Improvement Cup VI
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Improvement Cup VI
League Information
Series:
Game & Version:
Game Mode:
Type:
Online
Format:
1v1/2v2, Swiss System & Double Elimination
Prize Pool:
$200 USD
Start Date:
2020-12-15
End Date:
2021-04-10
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Teams
Number of Teams:
16
Maps
Aquifer • Coast to Mountain • Coral • Desert Void • Dustbowl • Forest Pond • Glade • Haywire • Inundation • Khamsin • Lost Island • Monocle • Panem • Rockslide • Rocky Forest • Sacred Springs • Sherwood Forest • Sinkhole • Stranded • Takeshima • Zootou
Improvement Cup VI is a two-player team tournament. It is a Middle Elo Cup with the maximum combined ELO of the two (or three, since a second lower ELO player is allowed as substitute) players of the same team being at 3700.
About[edit]
Schedule[edit]
- Week 1: December 15 - 22
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Host, Main Commentator:
Format & Settings[edit]
- 1 versus 1 and 2 versus 2
- G1, G2: 2v2
- G3-G6: 1v1 (two games per player)
- G7 (optional decider): 2v2
- Swiss Stage:
- 3 wins needed to advance to Knockout Stage
- 1 series played per week
- The teams only face other teams with the same record in the tournament
- 0-0, 0-1, 0-2
- 1-0, 1-1
- 2-0, 2-1, 2-2
- Showmatch:
- Played by the teams winning 3-0 in the Swiss Stage
- Knockout Stage
- Double-elimination bracket
- Maps: pretermined and set order
- Map pool: predetermined for each round
- 0-0, 0-1, 0-2:
- 2v2: Coast to Mountain, Haywire, Sinkhole
- 1v1: Aquifer, Dustbowl, Rocky Forest, Stranded
- 1-0, 1-1:
- 2v2: Forest Pond, Glade, Panem
- 1v1: Coral, Inundation, Sacrid Springs, Sherwood Forest
- 2-0, 2-1, 2-2:
- 2v2: Khamsin, Takeshima, Zootou
- 1v1: Desert Void, Lost Island, Monocle, Rockslide
- 0-0, 0-1, 0-2:
- Civ pool:
- 5 predetermined civs available for each 2v2
- 3 predetermined civs available for each 1v1
- Slinging: Only players in Imperial Age are allowed to sling
- Restarts:
- 1 restart available per team for each series (has to be called until minute 4)
- Admin restarts for bugged maps
- Laming:
- Not allowed before minute 3
- On maps with nomad start: not allowed until minute 5 (also Villager kills aren't allowed before minute 5)
Prize Pool[edit]
$200 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Swiss Stage[edit]
- to be added
Knockout Stage[edit]
Quarterfinals
Mustikkakukko + Oma's Apfelkuchen
3
TBD
TBD
TBD
eBois of Anvil
4
Semifinals
Upper Bracket Final
Lower Bracket R1
Sh*t the deadline
4
TBD
TBD
TBD
Mustikkakukko + Oma's Apfelkuchen
2
Lower Bracket R2
Lower Bracket R3
Lower Bracket Final
Grand Final