosing system (or if both teams agree then all players set random locations)

The maps elimination system consist in each team eliminate one map from the available maps pool by starting with the team with the lower registration number. In each next game of the match players will make a new elimination, but without the map played before. Let’s look at an example:
team 1 - we won’t play Across the Desert
team 2 - we won’t play Border Rivers 4p
team 1 - we won’t play Golden Cliffs
team 2 - we won’t play Warfare in the Wilderness
So the map which is left is Wilderness!
If it’s bo3 the players in the next game will repeat this procedure but without the map which was played yet – Wilderness in this example (in third game teams will start eliminations with 3 maps only).

Locations choosing system consist in players choosing locations, starting from player of team, which was second in the map elimination system. For example, if team 1 started eliminating maps, then team 2 starting choosing locs:
Chosen map is Wilderness
team 2 – we will play loc 1
team 1 – we will play loc 3
team 2 – we will play loc 2
team 1 – we will play loc 4

Gameplay rules
- you are not allowed to scout enemy bases with laborers during peace time
- you are not allowed to build towers if an enemy building will be in its range
- you have to set your autosave on
- manual save game is not allowed
- scouting from your base to your allies base with laborers is allowed
- if someone losing connection all players have to wait at least 2 minutes in hope for reconnect
- if someone was dropped, all players should immediately rehost the game - if this player isn't back in 5 minutes then, that players’ team will lose the game (in critical situation you still can appeal, try to contact a judge or send screens + replay)
- if someone left the game, that players' team will lose the game (you can appeal to a judge if for example an error has occurred)

If case any accident occurs - make a screen (with chatbox if related to quit/lost connection), then follow instructions. Every conflict situation should be reported to judge!

Penalties
If player or team broke tournament rules it/they will get penalties:
- game lose
- match lose
Also organizers reserve the rights to cancel player or team participation before or during tournament.

Contact
All questions, notices and problems should be send on following address:
powahtour@gmail.com
or by private message to “powah tour” account on knightsandmerchants.net forum.

Crew
Mulberry – coordinator
- languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English
Florek – judge
- languages: Polish, English
- Skype: florek_pl
To – judge
- languages: Dutch, English
- Skype: leeuwgie77

Also we want to thank Lewin alot – your help with registration form, ladder and announcements is very important for us and improving the tournament a lot.

If you don’t have any teammate and want take a part in this tournament – please contact us, we will sign you on the list below and try to find you someone to create a team with.

See you on the battlefield!

LADDER (updaiting all the time)



LIst of contacts: (accounts on this forum)

1. Florek, RomeK (Florek, Romo)
2. koczis12, Bigchuj (koczis12, namor)
3. czechboss, kruciprdel (vojta_f, kruciprdel)
4. Kirelareus, ImmortalFen (Kirelareus, Immortalfen)
5. Mulberry, Da Revolution (Mulberry, Da Revolution)
6. Itlerion, NL Vortex Damage (Itlerion, NL Vortex Damage)
7. Kolouch, Maslo (Kolouch, Pavka)
8. woloszek, Luki (woloszek, Luki)
9. Jeronimo, T*AnTi-V!RuZz (Jeronimo, T*AnTi-V!RuZz)
10. bucek100, The Dark Site (bucek100, The Dark Site)
11. Kamykos, Joker (Kamykos, Joker)
12. NaruTo, wisnia_pl (NaruTo, Brak)
13. jarob5, HardStyle (jarob5, HardStyle)
14. Recti, Fkl (Recti, Fkl)
15. Wojcieszko, DevilishKnight (wojcieszko, DevilishKnight)
16. King of War, King of Love (King of War, King of Love)
17.`Maurice, Yoven (`Maurice, Yoven)
18. Mixons, Boris (Mixons, Boris)
19. pawel95, Sreba (pawel95, sreba3)
20. Beerzoeper, The Dark Lord (Beerzoeper, The Dark Lord)
21. To, fu (Leeuwgie, Leeuwgie)
22. Jesua Christ, Alhdaron (jesua christ, Alhdaron)
23. [R.A]Frans, [R.A]Mike (Frans, Mike)
24. GreatWhiteBear, Biuw (GreatWhiteBear, GreatWhiteBear)

Please invite judge in your game to help you with maneging the game.

[Mulberry]

Guys it would be very good if you leave some comments! We would like to know your opinion.

[The Dark Site]

I heard Mulberry talking about this yesterday... I'd like to sign up. I don't have a teammember yet.

I guess people who know me would like to join me on this?

