FML Season 27 | Sign up!
Congratulations to QQs for winning his first FML title and being immortalized in history books. After weeks of celebration and laziness, resting is over now and we are calling all FFA players (the ones with and without honor) back to arms.
After two major team events in a row, FML Season 27 will be a clash of individuals again. No team bonus, no carry and no super teams.
The point structure (20-12-12-10 and +2 for top score) will remain the same as in previous seasons and every player will be ranked on a ladder, depending on his individual score.
Matchmaking
The special feature of Season 27 lies in its matchmaking, which will happen within pools. There will be three pools (pool 1 = players on ranks 1-12 | pool 2 = players on ranks 13-24 | pool 3 = players on ranks 25+).
For round 1 (where we don’t have a ranking yet), matches will be drawn randomly in a lottery (streamed live). After round 1, we will have a scoreboard and therefore rankings that define who is in which pool for the upcoming round (each round consists of two matches, played within a three week period) and so on. The rank pairings will be as follows.
In case two players have identical points, the usual FML tie breaker rules apply. After round 3, the top three ranked players will be qualified for the final and the players on rank four to seven will play a semi-final to decide who the fourth finalist is going to be.
Scheduling and Maps
Each player has to help scheduling his match, by posting his availability in the forum within 48 hours after the respective scheduling thread was created. If he does not, he loses scheduling rights. The 48 hours do not only apply for initial posts, but also for all subsequent scheduling thread discussions (e.g. if three players agree on a time and the fourth player fails to respond within 48 hours, he also loses his scheduling rights). Whatever was discussed in other communication channels (e.g. Discord) needs to be logged in the thread as well, in order to be valid from an official standpoint.
Admins will provide three potential maps for each match (in the scheduling thread). Each player can vote for one of these maps and whatever map gets most votes will be played.
If there is a tie, where two maps get two votes, whatever map had two votes first will be played. If all four players have posted their votes within the first 24 hours after the scheduling thread was created, admins will flip a coin to decide which of the two maps gets played.
If you want to participate in FML Season 27, please post your name, nationality and Warcraft 3 race into this thread, by Feb 28 (20 CET)