Welcome to the MK elite tournament 2006. This time 40 players have been headhunted for this special occasion, in a try to decide who's the best MK player at the moment.

The last elite tournament took place October 2004 - June 2005. Click here to see how it went last time. Will anyone be able to throw Dve down from his trone? Will there be any surprised this time, like when Calon fought his way into round 2 from pool 4? Follow the action and the frequent updates on these sites!

Now all participants are urged to read the rules very carefully, and make sure you fully understand every paragraph. If anything is unclear, don't hesitate to contact Dve for help!

November 27th

Dve is the winner of the Elite Tournament 2006!

The Elite Tournament 2006 is finally over, nearly an year after it started. Sindre was defeted 0-2 in the final, and it's clear that the title is kept by the tournament organiser. Thanks to all participants, and a special thank to those that managed to play all games they were set up for.

October 4th

Finally Sindre is back online, and we had our first match for the final started!

May 18th

The first semifinal between Teo and Dve were started today. The winner will meet either Sindre or Darkcorner in the final. Will we have a reply of the last tournament's final?

April 6th

Only one game is still running in round 2, and the quarters are ready to get started. Quite a few players dropped out lately, but we're still enough motivated players left to have this tournament finished. All games in the quarters must be started before April 23rd!

February 26th

Since a few players from different reasons are not able to have all their games started within the date set for round 2, there will be some more time given. The last day for having games started round 2 is now sat to March 19th.

February 14th

Who will win the Elite Tournament 2006? Go HERE to vote for your favourite!

February 12th

All games in round 2 must be started within March 1st!

February 4th

Round 2 of the tournament is starting today! There are still a few games to be finished round 1, but for you that already have your name in the brackets for round 2, go ahead and have the games started!

January 27th

Kick off date for round 2 is sat to February 4th. Try to do your best to have your games in round 1 finished by then.

January 16th

KG hasn't showed sign of life since he signed up for the tournament in end of November. Maskman was already promised a place, but because of a mistake done by the tournament organiser he was left out. Maskman takes KG's place.

January 7th

The groups and brackets for round 1 was drawn live today at noon MK server time. Now contact your opponents and have the games started!

All games round 1 must be started within 2 weeks from today (last day: January 21th).

Good luck!

1. We'll use the Metalknights server for this tournament.

2. The players will be divided into 10 groups, 4 players in each group. All the players will be seeded into 4 different pools. The groups will consist of one player from each pool, and will be decided by a draw. The tournament committee, consisting of Genie, Ariman and Dve, will set the pools together based on their subjective opinion on the players. Take it as a challenge to prove them wrong :)

3. You must play each player in your group only once in a 1x1 duel and you must play your games independently. This means you can't have your friend covering your turn(s) unless this is clearified with your opponent.

4. You will get 2 points for a victory and 0 points for any losses.

5. All duels must be played with forced doubles. This means that the turns will go as follows: playerA, playerB, playerB playerA, playerA, playerB, playerB...etc. The one placing first is playerA!

6. In the duels, the player listed first has to create the game and decide which map to be used. The player listed second, decides who is to place first.

7. You can choose which ever map you want, but it has to be at least 100x100, and you can choose the same map only once in the tournament. PS: You can not choose a map that is already decided as a tie-breaker map or a map for replays! (look down on the page).

8. The games must be created as q72, no nuke, no peace and no wrecks. And don't forget to password protect your games!

9. You must finish your second turn in the doubling within 36 hours after the turn flips. This is to let your opponent have enough time to play his turn, and to avoid having him feeling "pressed" to play before you are done with your doubling. If you wait more than 36 hours, your opponent is free to play, and if he does you will miss that turn. In other words, you are not allowed to play after your opponent that specific turn. Still, it's to the opponent's discretion whether they wish to allow a player to enter beyond the 36 hour mark, and as long as he didn't enter the game, you can still play after the 36 hours. If any violation of this rule occurs, please take a screenshot to avoid any discussion.

Note: Your opponent is free to play whenever you are done with your second turn in the double. If you play early, there is no rule that says he has to wait 36 hours to play.

10. If you place last, you are not allowed to attack in your first double. The one placing first are free to attack whenever he wants if his opponent places in range of him.

11. NEW RULE: If you are the one to place first, you are obligated to tell your opponent where you put your base! This is to give everyone a chance to work on their openings in local without having to enter the game first.

12. Your games must be named ET playerA vs PlayerB. Ex.: ET Ariman vs Genie.

13. The 2 best players in each group go through to second round.

14. If equal points between 2 players, the winner of the game between the two of them will be listed first in the standings.

15. If the first 3 players get equal score, one player will be drawn as the winner. The other 2 will have to play one more game to decide who will go through. The map for such a game is listed under (round 1 and 2).

16. If the last 3 players get equal score round 1, there will be ONE game with all 3 players. The place order will be drawn, and the map is listed under (round 1). After turn 0 the play order is free.

17. If 4 players get equal score round 2, 2 and 2 players will be drawn against eachother in a play-off. The 2 winners will meet in a final. If ALL 5 players get the same score, one will be drawn as the winner, the other 4 will meet in a play-off.

18. The 20 players that advance from round 1 will be divided into 4 groups á 5 players for the second round. Click round 2 to see how the groups will be put together. Everybody plays eachother once, and the best 2 players from each group go through to the quarter finals. The finals will be decided from a best 2 games out of 3. Each player is to choose map once, and if a third game is needed, the tournament organiser will draw who is to place first. The maps will be as defined under.

Any violation of the rules will result in disqualification in the particular game you're playing. A serious violation can lead to a disqualification from the whole tournament.

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If you have any questions, send a mail to Dve at oegjohns@online.no , or look him up on icq 113924167 or simply send him an IP-message through Metalknights.

MAPS FOR REPLAYS AND TIE-BREAKS