URC 19 - Equilibrium!: 1v1 Tournament Friday 25th September 7pm BST - Darth Malgus (EU)

I know people normally skip reading all the details but there's quite a lot of changes to format and rules so I'd recommend giving it a read over. It's worth highlighting that this event is taking place on a FRIDAY evening rather than the typical Saturday.

The last event was a huge success with many people saying it was one of the best tournament in years, so, we're back again with the quickest return in URC history!

The last event took place in the Alderaan stronghold, many players mentioned that the game worked better there with more consistent FPS and less desync, others thought that Nar Shadda was a better overall area due to the layout. Much like The Senate himself, Papa Palpatine, I love democracy so this time we'll be holding a poll to see which stronghold the event will be taking part in. The poll will be posted on my Discord so please feel free to throw your opinion in there.

Forum rules, unfortunately, don't allow me to list the main prize but needle$$ to $ay, it'$ the $ame a$ la$t time.

Both myself and Shek'shas have been having a blast commentating on these duels and I'm happy to say he'll be joining me once more to provide some insight to the players and to make Spartan-Esque noises during the fights.

Tournament format is changing this time around, assuming suitable levels of signups. The last event was great and I really think the loser bracket allows players to make a comeback works well. Because of this, there will be 24 slots in the main bracket with another 8 reserved for the players who lose their first match to fight their way back in.

Because of the introduction of the loser bracket, the first round in the main bracket will now be in a knockout format. I really enjoyed the best of 3 in the first bracket, but even with the event running smoothly it means our running time for just the duels comes in at around 6 hours which is a bit much for a lot of the people taking part. If you are unlucky in round 1, well, we have the loser bracket for you to get a chance to get back into the whole thing again!

Operative bracket remains unchanged.

Looking over the last two events it seems clear that some classes need a little bit of love in order to make the fights more compelling, interesting and fair.

Because of that the following classes WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE MEDPACS:

Marauder / Sentinel

Juggernaut / Guardian

Powertech / Vanguard

Hopefully, this will help even the odds out for those classes, and we'll continue to monitor class performance to make tweaks to the rules where necessary.

One more significant change is the banning of guild perks. During the last event, it became very clear that guild perks could have a major impact on the outcome of the duels and you aren't even able to see if characters are under the effects of their benefits. Because of this, all competitors will need to /gquit at the start of the event to ensure no shenanigans. I understand this is an inconvenience to the people taking part and I ask for their support with this rule.

It's still going to be first come first served (with plenty of space for standby players) but please understand that we want to make this the best tournament possible so some places maybe jiggled around but I will do my best to keep the first sign-ups in place.

We'll be using discord for the event and if people are unable to sign up via the forums pop on over to my discord channel where you can add your name.

During the previous events, some competitors have been spammed with various types of invites. These can now all be disable via settings as you can see here and here

For prizes, we have a bunch of cartel coins up for grabs courtesy the lovely people at BioWare, and we also have a load of random prizes and the top placed players will all be receiving a share of the credit pool!

If people have any credits / cartel things they'd like to donate please let me know in game - any donations for prizes would be greatly appreciated and recognised during the broadcast.

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND ALL RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

24 spots are available for now, we'll do our best to accommodate everyone but we reserve the right to make some adjustments to the format if necessary.

URC 19 - Equilibrium!

Rules: IF YOU SIGN UP WE EXPECT YOU AT TO BE ONLINE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE START-UP TIME. If you are not present you may lose by default

Date: Friday 25th September - 7pm BST

Location: Nar Shadda (competitors and donators will be invited)

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place will all receive prizes. Players who make it out of the opening brackets will also receive a prize.

URC #19: https://trovo.live/Snave

Signup Sheet: Signups so far

Anyone who would like to donate credits / prizes for the tournament please get in touch with in game: Snave - Darth Malgus or via PM on the forums

Prize Pool so far:

2400 Cartel Coin codes

450 Cartel Coin codes

Pet codes

Random Decorations

Random Companion Acquisitions

Random Cartel Packs

Random Tunings

Random Armour

Random Mounts

Unlimited Thrill Hunting!

Credit Pool: Need donations

We'll also be giving away more random thrilling prizes to the audience watching live!

Mechanics:

*Initial fights will be randomly assigned.

*Format will be 1 x Knockout rounds, rest is best of 3, Best of 5 for the finals in the main bracket, best of 3 for Operative bracket.

Rules:

*Only one character sign up per person.

*DPS specs only - NO TANK SPECS.

*No guild perks - Players must gquit prior to any duels.

*No use of Medpacks / Adrenals / Grenades or ANY other consumables with the exception of Stims.

*Rocket Boots / Mounts are not allowed.

*Failure to show up in time for the duel will result in disqualification.

*Server transfers are welcome to sign up.

*No companions / external help.

*Stealth vs Stealth fights will begin with both players out of stealth Wizbasky style.

**OPERATIVES AND ASSASSINS ARE ALLOWED ONE VANISH PER ROUND.

FAQ:

Life warden is NOT allowed.

Sins can vanish regen ONCE if they have the double vanish tactical.

Tactical swapping mid-round is NOT allowed. Between rounds is fine.

If you've signed up on operative you CAN sign up on a non-operative too.

The format and rules are subject to change. Any changes will be made as visible as possible.

If you're interested please type the character you wish to enter on / class / spec / faction below and I'll update the spreadsheet as we go along.

FOR EXAMPLE : SNAVE / OPERATIVE / CONCEALMENT / EMPIRE

Out of respect, please do not re-stream, rehost or rebroadcast this event. Participants doing so will be removed from the event.

WHO WILL BECOME THE ULTIMATE BALANCED CHAMPION!

Spots are filling up fast!

I've updated the signup sheet. The operative bracket is now full but please feel free to sign up to be placed into the standby bracket. Only 6 slots remain in the main bracket.

As a quick prize update, the very generous Cola donated a massive 2 billion credits.

These credits will be split up to provide a prize pool for the remainder of the year, so each URC going forward will have a minimum credit pool of 500 million credits!

Shnice.

Rules: IF YOU SIGN UP WE EXPECT YOU AT TO BE ONLINE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE START-UP TIME. If you are not present you may lose by default

Date: Saturday 25th September - 7pm BST

Location: Nar Shadda (competitors and donators will be invited)

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place will all receive prizes. Players who make it out of the opening brackets will also receive a prize.

So which one is it? Friday or Saturday? Title says Friday and text says Saturday (but 25th, saturday is 26th).

If you are still accepting donations let me know

So which one is it? Friday or Saturday? Title says Friday and text says Saturday (but 25th, saturday is 26th).

 

If you are still accepting donations let me know

It's on the Friday, I've updated the main thread.

Feel free to mail me any credits or items you'd like to donate.

Nedas / Gunslinger

Teziax / Scoundrel