Thu, Apr 11, 2013 by Cold

Are the Highlander Finals finally here? Yes, it's time for the finals!

"ZOMG, bananananas! This mission looks dangerous, Cold. Take this 30-page Word document!" - Xarlor
Thanks Xarlor. *flips through summary* I think I have the jist of it. Here is how finals will be structured for Single-Elimination and Double-Elimination brackets:

Double-Elimination Brackets:

• NA Platinum S9 Title Bracket
• NA Gold S9 Title Bracket
• NA Silver S9 Title Bracket
• NA Steel S9 Title Bracket
• NA Iron S9 Title Bracket
• South Amer. S9 Title Bracket
• EURO Platinum S9 Title Bracket
• EURO Silver S9 Title Bracket
• EURO Steel S9 Title Bracket
• AUS/NZ S9 Title Bracket

Double-Elimination (DE) brackets will be Best-of-3 full-length season 9 maps.

• Undefeated team chooses map 1 & 3.
• Loser's bracket team chooses map 2.
• Maps are played in full as in regular season. This means Payload and A/D are played to Best-of-3, KOTH to 4, 5CP to 5. Teams may agree to play KOTH and 5cp as 1 regular-season round (or "half") if they want to shorten it (KOTH to 3, 5cp to 4), but both teams must agree in match comms.  Payload and A/D WILL be played Best-of-3, no exceptions.
• No Thursday match.
• Only maps played in regular season or playoffs of Season 9 are valid to choose from.  Furthermore, ctf_haunt and pl_waste cannot be chosen.

Single-Eliminiation Brackets:

• NA Silver S9 Bracket 2
• NA Steel S9 Bracket 2
• NA Steel S9 Bracket 3
• NA Iron S9 Bracket 2
• NA Iron S9 Bracket 3
• NA Iron S9 Bracket 4
• South Amer. S9 Bracket 2
• EURO Steel S9 Bracket 2
• Asia S9 Title Bracket

Single-Elimination (SE) brackets will be Best-of-3 half-length season 9 maps.

• Each team chooses a map.
• The tiebreaker map will be koth_pro_viaduct.
• Maps are played as one regular-season round (or "half"). KOTH to 3, 5cp to 4, Payload/AD will only be 1 half (each team attacks once only).  Teams may agree to play Payload/AD as a best-of-3, but both must post their agreement in match comms.
• No Thursday match.
• Only maps played in regular season or playoffs of Season 9 are valid to choose from.  Furthermore, ctf_haunt and pl_waste cannot be chosen.

Map choices must be made by 11:59 PM EST this Saturday, April 20th.
For teams that do not pick a map: koth_pro_viaduct_rc3 is the default.
Edit: Teams that do not pick a map will result in a combination of cp_gullywash_final1, pl_badwater and koth_pro_viaduct_rc3.  Check your match comms if one or two teams have not posted their picks.
Teams can still agree on map changes after Saturday, but they must be mutually agreed on.

More Information:
6s and HL Sign-ups open April 27th.
All-Star voting closes this Sunday, April 21st.
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