MCM Royale

The MCM Royale will be the second MCM-sanctioned tournament, to be held after the conclusion of the MCM Cup either during the Winter of 2016/2017 or the Summer of 2017. As the name suggests, this tournament will be larger than the Cup, with around 100 potential participants from the three newly-organized divisions, RXT (RPG-Xfire-Tournytime), CRA (Codemasters Formula 1-Race Department-AOR), and FLHEX (FPS-Lucky-Hex).

108 participants were announced in the Tournament. As a large amount of these will be debutants, and to make the tournament simpler, participants will be assigned to one of three divisions "division": RPG-Xfire-Touryimte (RXT), Codemasters-RaceDepartment-AOR (CRA) and FPS-Lucky-Hex (FLHEX). RXT, which has 49 participants, will largely consist of the same participants as the MCM Cup, whereas the other two divisions will be purely debutants, CRA having 37 invitees and FLHEX having 22.

The tournament will be split in to three stages: The Division Stage, which will see all participants fighting within their divisions to avoid elimination; the Group Stage, which will see 32 participants from all divisions dueling in eight groups of four, with the bottom one from each group being eliminated; and a slightly altered Knockout Stage, which will see 16 placed in a knockout bracket to crown the winner.

Like the MCM Cup, a host was voted in through a two-round vote. In the Division Stage, 49 RXT participants will fight for 14 spots in the Group Stage, 37 CRA participants for 11 spots, and 22 FLHEX participants for 7, with each division deciding amongst themselves how to determine those who are eliminated, using their own potentially-customized format. For the Group Stage, each group will have a predetermined amount of participants from each division. The first five groups will have a share of 2-1-1 from divisions RXT-CRA-FLHEX, the next two will have 1-2-1, and the final group will have 2-2-0. The Knockout Stage will follow the same normal format of duels eliminating participants, however the format will change when the last 4 face each other, to allow previously-eliminated participants a "second chance".

Participants
There are 108 participants total: 49 in RXT, 37 in CRA, and 22 in FLHEX. In the format name – division – MCM Cup result:


 * .Grim. undefined – FLHEX
 * Acerees undefined – CRA
 * aMadMouse undefined – CRA
 * Andrew undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Andy88 undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Aurora undefined – RXT – Quarter-Finals
 * Bendy undefined – FLHEX
 * Beppo undefined – CRA
 * Beyond undefined – CRA
 * Blax undefined – RXT – Quarter-Finals
 * Bly undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Brian undefined – RXT
 * Cavalier Roy undefined – CRA
 * Chef undefined – FLHEX
 * Chicane undefined – CRA
 * Chicne undefined – FLHEX
 * Clone undefined – RXT
 * Commander51 undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * Creed undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * da_great_ghost undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * De_Lovely undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * Delgado undefined – CRA
 * Destroyer undefined – RXT – Semi-Finals
 * Digger undefined – RXT – Winner
 * Dookmaster undefined – FLHEX
 * Dr. Jones undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * Dysania undefined – CRA
 * Emil Praga undefined – CRA
 * English Paladin undefined – RXT
 * Equinox undefined – RXT
 * Erasmusguy undefined – FLHEX
 * Fallen undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Fiodis undefined – RXT
 * Fixer undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Flamerwolf undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Fordo undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * Fuyjin undefined – CRA
 * Gadget undefined – FLHEX
 * Harry undefined – FLHEX
 * Hero_unit undefined – RXT
 * Hoff undefined – CRA
 * Holdit undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Iggy undefined – FLHEX
 * Insomnia undefined – CRA
 * Iraffnix undefined – FLHEX
 * Jay undefined – CRA
 * Jersias undefined – CRA
 * JoeViiZaa undefined – CRA
 * Kifla undefined – CRA
 * Kirennian undefined – CRA
 * Kit Fisto undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * KrAyZiE1991 undefined – FLHEX
 * Kris undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Lemmiwinks undefined – FLHEX
 * Link undefined – FLHEX
 * Lrand undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * M3hran undefined – CRA
 * Marco FD undefined – CRA
 * MattreX undefined – CRA
 * MetroidNut undefined – RXT
 * Mr. Longus undefined – FLHEX
 * Multi21 undefined – CRA
 * Naga undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Neil Bywater undefined – CRA
 * Nicky FD undefined – CRA
 * None undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Noob_Cybot undefined – RXT – Semi-Finals
 * Oak undefined – FLHEX
 * Omega undefined – RXT
 * Onyx undefined – RXT – Quarter-Finals
 * Padawan undefined – RXT – Runner-up
 * Periwinkle undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Philter undefined – CRA
 * Poi undefined – FLHEX
 * Poppleton undefined – CRA
 * Punisher undefined – CRA
 * R777R undefined – CRA
 * Raccoon undefined – RXT
 * Ranger undefined – CRA
 * Revan undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * Robbie undefined – RXT
 * Schmucks undefined – RXT
 * SenR undefined – CRA
 * Shaki undefined – CRA
 * Shepp undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Skeeter undefined – RXT – Quarter-Finals
 * Snow Angel undefined – FLHEX
 * Static undefined – RXT
 * Steel undefined – CRA
 * SteveRogers undefined – CRA
 * Stobart Chilton undefined – CRA
 * StonerSteve undefined – RXT
 * Strew undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Suicidal Biscuit undefined – CRA
 * Summer undefined – FLHEX
 * The Genius undefined – CRA
 * Toe undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Tourny undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Tundra undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Tyson undefined – RXT – Group stage
 * Vat undefined – RXT – Did not qualify
 * Viceguy undefined – CRA
 * WatsOn undefined – FLHEX
 * WeeKiwi undefined – CRA
 * Winnie Der Puh undefined – FLHEX
 * Wolf undefined – RXT – Round of 16
 * Xenon undefined – FLHEX
 * Yoshi undefined – FLHEX

