3rd Annual Armada Vassal World Cup

By BiggsIRL, in Star Wars: Armada

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Here it is, the most prestigious tournament that doesn't have any prize support - just the knowledge that you are the best at a digital representation of a plastic spaceship pushing game! That's right, it is the 2018 Armada Vassal World Cup! We are now in our 3rd year for this tournament, and we are very excited to run it once more!

2016 Armada World Cup
2017 Armada World Cup

First, let's take a moment to send our fondest Holiday wishes to 2016 Champion @clontroper5 who has been sent by the Empire to the Unknown Regions for the second year of a 2 year tour. We're waiting to see what you do in 2019, buddy.

Leader Roles:
Organizer: @BiggsIRL
Marshall: @Drasnighta
Judges: @Truthiness , @Ardaedhel

Format:
Structure: Custom - World Cup Format, with 3 Rounds of POD play / 4 Rounds of Elimination, extended time to complete games.
Tier: Premier - "Premier events are the highest level of competition for Fantasy Flight Games tournaments. At this top level of tournaments, players are expected to have a moderate amount of experience. Players should be familiar with not only the game rules, but also the FAQ and tournament regulations. The focus is on a competitive and fair environment."

Rules:
Rules being used for construction of lists and questions throughout the game will be based on the most recent FAQ and Tournament Rules, with a special FAQ to be devised for not-yet-FAQ'd cards of the just/soon-to-be released variety. Check back here for that FAQ, which will be updated by our Marshal Drasnighta!

Every card fully spoiled or released by the end of January 12th, 2018 will be legal for play.
400 points total maximum for your list, with a maximum of 1/3 (134 points) of the list being squadrons. Each player must have one of each type of objective (Offensive / Defensive / Navigation). Post your lists in this form. Lists (minus objectives) will then be posted for public viewing by the start of POD play. There is a hard cap of 32 players for this tournament, some of whom have been pre-qualified, and others may be randomly picked to fill any empty slots. Any players that sign up and do not have a slot for the 32 will play a Fleet Patrol tournament (or other tournament style to be decided upon) instead, a round robin POD, but instead of advancing the top 2 will recieve automatic entries into the next World Cup.
Because of the pod style play, everyone is expected to be able to schedule time to play everyone else in their pod within 3 weeks (averaging 1 game / week). PODs will be built to try and give players opponents within or near their time zone to make scheduling easier. Any player pair that are unable to play during this 3 week window will receive a 0-0 loss. Either player has the opportunity to concede to their opponent if they are unable to schedule and believe they are more to blame for the scheduling conflict, which will result in a 8-1 win (140 MOV) for the other player. Players are encouraged to post their scheduled games to the thread once they agree to a game time. A no-show by either player for a scheduled game will result in a 0 point loss for that player, and an 8 point victory for their opponent, with 140 point MOV.

Speaking of POD play: All players will be assigned into a POD of 4 players. During the POD round (3 weeks) each player will play the other 3 players in their POD, earning Tournament Points and MOV as usual. The top 2 players in each POD will go on to the Playoff Rounds. Each round of the playoffs will last for no more than one week (plus remaining time from a previous round that finished early). Players are required to post within 2 days of the round start when they will be able to play their opponent. If a player does not show up for the scheduled time, they automatically forfeit the match and are eliminated. If neither player are able to find a time they would be able to play within the time frame, the winner will be determined by coin flip. Please don't make me do this. Either player may concede to their opponent if they are unable to schedule a game, which is much preferable to a coin flip, but not as good as playing your game!
Each pod winner and runner-up will be matched up for the elimination round as follows: Pod winners will be matched with runner ups from opposite pods. The winner of Pod #1 will be matched with the runner up to Pod #8, the winner of Pod #2 with the winner of Pod #7, etc. From this point on, winners of each match will be matched up with the winner of the neighboring match until only one player remains.
Additional Thoughts:
There hasn't been any issues with games needing a Judge to rule on things before, don't let this tournament be the one it starts. Figure out any issues that arise in the game among yourselves - ask any folks watching along for help as makeshift judges if needed. I'll be watching the games that I can, as will @Truthiness . Remember Rule #1 of Star Wars Miniatures Gaming - "Fly Casual".
If you do have a rule question about how a particular card interacts, PM @Drasnighta who will be the official Marshall for the event! Obviously he can't pop into every game for a game-by-game judgement, but he will be updating the Supplemental FAQ.
If there's something that you see that needs addressed, please bring it to my attention. I can't fix issues that I don't know about.
Signups :
Your signup post should look something like this:
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I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT -5 (East Coast, USA)
I'm usually available to play on Monday daylight, all day Tuesday, Wednesday evenings, and all day Sunday (my local time)
Here is a list of players that have signed up that I play regularly, please do not put me in a pod with them: Dab Darklighter / Audere1882
I am / am not prequalfied


Pre-qualified Players:

The following list of players are pre-qualified for the tournament.

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2016 World Cup Champion - Clontroper5

POD1 Spirit of Competition Award - thecactusman17

Fleet Patrol Winner - TGall
Fleet Patrol Runner Up - BMcDonald7
Fleet Patrol Spirit of Competition Award - Dupy

World Cup Top 4 - Aresius
World Cup Top 4 - MattShadowlord
World Cup Runner Up - Green Knight
World Cup Champion - JJs Juggernaut

2017 Worlds Champion - Norm Weir

Spring Freshman Winner (North America) - Captain Weather
Spring Freshman Winner (Europe) - Tokra

Summer Vassal Tournament - Dorrin314 (Officially turned down his slot)

Autumn Vassal Tournament - Roquax

Qualifiers:
Blackjack Award - Darth Veggie
Bounty Hunter's Award - thecactusman17 (Doubled up the sneaky guy!)
Mulligan's Island Award - Undeadguy
Mulligan's Island Award - rasproteus
Mulligan's Island Award - Brobafett
Spirit of Competition Award - GhostofNobodyInParticular
Bounty Hunter's Award - Thrindal
Mulligan's Island Award - CaribbeanNinja
Mulligan's Island Award - Ginkapo
Spirit of Competition Award - comatose
Bounty Hunter's Award - Rikash
Spirit of Competition Award - GiledPallaeon
Blackjack Award - Ardaedhel
Blackjack Award - mhd
Mulligan's Island Award - Viktor Tanek
Spirit of Competition Award - I_shot_first
Blackjack Award - Irishmatcat
Close Enough Award - Maturin
Close Enough Award - Podracer

The following players are At-Large Reserved:

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Close Enough Award (1st At Large Reserved) - Dr Alex

Any other player is welcome to sign up, and will randomly get a spot if available.

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Timeline:

Signups - Closed
Fleet Lists Submitted - Closed
PODs Assigned - Completed
Fleet Patrol Revised List Submissions Required! - Completed
POD Rounds - Completed
1st Elimination Round - Completed
Quarter-Final Round Ongoing - Wednesday Feb 21st 2018, 2359 hours
Semi-Final Round - Wednesday Feb 28th 2018
Finals Complete - Wednesday March 7th, 2018


Legal Wave 7 Items:

Ships:
ISD - Kuat Refit
ISD - Cymoon 1 Refit
MC75 - Armored Cruiser
MC75 - Ordnance Cruiser

Commanders:
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Admiral Raddus

Upgrades:

Darth Vader (Boarding Team)
Profundity
Intensify Firepower
Chimera
Governor Price
Wide-Area Barrage
Mon Cal Exodus Fleet
Caitken and Shollan
7th Fleet Star Destroyer
Taskmaster Grint

Not Fully Spoiled Wave 7 Items (Not Legal):

Jyn Erso (Raid)
Mandalorian Gauntlet Fighter (Raid)

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I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is UTC +10 (East Coast, Australia)
I'm usually available to play all day Monday, Tuesday after midday, all day Wednesday, Thursday nights, all day Friday, in the morning on Saturdays, and all day Sunday (all in my local time).
I do not play anyone regularly!
I am prequalfied.
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I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT-7
I'm usually available to play 2pm - 12am (7am-8pm pacific) GMT weekdays and 5am-9am (10pm - 2am pacific) GMT on weekends
I regularly play Rasproteus.
I am prequalfied.
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Regarding the MC75: I already made arcs based on my excellent guesstimation skills. And added a render of Mel's MC75 to that.

But without any ship cards to go with it it's pointless. One can only hope :)

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I’m signing up for the tournament, I am a prequalified reservist (that fleet patrol is mine for the taking) I’m GMT. I’m available to play from 19:45 onwards pretty much every day

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I'll play.

CET (GMT +1).

I've played @rasproteus a LOT. He's probably sick and tired of me. :huh:

If @Ardaedhel brings more than one MC30 I don't want to play him! :D

Pre-qualified.

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25 minutes ago, Green Knight said:

Regarding the MC75: I already made arcs based on my excellent guesstimation skills. And added a render of Mel's MC75 to that.

But without any ship cards to go with it it's pointless. One can only hope :)

Adjusted the rules to reflect this.

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I'm signing up for the tournament!

My local time is GMT -8 (Pacific Time, USA)

My general availability, in order of preference, is generally: Saturday any time; Friday evening after 1930; Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday after 1930; Sunday after 1300. I can occasionally flex, but it usually involves taking time off work so I'll pretty much only do that if I get matched with an Aussie and have to play upside down.

Here is a list of players that have signed up that I play regularly, please do not put me in a pod with them: anybody who's really good.

I am prequalfied.

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I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT-6
I'm usually available to play any night after 8:30pm CST and as early as 4-5am CST on weekends. I'm regularly available 8am - 5pm weekdays, but I have hobbies (work) that interfere with my day job (Armada) which would have to take priority.
I regularly lose to @BrobaFett .
I am prequalfied.
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Not in daylight savings time any more....
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Eh...I'm confused. The tournament has a hard cap of 32 players, but there are 34 pre-qualified players? Doesn't that mean there are not only no open slots, but not even everyone pre-qualified will make it in?

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I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT-5 (EST). I can usually play most evenings (not Wednesday) after 7:30pm EST.
I don't regularly battle anyone here.
I am pre-qualified.
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13 minutes ago, xanderf said:

Eh...I'm confused. The tournament has a hard cap of 32 players, but there are 34 pre-qualified players? Doesn't that mean there are not only no open slots, but not even everyone pre-qualified will make it in?

Not everyone that's pre-qualified will sign up.

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I'm signing up for this!

My local time is GMT -6 (Central US). I can play evenings and weekends pretty easily.

I play @moodswing5537 all the **** time so he **** better not **** be in my **** pod. (please)

I am super-mega-post- pre-qualified!

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18 minutes ago, CaribbeanNinja said:

Not everyone that's pre-qualified will sign up.

Clontroper and Undeadguy (RIP), specifically. Likely others as well. I myself may have to withdraw (I would do this before the deadline if so).

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31 minutes ago, xanderf said:

Eh...I'm confused. The tournament has a hard cap of 32 players, but there are 34 pre-qualified players? Doesn't that mean there are not only no open slots, but not even everyone pre-qualified will make it in?

32 pre-qualified (33 in the first quote, thecactusman17 is listed twice)

1 on a priority waiting list

Everyone else signs up to randomly fill empty slots, because not all the pre-qualified players will be signing up.

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If there's room for a potato I'll sign up!

Central Time Zone USofA (GMT -6?)

Definately not pre qualified... I'm not that talented.

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I'm signing up for this.

My local time is Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-5).

Best times will be (in order of preference) 12pm-12am Saturdays, 12pm-8pm Sundays, and after 4pm on Thursday and Friday until midnightish.

I'm not on Vassal enough recently to really have a no-go (kinda sad my traditional matchup with @Undeadguy can't happen).

I am pre-qualified.

Now to find a list......

3 hours ago, Ardaedhel said:

Here is a list of players that have signed up that I play regularly, please do not put me in a pod with them: anybody who's really good.

On second thought this ^

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I'm signing up for this as the resident speed bump.

Local time is Central Daylight Time, (GMT-6).

yeah, through some manner of luck, I'm prequalified.

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I wish to sign up for the tournament.

I am at GMT -8 (Pacific US Time)
I am pretty generally available, except for Wednesdays after 4 and Friday/Saturday evenings.
Not pre-qualified, but I took fourth in a tournament once! ;-P

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Roquax signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT -5 (East Coast, Canada)
I'm usually available to play on weekday evenings (7:30PM till late)

I am prequalfied

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Ugh I was so close to Pre-Qualify and then life hit me sideways.
Luckily I get way more free after Jan 16th so this works great for me.

I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT-8 (West Coast, USA)
I'm usually available to play any weekday Monday thru Friday evening after `1800 PST, which is when I get home from work.
I'm usually free all day Saturdays to play. I'm free Sunday mornings after 0800PST until 1200PST. I am then free after 2000PST.
Here is a list of players that have signed up that I play regularly, please do not put me in a pod with them: I've played Rik more than anybody else, but even then, not that many.
I am not prequalified.

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I'm signing up for the tournament!
My local time is GMT -6 (Central, USA)
I'm usually available to play on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. During the day and weekends will be situational, but semi-flexible.
Here is a list of players that have signed up that I play regularly, please do not put me in a pod with them: I welcome all challengers.
I am prequalfied

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Hey @BiggsIRL , does

7 hours ago, BiggsIRL said:
Every card fully spoiled or released by January 10th, 2018 will be legal for play.

mean that the Kuat and Cymoons are legal, additional previews notwithstanding?