Welcome to the Duos Duel AA tournament. After the long grueling AA season, its time for a bit of fun.

This tournament is about competition, but it is also about fun and bringing the community together. Grab your defending partner or your running mate and test your skills with a random duo on your side. You could be teamed up with anyone, so it is a chance to meet some new players! Which duo will come out on top? Sign Ups You must sign up as either a defensive or offensive pair (2 players) no substitutes DO NOT sign up if you are not 100% sure you can be in attendance for both days of the tournament. DO NOT sign up for this tournament if you are not open to playing with new people. You could be paired up with anyone, so do not sign up if you are not prepare to handle that. DO NOT sign up if you have known connection issues. There will be a wide variety of players and match ups so good connections will be key Each clan is allowed to enter 4 sets of duos to represent them, two offensive duos and two defensive duos. These teams are to be numbered from 1 4 with the first team guaranteed a spot in the tournament; the rest of your of your signups are dependent on other clan representation and availability. You do not have to pair up with someone from your own clan. Pairs may be made up of any two players. If a player who is in a clan pairs up with a player from outside of their clan, this does not count as part of the four sign up described above. Sign-ups will be on a first come first serve basis. The maximum number of duos that will be taken is 32, 16 offensive and 16 defensive teams. When signing up, please list both players gamer tags and whether you are signing up as a defensive and offensive duo. Also please identify the contact person. The Tournament: How it works The Duos will be randomly placed in 4 brackets, with 8 duos in each bracket. (see picture below) Each offensive duo will be paired with a defensive duo in their bracket and play a match versus another team of duos Each offensive duo will be paired with each defensive duo in their bracket a play a match (everyone will play with everyone in their bracket), meaning you will play 4 matches per bracket First matches from each bracket: AE vs. BF and CD vs. GH and so on Each match will be a set of two games ONLY Points will be awarded to each duo for each game: 3 points awarded for a win, 1 point for draw, and 0 for a loss. Points are cumulative. You carry your points on through each round.

Immediately after each match, the results must be reported to an official for score keeping The Top 4 (2 offensive, 2 defensive) duos with the most points in their bracket will advance to the next round until we reach the finals (last 4 duos). In the case of a tie, the duo that won when those two duos met will move on. Final will be Purist

In Game Rules In case of continuous lag issues or can not connect issues, Each Duo will have 10 minutes to replace their partner with any player that they are comfortable with, who is not playing in the tournament. If no replacement can be found within the specified time frame, the Duo will be disqualified. First and Second Rounds will be on (June 1st, 2013???) and what time? Semi finals & finals will be (June 2nd, 2013??) and what time? If the player lags out or disconnects during the first 5 minutes of a game, the game must be immediately stopped and restarted. This can only occur once. If it occurs a second time, that player must be substituted immediately following the guidelines stated above Any MAJOR lag must be identified in the first 5 minutes of a match. Please bear in mind that this tournament is for fun. Please do not ruin that by nit picking on minimal lag issues. If you can play through it, then please do so. Any proven intentional use of exploits in tournament will result in the Duo being disqualified No gun No Hack Prizes $400 dividing $200 for offensive Duo and $200 for the Defensive Duo