FWT17 Rules

1. [RATIFIED] A round-robin tournament of all players is held.

2. [RATIFIED] Challonge's "Wins vs Tied Participants" is used to break ties, if applicable.

3. [RATIFIED] If 1st place is still tied, or if 1st place is not tied and 2nd place is tied, then subsequent round-robin tournaments are held between the players tied respectively for 1st or 2nd place, to distinguish the tied players, until 1st place and 2nd place are no longer tied.

4. [RATIFIED] The players in 1st and 2nd place - the Finalists - proceed to the Final: the Finalists play games against each other until TWO games have been won by a Finalist, who is awarded the title of Champion and first place in the tournament, and is declared the winner of the tournament. The other Finalist is awarded second place.

5. [RATIFIED] Unless otherwise agreed by both players:
   a. The map shall be chosen randomly from the official tournament map list: http://pastebin.com/raw/jgmHTYxA
   b.  i. If Player 2 loses a round-robin game, the losing player shall be Player 1 in their next round-robin game, if any, against the same opponent.
      ii. If Player 2 loses a game during the Final, the losing player shall be Player 1 in the next game.
   c. Each player may privately choose their faction and leader, or choose to have a random faction.
   d. All other settings shall be left as the defaults.