WG Fest: festive capital-tournament. WG Fest: festive capital-tournament The prize fund is relevant for each of the playoff brackets

This Saturday, the annual Wargaming game festival took place in Moscow for the third time. WG Fest 2018 at the Expocentre brought together about 15,000 guests from 40 countries on a 30,000 m² site, which housed 28 entertainment zones. About a million 450 thousand users of social networks watched what was happening online.
WG Fest was conceived by the organizers (and, by the way, about 300 employees participated in the preparation) as a family format event, where not only Wargaming fans could find something to their liking.

Especially for the little guests, they organized a zone called "New Year's Sandbox": here, under the strict supervision of animators, children made foam plastic planes, fought on radio-controlled tanks, watched educational shows, cut into board games and participated in various master classes.

Girlfriends and wives of tankers could go far away from the battlefields to the zone of style, health and beauty at a special beauty base. However, the guys here were also offered the services of a barber or a transfer tattoo for a brutal image.

What event is complete without an avalanche of photos on social networks: this Saturday, the #wgfest2018 hashtag flashed every minute. Fortunately, the organizers tried to arrange unusual thematic photo zones: the audience posed with pleasure against the backdrop of a huge anchor, next to the tail of a combat aircraft, in an atmospheric tank hangar, in the middle of a post-apocalyptic desert, next to cosplayers, and so on.

The attendance record was certainly set by the World of Tanks gaming zone, where the number of virtual battles played exceeded 7,000. Moreover, several tournaments were held as part of WG Fest, which determined the best tankers of the fest.

The main stage hosted an unprecedented Clan Super Cup: the event was attended by the strongest players CIS and Europe in the "15 to 15" format. The victory in the fiercest battle was won by the European team FAME from the ROIDS clan. The reward for the guys was not only the delight of the audience, but also a super bowl with a cash prize of $25,000 and 500,000 units of in-game gold. The second place was taken by the CIS team TORNADO: $15,000 and 250,000 units of game gold.

Rostelecom, a partner of WG Fest, arranged a show match between the Wargaming and Rostelecom teams in its zone: Wargaming won with a score of 3:1. The winners of the game event "Road to WG Fest with Rostelecom" were immediately announced.

An important component of WG Fest is the concert program. This year, popular domestic performers - the Zveri group and Noize MC - performed on the main stage during the day. The headliners were Swedish power metallers (and, by the way, avid tankers) Sabaton with militant riffs and stories of great battles of the past in every song. They were joined by cover improvisers from Studio GREK and DJs from online radio for Wargaming.FM players.

Wargaming press conference

As part of the traditional press conference, representatives of Wargaming told about plans, updates and upcoming games.

World of Tanks News (Maxim Chuvalov, World of Tanks Global Publishing Director)

All players are encouraged to join the New Year's Offensive, a festive in-game event inspired by successful experience last year. It started on December 13th with some improvements: participants must get creative by decorating the holiday hangar in one of several styles, increase the level of the holiday, complete special tasks for special New Year's boxes with credits, equipment and decorations for the hangar.

This December, the idea of World of Tanks turns 10 years old: at the beginning of the winter of 2008, in the small kitchen of a simple Moscow apartment, Viktor Kisly, Petr Bityukov, Slava Makarov and Marat Karpeko finally decided on the concept of their action MMO: instead of elves-orcs, the guys made betting on tanks. And they didn't fail.

In honor of this important date, the company decided to thank the loyal players for their many years of support (almost 50% of the audience are veterans with 5 or more years of experience) by launching the "Deserved Award" program, which will last for a year and will affect everyone who plays Tanks more of the year. The scale of nishtyaks will directly depend on the experience: for example, for 4 or more years of loyalty, you can get the legendary tank T-50-2! The award fund contains credits, bonds, emblems, medals, and tank design styles. Alpha and beta testers will be rewarded with special patches and name framing.

In 2019, it is planned to introduce French wheeled reconnaissance armored vehicles (a full-fledged branch of 5 upgraded and one premium vehicle) with high speed (up to 110 km/h) and maneuverability. The Charge special ability will allow you to test new combat tactics.

In the first quarter of 2019, the "Frontline" mode will return: 30 vs 30 battles on a huge 9 km² HD map, but with some improvements. The format will change to a whole series of launches - one week each month, starting in February.

The ranks of Belavia will be replenished by a second, more advanced Tankolet, dressed in a new bright livery in the corporate colors of World of Tanks with a bison in the center of the composition. The branding also touched the interior: each of the 107 tables in the salon has its own unique information about the famous tank or self-propelled gun - in commemoration of the fact that World of Tanks is not only a game, but also a virtual museum of armored vehicles. The recruit made his first flight on December 12, delivering the Wargaming team to Moscow.

World of Warships (Sergey Tarasov, Regional Manager of World of Warships in the CIS)

In 2019, a new branch of British aircraft carriers will appear (after the release of an update that changes the class).

