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Forts X Alienware


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G’day, Forts fans!


We’re beyond excited to announce our partnership with Alienware for Season 4 of the Forts Pro League! Thanks to Alienware’s generosity, we've boosted the 1st place prize pool this season, now also including:

1x Headset AW510H
1x Gaming Mouse AW610M & AW Mousepad


This has been a long-time goal of ours, and we're thrilled to finally share it with all of you. The FPL's success is all thanks to your incredible support and dedication to Forts, so a sincere thank you from all of us at EWG to you all!

With season 4 now underway, we're giving a huge shoutout to Alienware for helping us take the Forts Pro League to the next level. Hit the link below to find out how your favourite team is doing and follow all the action!

FPL Season 4

|| Didn’t see this one coming, did you? 👽 ||

Cheers,
EWG

2v2 Mod Showcase Winners!


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G’day, Forts fans!


While we congratulate Team Juan 0.5, the real stars were the amazing mods and the even more amazing modding community behind them. With over 32,000 maps and mods on the Forts Workshop we could only showcase a tiny fraction of them here. We encourage everyone to check out for themselves all that it has to offer.


[h2]The Mods[/h2]
Landcruisers

Tanya's mod

Fortships

Nuclear mod

AEU (alex extra upgrades)

Pilotable planes

Birdies' guns

Extra Stuff++

All matches also included the EXPLOSIONS vfx mod


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And although this wasn't intended as a super competitive event (try telling that to pro players) there were still prizes up for grabs.

[h3]1st Place - $100 in Steam Gift cards[/h3]
$50 to each teammate

Juan 0.5
  • Flinnshadow*
  • Ice

    Flinnshadow has requested their prize be withheld for use in a future event
The Nuclear mod amply living up to its name
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[h3]2nd Place - $50 in Steam Gift cards[/h3]
$25 to each teammate

Rus Forts Team
  • Русские Форты*
  • mister_KOT

    Русские Форты graciously deferred their prize to their teammate
Tanya's mod - IYKYK
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[h3]3rd Place - $20 in Steam Gift cards[/h3]
$10 to each teammate

Tomatos blastos
  • HoneyMen
  • Igris
Some incendiary ordnance from Extra Stuff++
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[h2]Replays and VODs[/h2]

Selected replays from the mod showcase will be available in the Featured tab of the Replays menu in-game - replay compatibility may be limited as many of the showcase mods are updated frequently. Some mods are also significantly more demanding and may not run well on all machines.

English cast with Project Incursus
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Russian cast from competitor Русские Форты
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Cheers,
EWG

Forts Ranked Multiplayer - Season 30 Champions!


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G'day Forts fans!


Congratulations to Helicopter, now one of only three people to win 3 seasons. With Silver is EtaN, another member of the 3 season club. And Firework in third with Bronze.

While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 30 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well!

Season 30 trivia - S31 update edition:
  • Mortars ruled the day but watch out because S31 machine gunners are getting smarter
  • Pinchfist and Firebird were meta in S30 but there's a new commander update in town for S31
  • Established maps like Hillfort saw very similar builds across all players, but S31 introduces 3 new additions the the map pool
  • One thing that hasn't changed, buzzsaws are real and they
  • will* hurt you if you sell critical metal


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[h2]1v1 Leaderboard[/h2]
  1. Helicopter
  2. EtaN
  3. Firework
  4. Dranistian
  5. Tristam0
  6. 打帅币
  7. a platypus
  8. 123
  9. [BOG]#Der Benzinpreisvergleicher
  10. Hallrassy
  11. Nokimia
  12. Woman
  13. klaualles
  14. Alesio
  15. Teutonick
  16. [LV20]IIOBELUTEL
  17. pur
  18. Poolboy
  19. kulipa0627
  20. RobberFox

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[h2]Season 31[/h2]
Season 31 is already underway and will run through September 30th. This season's map pool consists of the following battlefields:
  • Ledge Grab
  • Stalactites
  • Battlegrounds 1v1
  • Split
  • Crevice
  • Elephants

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[h2]Make Sure To Join Our Discord[/h2]

If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps/mods, and receive advance notice of upcoming events.


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Cheers,
EWG

Forts Pro League - Season 4


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G’day, Forts fans!


Are you ready for Season 4 of the Forts Pro League? Now with Coop on Elimination and Choose your Fort. Everyone can sign up for the FPL group stage and registration opens on August 17th! Register your team on Challengermode and Discord following the instructions below.

Teams will be seeded into groups of 10 where they will face each other in a round robin format, with one match being played per week. Teams may schedule their match at any time during the week, but if they have not played by Saturday at 8pm utc they must contact a league official on Discord and make themselves available to play their match at this time. Any team not present will forfeit that match. At the end of this stage, the teams with the most points in each group will qualify for the playoffs, where the ultimate winners will be decided.

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When is it going to happen?

Signups for the FPL begin on August 17th and end on September 14th at 8pm utc. Opening day is September 21st at 8pm utc. The playoffs (tentatively scheduled for November 23rd 8pm utc) will be held once the round robin stage has concluded.
If you want to participate, make sure you are free on this date as well as the two weekends afterwards.

How to participate?

Everyone is eligible to sign up for the group stage of the FPL!

