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EUROPE | CTF PRO Circuit CUP III

 

#ELECTRONIC SPORTS MASTERS | SEASON LIST

 

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eu EUROPE | CTF PRO Circuit CUP IV paypal Team  1 closed Canceled Canceled 5 / 8 1 join
 

# ELECTRONIC SPORTS MASTERS™ | MASTERS CUP CAPTURE THE FLAG TOURNAMENT RULES


 

 
ESM CUP MASTERS    
 
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1. INTRODUCTION
  
1.1. Is an 8vs8 tournament  in the “Capture & Hold” (C&H) modality.
1.2. Free enrolment.
1.3. A minimum of 6 teams must be enrolled in order for the tournament to begin.
1.4. Should there be a draw in the ranking/match, it will be taken into account, from most to least important
 
⬝ >Tickets [FS]
⬝ >Kills*
⬝ <Deaths*
⬝ Rematch 2 rounds on same map
 *Without any wehicle. Only Infantry
 
1.5. The teams may register in any tournament they want as long as they meet the ping criteria. To know on which conference you will have to play each team must access the official servers and check their pings. If the ping does not exceed 75ms that will be the conference. The ESM™ provides the teams with a server in each active conference to let them perform all the required tests before the competition starts.
 
# EUROPE | OFFICIAL ESM SERVERS
Electronic Sports Masters | OFFICIAL SERVER EU#01
IP/PORT: 5.9.145.44:2362
Electronic Sports Masters | OFFICIAL SERVER EU#03
IP/PORT: 195.201.241.124:2392
Electronic Sports Masters | OFFICIAL SERVER EU#02
IP/PORT: 5.9.145.44:2522
Electronic Sports Masters | OFFICIAL SERVER EU#04
IP/PORT: 195.201.241.124:2362
   
# NORTH AMERICA | OFFICIAL ESM SERVER 
Electronic Sports Masters | OFFICIAL SERVER US#01
IP/PORT: 38.65.5.204:2542
 

 

 

1.6. Enrolment in the tournament means the understanding and acceptance of all the rules, being each one responsible for their acts and possible consequences.
1.7. The main language in the forums will be English, except for National Championships which will be the language of each country.
1.8. Remeber that befor your join a tournament:
 
a. Register your team and provide the Players ID (Arma 3 UiD) (FAQ: "How to create and register a Team [Short]").
b. Setup your roster with the minimum required players.
c. Joine the tournament.
 
1.9. Players with VAC/BAN on there Steam profile are not allowed to play at ESM™ except if he can provide evidence that his VAC/BAN is a mistake before the event starts. If a player participates in a game with a VAC/BAN and he is reported through the #-complaints Discord channel he will be banned from the ESM™.
1.10. Tournament is based on an duble-elimination draw with lower bracket since April 2020. Bellow the bracket for 8 teams:
 
 
 
1.11. Winner team get 3 points for the overall classification for the Hall of Fame, except for the National Championships (there are no points).
 
1st place
3 points
2nd place 2 points
3rd place 1 points
 
 
1.12. Prize
 
1st place
Offiicial Masters CUP medall for each player who played a round
MVP Most Valuable Player award
 
 
1.13. The Organization expects a Fair Play on behalf of all the teams and players, do not forget that this is just a game.
 
 
2. RULES
 
2.1. MANAGERS, PLAYERS AND TEAMS
 
2.1.1. Every enroled team will must provide the name of an registered Manager and team Captain. Remember that the minimum number of enrolled players will be 6, with no maximum amount. After register the team, the Manager can JOIN the tournament, otherwise the Organisation can remove the team from the tournament in order that other one can take his place. After starting the tournament the teams can update his roster befor the quarterfinals.
 Manager: They will be the responsible/representative people in the team.
 Captain: They will perform the duties of the Manager in their absence.
2.1.1. Only players with a unique and valid ID will be allowed. Should two players be detected with an identical ID, they will be kicked off from the tournament, and they will lose all their personal records.
2.1.2. We recomend that any team that wish to enrol needs to have access to a private server game with the required official configuration (see rule 2.7.2).
2.1.3. Players must be enroled in only one team during the whole tournament. If they are in more, he will be kicked off from the tournament and the teams where he was enrolled in will be disqualified.
2.1.4. New players can not be enroled once the tournament has begun.
2.1.5. Should a team play with a player that is not officially enrolled, or with a different UiD to the one given to the organisation, the player will be kicked from the tournament, the team will be punished with a severe infraction and the match will be regarded as loss by 0-5.
2.1.6. Should a player or a team receive more than 2 severe infractions, they will be kicked off from the tournament.
2.1.7. The Organization reserves the right to refuse admission of any team and/or player.
 
