With the official trailer to Assassin’s Creed 3 sitting just one day away from release or maybe even less from when this goes to publication, what better time is there to make that AC:R PC Tournament that so many have requested? The correct answer is no better time at all because I’m sure none of you will be rushing to learn more about a game that’s expensive, riddled with bugs and lacklustre at single player, if AC:R is anything to go on.Not that I’m bitter about rushing to buy ACR as soon it was available or anything.

Sorry, seem to have lost my train of thought for a second there.

Ah yes, the PC tournament for AC:R which people have been pestering WiNG about. Well it’s just lucky for you all that I was the (un)lucky T3 writer to be the only person who bought it on the PC so let’s get to the rules and shit.

Tournament format and schedule

The tournament will consist of twelve (12) qualifying brackets and one (1) finals bracket.

Players in the qualifying brackets will play one round of Wanted.

Player scores will be recorded between all matches. All but the one (1) best-scoring player from each bracket will be dropped, leaving twelve (12). The five (5) lowest-scoring players of these players will be dropped, and seven (7) players will advance to the finals bracket .

In the event of a qualifying round tie, a tie-breaker round of Simple Deathmatch may be played.

Finalists will play one round each of Wanted, Deathmatch, and Steal the Artifact.

Below are the times each qualifying bracket will be held. Participants must be available for one or more brackets in order to sign up. All times are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT +0).

Bracket A: Tuesday 13th of March, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm

Tuesday 13th of March, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm Bracket B: Tuesday 13th of March, 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm

Tuesday 13th of March, 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm Bracket C: Tuesday 13th of March, 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm

Tuesday 13th of March, 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm Bracket D: Tuesday 13th of March, 8:30 pm to 8:45 pm

Tuesday 13th of March, 8:30 pm to 8:45 pm Bracket E: Wednesday 14th of March, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm

Wednesday 14th of March, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm Bracket F: Wednesday 14th of March, 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm

Wednesday 14th of March, 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm Bracket G: Wednesday14th of March, 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm

Wednesday14th of March, 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm Bracket H: Wednesday 14th of March, 8:30 pm to 8:45 pm

Wednesday 14th of March, 8:30 pm to 8:45 pm Bracket I: Thursday 15th of March, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm

Thursday 15th of March, 7:00 pm to 7:15 pm Bracket J: Thursday 15th of March, 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm

Thursday 15th of March, 7:30 pm to 7:45 pm Bracket K: Thursday 15th of March, 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm

Thursday 15th of March, 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm Bracket L: Thursday 15th of March, 8:30 pm to 8:45 pm

The Final Bracket will be made to suit the needs of most of the participants within reason, etc., etc.

Tournament rules/grounds for disqualification Any player caught or suspected of cheating by any means will be immediately disqualified from the tournament. Any players believed to be collaborating or altering the game in a purposely malicious manner will be immediately disqualified from the tournament. In the event of a disconnection or server issue, Top Tier Tactics will determine how the tournament will proceed on a case-by-case basis. By participating in this tournament, players agree to have their in-game usernames stored and/or broadcast publicly by Top Tier Tactics. Top Tier Tactics reserves the right to amend or change these rules at any time. Additional rules may be included in communications between Top Tier Tactics and tournament participants. Failure to respond in part or in whole to these communications will result in disqualification.

Tournament registration To register for this tournament, comment on this page with the following information: Y our UPlay and Steam usernames

Which Qualifying Bracket(s) you can play in

Please indicate any/all rounds you can possibly play (“just B,” “E-H,” “B and K”).

Please indicate any/all rounds you can possibly play (“just B,” “E-H,” “B and K”). You must comment using a working e-mail address. Schedule results will be sent there.

Do not post your e-mail address. Simply use it in the comment form.

Do post your e-mail address. Simply use it in the comment form. If you cannot participate in any qualifying rounds, do not post your usernames here. Qualifying round spots will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis, though disqualifying factors and comments perceived as disruptive or spam will be removed from consideration. Comments that do not contain all information listed will not be considered as valid registration requests. Please note that registration does not guarantee entry, which may be limited by scheduling, too many applicants, or other factors, including those outlined above. Registration will be accepted until Saturday the 10th of March, 2012.

Prizes

Prizes are currently TBD, but for the time being, so just assume they are amazing. But if you’re in this for the prizes and not the glory of public victory, you’re probably not going to go far anyway!

All of that clear? Excellent. Now I can’t promise that I’ll be able to offer as much of a challenge as WiNG can (mostly because I didn’t like AC:R enough to keep playing the multiplayer) but what I can promise is that I’ll record it all and curse like a fucking sailor throughout. And if that’s not a prize in and of itself, I don’t know what is.