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TAW@WAR IX - Teams & Bracket announced

Hi All! 

TAW@WAR IX sign-ups are closed now, and I want to thank everyone that signed up for participating, first of all!

We have chosen Paragon to be our featured game, however at the time we made this decision, the publishers hadn't announced that the game was going to be shut down. I Appreciate that this might not be everyone's favourite genre, but fear not! Our next tournament will be based on a different genre. 

The tournament will start at 19:00 GMT / 14:00 EST (See event on front page of the website for your timezone). We will try to stream every game on https://www.twitch.tv/tawtv 

We have created a couple of channels for the occasion, which can be found under "[SOCOP] Events": 

- The streaming office is for broadcasters & invited participants (post game) only.

- "Game 1" & "Game 2" are for participants only, schedule can be found further down this post. 

- Viewers that wish to gather up for the event may gather in the "SOCOP Events" channel

Rules & Reminders

• There will be single elimination matches in a bracket style; which means the team that wins best 2 out of 3 will move on to the next round. 
• Participants must be ready 10min before their game starts, situated in the indicated channel
• 1 Sign Up Per Member; For team sign-up - only 1 member of your team should sign up.
• You have until the 10 February to practice and unlock heroes, however PREMIUM items or upgrades are not permitted during the tournament.
• If you cannot attend and have signed up please let SOCOP staff know, as soon as possible.
• If you are signed up as a group, and come time to play, one of your members have failed to show up, it is your responsibility to find a proper replacement, or your team will be disqualified.
• Games are to be recorded or streamed with a member of SOCOP or a TFO as referee's.
• Code of Ethics are to be reflected at all times when playing

Tournament Schedule

Tournament IX Bracket

** Note: Apologies to those placed in Round 1, unfortunately this was the only way we could arrange this with 5 teams. On the other hand, you get to potentially appear on stream more often <3

Roster

Prizes

Every participant be awarded with a special tab designed by Arianni [SOCOP DC] & Abnormalskillz
[GFX DC] (with love <3 ). The winning team will get a special "champion" tab instead. 

Along with bragging rights, the winners will also receive the coveted TAW-Wide Tournament Medal. This medal is exclusive as it is only awarded to two people or teams a YEAR. The Commander in Chief of TAW will present the medal to you directly, accompanied with the 5-star line shared with all other CIC awarded medals.

Another thing that makes this medal special is the cup and laurel wreath; two symbols of champions used throughout history. The laurel wreath was commonly awarded to victors of battlefields and games. Woven from plant materials taken from the fighting grounds, the grass crown was the highest military honor in the Roman Army. The cup is still a common award, even in modern times.

Hereby, I want to personally wish everyone participating good luck and a lot of fun! 

- Arianni

Social Operations Division Commander