First, see the Forts Pro League Official Rules

Then form your team of two and meet the following requirements. Player names must be clearly readable and match on Discord, Steam and Challengermode. The maximum length is 16 characters for players and teams. Players are expected to use this name when playing all of their matches. Offensive player or team names and profile images will result in disqualification from the league. Players currently under ranked or multiplayer bans are also ineligible to compete.

Team tags must be 3 characters or less.

Team logos should be 128x128 pixels. Offensive images will result in disqualification.

How to join the Forts Pro League:
  • Click on the Challengermode link;
  • Click 'Join Tournament' (you must have an account on Challengermode);
  • If you already have a teammate, click 'Join with Team';
  • You will be asked to create a team if you do not have a team yet
  • Close this window and invite your teammate (Click on your team name on the right side of the window to invite them);
  • Return to the FPL Season 4 page;
  • Click 'Join Tournament' once again;
  • Choose your lineup and click 'Join';
  • Message @42scientist on the Forts Official Discord with your Team name, roster, team tag and logo. Also include the Discord and Steam ID's of you and your teammate.;
  • You are now officially registered in the Forts Pro League!

Team Capacitor
[CAP] Fred
(Link to Fred's Steam profile) [CAP] Max (Link to Max's Steam profile)
Sample entry with Team and Logo



What are the prizes for Pro League?

  • 1st place: $100

  • 2nd place: $50

  • 3rd place: $20


Prizes will be split equally between team members and distributed as a Steam gift card.

[h2]Where?[/h2]



[h2]Rules[/h2]

For more information on rules and match scheduling please read the Forts Pro League Official Rules

Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed

[h2]Streamers[/h2]

Project Incursus

Salzwerk

Communauté Forts FR (Gusteagle & Pile Rouillée)

Cheers,
EWG

Forts 2v2 Mod Showcase


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G'day Forts fans!


Forts has an amazing modding community and if you haven't checked it out yet you're definitely missing out. So we're taking this opportunity to highlight some of their most popular offerings on the Steam Workshop in the best way we know how. By holding a 2v2 competition of course, complete with prizes! Will the top Vanilla Forts players prove equally adept amidst the wild world of mods? Or is it time for specialists to shine? Join us on August 24th at 7pm UTC to find out!

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[h2]The Mods[/h2]
Landcruisers

Tanya's mod

Fortships

Nuclear mod

AEU (alex extra upgrades)

Pilotable planes

Birdies' guns

Extra stuff++

All matches also include the EXPLOSIONS vfx mod

At the beginning of each match there will be a coin toss with the winning team picking which mod will be played. That mod will subsequently be removed from the mod pool, so choose wisely.

Registration will open on August 11th at 7pm UTC. In order to register, every participant should ping 42scientist on the Forts Official Discord server with their challengermode team, and then be invited on Challengermode

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Hosts:
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Project Incursus Salzwerk CommunautéFortsFR Russian Forts

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On to the details.


When will Registration open?

August 11th 2024 at

  • 12pm PT (West Coast USA)
  • 3pm ET (East Coast USA)
  • 8pm BST (London)
  • 9 CEST (France, Germany)
  • 5am August 12th AEST (Brisbane Australia)

Entries submitted before this time will not be accepted. Once registration has opened the first 8 teams to submit a valid entry will be admitted. Valid entries must fulfill the requirements listed below under How do I join?


How will players be seeded?

Seedings will be based on past results in official events and ranked seasons.


Prizes?

The prize pool is as follows:
  • 1st place $100
  • 2nd place $50
  • 3rd place $20

Prizes will be awarded in the form of Steam digital gift cards, divided equally between players of the team

If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.
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[h2]How do I join?[/h2]

In order to participate, you must do the following...

  • Join the Official FORTS Discord
  • Your names on Discord, Steam and Challengermode must match
  • Inappropriate competitor names will not be accepted
  • Send a message on Discord to 42scientist with your CM team and Steam profiles, team name, tag, logo and roster
  • Team name must not exceed 16 characters, team tag must not exceed 3 letters
  • Team logo must not exceed 100kb (ideally 128x128)
  • Registration will not open until August 11th at 3pm ET (7pm UTC)
  • Maximum of 8 teams


WHEN



  • The mod showcase starts August 24th, 2024 at...
  • 12am PT (West Coast USA)
  • 3pm ET (East Coast USA)
  • 8pm GMT (London)
  • 9pm CEST (France, Germany)
  • 5am 25th of August AEST (Brisbane Australia)
WHERE
RULES

  • 2v2 Co-op on Elimination
  • Single elimination
  • 30 minute time limit
  • High Seas enabled when required by mod
  • Moonshot enabled
  • Tons of Guns enabled
  • Portals enabled
  • Commanders enabled
  • Coin flip winner chooses mod, each mod is then removed from pool
  • Draws decided by core damage inflicted (total damage if core health is equal)
  • Maximum of 8 teams
  • Check-in on Discord starts 1 hour before tournament
  • Late or absent players forfeit their matches
  • Use of exploits or bugs for self-charging or any other purpose is strictly forbidden.
  • Tactical sacrifices are allowed
  • Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
STREAMS
Project Incursus Salzwerk CommunautéFortsFR Russian Forts

THE BATTLEFIELDS


To Be Determined, will depend on the mods for each match



Cheers,
EWG