Are you ready for Season 7 of the Forts Pro League? Everyone can sign up for the FPL qualifier stage and registration opens on March 14th! Register your team on Challengermode and Discord following the instructions below.
Compared to the previous season, we are keeping the Swiss bracket system, as it has been a great success. We are swapping Ecliptic Threat with Green Breeze in the map pool, and trying something new by adding a couple of High Seas maps in the pool (Fort Falls 2v2, Windswept). These maps will be including the High Seas DLC for players to use, but teams will also be able to ban one more map each before the first pick, if they do not wish to play High Seas during the match.
Co-op on Elimination will not be featured this season.
As in S6, teams will be seeded in a qualifier round in a 3 round swiss bracket format. It consists of successive rounds separated in groups of teams having the same amount of wins/losses. Whenever a team scores enough wins to be qualified to the next stage, or enough losses to no longer be able to catch up, they stop playing matches for that round. For the qualifier round, the cutoff is at 2 wins/losses, so the 16 teams to score 2 wins will advance to the main stage.
One match is to be played every week for teams who have not yet scored 2 wins or 2 losses. Teams may schedule their match at any time during the week, but if they have not played by Sunday at 8pm utc that given week they must contact a league official on Discord and make themselves available to play their match at this time. Any team not present will forfeit that match. At the end of this stage, the teams with 2 wins will qualify for the main stage, consisting of another swiss bracket, this time on 5 rounds (3 wins/losses cutoff), with the 8 top teams qualifying for the playoffs, where the ultimate winners will be decided in a single elimination bracket.
When is it going to happen?
Signups for the FPL begin on March 14th and end on April 11th at 7pm utc. Opening day is April 18th at 7pm utc. The playoffs (tentatively scheduled for June 13th, 20th and 27th 7pm utc) will be held once the main stage has concluded. If you want to participate, make sure you are free on June 13th as well as the two weekends afterwards.
How to participate?
Everyone is eligible to sign up for the qualifier stage of the FPL!
First, see the Forts Pro League Official Rules
Then form your team of two (you are allowed 1 substitute player) and meet the following requirements:
Player names must be clearly readable and match on Discord, Steam and Challengermode.
The maximum length is 16 characters for teams. Players are expected to use this name when playing all of their matches.
Offensive player or team names and profile images will result in disqualification from the league. Players currently under ranked or multiplayer bans are also ineligible to compete.
Team tags must be 3 characters or less.
Team logos should be 128x128 pixels. Offensive images will result in disqualification.
How to join the Forts Pro League:
Make sure you have created your team on Challengermode;
Message @42scientist or @taichuz on the Forts Official Discord with your Team name, composition, team tag and logo. Also include the Discord and Steam ID's of you and your teammate.;
You will then receive an invitation for your team to join the League event;
Accept the invitation on Challengermode;
You are now officially registered in the Forts Pro League!
Team Capacitor
(Link to the challengermode team) [CAP] Fred
(Link to Fred's Steam profile) [CAP] Max
(Link to Max's Steam profile)
Sample entry with Team and Logo What are the prizes for Pro League?
1st place: $500
2nd place: $250
3rd place: $100
Prizes will only be awarded in the form of Steam digital gift cards. To be eligible for prizes, participants must be able to receive Steam gift cards from outside regions. Winners may designate another eligible player to receive their prize.
FPL Season 7 at Challengermode
The Official Forts Discord
For more information on rules and match scheduling please read the Forts Pro League Official Rules Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
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