Team Tank Tournament "Armor 4х4"
Rules
Maximum number of participating teams is 32.
This tournament has 2 stages.
1. Group stage - 8 groups of 4 teams each.
Group matches are played in the circle system, with 1 battle (session) in each match.
According to results of the matches, teams receive points:

• win - 3 points


• draw -1 point


• defeat - 0 points

If two or more teams have the same number of points in the tournament bracket, the places in the leader board are based on the best team by parameters in the statistics/skill of all the matches they played.
The 2 best teams from each group enter the play-off bracket.

2. Play-off stage with the bracket for 16 teams, with single elimination.
Each match is in format best of 1, until 1 win in battle (session).
The full tournament bracket will be shown at the 1/32 final stage (when 64 teams are left in the tournament).
In case of a draw in the battle, both players receive technical defeat and leave the tournament.
In case of a draw in the Final match of the tournament, both teams take the 2nd place.



Team registration
In order to participate, the team captain needs to register the team. Captain should use the password for the team so that random players would not register in his team.
After registering the team, captain shares the link to the team and the password with his team mates.
Members of the team register in the tournament by themselves using the team link and password.
After all the players have registered, the team captain has to confirm the participation of the team before the registration ends.
Name of the team should not contain any words or phrases that are in violation of the forum and game rules. The organizers can remove the team from competition in the case of violation of these rules.



Tournament Schedule
Match starting time is shown on the timer on the tss.warthunder.com website, which can be found on the top right of the main page and on the “My Tournaments” page.
Information about the coming match and their opponent can be found on the “My Tournaments” page and in the “TOURNAMENT BRACKET” section by pressing the information icon of the match (icon with the i symbol).
Full tournament schedule can found in the “ABOUT” section of the tournament.
In case of changes in the tournament schedule or time changes in some matches, the organizers will inform about it in the topic on the Forum.



Compensation.
In the case that the tournament is stopped due to technical issues, the website administration restarts the tournament with the teams (players) who were participating according to the tournament bracket at the moment when the tournament was stopped.
In case that a team (player) stopped participating in the tournament due to a technical issue with the tournament system or game server issues, this team (player) will receive a compensation in the form of 50% booster of RP and SL.
Compensation is possible only if the players present the actual game log file (i.e.: C: - Games - War Thunder - .game_logs)



Tournament rules
Each participating player confirms playing according to these rules:

• Players from each team have to enter the lobby created for the next battle before the session start time, which is displayed on the web site.


• Players receive the automated invitation to join the tournament in the client couple of minutes before the match is scheduled to start.


• Each player has to confirm readiness in the lobby by pressing the "Ready" button.


• Battle (session) starts automatically by the timer on the web site or earlier if all players in the lobby are present and Ready.


• Battle (session) starts automatically by the timer on the web site even if one of the players is not present or hasn’t managed to press the "Ready" button.


• In case that opponents haven’t shown up during 3 minutes after the session started, the team who is in the lobby and ready has to wait until the server announces technical victory. Do not leave the lobby until it closes automatically! If you leave the lobby before the server returns you back to hangar, the result of the match will be disqualification of both teams.


• If both teams do not press "Ready" button or do not show up before the match starts for ALL the matches in Group stage, they will be disqualified.


• If both teams do not show up or do not press the "Ready" button when the timer reaches the start of the battle during the Play-off stage - they will both lose and be disqualified from the tournament!


• In case that players get disconnected, the battle continues. There are no restarts. Restart can only happen if the game servers are down.


• In the session lobby the standard game client rules apply to chat (you can report anyone for foul language or abuse using the in game report system).

Forbidden actions:

• Use of foul language and abuse.


• Violation of the official Forum rules in the tournament topics.


• Violation of the game chat rules in the match lobby.


• Violation of the War Thunder End User License Agreement (EULA)


• Disrespectful, unsportsmanlike behavior. (Public abuse of tournament players, arbiters, Gaijin Entertainment employees).


• Use of 3rd party modifications of the game client which can possibly give advantage in the battle.

In the case of violation of these rules, the organizers can remove or ban the team or player from participating in the tournaments of the War Thunder game.



Prizes:
1st place - 500 golden eagles + 7 days of premium + title "Iron Warrior"
2nd place - 300 golden eagles + 3 days of premium + 50% RP and SL boosters
3rd place - 200 golden eagles + 50% RP and SL boosters
4-5th place - 50% booster RP and SL
6-7th place - 25% RP booster
Prizes are issued in the 72 hours period after the tournament.



Battles
Each match is played in the format of 1 battle.
Victory in the mission is achieved by having more cap points than your opponent at the moment when the mission time runs out or by depleting the cap points of your opponent completely.
When your team captures the Conquest point, the opponent team starts to lose cap points automatically.
For each tank your team destroys, the opponent loses 100 cap points. If you destroy all the tanks of your opponent, they will lose all cap points automatically.

Mode: Domination.
Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Clear
Time limit (session): 15 minutes
List of available missions can be found in the "ABOUT" section of the tournament.
Cap points: 25000.
2-spawns
Round tour according to tournament bracket
Server: EU
Markers - for everyone



Allowed vehicles
List of allowed vehicles for this tournament can be found in the "ABOUT" section of the tournament.
IMPORTANT: All vehicles have to be researched and obtained on player's account and assigned to a vehicle slot.
Players are allowed to change nation between battles.

Maximum number of participating teams is 32.
This tournament has 2 stages.
1. Group stage - 8 groups of 4 teams each.
Group matches are played in the circle system, with 1 battle (session) in each match.
According to results of the matches, teams receive points:

• win - 3 points


• draw -1 point


• defeat - 0 points

If two or more teams have the same number of points in the tournament bracket, the places in the leader board are based on the best team by parameters in the statistics/skill of all the matches they played.
The 2 best teams from each group enter the play-off bracket.

2. Play-off stage with the bracket for 16 teams, with single elimination.
Each match is in format best of 1, until 1 win in battle (session).
Each match in play-off stage is until 1 win in battle (session).
Each team has 4(+1) players.
2-spawns
Time limit per battle (session) - 15 minutes.
Server: EU
Markers - on everyone
Backup vehicles do not work in this tournament.
The exact starting time of each battle is in the tournament schedule.