The Observatory

Qualifier 1
Round 1
b2af	20	Code	17	Ethylene
Jediluke	20	melvin	12	Take2
Maestro	21	Swarthy	19	Crimson
Cyrus	20	Phyrex	13	Flea
Round 2
Jediluke	20	b2af	7	Audacity
Maestro	22	melvin	20	Ethylene
Cyrus	20	Swarthy	10	Flea
Phyrex	20	Code	12	Mindtrix
Round 3
b2af	21	Maestro	19	Crimson
Jediluke	20	Cyrus	15	Ascend x5
Phyrex	20	Swarthy	18	Flea
Round 4
Lee	20	Code	16	GI-Jane's Playground
Jediluke	20	Maestro	3	Wrath x5
Cyrus	20	b2af	15	Flea

Qualifier 2
Round 1
Jediluke	20	Lee	6	Wrath x5
Phyrex	20	Swarthy	11	Anon
Code	20	Maestro	17	Satan's Hell Hole
Round 2
Jediluke	20	Code	9	KO
Swarthy	24	Lee	22	Lurk
Phyrex	36	Maestro	34	Anon
Round 3
Jediluke	20	Swarthy	2	Audacity x5
Lee	20	Code	17	Pillbox x5
Round 4
Code	20	Swarthy	11	Ethylene
zero	20	Lee	8	Black Rose
Jediluke	20	Phyrex	1	Wrath x5

Qualifier 3
Round 1
Jediluke	20	Maestro	3	Crimson
zero	20	Lee	8	Mindtrix
Phyrex	20	Swarthy	16	Mindtrix
Round 2
Jediluke	20	Phyrex	0	Ascend x5
zero	20	Maestro	10	Logic
Lee	20	Swarthy	11	Awakened
Round 3
Swarthy	20	Maestro	14	Lurk
Jediluke	20	zero	13	Ascend x5
Phyrex	20	Lee	15	Synapse
Round 4
Jediluke	20	Lee	8	Ascend x5
zero	20	Swarthy	5	Flea
Maestro	20	Phyrex	13	Mindtrix

Pos	Pilot	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Total
1	Jediluke	19 (4-0)	18 (4-0)	19 (4-0)	56
2	Phyrex	6 (2-1)	7 (2-1)	8 (2-2)	21
3	zero	-	4 (1-0)	12 (3-1)	16
4	Cyrus	13 (3-1)	-	-	13
5	Lee	3 (1-0)	5 (1-3)	4 (1-3)	12
6	Maestro	6 (2-2)	0 (0-2)	5 (1-3)	11
T-7	b2af	8 (2-2)	-	-	8
T-7	Swarthy	0 (0-3)	4 (1-3)	4 (1-3)	4
9	Code	0 (0-3)	7 (2-2)	-	7
10	melvin	0 (0-2)	-	-	0

The verison of Retro to use will be 1.4X5. It does not require manual tracker configuration. Download DXX Retro 1.4X5. If you're not sure how to install Retro, please visit http://descentchampions.org/new_player.php

The first three qualifiers will use a 4-round Swiss tournament system. Players may join or leave the tournament at any time. Every player will choose three home levels that they will play as their home levels throughout the entire season. Any Descent 1 level can be used, but roncli has the right to deny a level if it has excessive 4D content, is too heavy on mega missiles, has visually unpleasing aesthetics, or is otherwise difficult to observer and commentate. When matchups are made, one player will play in one of their home levels as picked by their opponent.

After every qualifier, players will have an opportunity to replace one of their home levels with a new one, provided the new home level meets the criteria of other home levels. There is no limit to how many times you can use a level throughout the season, so if you take a level out after Qualifier 1, you could bring it back for the Finals Tournament. Level changes will be made manually, and participants will be given the means with which how to replace levels after a qualifier is completed.

Games in the qualifiers are contested under DCL rules, which means games are to 20, win by 2. Cloak and invulnerability powerups should be banned if they exist in the level. See http://descentchampions.org/how_works.php, under the Match Structure section. In addition to DCL rules, the host of the game must open up the game a minimum of 4 observers.

At the end of the tournament, players are awarded a number of Season Points equal to 3 times the number of games they won PLUS the total number of games won by each of the opponents they beat in the tournament.

Five players will be invited to join the Finals Tournament based on their Season Points total. Prior to the Finals Tournament, an anarchy game will be played to determine the sixth spot, and will feature any players tied in the 6th position and enough players under them to have at least 4 pilots in the match. Game is played to 10 times the number of players involved, and the level to be used will be agreed to by the pilots involved. Primaries are to be duplicated at x2 for 3 to 4 players, x3 for 5 to 6 players, and x4 for 7 to 8 players.

The tournament will be a single elimination knockout tournament. Home levels will remain the same as they were throughout the season. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, the highest seeded player chooses an opponent from the two lowest seeds available in that round, meaning in the quarterfinals, the #3 seed chooses whether to play the #5 or #6 seed.

Rounds are decided by a combined score home-and-home series. Each game is played to 10 in the quarterfinals, 15 in the semifinals, and 20 in the finals, with no win by 2 rule in effect. Cloak and invulnerability powerups are still banned. The match can be ended when it is impossible for one player to win the series without the involvement of suicides. If there is no winner after two games, then a new game is played. The lower seeded player may choose to select a different level from the higher seed's set of home levels. The game is played to 5, win by 2.