Introduction

Welcome to the Battle of Bucharest 2017, a tournament brought to you by the Lithuanian Esports Federation (LEF) in partnership with TaleWorlds Entertainment and PGL for the finals in Bucharest, Romania.



This tournament will be fought in two categories, 'DUEL' (1vs1) and 'TEAM' (5vs5). Sign ups for the qualifiers are open right now, until Tuesday 9th May. Four qualifying teams and four qualifying duelists will be brought to the PGL studio in Bucharest, for the weekend of 20th May, to battle it out for a total prize pool of $10,000.



Mount & Blade: Warband has unique appeal as an esports title, owing to its intuitive combat system that is easy to learn but impossible to master and acclaimed simulation of medieval combat. For this reason, LEF has partnered with developers TaleWorlds Entertainment to host the first offline finals for a Mount & Blade game, with the goal of gaining experience for the future and providing a fantastic, historic event for the community.



"Can I Join?"

Tournament Format

First there will be a single-elimination qualifying stage, organised on this board, which will take place on the following dates: 11/05, 12/05, 13/05, 14/05



At the end of the qualifiers, 4 duelists and 4 teams of 5 will be invited to the PGL Studio in Bucharest, to attend to the finals on 20th May.



Prizes

1st $5,000 ($1,000 /player) 2nd $2,500 ($500 /player) 3rd $750 ($150 /player)

1st $1,000 2nd $500 3rd $250

The tournament is running completely open qualifiers, however given that finalists will have their flights and accommodation to Bucharest paid for, we unfortunately have not been able to budget for travel outside of Europe. Additionally we cannot provide you with assistance obtaining a visa. This means you must be able to travel to Romania already, and essentially limits participation to EU member countries, with a few exceptions. You must also be 16 years of age or older, able to fly by yourself and acquire parental permission to attend the tournament alone if you are under 18, or it is required by your country for any other reason.For more information and links to sign up, visit our Sign-Ups page Players are welcome to compete in either or both of the two categories, DUEL (1vs1) and TEAM (5vs5).Cash prizes totalling $10,000 will be distributed as follows: