Quick Links to individual sports:
Archery, Athletics
Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoeing
Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing
Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon
Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming
Synchronised Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon
Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling
Registration has fully closed; teams can no longer be edited.
This is a Large Team tournament, with a lot of games for everyone. Teams with between 8 and 20 players will be accepted; however it is highly recommended that you have at least 12 players on your team.
EDIT: This tournament is now fully open to individual sign-ups. See the end of this post for more details.
EDIT: There will be 3 General Achievement Medals available. See "Prizes" below for more details.
Players MUST be premium, and have at least 97% attendance.
This tournament lends itself well to clans, so invite your clan-mates to form a team, but it is not exclusively for clans; all premium teams are welcome. If you’re not in a clan and would like to play, why not join forces with another quads team?
The tournament will follow the format of each of the events of the London 2012 Olympic Games, with some inspiration from the Beijing Olympics for events where full details are not yet available.
[spoiler=How the winning team will be found]The winning team will be the team which has earned the most Gold Medals at the end of the Games. In the case of a tie, Silver Medals will be taken into account, then Bronze Medals.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Prizes]Each member of the winning team will earn a Tournament Achievement Medal.
There will also be 3 General Achievement medals available:
- 1 for the player who contributed* the most Gold Medals to their team (regardless of whether or not their team wins the tournament)**
- 1 for the winner of the Men's Marathon (Athletics) - this is the event which will have the most competitors
- 1 for the winner of the Men's Decathlon (Athletics) - in real life the winner of this event is often named "World's Greatest Athlete"
* This will not always be a whole number; for example a member of a winning Quads team will have contributed 0.25 Gold Medals
** The player and team must remain in the tournament until it finishes in order to win the medal. In the case of a tie, the most Silver Medals will be taken into account, followed by the most Bronze Medals.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Settings]All games will be Automatic, Escalating and Chained.
Only two of the Shooting events involve Freestyle games; all other games will be Sequential.
Individual events will be Standard, and team events such as Football and Hockey will be Doubles, Triples or Quadruples. There will be no Terminator or Assassin games.
Events marked as Men’s will have Fog; events marked as Women’s will have No Fog. Mixed events will also have No Fog.[/spoiler]
Teams should nominate a Team Captain and a 2nd in Command. All communications between myself and the team will go through the Team Captain, and should the Team Captain be unavailable (e.g. on vacation) any communications will be sent to the 2nd in Command.
Teams that are from one clan will find it useful to have a thread in their private clan forum to discuss who will play each event.
[spoiler=Reserves]If a member of your team drops out or becomes freemium, it will be up to you to find a replacement, or share the games between the rest of the team. If the team drops below 8 members and you do not find a replacement player, be prepared to have another player added to your team as a result of a request by me in the Reserves Thread (in the Create/Join sub-forum).
Once a player drops out of the team and is replaced, the player cannot come back to the tournament. I will keep track of who has already played and dropped out of the tournament.
Unlike some of my other tournaments, I will not fill in for any team. If a player drops out mid-event, their upcoming games in that event will be forfeited.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Team and Player Scores]A record will be taken of all players’ scores when registration closes. These will be the scores used to seed players and teams (most events are seeded). As the tournament will be long, these scores may be updated at some point. However, this will not be done as a result of players’ requests; it will be done randomly to ensure impartiality.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Allocation of games and invitations]The tournament will be broken down into “Days”, which correspond to the format of the real Olympic Games. Before each “Day” begins, I will send a request form to all Team Captains, asking for names of players for each event.
All teams must enter at least 1 player (or 1 team in a team event) for each event; the maximum entries will be outlined in the request form. It is not guaranteed that all of your nominated players will get to partake in the event; when an event is over-subscribed, only the highest ranked players will get to take part.
If an event is under-subscribed, teams who have sent in the fewest players will be asked to assign an extra player to the event.
All games will be sent out using the invite method. If a player does not join a game within 3 invitations (unless they have alerted me that they will be away beforehand) the player will forfeit their place in the event. If a player does not show up for a team game, the team will have 48 hours to find a replacement before the team forfeits the game.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Maps]Below is a list of all maps used in the tournament:
13 Colonies
Africa
Alexander's Empire
Ancient Greece
AOR1
AOR2
AOR3
Archipelago
Arctic
Asia
Atlantis
Austerlitz
Australia
Balkan Peninsula
Bamboo Jack
BeNeLux
Brazil
British Isles
Cairns Coral Coast
Canada
Caribbean Islands
Castle Lands
CCU
Celtic Nations
Central America
Charleston
Chicago
Circus Maximus
Classic
Cyprus
D-Day: Omaha Beach!
Doodle Earth
Dust Bowl
Eastern Hemisphere
England
Europa
Europe
Flanders 1302
France
France 1789
Germany
Gilgamesh
Great Lakes
Greater China
Greenland
Haiti
High Seas
Holy Roman Empire
Hong Kong
Iberia
Iceland
Indian Empire
Indochina
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
King of the Mountains
Land and Sea
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malta
Mexico
Middle East
Mongol Empire
Montreal
Napoleonic Europe
Netherlands
Nordic Countries
North America
NYC
Oceania
Orient Express 1883
Philippines
Portugal
Puget Sound
Rail Africa
Rail Australia
Rail Europe
Rail USA
San Francisco
San Marino
Scotland
South Africa
South America
Soviet Union
Sydney Metro
Texan Wars
Thailand
The Citadel
Unification Germany
Unification Italy
USA
USA Great Lakes
USA New England
USA Rockies
USA Southeast
USA Southwest
USA West
Vancouver
Wales
Woodboro
World 2.1
WWII Ardennes
WWII Australia
WWII Eastern Front
WWII Gazala
WWII Iwo Jima
WWII Poland
WWII Western Front[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Summary of each sport]Archery
Maps: Castle Lands
All games will be 8-player or 1v1.