 
2.2. MATCHES
 
2.2.1. Match day for the tournament
 
For 8 teams: (Played during 1 weekend)
 
# Weekend 1    # Weekend 1
⬝ Quarter-final Saturday / 19:30 CET / CEST         ⬝ Lower Bracket's R2 Sunday / 19:30 CET / CEST
⬝ Semi-final Saturday / 21:00 CET / CEST   ⬝ Third place Sunday / 20:30 CET / CEST
⬝ Lower Bracket's R1 Saturday / 21:00 CET / CEST   ⬝ Final Sunday / 22:00 CET / CEST
                
 
 
For >8 teams: (Played during 2 weekends)
 
# Weekend 1   # Weekend 2
⬝ Quarter-final Saturday / 19:30 CET / CEST         ⬝ Lower Bracket's R3 Saturday / 19:30 CET / CEST
⬝ Semi-final Saturday / 21:00 CET / CEST   ⬝ Lower Bracket's R4 Saturday / 21:00 CET / CEST
⬝ Lower Bracket's R1 Sunday / 19:30 CET / CEST   ⬝ Third place Sunday / 19:30 CET / CEST
⬝ Lower Bracket's R2 Sunday / 21:00 CET / CEST   ⬝ Final  Sunday / 21:00 CET / CEST
                
 
 
2.2.2. To play a match every team must show up with at least half (50%) of the players (4 players) for that specific match. Otherwise, the team who does not fulfil the rule will forfeit the match by 0-100% of the points of a round. The team will be punished with a severe infraction. A team will forfeit the match if the minimal number of players is not reached after 5 minutes from the start time.
2.2.3. Should neither team be present, the match will be regarded as loss by 0-100% of the points of a round to both teams.
2.2.4. Only a delay of 5 minutes per round/start will be allowed for the match.
2.2.5. Both rounds must take place the same day, not allowing postponing any of them, even if both teams reach an agreement. 
2.2.6. Teams (either one or both) are allowed to play with less but no more than 8 players (min. 4 players).
2.2.7. Matches will consist of two rounds in the same map and day, being each round of 30 minutes. Rounds will end in the regulation time or when a team reach 0 points.
2.2.8. The local team (Home, first cell) will decide the side in which they want to play the first round (blue or red team).  After playing the first round the teams must switch sides. 
2.2.9. Teams (winner and loser) must take a screenshot of the results and player scores after each round. The winning team must upload the screenshots to the event thread in our Discord (Chanell under MEDIA called #-results) of the match within 24 hours. If the winning team does not have the screenshots, the loser team must provide them. In case none of them can provide screenshots, the match will be regarded as loss by 0-100% of the points of a round to both teams.
2.2.10. The scoring of the matches is:
 
⬝ Win Grant access to the next round
⬝ Defeat Lower bracket or if is the 2nd defeat the team is eliminated from the tournament
⬝ Draw Not posible. Check rule 1.4. 
  
 
2.2.11. In case of a first server downtime, the match will be restarted from scratch, unless there are only 5 minutes left to the regulation time and can be proved with screenshots. If there is a second server downtime, the match will take place on the away team server. Should there be another downtime, the match will take place on the day, time and place (server) that the Organization decides.
2.2.12. The teams will have to be in the TeamSpak of the Organization in separate channels. Only the players who are going to play the matches may be present on it.
 
 
2.3. FORUM USE AND RESPECT
 
2.3.1. Everything with reference to the tournament like result publication, member enrolment, and any other topic related to the management and/or organization of the competition has to be dealt through the forum or Discord. Any of these arrangements made out this channels will not be valid.
2.3.2. Any incident will be managed trought the #-complaints Discord channel.
2.3.3. If you have a complaint you can file it in the next 24 hours on our Discord in the #-complaints channel. After the 24h the Organisation can archive the complaint.
  
