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Teams, you have been placed into groups with random seeding. You may complete your assigned matches in any order, but it is your responsibility to complete them in a timely manner.

Find your group here.

You will play exactly one match with each other in your group. If you'd like a list of matches, you can find them in the Group Standings thread.

A referee team will be assigned in every match who will be responsible for the peaceful play. If you've trouble finding the referees, you may let us know at our discord channel in "contacting referees" channel.

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Teams can start discussing the schedule of their matches from today. They've to do it on the relevant board - "Organize Matches" by starting a new topic on the board. No specific order to be followed, whoever in your group is available to play, just go ahead. Only captains can discuss the schedule so other members should avoid making comments in the topics.

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After completing a match, the admin/referee will go to the match schedule topic and post logs. Teams are requested to check the logs thoroughly once they are posted considering there could be errors sometimes.

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We’d like to give heartwarming welcome to every player who has been taken as participant in MAGNA. Today, we're announcing something that every and each of you have been expecting for a long while: The final AUCTION ceremony. In this aforementioned ceremony, each player will get to know which one will be the respective team they will be playing with, and among their teammates, they are going to try to achieve the victory.

The final schedule for the auction ceremony is: 26th November, Friday (16 GMT) 2021. See you all there!

As we’ve attained our desired number of participants, we are closing our player applications today and opening reserve pool. We thank you everyone for the overwhelming response, it wouldn’t have been possible without your support and it shows your love towards VCAD and MAGNA.

All the future applicants will be put into the reserve pool. We encourage you to apply if you still wish to participate in the coming days in case someone withdraws. We plan to start with event as soon as we can but meanwhile we expect patience and your support.

Thank you for reading.

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The teams are going to be divided into two groups and two teams classified per each. The four classified teams will dispute direct matches at the 'Winner Bracket'. The winner of each match will face each other and the finalist will be gathered out of this battle.

On the other hand, the teams that were third and fourth in their groups will face battles on the 'Loser Bracket'. The difference is that they will have to pass through an extra battle against the losers of the 'Winner Bracket'.

When every match is concluded, the final will be between the team winner of the 'Winner Bracket' and the 'Loser Bracket'. A pictorial demonstration is now presented for a better understanding:

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Eight bases will be dragged out of the base list long before every match. These bases will be dragged randomly - moreover, teams will never know which bases they are going to play.

Twenty minutes before every match, Captains have to be present on MAGNA's Discord Channel. Out of these eight bases, both captains will have to choose 1 that they wouldn't like to play in, so this base is banned. There would remain then 6 bases left.

Then, it will be time for the staff to use !getrandombasefromlist command to fetch one base from these six options. This command will be used four times in order to bring four bases.

It is also important to note that matches happening during the group stage are not going to allow base repetition, i.e., bases that have been played before.

However, in the final stage, teams will be allowed to play bases where they have played earlier.

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• Captains are also requested to apply as Participant too.
• Don't apply on someone's behalf.
• Read the Event Description before applying as a Captain.
• Don't make duplicate applications. Applying with a different name to fool us won't be favorable activity.
• If your application is denied, do not post again.
• Once your application is accepted. You will see your name in the Captain List.
• Winding up applications takes a considerable time span. Don't panic if you aren't accepted, have some patience as we would be accepting applicants after discussion among the team.
• Teams will be random which means you can have any player you don't like. Do not show hatred or any bad remarks regarding the player or you will face the consequences.
• It is requested that you announce team names timely when asked and apply as early as you can.
• Applying as a Captain means you take the responsibility of attending the Auction ceremony, placing bids, and being on time as suggested by staff.

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Make a new thread with the following format:

Thread Name
Captain Application - YOUR NICKNAME HERE

Nickname:
Past experience as a Captain:
Discord:

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• Apply with your actual nickname which will be used in MAGNA servers.
• Don't apply on someone's behalf.
• Read the Event Description before registering yourself. This will minimize the withdrawal pattern seen due to lack of information.
• Don't make duplicate applications. Applying with a different name to fool us won't be favorable activity.
• If your application is denied, do not post again.
• Once your application is accepted. You will see your name in the Participant Pool.
• Winding up applications takes a considerable time span. Don't panic if you aren't accepted, have some patience as we would be accepting applicants after discussion among the team.
• Teams will be random which means you can be in any team led by different Captains. This information is being conveyed so you don't come up team change excuse later on.
• In case there is an issue with the registration, contact our staff.

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Make a new thread with the following format:

Thread Name
Application - YOUR NICKNAME HERE

Nickname:
Average Ping in VCAD:
Location:
Timezone (GMT +/-):
Discord:

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A heartwarming greet to everyone in the community. Today is a very important day for VC-AD and VC: MP itself: out of the effort of our very collaborative staff, in an attempt to bring some cooperative fun into the game through a new, sophisticated, and breaking event. Today, the VCAD Magna Tournament is being presented. This is a new event that will occur once a year, the schedulement is designed for a short span of time, based upon super random, mixed teams led by experienced captains and players chosen through auction, that will try to conquer the trophy fighting on VCAD.

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The applications for players that are interested in being taken into account for this event will be opened soon. Currently, the organization of the event aims for 56 participants, scheduled and divided thereupon within 8 teams. Those applicants who came up a bit late will be able to apply for the event though they are going to stand on a reserve pool - so show up early!
Once applications are closed, accepted applicants will be categorized under the two following tiers:

Pro: Those players that are considered very skillful based upon factual evidence of their experience, years in the game, development through past events and won competitions.

Average: Those players that maintain a regular skillful demonstration when needed, have a considerable time playing the game, may from time to time have good performances in events and be noticeable in servers.

Each team will have the same number of players from each tier after the bidding is done.

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Captains are expected to apply early. The main considerations for a Captain to be chosen, are the historical development and the ability of the player, i.e. overall history, experience, management of groups, and leadership. However, considering there are only eight groups, you should not feel down if you are not picked up. Though we encourage you to throw your application here if you feel that you have enough conditions. Captains applications are to be opened at the same time as Players' applications, though Captains are to be dealt with in the first place in order for them to decide their team name and have everything ready before the auction. Captains are expected to maintain a full activity and responsibility for their team throughout the whole tournament - so this is a 'no' if you are not going to be active and considering to apply. Vice Captains will also be taken and announced before the matches.

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A discord bot will be set up on Magna’s auction channel where the auction will take place. A specific day will be designated where captains have to show up so they can place their bid on players and teams can be sorted. 200$ will be given to every captain. The money has to be used wisely and bid set on their favorite players or best options. After the bid is complete, teams will be determined and players will have to play in their respective teams. If some player refuses to play in the assigned team, a ban from the event will be issued (considering that we have explained the rules beforehand!).

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The teams are going to be divided into two groups and two teams classified per each. The four classified teams will dispute direct matches at the 'Winner Bracket'. The winner of each match will face each other and the finalist will be gathered out of this battle. On the other hand, the teams that were third and fourth in their groups will face battles on the 'Loser Bracket'. The difference is that they will have to pass through an extra battle against the losers of the 'Winner Bracket'. When every match is concluded, the final will be between the team winner of the 'Winner Bracket' and the 'Loser Bracket'. Further details about the event format will be disclosed soon.