Players Qualified for the Krosmaster World Championship

After more than a year of effort, calculating, fierce matches, and for some, journeys to little-known lands, here comes the list of people who have qualified for the 2017 Krosmaster Arena World Championship!

The following players are kindly invited to join us on June 24^th and 25^th in Este (Italy) for a tournament among their equals at the crowning summit of the 3^rd Krosmaster World Championship!

CAUTION If you want to take part in this tournament, you must send an e-mail to lescart@free.fr before May 14^th, 2017 with your first name, surname, and player number, in order to confirm your presence. Otherwise, you will no longer qualify, and the grand tournament will take place without you! Don't waste any time, and confirm your presence now!

Without further delay, here's the list of players who have qualified, as well as their nationality and final number of points in the ranking:

Rewards

• All contestants: 2 Krosmaster Wild Realms blind booster display + 1 exclusive figurine + map of the event + 1 contestant t-shirt*.
• Top 32: An exclusive Krosmaster mug.
• Top 8: Top 8 t-shirt* + 50€*.
• 3^rd and 4^th place: 100€*.
• 2^nd place: 300€*.
• Winner: Unique champion T-shirt* + trophy + right to create the profile of a future Krosmaster + 600€*.

* Warning, for t-shirts and monetary prizes, only the highest will count, they’re not cumulative.

Tournament format

The following map will be used for all matches:
 

It comes with the following special rules:
 

1. Each cell on this map is either an Ice (bleu) or Grass (green) cell.
2. A unit can only target a cell of the same type (Ice or Grass) that they’re currently occupying.
3. For Area of Effect spells, only cells (and unit contained within) that are the same type as the one where the caster is standing are considered targeted by the spell.
4. The Punch spell ignores all these restrictions.

The map will stay in the same position for the whole tournament.

The format used for the championship will be Season. Players will keep their team for the entirety of the tournament.

First phase of the tournament is a Swiss round tournament. At the end of this phase, the top 16 players will enter a double-elimination bracket until the champion wins over all!

Games may last a maximum of 50 minutes.

Starting with top 16: after 50 minutes of game time, if no player has won the game when the end of allowed time is announced, the active player finishes his turn, then 6-7 extra turns are played, so that both players have played an equal number of turns once these extra turns are over. Once the extra turns are over, if no player has won, the winner will be the one with the most GG. If the game is still in a draw, the game keeps going until one player has more GG than the other.

Each player has five minutes maximum to play their turn. The use of a device giving an indication of the time is authorized so the players can estimate the duration of their turn.

Schedule

Saturday

• 9:00 to 9:45 AM: Players’ registration
• 9:45 to 10:00: Players’ briefing
   
• 10:00 to 11:00: Swiss round 1
• 11:00 et 12:00: Swiss round 2
• 12:00 to 13:00: Swiss round 3
• 13:00 to 14:00: Lunch break
• 14:00 to 15:00: Swiss round 4
• 15:00 to 16:00: Swiss round 5
• 16:00 to 17:00: Swiss round 6
• If necessary: tiebreaker match
• Announcement of the top 16 players
   
• 18:00 to 19:30: First round of the top 16 double-elimination bracket.

Sunday

• 9:00 AM: Start of the second round of the double-elimination bracket
• Tournament will continue until its conclusion, around 19:00 or later.

Champions: to your keyboards! We're waiting for you no matter what.