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Ultimate Tournament Invites #1 - #14 (in order)
- Previous year overall winner.
- 1st place overall winners at WA qualifying tournament events*, in order of
event size (largest to smallest number of competitors).
- 2nd place overall winners at WA qualifying tournament events*, in order as
above.
- 3rd place place overall winners at WA qualifying tournament events*, in
order as above.
- 4th, 5th, etc place overall winners at WA qualifying tournament events*, in
order as above until spots up to #14 are filled.
If a player qualifies for an invite at multiple events, then only the highest
qualification will count for an invitation to the WestGamer Ultimate
Tournament. The other placings will be skipped over to the next player in
line to qualify for an invite. Likewise, if a player cannot attend the
Ultimate Tournament for whatever reason, their invite will be skipped over to
the next in line as well.
If two events have the same number of competitors, then
the qualifying order will progress chronologically (the earlier event during
the year first).
*WA Qualifying Tournament Events.
In order for an event to meet the standards of qualification for the Ultimate
Tournaments, it must meet the following minimum standards:
- The event must open to anyone from the gaming public (IE; not exclusive to
a set club or group).
- The event must meet the minimum standard of 12 players.
- It must be a Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000 tournament in order to qualify
players for Ultimate Warhammer & Ultimate Warhammer 40,000 respectively.
- All game sizes must be a minimum of 1500 points and at least 4 rounds must
be played.
- Current editions of the game rules (at the time of the event) must be used.
In the case of new release game rules and army books, a 1 month grace period
is often customary however, and is quite acceptable.
- Due to the extreme nature of Warhammer 40,000 games using the "Apocalypse"
expansion, Apocalypse scenario tournaments are not normally considered as
qualifying events.
- Invites will only be issued for individual high placings. Team and
"doubles" placings will not count for invites.
- It must be a WA event.
The Ultimate Tournament Judges reserve the right to exclude any event from
qualification if we believe that it does not meet suitable requirements for
the tournaments.
The "Good Sportsman" clause.
Any invitation to the Ultimate Tournaments may be withdrawn if at the event a
player qualifies for that invite, they also score in the bottom 25% for
sportsmanship. The Judging panel will examine each case on its own merits to
determine whether to exclude invitation or not, speaking to the player
involved and where possible that event's organisers and other competitors. If
a player is deemed to be unsuitable for an invite under this clause, then the
judges decision will be final and no further discussion will be entered into
on the matter. Non-qualification in this manner will not be made public, and
will not be commented upon by the Judges to any 3rd party.
Of course we will only exclude someone if evidence of poor sportsmanship is
clear, and if we believe that it will put the enjoyment of other players at
risk. Players that are excluded from an invite in this manner are certainly welcome to
attempt to qualify again at other events.
Ultimate Tournament Invites #15 & #16 - "WildCard" Entries
- WildCard entries to be issued to two hobbyists selected by the judging
panel, who we believe to be worthy of representation at the Ultimate
Tournament due to accomplishments over the past year. This could be due to
just barely missing out on a placing at an event, accomplishments at an event
outside of WA, personalities of renown or notoriety, or contributions to the
hobby community in general. Nominations will be accepted from the public
during the year for WildCards, but the Judges will make the final decision as
to the place getters. Suffice to say that reasons for each WildCard
invitation will be made available to the public.
Obviously, any member of the current year's judging panel will be
ineligible for entry.
Interstate & International Competitors.
There are 2 ways that interstate & international players may gain entry to
the Ultimate Tournaments.
- By travelling to Western Australia during the year and qualifying at a WA
Tournament event (see above), or;
- By being nominated & receiving one of the "WildCard" invitations.
Player Seeding at the Events
Player seeding at each Ultimate Tournament is a vital factor and will
determine the contender match-ups for rounds #1 - #4 of the events.
(Opponents in rounds #5 and #6 are determined by current tournament standings
at that time.)
By competing regularly at several events during the year, contenders will
have the opportunity to improve upon their seeding rank, giving them a
potential advantage when it comes to the Ultimate Tournament itself. Your
seeding rank will be updated on the website after each event, and is
calculated as follows:
- Players will earn seeding points for EVERY WA open tournament event
they attend during the year (not just Ultimate Qualifiers) of the relevant
game system.
- Points earned will be equal to the total number of players at each event
+1, and then subtracting the player's overall placing.
- For example, you come in 19th overall at a 28 player Warhammer tournament.
Your total seeding points from this event would be 10. (28+1-19 = 10) This
would then be added to your current year total and ranked against all other
WA players to determine your current Warhammer seeding rank for the Ultimate
Tournament season.
The top 4 seeded players (1- 4) will be pitted against the bottom seeds (13 -
16) in the first 4 rounds of the Ultimate Tournaments, while the second 4 (5
- 8) will face the remainder (9 - 12). This could potentially mean a bigger
chance of making it to the top of the pile for the higher seeded players, but
it could also give the lower seeds an early chance to pull down their
toughest competition! Regardless, it certainly adds more reasons to continue
competing at as many more tournaments throughout the year as you can even
after you qualify.
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So in
summary - get your army ready, get out there and play in some
events! Only the best will qualify for the Ultimate Tournaments,
but you will have several opportunities throughout the year to
prove that you are worthy of an invite. Play hard and we'll see
you there!
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