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Deadline for competition entry and game selections: Sunday 5th September 2010
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LOCATION
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Nuremberg!! Nottingham 2008, Lisbon 2009, now the competition moves to Germany. In the heart of Europe, those daring to battle for the title of Mega Drive Champions will duel in Nuremberg for the honour of winning the World's Premier 16-bit competition.
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TEAMS
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Teams from England, Germany and Portugal will return. Fuelled by their domestic competitions those who showed their ability at a national level (and those who fluked themselves in qualifying positions) now get to brave the International Stage. New to the 2010 competition will be Team Holland and work is still underway to assemble teams in other countires. Those from other nations who wish to submit their own team for the 2010 competition should e-mail: admin@megadrivechamps.org
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STRUCTURE
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The European Mega Drive Championships are a team based event with three members per nation making up a team. Points are awarded to the team and not the individual. With five or less nations participating the competition runs as a league. With six or more nations the contest will take the form of an elimination league before a semi-final and a grand final. Games are selected by the individual members. Two-points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. The winning team will be crowned Mega Drive Champions of Europe.
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GAMES
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As ever a wide array of games are expected to be used in the 2010 event. The 2009 European Mega Drive Championship saw forty-one fixtures and thirty-three different titles selected by the competitiors. Sports games were light in 2009, but it is hoping some epic sports sims will return including World Cup Italia '90 which, in spite of graphical, audio and playability handicaps, has produced some of the best games in the contests. Dário Pelixo (believed to be the best Mega Drive player in the world) has still yet to be forgiven for selecting Herzog Zwei in 2009 - a dismal strategy game that has the potential to last several hours, we hope nobody selects this in 2010. Plaformers, racers, fighters, all are open for selection, but anybody who picks Rise of the Robots faces shame and scorn. No casino games will be played at the 2010 championship.
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"HOME" GAME SELECTION RULES
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Each member of the team nominates three 2-player competitive games (in preference order). Teams cannot select the same game twice and individuals must not chose two games from the same series, with the Administration deciding what constitutes a "series". The home team will also decide upon the winning conditions, although the administration reserve the right to veto winning conditions if they deem the fixture will take too long, traditionally winning conditions comprise of the fastest way to play the game (i.e. No 25 rounds of Eternal Champions when 1 will suffice).
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"AWAY" GAME RULES
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Teams will be randomly selected, by the administration, to battle on their opponents home games. The away team must then decide which of their members plays their away games. Each team member must play the same number of away games.
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"ADMINISTRAION" GAME RULES
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Traditionally 2 vs 2 or every man for himself 3-players, 2010 will see the inclusion of various 1-player titles to the traditional multi-player games.
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SEMI-FINAL GAMES
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In the event of six, or more, nations participating, each team will nominante a Semi-Final game and winning conditions, based on the same criteria as other home games. Qualifying Teams will play three head-to-head games, one team member per game.
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GRAND FINAL GAMES
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With the same rules as the semi-finals, except games are chosen randomly from the titles submitted during the group stage.
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ADDITIONAL RULES
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Selection Restrictions: Members are not permitted to play any away title more than once. Members are not permitted to play any individual title more than twice at the tournament.
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Failure to fulfil a fixture: Each fixture a team fails to fulfil will carry a one-point penalty, with victory awarded to the opposing team.
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Controllers: Members are free to use their own controllers, however, any controller with a turbo function is prohibited.
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Tiebreak: In the event of two teams finishing level on points an elimination tiebreak game on Super Street Fighter 2, in which all team members play, will determine standing.
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COFFEE
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The coffee took a major nose dive in 2009. Pressure will be on the German hosts to make sure that caffeinated beverages are of a quality and quantity befitting of a Mega Drive competition.
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Discuss the 2010 European Mega Drive Championship on Sega-16
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