Rule set wrote:

Participation:


Participation is linked to the alliances.Every alliance which has at least 3 members is welcome to sign up for the contest.Every participating alliance will need exactly 3 representatives to take part in the competition.Not more and not less than 3 - exactly 3.

Players who carry no tag or alliances who have less than 3 members cannot participate in this tournament.

Rewards:

We thought of a system that could issue rewards to the winning team (all 3 members) without breaking the game rules.I will still verify this concept with the staff to make sure our understanding of the rules is correct.

Winning team will be given an option to choose from resources or gold reward.This will be explained in detail to the winners once that stage is reached and it will be explained with discretion to eliminate the risk of strangers stealing the reward away.

Only the 3 members of winning alliance will get the reward.

Format:

Structure will still depend on the number of alliances involved in the tournament.We may do it in a bracket form, as that seems to be the most practical and fastest.

Battles would take place on regulated islands and towns owned by the battle hosts, in order to minimize the risks of third party interference, whether intentional or accidental.We do not intend to make these battles happen randomly across server, as we do not want to cause inconvenience to people who do not want to take part in it.Coords of the battle island will be secretly given to the sides who are participating in the battle 72 hours before battle takes place.Until the battle starts, participating sides are encouraged to move in closer to the island.Participating sides SHOULD NOT step onto the battle island before the start time.Once the timer hits, participating sides are set to move onto the island and are free to coordinate their movements on their own.Battle hosts will have host towns cleared of any military presence, so the only collision will be happening between the participating sides.

Battle hosts are those players who do not take direct part in the battles, but give their towns (or islands if they own them as a whole) to the sides that are participating in the battle.Battle hosts must not be allied with the alliances that are battling in their towns.For instance, Savage alliance host cannot host a battle that involves Savage representatives, but can host a battle between BONE and IKS for example.Battle host promises not to reveal troop movements to either side during the battle.Battle host is obliged to move away all land/sea units and not interrupt participating sides in any way during the battle.In order to be able to host all kind of matchups and pairings, we will require battle hosts from multiple alliances.Please contact @Dr Weezy , @7marre or me in order to register your towns as hosts. NOTE: You need to own at least 6 towns on specific island if you wish to become a host.

Participating members are those players who have been selected by their respective alliance to represent their team in the tournament.Every alliance can register three players for the participation in each battle.Considering that there is a few days gap between battles, alliances have right to register different representatives for each battle.Once representatives are registered, changes cannot be made until the registration opens for the next battle.Alliances agree NOT to let unregistered members to take part in the battles by involving their own military in it, as only the registered members are allowed to directly participate.

Indirect participation, however, is allowed.What does this mean? Alliances are permitted to coach their representatives on troop movements, waving or any other aspect that they see fit.This is acceptable as long as it does not involve direct military deployment of any unregistered member into the battle.Indirect participation is also permitted in a form that unregistered members are permitted to carry out espionage in battle zone and pass successful espionage reports to their representatives.Indirect participation is permitted if alliances coordinate troop/ship sales to their representatives at any point during the contest.

To put it in a simple way; unregistered members should NOT show up in the contest CRs, but any other form of assistance is allowed though.


Consent between alliances:

Participating alliances give their promise on behalf of their representatives that rules of this competition will be respected.Any alliances who officially do not participate in this contest, but decide to step in and obstruct the event, will be considered rogue and mutual action will be discussed between participating alliances to create a punishment measure.

Participating alliances promise not to send any unregistered members directly into the fight or not to obstruct participants of the tournament or their home towns while they are taking part in the battles. Participating alliances also agree not to circumvent this rule by involving a third party player(s) or alliances.We will seriously investigate any such instances, which hopefully won't happen, and go after the violators very hard.

However, if military score is capped and the battles are planned, I just don't see too many other factors involved in the outcome other than waving and choice of units for both sea and land.