[Lord_Stronghold]

Guys it would be very good if you leave some comments! We would like to know your opinion.

well I wanna say good luck, cause it is very difficult to organize such tournaments, and all tournaments in economy games were failed. Last such try (Christmas tournament) were canceled, and there was no matches in team division. I hope this tournament will end with good results.

[Lord_Stronghold]

I heard Mulberry talking about this yesterday... I'd like to sign up. I don't have a teammember yet.

I guess people who know me would like to join me on this?

I think your teammate should be The Dark Lord The Dark Netherlands!

[The Dark Lord]

I'm not sure if I'll take part. I don't feel the urge to prove myself at all. I do not care for rankings and this 'elite' stuff, which seems what this tournament is based on. Surely I could take part for fun, but I doubt I'll have enough time to play all these economy games.
And I'm probably not good enough anyway. Sometimes I play on an acceptable level, sometimes I don't. I think you'll need to play always good to stand a chance in a tournament like this. I don't want to be a drag on my ally.

[powah tour]

Thanks you Lord Stronghold, we tried to teach from the past.
Btw. Will you sign up?

The Dark Lord - oh, treat this tournament as a good time in true rivalry spirit! Your playing level is not important, and everyone could have bad day - even bests. There is really not many very very very good players, so level will be mostly equal. Think about it - fun > real competition.

[Lord_Stronghold]

but I think that team of two The Dark players sounds very cool)

"Will you sign up?"

It should be great, but I should write f##n dissertation and other stuff as the aspirant, and my mate of The Hole Hellfire team - Andreus - also cannot play(( So Russian Army will be presented by 1 team - cruel economy master ImmortalFen and the real battle legend Kirelareus

[The Dark Lord]

fun > real competition.

Exactly my point. I don't find it fun when, after peace time ends, the enemy has so many troops that I lose within 15 minutes.

[Lord_Stronghold]

fun > real competition.

Exactly my point. I don't find it fun when, after peace time ends, the enemy has so many troops that I lose within 15 minutes.

yes, that is a main manner of playing in KaM remake. Such strategy fails in origin KaM games, especially with no peace time (we had agreements about such thing, cause there was no pt function in origin kam)

[Itlerion]

cool, i will try to get a companion hope this goes well

[Florek]

fun > real competition.

Exactly my point. I don't find it fun when, after peace time ends, the enemy has so many troops that I lose within 15 minutes.

yes, that is a main manner of playing in KaM remake. Such strategy fails in origin KaM games, especially with no peace time (we had agreements about such thing, cause there was no pt function in origin kam)

I think in origin KaM it won't fails, rush is strategy for every RTS game. Only in unbalanced or failed one it won't work. In origin KaM it just will works in diffrent way than in Remake at least.

7 signed teams!

[Amon]

I'd like to sign up also but I don't have a team partner yet. My nick Amon or J-III-S. See you soon

[The Dark Site]

but I think that team of two The Dark players sounds very cool)

I wouldn't mind having The Dark Lord in my team at all. I respect this guy so much with doing a lot for the community, especially in maps, that I wouldn't mind if he plays some bad games in my team. The only thing he has to do is let go of the color black .

I sign up for this tournament to see if there really are good players at my level out here. Sorry for my ego, but I never played against Florek nor Mulberry.

I'd be even more excited about a 1v1 tournament as I don't want to depend on a teammate. I think 1v1 is where real skill matters.

[Lord_Stronghold]

2Florek

"I think in origin KaM it won't fails, rush is strategy for every RTS game. Only in unbalanced or failed one it won't work. In origin KaM it just will works in diffrent way than in Remake at least."

that was a main difference between KaM and rts games like AoE of C&C. Many war-gamers, who hates "rts-arcads" like those games, cannot say the same about Knights and Merchants. But 1 thing is absolutely true - if you will make Iron before food - you will die of hunger. That is why many guys, who played in origin KaM with agreement of peace time, selected 1 h 30 mins (it was in terms of German "point league"). Ofc if you have a huge economy you can make a large army, but if you should make it in harm of rest economy (food producing, or another resorts) - it will broke your game, and you will not correct it by market though. That is a main difference between KaMremake and origin KaM. Another important difference - building of town: you should make double or thriple road in many places, or you will have permanent stocks. However, I think that Remake is interesting too and I think that another changes for it are not necessary.

2The Dark Site

"Sorry for my ego, but I never played against Florek nor Mulberry."

Play with them and your ego will fall down)

"I'd be even more excited about a 1v1 tournament as I don't want to depend on a teammate. I think 1v1 is where real skill matters."

aaaaa!!! the christmas tournament!)) However I hope that such tournament will be in winter, not in summer, cause I will be out of my city to often(