With the Chaos Data Centre as we know it living its last hours, we wanted to celebrate the end of an era with a bang. We’re happy to announce “Chaos Showdown”, our first official The Feast 4v4 online tournament! If you are on Chaos, form a PvP team with your friends and register for the tournament for a chance to win amazing prizes!

Chaos Showdown

Frosty and +ONE, who already provided amazing commentaries during the North-American and European Feast Regional Championship 2018, will be commentating this tournament as well! All games will be broadcasted live on the Official FFXIV Twitch Channel!



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Schedule

Wednesday, 13 March – Wednesday, 20 March: Registration Period

Friday, 22 March: Brackets announcement

Friday, 29 March, from 18:00 GMT: Preliminaries/Round of 16

Saturday, 30 March, from 15:00 GMT: Round of 8, semi-finals and final

* Depending on the number of teams, Friday may not happen, and times for Saturday may vary.

Eligibility

You must have a European Square Enix Account

You must have an active character on the Chaos Data Centre

You must be part of a PvP Team

The eligible players will be those that are part of the team at the time of registration. If you add players after registration, these players won’t be eligible to participate.

Tournament Rules

The Feast 4v4 Knock-out Tournament

A minimum of 8 teams will be needed for the tournament to be held

* In case we don’t reach 8 teams, the tournament will be cancelled.

A maximum of 16 teams will be allowed to participate on a “first come, first served” basis

Square Enix will select the best 8 teams * and seed them from 1 to 8, and then proceed with a drawing to determine the brackets. The final brackets will be announced on Friday 22nd of March

* The selection will be based on all available past Feast rankings (solo seasons, FRC, etc.)

and seed them from 1 to 8, and then proceed with a drawing to determine the brackets. The final brackets will be announced on Friday 22nd of March Preliminaries/Round of 16: “Best of 1” on the Crystal Tower Training Grounds map.

Round of 8 and Semi-finals: “Best of 3” on one of the following maps: The Feasting Grounds, Lichenweed, the Crystal Tower Training Grounds. The map will be randomly selected before each game.

Final: “Best of 5” on one of the following maps: The Feasting Grounds, Lichenweed, the Crystal Tower Training Grounds. The map will be randomly selected before each game.

Teams will be allowed to switch players between rounds, but not between games of a same round.

For example: switching players between semi-final and final is OK. Switching players between game 1 and game 2 of the semi-final is not.

Teams will be allowed to change jobs even between games of the same round.

Rewards

All participants: 3 sets of 99x Magitek Torches (red, blue, yellow)

Finalist team: 3 sets of 99x Magitek Torches (red, blue, yellow) + 1 item of their choice among the Ahriman Choker, the Mandragora Choker, the Chocobo Noble Barding, the Bluebird Earring, the Scarf of Wondrous Wit and the Gaelicap

Winning team: All of the above!

How to Register

You can register from now on, until Wednesday, 20 March at 14:00 GMT.

To register, please head over to the dedicated thread on the forums and indicate the following information:

PvP team name



PvP team members

Only one team member needs to post to register the whole team. Once we have confirmed that your team is eligible, an official reply will be made on the same forum thread to confirm your registration.

Sharpen your fangs and claws, and let’s have fun! It’s time for the Chaos showdown…