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General Rules

This is a 3v3 Tournament on the critically acclaimed Rome Total War
CCS Retrofit will feature 16 teams that will fight in pure knockout style

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 Flatlands Map
3. Normal Unit Size
4. Clear Weather
5. Summer
6. Normal Difficulty
7. 37500 denarii per team

Other In-Game Rules(per player)

1. No Artillery
2. No Elephants
3. 6 Maximum of the Same unit type per player
4. 8 Cavalry Maximum (includes melee/missile cav and chariots)
5. 8 Maximum Foot Archers and Slingers (does not include light infantry javelin throwers and Head Hurlers)
6. 2 Maximum Horse Archers/Chariot Archers

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 Seleucids and a Greeks, but are allowed one Seleucids, one Greeks and one Brits.

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.