Host
The table below shows the 13 participants who put forward their own nomination to host on September 8 2016. On September 9, all players voted for a host in a two-round system, with players not being allowed to vote for themselves. The first round reduced the list down ready for the second, final round. The nominee to achieve the most votes in round one was to advance, as well as any nominee who achieves 75% or more of those votes, up to a maximum of four other nominees. If no one achieved 75% of the leader's votes, the second most-voted-for nominee would've advanced.

Wolf was announced the host on September 9. As it turned out, 8 participants fell within 75% of the highest vote of 11, but the five-nominee maximum applied, so Commander51, Kris and Tourny were eliminated.

Division Stage
The Division Stage will see each of the three Divisions (RXT, CRA, FLHEX) fighting within themselves to determine who to eliminate in preparation for the Group Stage. While the divisions may decide amongst themselves the format of their stage, the two "new" divisions, CRA and FLHEX, will each be required to have a system that enables definitive ranking of the qualified participants, effectively crowning a victor within their division.

CRA will likely have a system that will see participants play as many different opponents as possible, and a different points system that will be wholly aggregated at the end to determine rankings.

FLHEX will likely have a normal group-and-knockout format, but with larger groups and a more complex knockout round with playoffs to help determine rankings.

Group Stage
The group stage will see 32 participants battling for 16 spots in the Knockout Stage, in eight groups of four with the top two from each group progressing. The Group Stage will feature 14 RXT participants, 11 CRA participants, and 7 FLHEX participants.

Knockout Stage
Participants will be placed in to two pots according to how they ranked in the Group Stage, which will then be seeded randomly so for the first duel, someone from Pot 1 faces someone from Pot 2.

The bracket will be split in to two stages: The Bracket of 16, and the Final Bracket.

The Bracket of 16 will be fairly conventional in that each duel results in an elimination, however there will be no finals so the bracket will effectively be split down the middle. The winners from the Round of 4 – conventionally called the Semi-Finals – advance to the Final Bracket, along with the six other participants who faced faced those winners (one from each half of the Round of 16, Round of 8, and Round of 4).

The Final Bracket will consist of four rounds, with the bracket split in half until they converge in the last round: The Second Chance 16, the Second Chance 8, the Semi-Finals, then the Final. Remember how everyone who faced the Round of 4 victors was given a place in this bracket? Well, the first round sees the respective loser of the Round of 4 face the loser of the Round of 16. Whoever wins then faces the loser of the Round of 8, and the winner of that duel features in the Semi-Finals, against the other Runner of 4 winner. Then it's business as usual; the winners of the Semis go on to the Final, and that duel crowns a victor.

The rationale behind this is that it reduces the "luck" effects of the random seeding. For example, say during the whole tournament it was obvious two people (Sigma and Tau) had a large margin over the other participants, but due to the seeding of the knockout table, they were to face each other in the Round of 16. The duel went on and Tau went on to win the tournment, but Sigma was eliminated at merely the Round of 16 despite the fact he should by all rights be able to get to the Final, robbing us of a substantial finale. In the new model, Sigma could still lose his Round of 16 duel, but he'd have a second chance by being placed in the Final Bracket due to losing against a Round of 4 winner (Tau). He'd progress through the bracket easy as toast, get to the Final, and we'd be given the finale we deserve.

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