Competitive Season 2

Today is the official start of our second competitive season. With it, comes a new feature to make Game 2 dynamic in a best-of-3 series, Sanctioned Events program, and tiered Competitor Points awarding. Let’s break down each addition below.

Game 1 Loser Map Select

The match structure and regulation rulebook have been updated to allow the loser of Game 1 in a best-of-3 series to declare any legal map in the Tactics League map pool for Game 2, either medium or small-sized, as long as it is a map that does not already exist in the map selection for that match. The 3rd game’s map would then become the opposite map size chosen to still have 2 medium and 1 small map in the match. This is a break away from the traditional Medium > Small > Medium map structure that was presently used in Season 1’s competitions and allows for Game 2 to be dynamically played shaking things up from our previous static rotation.

Sanctioned Events Program

As detailed more in its separate article, the Sanctioned Events program is a means of supporting grassroots events as Tactics League-supported, giving the tournament organizer access to a plethora of resources to ensure the event’s success. Competitions that are approved for sanctioning are eligible for Competitor Points awarding allowing for a hopeful increase in annual competitions, hosted directly by Tactics League and the community as well!

Tiered Competitor Points Awarding

Alongside the Sanctioned Events program, also includes an update to Competitor Points (CP) scaling and there are different point awards based on the bracket size of sanctioned events, allowing for more flexibility:

• Tournament-Style (large pool)
  For Double Elimination & Round Robin Allocations for 7+ Competitors
  • 1st = 2000 pts.
  • 2nd = 1600 pts.
  • 3rd = 1400 pts.
  • 4th = 1200 pts.
  • 5th – 8th = 800 pts.
  • 9th and lower = 600 pts.
    
• Tournament-Style (small pool)
  For Double Elimination & Round Robin Allocations for 4-6 Competitors
  • 1st = 1400 pts.
  • 2nd = 1200 pts.
  • 3rd = 1000 pts.
  • 4th = 800 pts.
  • 5th = 600 pts.
  • 6th = 400 pts.
    
• Cup-Style (large pool)
  For Single Elimination Allocations for 7+ Competitors
  • 1st = 800 pts.
  • 2nd = 600 pts.
  • 3rd – 4th = 500 pts.
  • 5th – 8th = 300 pts.
  • 9th and lower = 200 pts.
    
• Cup-Style (small pool)
  For Single Elimination Allocations for 4-6 Competitors
  • 1st = 500 pts.
  • 2nd = 400 pts.
  • 3rd = 300 pts.
  • 4th = 200 pts.
  • 5th and 6th = 100 pts.

With all of these changes starting today, we are excited to take Tactics League and competitive play to new heights!