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An alliance tournament will be held this year for the first time in parallel. Registration is open on the website between Sun. 11/1/09 and 11/07/09. The usage of Goldmarks is strongly limited in tournament rounds. Participation is free for every one. Players need to be at least a private to take part.

The most important details at a glance:

• All rounds are played on the 10 player map.
• All rounds run with twice the normal speed.
• All rounds are free gold rounds with elite-AI and additional units but without country selection.
• Every type of building and unit can be built right from the beginning on.
• Each round starts with additional resources.
• All players play anonymously and get randomly assigned to rounds. Friendships and alliances from previous rounds should not play a role (only valid for the individual championship).
• Each round begins with a peace period of four days ( = 48 hours).

The individual tournament consists of three phases. In the qualification phase, every participant plays in three randomly selected rounds. The number of points in the DE will be summed up. After three weeks of time, the qualification phase ends and the 100 players with the highest cumulative score advance to the intermediate rounds. The 10 intermediate rounds end after three weeks. The winner of each round advances to the final round. The final round has no time limitation.

In the intermediate rounds and the final, it will not be possible to use Goldmarks inside the game. In the qualification phase, Goldmark usage is strongly limited. Upgrades, production and moral can not be destroyed or decreased by specialist spies. Moral in the own provinces can only be increased to 60%.

Details for the alliance tournament will be published as soon as the final number of participating alliances is known.