Welcome to Season 2 of the Aspiring Champions League which will be taking place on Sunday 19th March 2017 at 1300GMT and will again be hosted by Lionheart and Moosey on twitch.tv/lionheartx10.After Lotus_Moon won the inaugural event, we have been busy planning how we can make Season 2 even better for players and viewers! We will now be using Challonge (www.challonge.com) to manage the scoring of the tournament, along with allowing players a Wildcard army pick for one round only.We’ll be starting the tournament with a prize pot of £50. We will encourage viewers on Twitch to donate to increase the prize pot and 50% of any donations will be added to the prize pot. The remaining 50% of each donation will go towards funding future versions of the Aspiring Champions League.Here is how the final prize pot will be split:1st: 50% of the prize pot (Minimum winnings of £25)2nd: 30% of the prize pot (Minimum winnings of £15)3rd: 10% of the prize pot (Minimum winnings of £5)4th: 10% of the prize pot (Minimum winnings of £5)If you want to participate in the tournament, you will need to choose one faction at the start of the tournament and must submit a single army list for that faction to [email protected] at least 48 hours before the start of the tournament. This will be the army you will use for the majority of the tournament, so choose wisely! Please screenshot your selected army in game and and attach the image to your registration email, as well as including your Steam name, Discord name, Challonge name, confirmation of your chosen faction and a list of what mounts/abilities/spells/items your lord or heroes have. An example of the format this information must be submitted is below:Steam Name: MooseyDiscord Name: MooseyChallonge Name: MooseyFaction: The EmpireKarl Franz - Deathclaw, Foe Seeker, Ghal MarazCaptain - Hold the lineAmber Wizard - Wild Heart, Arcan Conduit, Wyssan’s Wildform, Flock of Doom, The Amber SpearIf you attempt to register after 1300GMT on 17th March 2017, you will not be entered into the tournament. All army lists will be distributed amongst the registered players on the 18th, prior to the tournament starting to ensure you can verify your opponent's army in each round.You will have Large funds to create your army list. Here are the restrictions:There is a maximum use of 6 of the same unit (A unit with different weapon loadouts still counts towards the base units maximum eg Grave Guard with shields and Grave Guard with Great Weapons)Demigryph Knights are limited to 3 unitsGrail Knights/Guardians are limited to 3 unitsHippogriff Knights are limited to 2 unitsPegasus Knights/Royal Pegasus Knights are limited to 3 unitsCrypt Horrors limited to 4 unitsMinotaurs limited to 4 unitsSteam Tanks are limited to 2 unitsGiants are limited to 2 unitsTreemen are limited to 2 unitsCygors are limited to 2 unitsSquig Herds are limited to 4 unitsHeroes are limited to 2 unitsThere is a maximum of 1 of each type of hero (Ethereal heros count as the same hero type as their physical counterparts)Spellcasters are limited to 1 unit (Spellcasters are a Lord or Hero who has at least one spell selected)A new rule for Season 2, each player will have the option to choose a Wildcard army for one round in the tournament. This allows a player to choose a army from their chosen faction that is different to their submitted army list. It must still comply with the army selection rules and if you are found to have broken these after the match is concluded, you will forfeit the battle and receive 0 points. You may decide to use your wildcard in any round but you may only use this once throughout the whole tournament, this includes if you make it through to the semi final and final brackets. You must declare your intention to use your wildcard prior to a battle starting and you must notify your opponent in your Battle Room on Discord and the Tournament Moderators within the Wildcard channel on Discord.As a recap on how to register, you will need to email [email protected] 48 hours before the start of the tournament and include in that email:Steam NameDiscord NameChallonge NameYour chosen factionLord and Hero mounts/abilities/spells/itemsA screenshot of your army list (chosen with Large funds)This will be a Swiss-style Ladder over 5 rounds. All matches will be a best of 1 series. You will play a random opponent in the first round and from the second round, 1st will play 2nd, 3rd will play 4th etc. If two players have played each other previously, the moderators will try to match you with different players as close to your current rank as possible. You will score 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Both players are attackers and as such, if a player does not attempt to engage (melee or ranged) his/her enemy after a 2 minute period, they will forfeit the match, scoring 0 points. This allows for withdrawal, reforming and re-engagement but prevents continuous kiting to achieve a "bore" draw. At the end of the 5th round, the top 4 players from the ladder will go through to a finals bracket where 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd in the semi finals. If there is a tie whilst deciding placement of the top 4 within the ladder, the Median-Buchholz system ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system) will be used to decide the tie break. If it is still a tie, the result will be decided by head to head record of players in the tie. If it is still a tie, a playoff battle will be played between the tied players. The winner of each semi final will then face each other in the final, which winner will be be crowned the Aspiring Champion!All participants will need to be on the Aspiring Champions League Discord server for the duration of the tournament. This will be from 1300GMT until up to 1700GMT. This will allow the tournament to run effectively.The Discord server details will be issued to players after all players have been registered for the tournament.The ladder for each round will be published on the Discord “Round” chat room as well as being visible on Challonge. The top seed (the odd numbered seed) for each battle will host the match. They will use the assigned Battle Room in Discord and use that as their game name in Total War: Warhammer e.g. “Battle Room 1”.The result must be reported via Challonge, we will issue details of the Challonge tournament after registration has closed. Both players should take screenshots of your battle results and save replays to resolve any disputes. Hopefully, there shouldn’t be any as we’d hope you would play hard but fair. In all cases, the mods will work with the two players to settle any disputes. If still no decision can be reached, the tournament referee's decision will be final.Best of 1 battleMatch type: 1v1Battle type: Land BattleBattle Difficulty: NormalTime Limit: 20 minutesFunds: Large BattleRealism mode: OFFLarge armies: OFFUnit size: LargeIf you are not in your Battle Room in Discord 5 minutes after the Round matchups are posted, you automatically forfeit that match and receive 0 points for the round, whilst your opponent receives 3 points. If both players are 5 minutes late for the battle, they shall both score 0 points.There will be a map pool of 5 maps for the whole tournament, which are shown below. Maps are voted to be removed in the match room on Discord. The top seed removes one map, then the bottom seed removes 2 maps before the top see removes a final map, which leaves a single map to be played.Map pool: Stir River, Glacial Lake, MP Crossroads, MP Alpine Ridge, The Silver SpireIf you have any questions, please post below!If you wish to sign up, please email [email protected] at least 48 hours before the tournament starts including your Steam name, Discord name, Challonge name, confirmation of your chosen faction, a list of what mounts/abilities/spells/items your lord and/or heroes have and a screenshot of your army list.See you on the battlefield, generals!