Also planned is the appearance of a branch of Soviet battleships, on which more than 25 people worked (artists, modelers, historians, game designers, Art QA employees, technical artists). More than 1,600 hours were spent on the design of ships, and another 5,300 hours were spent on creating models, and real drawings, documents, construction and design models of ships and photographs from the Central Naval Museum (St. Petersburg) and 5 state archives were used.

For example, the battleship "Soviet Union" of project 23 (IX level) existed only on paper - its drawings were found in the State Archives Russian Federation in the fund of the USSR Defense Committee. The kit was used only for demonstration in the Kremlin to Stalin. He is destined to swim only in the expanses of the virtual seas of WoW. As well as the Project 24 (X level) battleship, which was developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but did not end with the creation of a real ship. In order to recreate the appearance of the mysterious model, the Wargaming team had to delve into the documents of the funds of the ministries that participated in the work on the project as contractors.

Following the successful testing of submarines in the Special Operation Terror of the Deep, the Wargaming team plans to make this class a permanent participant in battles.

A new joint project with Yandex.Money has been announced: now players will receive more gifts and real money for each friend they bring to the sect. The rewards will be progressive, which will surely interest influencers, and the top 3 "inviters" will receive big bonuses. Invited, by the way, will compete among themselves on the experience gained (the prize fund for the winners is 100,000 rubles).

In 2019, World of Warships Legends is already preparing to take its place in the arsenal console games, promising epic 9v9 battles, historically accurate warships from the early 20th century, scenic maps, and 4K and HDR support. On December 21, a closed beta weekend starts in World of Warships Legends. (Registration - on the site wowslegends.com). For daredevils - exclusive assets and additional rewards after the release.

World of Tanks: Mercenaries (Ingo Horn, Console Communications Director)

In 2019, the console "Tanks" plan to regularly release new content, including for "Mercenaries". It is planned to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the game in a big way in February.

Wargaming Mobile (Nikolai Nebyshinets, Head of Strategic Initiatives at Wargaming Mobile)

Mobile direction - designated as a key priority for the company in 2019. Further business development will be ensured by a powerful infrastructure: 6 offices (including 4 internal development studios), Business Intelligence and Payments teams, developed relationships with platforms, full-fledged publishing. IN this moment Wargaming Mobile already has 350 employees.

At the moment, Wargaming Mobile is expanding its activities in the CIS, recruiting talented formed teams with experience in developing games on Unreal Engine 4. At the moment, 4 studios have signed contracts for the development of game prototypes, and active negotiations are underway with a couple more.

World of Tanks Blitz

Plans for 2019:

new European branch of tanks;
a lot of new content (other branches of tanks, maps, camouflages and body kits);
further development of the competitive direction.

World of Warships Blitz

Plans for 2019:

4 new ship branches;
more competitive game modes, including Fleet Wars.

Pagan Online (Yaropolk Rush, Pagan Online Publishing Director)

As part of the press conference, a new unexpected project based on Slavic mythology in the hack-n-slash action RPG genre was presented. The game will surely please connoisseurs of the "old school spirit", as well as those who have a number of questions to the modern gaming industry in terms of the quality of games and methods of monetization. The Serbian studio Mad Head Games is responsible for the development, the publisher is Wargaming.

Testing of Pagan Online is already in full swing in Europe and North America. Players from the CIS can join the process by applying to pagan-online.com, though playing and communicating in English. Launch announcements in other regions coming soon.

Tankers!

Registration for the capital tournament in the 3v3 format, timed to coincide with WG Fest, is closing. Hurry up - there's only one day left!

Our prize pool for today

What you need to know about the tournament

The most important feature of the capital tournament is its prize fund, which is formed depending on the number of registered teams. Simply put, the more participants, the better the prizes! It sounds, of course, impressive, but this infographic explains everything better.

If the capital tournament gathers 10,000 teams or more, the main prize for winning will be Rheinmetall Skorpion G+ 3000 + 60 days of Premium Account + invitations to WG Fest - and all this for each member of the winning team!

Bonus for early registration

Early registration is an opportunity to receive an additional prize. Here's how it works:

Register for the tournament before anyone else (by an eligible team).
Win the most battles in a tournament.
Each registration range (1-50; 51-100; 101-200; 201-400; 401-800; 801-1600) provides 30 days of Premium Account for each player of the winning team.
If two or more teams have the same result (the same number of wins), the prize is taken by the team that registered earlier. Technical victories do not count.

Brief regulation

The first day is the group stage. The second day is the playoffs. The battles will take place on the RU1 server, starting at 14:00 (Moscow time).
Format - "Attack / Defense".
Tech level is X.
The battle time is 7 minutes.
Maps: "Mines", "Steppes", "Cliff", "Kharkov", "Lost City", "Himmelsdorf", "Prokhorovka".

Participate in the capital tournament, it will be really cool!

Tankers!

Especially for WG Fest, which will be held very soon, we have opened registration for the capital tournament in the 3v3 format.

