AOE PL SEASON 1 - Tu Laga Jor!

HOSTED BY THE BOMBAY SERVER

IMPORTANT DATES

Registrations : Dec 1st to Dec 15th. Registration closes on Dec 15th at 11:59 PM

Franchise owner / Captains Finalization : Between Dec 17th - Dec 22nd

Auction for teams : Before Dec 24th.

Season 1 games :

League games : Jan 6th - Jan 21st

Finals - Before 31st January

Timings : Preferable timings will be 9PM IST to 12AM IST

Weekend timings can be scheduled by both captains which works for them

Prize money : TBD

Sign up form
https://forms.gle/1dNwCQksF9XS69wt7
 League Rules and Settings

1. League Structure

● This is a 4v4 RM TG tournament.

● There will be a minimum 4 franchises and a maximum of 10 franchises,
depending on the number of registration, with each team consisting of 4 players.
● League format will be a Round Robin system with each team playing a set of 3
maps against every other team.
● Season 2 of this League will happen later in 2024 depending upon the success of
this tournament.
● The League format will be finalized based on the number of registrations.
● The following is an illustration (Table 1) assuming there are 8 teams:
○ Round Robin - All team play against each other
○ After the round robin stage, the top two teams will play Bo5 finals.
○ The two groups would be divided through a fair mechanism.

Table 1
Group A Group B

Team 1 Team 2

Team 3 Team 4

Team 5 Team 6

Team 7 Team 8

2. Franchise Owner / Captain

 ● A Franchise owner/Captain (Both these words can be used interchangeably) is
the person who will be bidding for their team.
● ANY PLAYER PARTICIPATING IN THE LEAGUE CAN BECOME A
FRANCHISE OWNER. There is no Elo restriction on becoming a Franchise
Owner except for the max cap of 2k Elo in Bombay server averaged over the last 2
months with a minimum 20 games played.
● Players can nominate to show interest in becoming a Franchise Owner in the
registration form.
● In case we have more nominations for becoming a Franchise Owner, then the
Admin Team will decide who will be the Franchise Owners/ Captains. The final
captains will be notified of the same once decided.

3. ELO Cap to participate in the League as a Player

● Only players from Bombay server with 2K Bombay Server Rating or lesser rating
as of 30-11-2023
● There is no minimum Elo
● The player has to have played at least one game before 11-30-2023 in the Bombay
Server

4. Bidding Process

● All players will be picked by Franchise owners by an open auction conducted by a

senior professional auctioneer whose say in the Auction will be Final. The
complete player list would be shared with each Franchise Owner before the
auction.
● Each Franchise Owner/Captain has to pick exactly 3 Players for his team - All
Teams will have size of a 4
● The purses/budget for each Franchise owner will not be the same.Each
Franchise owner/captain will be provided a different budget based on their
Elo/skill level There will be a fair mechanism devised which will be shared with
the captains before the bidding to adjust for their skill difference.
 5. Point System

● Each Game* win gets 1 point

● Each Set** win gets 1 point
● Top Team from each group goes to Finals***
● In Case of Tie on points, the final team will be decided on below parameters
○ Whichever team has most Number of Sets won goes through
○ If the number of sets won are also the same, then the head to head set
winner goes through in case of a two way tie.
○ In case of a 3 or 4 way tie, the team will communicate a fair mechanism
before the auction - depending on the number of teams and registrations.

*Game - single match played on a Map

**Set - a series of games between two teams . PLAY ALL GAMES (three Games) for
leagues. Finals will be a best of 5
The matches will be played in a round robin. ***

***Final Group format and total teams will be released on registration - format may or
may not changed accordingly

6. Scheduling

All teams will be provided with the schedules considering the timeframes and sets to be
completed. We hope that the teams check the schedules and follow the timings
punctually.
The timings mentioned in the schedules are the time at which the games are expected
to start.
This scheduling will help the teams to play on a specific time without having the hassle
to schedule between themselves.
Still, in rare cases if a team is unable to play at the given schedule for any set, the team
can approach the Admins and re-scheduling can be done. But we hope that all teams
will try their best to follow the prescribed schedule to observe smooth functioning of
the tournament.If games scheduled go too long, then the next match of that team will
 start soon after the first set ends. Please make sure that you are not postponing any
matches to the next day.
Teams being late to the scheduled time of the match will be strictly penalized.
If a team is not able to play their 4 players even after 20 mins of the scheduled time, the
opponent team will be granted an admin win for that particular game.

