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Hey Coaches,
We're happy to kick-off today the Blood Bowl 2 2018 World Cup Play-Offs!
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After months of competition within community leagues and in the official ladder, 64 coaches have qualified for the biggest tournament of the year!
They will compete for more than $30,000 in prizes and become the next Blood Bowl 2 Champion!
Stay tuned to the World Cup!
You'll find below a schedule to watch the matches throughout the World Cup. The semi-finals and finals are officially streamed, but many community streamers will cover the previous round. Make sure to check Twitch's BB2 page not to miss the matches.
All the matches, results and broadcast replays will be available here: http://worldcup.bloodbowl-game.com/score-board
Click here to see the schedule of the matches
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Rules
The Play-Offs are a 64 player single-elimination tournament starting July 16th 2018. It lasts 4 weeks and finishes August 16th 2018.
Players qualified for the Play-Offs will create a brand new team with any races available in the game and keep it for the whole competition.
- 4 teams
- nock-out Single Elimination
- ll matches in BO1
- hree minute turn duration
- esurrection Mode
- o Stadium upgrades allowed
- o inducement allowed
- b>Custom teams:
Tier 1: Amazon, Bretonnian, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elves, Dwarf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Undead, Wood Elves
Team creation up to 1100 TV, then you add: 4 single skills - maximum 2 skills to one player. No stat up. (Final Max starting TV: 1180)
Tier 2: Chaos, Elven Union, High Elves, Humans, Khemri, Necromantic, Nurgle, Underworld, Kislev Circus, Vampire
Team creation up to 1100 TV, then you add: 5 single skills and 1 doubles skill - maximum 2 skills to one player. No stat up. (Final Max starting TV: 1230)
Tier 3: Halfling, Goblin, Ogre
Team creation up to 1100 TV, then you add: 4 single skills and 2 doubles skill - maximum 2 skills to one player. No stat up. (Final Max starting TV: 1240)
After each game, the advancing coach chooses to place 1 extra skill (Max of 2 skills for T1, T2 and T3 teams still applies) on a specified player.
- Round of 64 - as above
- Round of 32 - add a doubles skill
- Round of 16 - add a normal skill
- Quarterfinals - add a doubles skill
- Semifinals - add a normal skill
- Final - add a normal skill
Awards and prizes
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2018 World Cup Champion
- $3,000
- ASUS Pack including (approximate total retail value of $6,700): [list]
- High End Gaming PC System with ROG components and AMD Ryzen 16 Core processor,
- 1 ROG Gladius II Origin mouse
- 1 ROG STRIX Edge mouse pad
- 1 ROG STRIX Flare keyboard
- 1 ROG STRIX Fusion 500 headphone
- 1 ROG STRIX XG35VQ 35” Gaming Display monitor
Runner-up
- $1,500
- ASUS Pack including (approximate total retail value of $4,300): [list]
- High End Gaming PC System with ROG components and AMD Ryzen 8 Core processor,
- 1 ROG Gladius II Origin mouse,
- 1 ROG STRIX Edge mouse pad
- 1 ROG STRIX Flare keyboard
- 1 ROG STRIX Fusion 500 headphone
3rd & 4th
- $1,000
- ASUS Pack including (approximate total retail value of $670): [list]
- 1 ROG Gladius II Origin mouse
- 1 ROG STRIX Edge mouse pad
- 1 ROG STRIX Flare keyboard
- 1 ROG STRIX Fusion 500 headphone
5th to 8th
- 500
9th to 16th
- 250
All Coaches qualified for the 2018 World Cup Play-Offs will receive:
- 1 Steam code for the games: [list]
- Mordheim: City of the Damned
- Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
- Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition