Congratulations to the winners of the January Nova Cup!
Division 1: XGod37 & Ashton Butcher
Division 2: HighestIncome & Colt
Division 3: DustOff & Yumsclan
Division 4: Thilon & Evillordy
The next Nova Cup takes place February 12-13. Sign-up begins now. First come, first served.
Sign-up Instructions
- Sign-up begins now and ends February 11 at 10am PDT / 7pm CET.
- To sign up, find a teammate and log into Legion TD 2. Both players should join a unique chat lobby by typing /join team name (e.g. /join Snail Kings) in Global Chat. After you're both in the lobby, have one player type /signup.
- 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 and division.
- Both players must join the new Legion TD 2 Official Tournaments Discord. Set your server nickname to match your in-game name.
Schedule
Saturday, February 12
- 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, February 13
- Check-in window: 9 - 9:30am PDT / 6 - 6:30pm CET
- Games: 10am - 1pm PDT / 7 - 10pm CET
- Semi-finals (Best of 3)
- Final (Best of 5)
Check-in
- Teams must check in via the tournament website Challonge. Waitlisted teams should also check in. Instructions will be provided in the Legion TD 2 Official Tournaments Discord.
- Any team that fails to check in will be disqualified. The next team on the waitlist that checked in will earn a spot.
Format
- Mastermind 2v2
- Hybrid is banned
- Single elimination
- Best of 3. Best of 5 final
- Teams are seeded based on average peak rating this season
Prizes
Divisions are assigned automatically, primarily based on your peak ranked rating.
Division 1
- 1st: $500 + 3 League Points (LP)
- 2nd: $300 + 2 LP
- 3rd/4th: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 1 LP
Division 2
- 1st: $250 + 3 LP
- 2nd: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 2 LP
- 3rd/4th: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 1LP
Division 3
- 1st: 15,000 premium essence ($100) + 3 LP
- 2nd: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 2 LP
- 3rd/4th: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 1 LP
Division 4
- 1st: 7200 premium essence ($50) + 3LP
- 2nd: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 2 LP
- 3rd/4th: 1380 premium essence ($10) + 1 LP
The total prize pool this tournament is $1310, up from $600, due to a sponsorship from Nexus and from one anonymous sponsor.
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.
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.
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.
- Divisions are assigned automatically, primarily based on your peak ranked rating.
- A team may be moved up or down a division at the discretion of the tournament director at any time. This can occur if a player has a high win rate or previously got 1st in their division, or if it will improve the overall fairness of the tournament.
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 the match results channel in Discord. 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.
For questions, please @Seraphin in the Discord.
See you on February 12th! The Nova Cup will be casted and streamed at twitch.tv/ltd2
Sincerely,
Lisk, Jules, Curing, and Dani