What you need to know about the tournament

The most important feature of the capital tournament is its prize fund, which is formed depending on the number of registered teams. Simply put, the more participants - the cooler the prizes! It sounds, of course, impressive, but this infographic explains everything better.

If the capital tournament gathers 10,000 teams or more, the main prize for winning will be Rheinmetall Skorpion G+ 3000 + 60 days of premium account + invitations to WG Fest - and all this for each member of the winning team!

Bonus for early registration

Early registration is an opportunity to receive an additional prize. Here's how it works:

Register for the tournament before anyone else (by an eligible team).
Win the most battles in a tournament.
Each registration range (1–50; 51–100; 101–200; 201–400; 401–800; 801–1600) provides 30 days of Premium Account for each player of the winning team.
If two or more teams have the same result (the same number of wins), the prize is taken by the team that registered earlier. Technical victories do not count.

Brief regulation

The first day is the group stage. The second day is the playoffs. The battles will take place on the RU1 server, starting at 14:00 (Moscow time).
Format - "Attack / Defense".
Tech level - X.
The battle time is 7 minutes.
Maps: "Mines", "Steppes", "Cliff", "Kharkov", "Lost City", "Himmelsdorf", "Prokhorovka".

Participate in the capital tournament, it will be really cool!

Basic provisions

Battle mode: "Encounter battle".

Team composition: 1 player.

Fight time: 5 minutes.

Base capture time: 60 seconds.

It is allowed to use premium tanks, shells and consumables.

The interval between fights within a match is 2 minutes.

The tournament is held with the help of an automatic battle system (“Special Bouts”).

The tournament is held on the server RU2.

Tournament draws are drawn randomly.

Only Tier VIII vehicles are allowed to participate.

Complaints about violations of the rules of the game (for example, about insults) are accepted only through the in-game system.

Players must comply with the World of Tanks Massively Multiplayer Online Game User Agreement, as well as the Game Rules.

The tournament consists of two stages: Group stage(Round Robin) and Playoffs (Single Elimination).

Group stage

All teams will be divided into groups, with a maximum of 4 teams per group.

If none of the teams managed to win 3 fights in a match, the victory in the match is awarded to the team that won the most fights.

Point distribution system in the group stage:

For the victory - 3 points;
For a draw - 1 point;
For defeat - 0 points.

If two or more teams have the same number of points, places in standings are defined as follows: *

based on the results of all head-to-head matches between opposing teams;
by the largest difference between won and lost battles in head-to-head matches between opposing teams;
by the largest number of won fights in head-to-head matches between opposing teams;

* in case of disqualification of a team during the Tournament, the points scored by it, as well as the points of opponents scored in battles with it, will not be taken into account when calculating the position of the teams in the final standings.

* The organizer reserves the right to appoint a complete replay of the match between the disputing teams. The replay map is determined by the Organizer.

Teams that take 1st-2nd place in the groups receive the right to participate in the playoffs of the tournament. If all indicators are equal, all arguing teams go to the playoff stage.

play off

Teams that advance to the playoffs will be evenly divided into six tournament brackets.

The winner of the match is the team that first wins 2 victories in a series of a maximum of 3 fights.

If none of the teams managed to win 2 fights in a match, the victory in the match is awarded to the team that won the most fights.

In the event of a tie within a particular play-off match, an additional match is scheduled. An additional match consists of 3 fights and is held until the first victory. The team that wins the series of additional fights first is considered the winner of the match. In the event of a tie after the extra match, both teams are disqualified for passive play.

The winner of the final match of each bracket is the team that first achieves 3 victories in a series of a maximum of 5 fights.

If none of the teams managed to win 3 fights in the final match, the victory in the match is awarded to the team that won the most fights.

In the event of a tie in the final play-off match, an additional match is scheduled to be played until the first win. The first team to win a series of additional battles is considered the winner of the match.

Tournament Schedule

Group stage:

Tour 1 - 20:00 - Himmelsdorf;
Round 2 - 20:30 - Prokhorovka;
Tour 3 - 21:00 - Mines.

Playoffs:

Round of 128 - 16:00 - Ensk;
Round of 64 - 16:30 - Sandy River;
Round of 32 - 17:00 - Murovanka;
Round of 16 - 17:30 - Redshire;

Quarter-final - 16:00 - Himmelsdorf;
Semifinal - 16:30 - Prokhorovka;
The final

Detailed tournament prize pool

Prize fund relevant for each of the playoff brackets.

1st place (6 people): a trip from Rostelecom to WG Fest and participation in the drawing of 900,000 rubles.
2nd place (6 people): 20,000 rubles each.
3rd–4th places (12 people): 15,000 rubles each.
5th–8th places (24 people): 10,000 rubles each.
9th–16th places (48 people): 7,500 rubles each.
17th–32nd places (96 people): 5,000 rubles each.
33rd–64th places (192 people): 3,500 rubles each.