Athletics
Maps: Africa, Asia, Australia, British Isles, Canada, Circus Maximus, Doodle Earth, Eastern Hemisphere, Europa, Europe, Great Lakes, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Middle East, Scotland, USA, World 2.1
All games will be individual, ranging from 1v1 to 8-player.
Badminton
Maps: Mongol Empire
All games will be 1v1 or 2-team Doubles, best of 3 games.
Basketball
Maps: Charleston
All games will be Triples.
Beach Volleyball
Maps: Caribbean Islands
All games will be 2-team Doubles.
Boxing
Maps: 13 Colonies, Celtic Nations, Central America, Cyprus, Jamaica, King of the Mountains, Land and Sea, Mexico, San Marino, Wales
All games will be 1v1, best of 3 games.
Canoe Slalom
Maps: Balkan Peninsula, Macedonia
All games will be 4-player, 5-player or 4-team Doubles.
Canoe Sprint
Maps: Balkan Peninsula, Macedonia
All games will be 6-, 7- or 8-player, 4-team Doubles or Quads.
Cycling – BMX
Maps: Flanders 1302
All games will be 8-player.
Cycling – Mountain
Maps: Holy Roman Empire
All games will be 5-player.
Cycling – Road Race
Maps: Germany, Netherlands
All games will be 5- or 6-player.
Cycling – Track
Maps: BeNeLux
Individual games will range from 1v1 to 8-player. Team games will be Triples or Quads.
Diving
Maps: Unification Germany, Unification Italy
All individual games will be 6-player. Team games will be 2-team Doubles or 4-team Doubles.
Equestrian – Dressage
Maps: Age of Realms 1
All games will be 5- or 6-player.
Equestrian – Eventing
Maps: Age of Realms 1, Age of Realms 2, Age of Realms 3
All games will be 5-player.
Equestrian – Jumping
Maps: Age of Realms 2
All games will be 5-player.
Fencing
Maps: France, France 1789, Italy
All games will be 1v1, best of 3 games.
Football
Maps: South America
All games will be Quads.
Gymnastics – Artistic
Maps: USA Map-Pack
All games will be 8-player.
Gymnastics – Rhythmic
Maps: Hong Kong, Indochina, Philippines, Thailand
All games will be 5-player.
Gymnastics – Trampoline
Maps: Iberia
All games will be 8-player.
Handball
Maps: Nordic Countries
All games will be Triples.
Hockey
Maps: Indian Empire
All games will be Triples.
Judo
Maps: Archipelago, Austerlitz, CCU, Dust Bowl, Greenland, Sydney Metro, Woodboro
All games will be 1v1.
Modern Pentathlon
Maps: Age of Realms 2, Circus Maximus, Classic, France, WWII Western Front
All games will be 1v1, 6- or 8-player.
Rowing
Maps: Arctic, North America, Oceania
All games will be 6-player, 3-team Doubles, 4-team Doubles, Triples or Quads.
Sailing
Maps: Chicago, Montreal, NYC, Puget Sound, San Francisco, Texan Wars, Vancouver
All games will be 1v1, 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-player, 2-team Doubles, 3-team Doubles or 4-team Doubles.
Shooting
Maps: WWII Ardennes, WWII Australia, WWII Eastern Front, WWII Gazala, WWII Iwo Jima, WWII Poland, WWII Western Front
All games will be 6- or 8-player.
Swimming
Maps: Cairns Coral Coast, Classic, Malta, Portugal
All games will be 8-player.
Synchronised Swimming
Maps: Japan, Soviet Union
All games will be 4-team Doubles or Quads.
Table Tennis
Maps: Greater China
All games will be 1v1 or 2-team Doubles.
Taekwondo
Maps: Rail Africa, Rail Australia, Rail Europe, Rail USA
All games will be 1v1.
Tennis
Maps: England
All games will be 1v1 or 2-team Doubles.
Triathlon
Maps: BeNeLux, Circus Maximus, Classic
All games will be 5-player.
Volleyball
Maps: Brazil
All games will be Quads.
Water Polo
Maps: High Seas
All games will be Triples.
Weightlifting
Maps: Atlantis, Bamboo Jack, D-Day: Omaha Beach!, Gilgamesh, Napoleonic Europe, Orient Express 1883, South Africa, The Citadel
All games will be 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-player.
Wrestling – Freestyle
Maps: Ancient Greece
All games will be 1v1, best of 3 games.
Wrestling – Greco-Roman
Maps: Alexander’s Empire
All games will be 1v1, best of 3 games.[/spoiler]
Further details for each sport will be posted as necessary.
Team Sign-Ups
Please sign up below with your Team Name, your Team Captain and 2nd in Command, and a list of all members of your team.
Individual Sign-Ups
If you would like to sign up as an individual, please do so. All individuals who have signed up will be sorted into equal-sized teams. (Aiming for teams of 12-16 players)
EDIT: This tournament is now fully open to individual sign-ups. When you sign up, please state if you would be willing to be a Team Captain. If you would like to be on a certain Team Captain's team, please say so in your post. All players who do not specify a team will be sorted under designated Team Captains randomly, though if you have friends/team-mates who you would like to be on a team with you, state this in your post and I will keep you in the same team.
