Greetings Eastern Front fans,
We are glad to announce the first Company of Heroes: Eastern Front 1v1 Tournament!
The Winter Conflict
Prize pool
Thanks to our tournament sponsor
Relic Entertainment we can offer the following prize pool:
- 1st place: Company of Heroes 3 Digital Premium Edition Steam™️ key
- 2nd place: Company of Heroes 3 Steam™️ key
- 3rd place: Company of Heroes 3 Steam™️ key
- 4th place: Company of Heroes Franchise Steam™️ key
Participation & Sign-ups
The tournament has free entry. There are 32 player slots in total.
So be sure to sign up as soon as possible to secure a chance to arise as winner of this event and claim a key for the upcoming title Company of Heroes 3!
Sign-ups start January 8th, 2 pm CET and close January 29th, 12 pm CET.Tournament brackets will be made public after the sign-ups are closed.
Time & Dates
The tournament comprises of four rounds that will start on February 3rd and end on February 12th.
- Feb 3 :: Round 1
- Feb 4 :: Round 2
- Feb 10 :: Round 3 (Quarter Finals)
- Feb 11 :: Round 4 (Semi Finals)
- Feb 12 :: Round 5 (Finals)
Participants have time to play their games from 5 pm CET until 12 pm CET. Players must check-in 1 hour beforehand.
Terms & Conditions
Full tournament rule set:
[*]Allowed Factions: Ostheer and Soviets.
[*]Match rules:
- 500 VPC
- Random Starting Positions
- Standard Starting Resources
[*]Rounds 1-4 are played in Best-of-Three (BO3) format. Map pool:
- Game 1: [EF] Cologne (2)
- Game 2: [EF] Kotelnikovo (2)
- Game 3: [EF] Karski (2)
[*]Round 5 is to be played i Best-of-Five (BO5) format. Map pool:
- Game 1: [EF] Karski (2)
- Game 2: [EF] Kotelnikovo (2)
- Game 3: [EF] Karachev (2)
- Game 4: [EF] Psel (2)
- Game 5: [EF] Demyansk (2)
[*]If a participant does not show up, the win goes automatically to the opponent. No substitutes are allowed.
[*]Faction picking:
- First Match (BO3/BO5): The Tournament referee will use the Coin Flipping method to decide who picks first. Players in the upper bracket are Heads, Players in the lower bracket are Tails.
- Second Match (BO3/BO5): The player who did not pick first the previous match may now pick a faction first.
- Third Match (BO5): The player who did not pick first the previous match may now pick a faction first.
- Fourth Match (BO5): The player who did not pick first the previous match may now pick a faction first.
- Tiebreaker Match (BO3/BO5): If both participants won an equal amount of matches, the player with the most remaining Victory Points in all matches may pick their faction for the final battle.
[*]Grid hotkeys are permitted.
[*]Zoom Mods are not permitted.
[*]All participants must join the Eastern Front Discord for ease of communication between the tournament organization and its participants.
[*]All participants must join a Eastern Front Discord voice channel throughout the duration of their games.
[*]Participants may be asked at random to stream their games to the tournament organization.
[*]All replays have to be saved and uploaded to the tournament website as match attachment. The winner of each round is responsible for this.
[*]Be fair, no griefing, no CHEATING, no toxic behavior.
[*]Any confirmed cases of cheating, match rigging, or other behavior against the rules will result in immediate exclusion of the tournament.
[*]Players have the opportunity to call for a restart in the first 2 minutes of a match. A match restart must be played in the same set-up and starting locations as the original match.
[*]For game stability reasons, players must run with the following graphics settings:
- Shaders: High or Low
- Anti-Aliasing: None
- Post Processing: OFF
[*]In the case of a game crash during a game as a result of game instability, players should contact the tournament referee. If proven correct, the referee may decide that the game result is voided and has to be restarted. A match restart must be played in the same set-up and starting locations as the voided match. Any false claims of a game crash will count as a defeat for that match.
[*]Any issues regarding game organization, player infringements, or any other errands related to the tournament must be taken up directly with the tournament organization.
[*]The tournament organization may take the right to change the rules at any time during the tournament to improve the continuity of the tournament or add clarification. The tournament organization is obliged to notify all remaining participants about this.
Broadcast
The Finals will be casted by AECoH on Twitch (
https://www.twitch.tv/aecoh) and YouTube (
https://www.youtube.com/c/AECoH). Schedule for these castings are TBA in the future.
Good luck & best regards,
Archaic Entertainment