  
2.4. GAME VERSION, ADDONS, CHEATS AND LAG TEST
 
2.4.1. Every player must have the last official version (not DEV version) of the game.
2.4.2. Mods and addons are not allowed exept if the maps are created with it.
2.4.3. Cheats are completely off-limits. The inability to fulfil this rule will mean the permanent ban of the player and the disqualification of the team from the tournament.
2.4.4. What is a “lag test” and how can we make it?:
 
We recommend that before the different matches a “5 min lag test” should be performed unless decided otherwise by both teams.
The round will begin announcing that a lag test is going to be carried out, leaving the mission running for a couple of minutes. Those minutes should be used to see if any player has desync.
Every player will go to the centre of the map. After they meet, the responsible person of a team will kill, one by one, all the rival players to see whether they die correctly. After that, the responsible player of the second team will do the same.
 
 
2.5. INCIDENTS AND PENALTIES
 
2.5.1. Every accusation has to be made through the #-complaints Discord channel, and has to provide visual evidence (video, screenshot, or server logs). Without evidence, any complaint will be dismissed, and the organization may sanction the member that has committed this defamation.
2.5.2. Trying to cheat on the Organization with fake evidence will end in the permanent ban of the member.
 
 
2.6. LEAGUE MAPS AND BUGS
 
2.6.1. Only the maps provided by the Organization can be used in matches. Under no circumstances will these maps be modified. Should any modification be detected, the owner of the server has 10min in order to update the maps and restart the match from the begin.
The map election for each round will be held by ballot (poll).
The most voted map will be played on the final round (and also for the 3rd place). In the event of a draw in the votes, the maps will be chosen in alphabetical order. Rest of choice of the maps depends of the number of votes of each one (Votes>rounds).
2.6.2. Each match, the home team will decide the side to begin the game.
2.6.3. Maps will have a “No entry area” surrounded by signposts marking the area where, in case of entering, the player will die. It is allowed to shot in or out of that area. There will be a script that will kill any enemy entering that line (“No entry area”)
2.6.4. There will be a small “respawn” area protected by both buildings and a script preventing spawn-killing. Shooting any person or vehicle in that area will no have a penalization.
2.6.5. Exploit/Bug abusing is forbidden. Proving with visual evidence that a team abusing game bugs, such as walking through walls, be under a building, or doing any physically impossible activity, the team that is abusing those bugs, the player will be kicked from the tournament, the match will be regarded as defeat by 0-5 and the team will be punished with a severe infraction. Should any editing problem arise, these have to be communicated immediately to the Organization so they can supervise and fix it.
2.6.6. Maps have 10 Spectator slots that can be used to supervise/stream in the following cases:
 
  • The streaming slots can only be used by the organization or people designated by it.
  • A team asks the Organization to supervise the match. Depending on availability of the Organization, the match will be supervised or not.
  • Stream the match by an Official ESM™ broadcaster. This can only be done if a minimum of 10min delay is applied to the emission. 
 
 
2.7. PING, SERVER CONFIGURATION AND PLAYER PROBLEMS
 
2.7.1. Maximum ping allowed is 75ms and Desync = 0. If a player has Desync they cannot play (Desync = 0). If a team member detects a player with Desync ≠ 0 that has to be communicated to the Manager or Captain through in-game text chat, taking a screenshot as evidence. If after 5 minutes the player still has Desync ≠ 0 the player will have to leave the server immediately (2nd warning). Should the player not leave after a second warning, the complainant team may ask in the Discord to be awarded the game as Win by 100% of the points of a round-0, only if the provide evidence through screenshots proving the pass of time, the Desync ≠ 0 and two warnings to the player. These are the maximum allowances stated by the ESM™:

⬝ MAX DESYNC ALLOWED = 0
⬝ MAX PING ALLOWED = 75ms

 

NOTE | If a player has a ping of more than 75ms the player can not play and has to leave the server. The player can be replaced before the round begins.
 
 
2.7.2. Every server must have the same configuration to play a match. This configuration is: 

⬝ Veteran mode
⬝ Third person view disabled
⬝ Crosshairs disabled
⬝ verifySignatures=2;  (to avoid unsigned addons creating problems in the server)
 
 
 
2.7.3. Should a player drop connection he can reconnect as much as needed, but only if that player was already in the game.
2.7.4. Player changes will not be allowed in a round unless done before the start of each round. If a player drops connections during a game and cannot reconnect, the affected team has to play with one player less during the round. Players cannot be replaced by other player until the end of the round.
2.7.5. If a team starts the round with less than 8 players, the rest of the players can join the match any time (JIP) until the player’s number is reached.
 
