Player Limitations:

Each bracket will be broken up to pool players within the same Elo range together, this might mean players initially pooled in one bracket will be moved to another.

The highest Elo players may be moved to The Warchief Club's Saturday Play-in Bracket.

Format:

• Players will be seeded according to their Age of Empires IV Ranked elo.
• Maximum player rank is Diamond III.
• Four Swiss rounds of matches with a unique map in each round.
• The top 4 players after the swiss stage will move on to a single elimination bracket.
  • Swiss bracket tie breaks decided based on opponent's win % followed by opponent's opponent's win %.
  • The Semifinals are Best of 1 (Bo1).
  • The Finals are Best of 3 (Bo3).
• There is a cap of ~20 players per bracket.
• All matches must be observable and have at least a 1-minute in-game delay.
• Maps are determined as listed in the section below.
• Map restarts:
  • Each player has 1 restart for crashes before the 10-minute mark.
  • Each player has 1 restart per series for map generation before the 3-minute mark.
  • If any crashes happen after 10 minutes, the replay will be reviewed with the following potential outcomes:
    • If both players crash: A restart is made.
    • If the Advantaged player crashed: The player is entitled to a restart.
    • If the disadvantaged player crashed: The player is given a loss.
    • If the state of advantage is unclear: The map is deemed a draw and a new map & civilizations draft is made.
• Required mods:  (if a mod causes issues play without it)
  • Ruleset Low Elo Legends

Maps:

• Map Pool:
  • Round 1: Bohemia
  • Round 2: The Pit
  • Round 3: Marasita
  • Round 4: Mediterranian
  If there are multiple versions of a map,
  use this priority RBW > RtW > Regular

  Finals:

  • Semi Finals: Dry Arabia
  • Finals: See map draft above rules
• For Bo3, each player first picks a "home map", then takes turns banning the remaining maps until one remains. That map will be the tiebreaker.
• Maps cannot be repeated in Bo3

Civilizations:

• Draft Link
• Bo1 (only for rounds 2 and 4):
  • Players draft 2 civs each.
  • They each snipe 1 from the other.
  • The remaining civs are played.
• Bo3:
  • Players draft 2 civs each.
  • They each snipe 1 from the other.
  • The remaining civs are played.
  • After each map, a new draft is made.