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# WL Tournament 2010 ¶

We are proud to present the first Widelands tournament ever : it will take place ¶
20th September till the end of October. ¶

It‘s not only a competition, but also a celebration of what Widelands became in the last 9 years: ¶
A highly detailed strategy game with plenty of different playing opportunities, ¶
many cute animations, graphics and sounds, translated (> 50% of all texts) in 18 languages, ¶
including 3 tribes, 4 worlds, an editor, (in near future: several win ¶
conditions), a lot of maps and the possibility to play against the computer or ¶
other players. So let‘s celebrate this success of so many engaged graphic designers, ¶
translators, map creators and programmers! ¶

Please post all your questions in the according [forum thread](http://wl.widelands.org/forum/topic/572). ¶

## Organisation ¶

### Who can participate? ¶
It‘s open for everyone: Developers, Casual Gamers, Fans, Followers. Everyone. ¶
Playing together is possible via internet or local network. The final games take ¶
place the week-end of the !WiHack 2010 reloaded, but you don‘t have to be ¶
present there to win :-). As we want to play a double elimination tournament, ¶
the number of participants has to be a power of 2, so the first ¶
2/4/8/16/32... registering players will be in. How big the tournament will be is ¶
determined by the number of players who sign up. ¶

###When? ¶
* Preliminaries during October 2010 ¶
* Semi-Finals: Saturday, 30th October 2010 ¶
* Final and Game for place 3: Sunday, 31st October 2010 ¶

###Why? ¶
* For fun! ¶
* To go down into the annals of history as one of the participants of the first Widelands Tournament ever ¶
* To have the chance to get a unique WL-Winner-T-Shirt. ¶

###How to register? ¶
* per private message to [Kristin: clicky](http://wl.widelands.org/messages/compose/Kristin/) ¶
* with (nick)name and indication which tribe you play in the first game ¶
* until 19th September 2010 (that‘s soon, but otherwise we can't do all games until the !WiHack). ¶

The brackets (who is playing who) will be presented here after the end of the registration period. ¶


###Rules ¶
* 1 vs. 1, Player combinations will be drawn randomly and presented here. If there are many registrations, this mode may be preceded by a group stage. ¶
* Widelands build 15 or - if the two players agree - any newer developer‘s snapshot ¶
* Games are hosted by one of the two players or another person. Due to a bug in build 15 for Windows, a Windows player cannot host games. To find someone, who hosts a game for 2 Windows players, ask in the [IRC chat](http://wl.widelands.org/webchat/). ¶
* After every game, **both** players send a private message to [Kristin](http://wl.widelands.org/messages/compose/Kristin/) with ¶
1. „I won!“ / „I lost“ ¶
2. indication which tribe he plays in the next game. ¶
3. The winner has to send in a replay of the game (see next section for instructions). You will receive an email address to send the replay to. ¶
4. Also include which tribe you want to play in the next match (see next point) ¶
* Playing which tribe? Your favorite! When you register, include which tribe you want to play in your first match. After the game, let Kristin know which tribe you want to play in your next match. So it‘s determined, but secret until the start of the next game. ¶
* Playing which map? For each game, there is a predetermined map. For the first game, it‘s „Glacier Lake“. ¶
* There will be 2 - 8 games per person. For every game, the players will have approx. one week. Exceptions are the Semi-Finals and the Final which should take place on 30th and 31st of October. ¶

#### Where do I find the replays I have to send in? ¶

A replay consists of two files (a .wgf and a .wrpl); both must be sent in. ¶
Widelands saves those files into its replays directory automatically. You have ¶
to send both files via Mail to Kristin. Also include the version of widelands ¶
you played (the information in the bottom right corner in the main menu of ¶
widelands) as Kristin needs to use precisely this version to check the files. ¶

Replays are saved in the following places for the different operating systems: ¶

##### Windows ¶

TODO: could someone who knows this fill this in? ¶

##### Mac OS X ¶

In `~/.widelands/replays`. This folder is hidden by default, access it via the ¶
`Open Folder` menu item in the Finder (Keyboard shortcut is Shift+Cmd+G). Enter ¶
`~/.widelands/replays` in the location bar and click the Ok button. Zip up the ¶
two files of your game for easier sending. ¶

##### Linux ¶

In '~/.widelands/replays'. Zip the two corresponding files up and send them in. ¶


## Bracket ¶
You find the player's combinations [here](http://www.widelands.org/~hanna/wl/bracket.pdf) ¶

## Replays ¶
coming soon ¶


## Updates ¶

* CAs there are 8 partick-ipants now, and I consider it quite improbable (although not impossible) that there are 8 more registering today, I publish the player's combinations right now. You find the [bracket here](http://www.widelands.org/~hanna/wl/bracket.pdf).
It also sheows ¶
* 19 the Splayer's playing positions (blue, red) ¶
* the timbe intervals 20(10. days for Bpreliminackriets, w1 for semi-finals and final) ¶
 * and the maps. ¶
You see that it's a double elimination as announced, so even after one lost the first game, he continues playing and may be the winner in the end.
* If you play developer's snapshot 16, please chose the win condition "endless game". The game ends when one player gives up. ¶
* The replays of the games will be uploaded and linkexd to this page, so that others can partly participate the games and players may have the chance to learn from their own and other replays.
* I wish you good luck and much fun in playing Widelands! ¶