We invite the best newcomers within this tournament to battle our top players. You are given the opportunity to test your strength against the pros, feel like part of a team, and... perhaps improve your position in the group.

This is the second time we are holding such a mini-tournament. [URL="http:///topic/at/666999/"]The first time[/URL] was during the previous Новичок tournament. And now people have already started asking me—Pit, when are you going to get around to it?

How are the teams formed?

New Players (NP).
Team Captain - Grizvald (ICQ 592025309) - NP players should contact him regarding all questions throughout this tournament.
A Новичок who earns 2 points during the group stage automatically joins the team. That is, there are already 10 players in this team now:
Graf_Bananov (662696839)
MrP1nchy (666274941)
Sloth_D (385383256)
R@sIM (670333996)
Stomper (363434086)
RoninHW (671279878)
Simon5760 (683745278)
nodtin (407967590)
Roger-ua (631717914)
RaiseTheDead (682772252)
And the team will grow during the tournament and will consist of about 20-25 players.

Legends and Myths (LM).
Team Captain - Pit for LM (ICQ 471401475).
The roster here will be "fluid"; players who have the opportunity to play in February will represent the team. Each player will provide a list of templates they are ready to use against NP.
Currently, the following are entering the fight for the Legends and Myths team:
numOne - 2009 Новичок, winner and prize-winner of our tournaments, including FB...
GoD - winner of Favorites-5 and JEBUS CROSS - 3 tournaments...
twaryna - 2012 Новичок, winner of the Новичок-Summer12 tournament, prize-winner of Favorites-5; many players joined us after watching his streams...
Gomunguls - two-time FB winner, and much more...
Pit for LM - winner and prize-winner of tournaments...
Mizrael - our legend, one of the oldest players on the forum...
Reserves:
HellLighT - our King of the Mountain and Siberia, will be able to play a bit later...
KobRa_RR - winner of the JEBUS CROSS - 1 tournament, will be able to play a bit later...
The list will be expanded.

What does the newcomer need to do?

1. Earn 2 points during the group stage. After that, they automatically join the New Players team.
2. Choose one player from the Legends and Myths list, contact that player, agree on a game, and play. If an agreement cannot be reached, the NP may choose another player from the LM list. But they can only play once!
3. Post a report on the forum and, in case of victory, bring a point to their team.

What are the game rules?

The NP chooses a template from the list provided by the LM that they want to play on. The NP chooses the color they want to play. If the NP chooses blue, they start sketching castles; if red, the LM starts sketching castles.
Rules are standard for this tournament, total restarts 3 days.

How will results be counted?

Players of the NP team will have double counting. The personal result will be taken into account in case of a tie in the group with other equal indicators:

Two players who earned the most points advance from the group to the playoffs. In the event of an equal number of points, places are distributed by additional indicators (in order of priority):
1. Berger Coefficient (calculated only based on results shown in the group).
2. Head-to-head match.
3. Points earned in a game "weigh" more than tech-wins.
4. Points earned in a game against the LM team.
5. If it is impossible to determine who advances to the playoffs by the previous indicators, players will be offered a tie-break game scheme. At this moment, it is impossible to foresee all possible combinations of results. Therefore, the final scheme will be designed based on the situation that develops in the groups by the end of the stage.
In this case, the seasonal (permanent) rating will play a major role.

Within the team tournament, 1 point is given to the team for a player's victory, 0.5 points to both for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.

What is the deadline to play?

The deadlines coincide with the group stage period, i.e., we play until February 24. Therefore, a big request to NPs already in the team: be active right now. LM team players will have to play more than one game, and they might simply run out of time for everyone at the end, especially since they are all competing in other tournaments.

All information about the mini-tournament will be at the beginning of this thread - in post 4.