The Hammer Cup – First edition
** Introduction **
The Hammer Cup is a 5-days tournament that is held every season within the HONT team. All our flights (Forge, Maul, Claw, Thor, Iron Ore and The Mine) are taking part in it. The flight that manages to win the finals is crowned the champion of the tournament!
** Tournament format **
- First round: Qualifiers (MONDAY-TUESDAY)
In this initial round, all flights try to finish in the first 4 positions (based on their number of RACES). The flights that finish in 5th and 6th positions are eliminated from the tournament but racers in those flights can still earn rewards. See «Rewards » section.
- Second round: Semifinals (WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY)
• The flight that finished in first position in the qualifiers will face the flight that finished in fourth position.
• The flight that finished in second position in the qualifiers will face the flight that finished in third position.
• There will be one comp for each semifinal and both comps will run simulatenously.
• For the semifinals, flights will be ranked by POINTS
- Third round : The finals (FRIDAY)
• The two winners of the semifinals will face each other in the finals.
• For the finals, flights will be ranked by POINTS
• The winning flight will be crowned the champions of the Hammer Cup!
** Rewards **
• The flight who wins the cup : 15 millions shared among all racers who qualify (50 races to qualify)
• The flight who lose in the finals : 10 millions shared among all racers who qualify (50 races to qualify)
• The two flights eliminated in the semifinals : Each of these two flights get 6 millions shared among all racers who qualify (50 races to qualify)
• The 2 flights eliminated in the qualifiers : Each of these two flights get 3 millions shared among all racers who qualify (50 races to qualify)
• Racers who join the team after the comp has started will not be placed into a flight. However they will still earn 200k if they manage to do 50 races or more.
** Other **
There might be some last minute changes to the flights (racers promoted from Iron Ore to Forge/Maul/Claw/Thor). Once the cup starts though the flights are going to be "locked" and will remain the same until the end (we might do an exception for racers who join early enough)