Announcement:

From October 2nd to October 30th, the traditional "Novichok" tournament will be held:
NP vs LM, where playoff participants challenge experienced players.

This season's tournament will have a grand title: "Contenders" versus "Champions".
The Champions team will consist of winners of previous "Novichok" tournaments: Erdem, Satir, twaryna, vysokiy, The_, Aiwe, Falcone.

The Champions agreed on playing with the following templates:

1) Falcone (JC, 8mm6a, diamond)
2) Aiwe (8mm6a, mini-nosta, diamond)
3) The_ (skirmish, balance, panic, JC, diamond, mini-nosta, 8mm6a)
4) visokiy (8mm6a, JC, 2sm4d3)
5) twaryna (JC, 8mm6a, diamond)
6) Satir (2sm4d3, mini-nosta, 8mm6a)
7) Erdem (2sm4d3, 8mm6a, JC)

Traditionally, the "Novichok" tournament is a fun event; however, this season there will be one nuance.

During the playoff draw, the first place in the group goes against the fourth place, and the second place goes against the third place. Players from the same group will not meet in the first round of the playoffs. Thus, each participant can determine that they only have the possibility to meet in the first round of the playoffs with three participants who took a specific place in another group.

In general, if a Novichok manages to win against a Champion before the playoff draw (October 10th, 2015), then he will be able to choose his opponent for the first stage of the playoffs from three possible options.
Priority is given to participants who took a higher position in the group (that is, if a player from 1st place and a player from 4th place manage to win, and the player from 1st place chooses exactly that player from 4th place, then the player from 4th place cannot re-choose).