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General Rules

This is a 3v3 Tournament on Retrofit Mod which is a mod for Medieval 2 Total War.
CCS Retrofit will feature 16 teams that will fight in pure knockout style
A link to download the mod can be found here
You also MUST have kingdoms installed to be able to install and play Retrofit mod

Format Rules

Each clan will play a "best of 3" formula for all rounds and a "best of five" for the Grand Final. You will have 2 weeks in which to organise and play your match. A match negotiation thread will be created by the adminstrators, clearly titled "Team X Vs Team Y", if a clan failes to reply to this thread within five days then an automatic forfeit will be given to the clan who did reply.

After a match it is absolutely imperative you take a screenshot of your victory/defeat.
If you do not know how to save a screenshot the CCS suggestions downloading Fraps from http://Fraps.com and for support using Fraps please see their support area.

Failure To Play Matches

Failure to play matches will be evaluated on a case by case basis. If matches are not played before the deadline, we will consider each case individually, and if clans really tried to arrange their match, we may allow a recess week. If they are still not played, then the CCS Administration reserves the right to grant punishments.

In other situations such as clans where actually playing their battles but somebody lagged out, or crashed then the game should be replayed ASAP with same factions/armies and player position.
As aformentioned, each case will be different and will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Technical Issues

In the event of desynchronized Games Clans will have to send the original logfiles(if possible) and the Battle Replay to the admins so they can watch the replay and form an opinion about the game. if the game was really desynchronized then a Game replay will be granted.

If the Replay is granted, then both clans will have to play with the Same Players and Factions as soon as possible. If by any Reason Clans can't play with the same players they must warn the admins about the situation telling them why they can't play with the same players. It must be a strong reason.

1 week will be granted to both clans so they can replay one and only one game.

There is no guarantee that if you got the Desynchronized message the game really was desynchronized so the admins will form their decision case by case.

In Game Battle Setup

1. Unrestricted Camera
2. Grassy Plains Map
3. Small Unit Size
4. High Era
5. Midday
6. Normal Difficulty
7. 30000 Florins per team

On weather: Some clans may choose to restart the game until weather setting is clear, feel free to do this however it is not an enforced rule. Both clans must agree to restart the game before the game starts in the negotiation thread here on CCS forums.

Other In-Game Rules

1. No Artillery
2. No Elephants


Factions and Attacking/Defending

Clans may not have more than one of the same factions on their team. For instance Clan X may not have 2 Englands and a Russia, but they may have one England, One Russia and One Aztec.

The fixture list will be posted in a very deliberate manner. The clan on the left will pick a faction first. Then the other clan will chose a faction, then the clan who chose first will pick, and so on until all players have chosen a faction.

For Example:

Crusaders vs Arcani

Crusaders will pick their faction first and will be the defender. In following battle, they will pick their faction second and be the attacker.