 
3. GAME CHARACTERISTICS
 
3.1. Gameplay
 
3.1.1. Game mod 8vs8.
3.1.2. Maps have 3 sectors to capture.
3.1.3. Teams begin with 400 points (tickets) that will be lost by captured sectors and enemy casualties.
 
⬝ A kill -1 ticket
⬝ Capturing a sector -5 tickets every 40s
 
 
3.1.4. Sectors can be captured in any order.
3.1.5. A sector will be considered as captured when it is at 100%.
3.1.6. A respawn can be done in a sector once 55% of the same has been captured.
3.1.7. The area of capture of the sector is 20m.
3.1.8. The sector will be captured as long as one of the teams has n + 1 players more than the opposing team within the capture area.
3.1.9. The capture time of the sectors is based on the number of players in the capture area:
 
⬝ 1 player 20s
⬝ 2 player 17s
⬝ <3 player 14s
 
 
3.1.10. "Action Menu” (Radio) Special abilities
 
ESM RADIO B      
RADIO
 
All are activated through the radio (Action Menu).
 
    • Will not be available during the first 2 minutes.
    • May not be used within the areas designated as "no Entry Area ".
    • You will not be able to use them over a sector except the non-offensive ones, such as:

 

⬝ Physician's smoke screen
⬝ Sniper Drone

 

 
3.1.11. Respawn Time:
 
⬝ Base 0s
⬝ Captured Sector 10s
⬝ Mobile respawn 15s
⬝ FoB 15s
 
 
3.2. Roles
 
3.2.1. Each team will have 8 slots/roles with unique abilities available through the "Action Menu/Radio "and an specific inventory. The rest are simple riflemen. These are:
 
1 officer b 1 officer r # OFFICER
⬝ Action Menu (Radio):
⬝ 2x Artillery fire
⬝ 1x Air Support
⬝ 2x Mortar fire
⬝ Unlimited FoB*
⬝ Skill ⬝ Assemble and dismantle the FoB
⬝ Inventory ⬝ Standard + Binoculars
⬝ Weaponry ⬝ Standard
 *(Can be assembled and disassembled by the Officer and destroyed by the rival team). It cannot be placed inside the capture area.
2 sniper b 2 sniper r # SNIPER
⬝ Action Menu (Radio):
⬝ Unlimited Drone
⬝ 2x Supply Vehicle Support
⬝ Skill ⬝ Not visible to the enemy drone
⬝ Inventory ⬝ Standard + APERS Tripwire Mine
⬝ Weaponry ⬝ Sniper rifles (with their scopes) + Standard
 
3 engineer b 3 engineer r # ENGINEER (AT) 
⬝ Action Menu (Radio): ⬝ N/A
⬝ Skill ⬝ Repairing. You can repair vehicles.
⬝ Inventory ⬝ Standard
⬝ Weaponry ⬝ MK200 + RPG 42 Alamut + Standard 
 
4 medic b 4 medic r # MEDIC 
⬝ Action Menu (Radio):
⬝ 2x Smoke Screen
⬝ Skill ⬝ You have five minutes to revive an incapacitated man.
⬝ Inventory ⬝ Standard + x3 Smoke Grenades
⬝ Weaponry ⬝ Standard
 
5 sf b 5 sf r # SPECIAL FORCES 
⬝ Action Menu (Radio):
⬝ Unlimited HALO jump from main base
⬝ 2x Supply of ammunition box
⬝ Skill ⬝ N/A
⬝ Inventory ⬝ Standard + x1 Mine AT + x2 Payload
⬝ Weaponry ⬝ Standard
             
 
 
3.3. Vehicles
 
We have divided the vehicles into two categories, these are:
 
⬝ Gunships vehicles (Respawn: No)
⬝ Non-gunships vehicles (Respawn: Yes)
 
After 30s as long as it is immobilized (damaged <50% to 90%).
Mobile Respawn (HUNTER/STRIDER): They have a time of recurrence of 3min once it has been destroyed.
 
 
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The Organization may modify, adapt, or improve these rules as long as they see fit for the good running of the tournament.
 
 
 
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