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Sign up for the Nova Cup!



Happy holidays, everyone! We're excited to introduce our newest tournament series, the Nova Cup! The first Nova Cup takes place January 15-16. The goal is to have 1 Nova Cup every month.

The Nova Cup will be casted and streamed at twitch.tv/ltd2

Sign-up Instructions
  • Sign-up begins now and ends January 14th at 10am PDT / 7pm CET.
  • To sign up, find a teammate and fill out this form
  • Join the Legion TD 2 Discord and set your server nickname to match your in-game name.
  • The first 16 teams to sign up in each division can participate. Other teams are waitlisted. There are usually no-shows, so waitlisted teams are encouraged to be present in the Discord and ready to play. View the team list to see your sign-up position.


Schedule


Saturday, January 15
  • Check-in window: 8:45 - 9:15am PDT / 5:45 - 6:15pm CET
  • Games: 10am - 1pm PDT / 7 - 10pm CET
    • Round of 16 (Best of 3)
    • Quarter-finals (Best of 3)
Sunday, January 16
  • Check-in window: 8:45 - 9:15am PDT / 5:45 - 6:15pm CET
  • Games: 10am - 1pm PDT / 7 - 10pm CET
    • Semi-finals (Best of 3)
    • Final (Best of 5)
Check-in
  • To check-in, type !checkin in the Discord’s tournament-lobby channel. Both players on your team must check in during the check-in window above.
  • Any team whose 2 players fail to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist will be contacted in the Discord. That team has 3 minutes for both players to type !checkin. Otherwise, the next team on the waitlist will be contacted.
  • Countdown to check-in
Format
  • Mastermind 2v2
  • Single elimination
  • Best of 3. Best of 5 final
  • Teams are seeded based on average peak rating this season
Division 4
  • The highest rated player on your team must be less than 1400 peak rating this season
  • Prize: 7200 premium essence ($50) for the winning team
  • League Points
    • 1st: 3
    • 2nd: 2
    • 3rd/4th: 1
Division 3
  • The highest rated player on your team must be between 1400 - 1800 peak rating this season
  • Prize: 14,400 premium essence ($100) for the winning team
  • League Points
    • 1st: 3
    • 2nd: 2
    • 3rd/4th: 1
Division 2
  • The highest rated player on your team must be between 1800 - 2200 peak rating this season
  • Prize: $150 ​for the winning team
  • League Points
    • 1st: 3
    • 2nd: 2
    • 3rd/4th: 1
Division 1
  • The highest rated player on your team must be greater than 2200 peak rating this season
  • Prize: $300 ​for the winning team
  • League Points
    • 1st: 3
    • 2nd: 2
    • 3rd/4th: 1

Prizes are split between the players on the team. $ prizes are sent in USD via PayPal. If PayPal is not an option, the prize will be converted to Premium Essence.

Division Rules
  • Ratings are calculated at the time of sign-up.
  • Players must sign up with their highest-rated account. If a player signs up with a smurf, they will be banned from this Nova Cup and the next 2 Nova Cups.
  • A team may be moved up or down a division at the discretion of the tournament director. This can occur if a player has a high win rate or a high classic rating, or if it will improve the overall fairness of the tournament.
  • Any player who gets 1st in divisions 2, 3, or 4 must move up to a stronger division in their next 2 Nova Cup participations.


League Points
The 10 players with the most league points after the December 2022 Nova Cup will receive exclusive in-game badges, numbered 1-10 based on ranking.

Substitution
Substitute players are not allowed. If a team cannot present both players in a timely fashion, that team forfeits the next game.

Lobby Creation and Position Priority
  • The team with the better seed has position priority in the first game of each match. Position priority then goes to the team that lost the previous game.
  • The better seed team always creates the custom game lobby and selects “Tournament” as the custom game mode.
  • The better seed always plays on the west team.
  • The team with position priority chooses the sending order.
Reporting Results
The team that wins the match should report the match result to tournament-results. For example, Banana Boys beats Brute Gang 2-1.

Remakes
  • In general, we will not honor remake requests. Remakes cause delays that compromise the entire tournament's schedule.
  • You should not request a remake, unless it's an obviously critical bug, such as being unable to build fighters. To request a remake, notify staff that you are requesting a remake immediately at the time of the game-impacting bug. Staff will make a decision based on (1) the severity of the bug, (2) the state of the game, and (3) implications on the tournament's schedule. If it is determined that the bug critically impacted the team's ability to win and if remaking wouldn't disrupt the tournament's schedule, a remake may be granted.
  • Remakes will never be granted if either player on your team leaked >= 40% on any wave (and either player on your team isn’t on fire) before the critical bug or if either opponent is on fire.

Tournament director: Seraphin. For questions, please @Seraphin in the Discord.

See you on January 15th! And best of luck in the final days of the season.

Sincerely,
Lisk, Jules, Curing, and Dani