7. Map Settings and Civilization Drafting

At the start of each set in the League stage, the first map will be a random map from the
Common Map Pool which will be chosen by a random generator.

Common Map pool

African Clearing
Mega Random
Arena
Crater
Kawasan
Arabia

Home Maps that can be picked by a team are divided into 5 categories, each with 3
different maps.

Map Categories

Closed Open Water Other Nomad

Hideout Land Madness Baltic Oasis Water Nomad

Regicide
Fortress Golden Pit Migration Enclosed Nomad
Rage Forest
Ghost lake Team Islands 4 Lakes Land Nomad
 Each team will pick one home map as part of their set.

The mechanism is as below:

A toss will take place to determine who will be picking the home map first. Home map
will be picked from the 5 categories. Loser of the toss cannot pick from the category
that the winner picked.

Ex: - If Team A chooses the category - “Closed Map” and picks one of the three maps,
Team B will not be able to choose this category for this Set, and has to choose another
category.

Also, no team can repeat a Category for their Home Maps in the League stage.

Ex : -If Team A picked Hideout as a home map against Team B then he can’t pick Rage
Forest against C - as they are in the same category “Closed Map”

Civ Draft for League Stage: TBD based on latest patch

Civ & Map Draft for post League stage: TBD based on latest patch

8. Slinging

A player can only sling to an ally after the player who wants to sling reaches the
Imperial Age. Any type of slinging done before reaching Imperial Age will result in an
admin win to the opponent or at the discretion of the opponent.

9. Admin Restart

Admin Restart Resource Bug (Admin Restart): Player with Bugged Resources pauses
the game, takes a screenshot and contacts the Admin. All calls for restart to be taken by
Admin. Cutoff time in game - 7 minutes. (General criteria: missing/bugged/trapped
 herdable, hunt, and forage bushes | inaccessibility of more than: 4/7 main gold tiles, 3/5
main stone tiles | trapped starting villager/scouting unit)

9. Drops and disconnects

Players will try to save and restore games if any player drops. If a save and restore is not
possible due to any game issues, the players will have to restart the game with the same
positions and civilizations. During save and restore, players will make sure to
disconnect from the game directly. Please consult admins in any such situation.

10. Sportsmanship

Insulting, cheating, abusing and unfair game-play is strictly prohibited. Any kind of
smurfing/ one player using another player’s account/ spec-cheating will lead to instant
disqualification from the tournament. As this is an in-house tournament to promote
player-participation and enjoyment for all, we hope that all players play the games in
good spirit.

11. Match Settings

Host on a server agreed upon by both teams before beginning every match. It will be
the responsibility of the players to check and verify. Once the game begins it will be
continued. If players cannot agree on the server then please contact the moderators.
If a player accidentally picks a wrong civilization, the opponent team gets the right to
either let the player pick the original civilization or choose the player’s civilization.
The games must have spectate-on with a 3 minute delay for every match.
 Exceptions:
1. Nomad start maps (Nomad, Land Nomad, Water Nomad, African Clearing)
a. Treaty Length - 5 mins
2. Regicide Fortress:
a. Game Mode: Regicide
3. Rage Forest:
a. Reveal Map: Explored

13. Streaming rules

Players are forbidden from streaming their POV on stream as well as on discord.
All the streamers interested to cast the matches on their channel are welcome to do so
after informing the admins priorly.

14. Admin Discretion

Any rules and dates are subject to change as per Admin team (below mentioned)
discretion before the start of the tournament. Their say will be binding and final on all
rulings - this will be done by a majority vote in case of a non-unanimous decision.

At the start of the tournament, only non-playing Admins (which can have additions
based on existing Admins voting for addition) will constitute as part of the Admin
team. The revised admin team will be constituted at the start of the league.

Their say will be binding and final on all rulings - this will be done by a majority vote in
case of a non-unanimous decision.

For Questions Reach out to Admin

Admin team

Sultan
Sephiroth
Thiru
Bond
MODI