Pro League Status

Like announced before we will get the pro league status in all Trackmania Premierships from now on. This includes the Competition Season IV as well as the Speed Season II. But - what does that mean? What is behind that status? Here the most important fact in an overview:

Extra Penalty Points - Major and Minor PPs

Some of you may know this system. Mostly the ones of you, following the ESL Pro Series or the ESL Major Series. Now we added exactly the same penalty point system in the ESL Trackmania Premierships! For those of you who do not know the system yet - a short describtion:

No influence on and from regular ESL tourneys: You forgot a screenshot in some ICQ ladder? You accidentally didn't show up in some Trackmania ladder match? Normally you wont be able to play in the Trackmania Premierships, if such things happen too often. From now on only penalty points you got in the ESL Trackmania Premierships affect the Trackmania Premierships. And all regular penalty points only affect the regular ESL tourneys! Example

Major PPs for big and Minor PPs for small mistakes: You basically can compare one Minor PP with 1 regular penalty point. A Major PP is equal to three regular penalty points. Penalty points are given for rule violations. For minor offences participants are given minor penalties and for greater offences they are given major penalties. The complete penalty catalogue can be found in the rulebook (which is not released yet).

Beware - Don't get too much! For each minor penalty point the teams ranking points get reduced by 0.33, for each major penalty point the teams ranking points get reduced by 1. Should a participant collect penalties that total up to a point deduction of 3 major or 9 minor penalty points, they will be removed from the ongoing ESL Trackmania Premierships season.

Wildcards - No Default Wins

As you know we had a lot default wins in the past seasons. Default wins always distort the rankings. They are unfair for some teams. With the wildcard system we force the teams to play on the scheduled date and only allow a move if the team has a wildcard left.
Each team has two (2) wildcards from the beginning. To move a match more than +-4 hours you need to take a wildcard! You are able to do that by opening a match protest. Here a small extraction from the rulebook:

3.17 Wildcards
Wildcards can be drawn at any time before the start of the match. This penalty will also be awarded to a participant if a wildcard was removed from their account for other reasons.
In addition, if wildcards are drawn within the periods listed below additional penalties are awarded:

- between 48 and 24 hours before the match start: one (1) minor penalty
- between 24 and 2 hours before the match start: two (2) minor penalties
- Less than 2 hours before the match start: three (3) minor penalties

If a participant fails to show up for a match without drawing a wildcard, one (1) major penalty is awarded and 1 wildcard is removed.
All rules regarding wildcards and no shows can be found in the final rulebook as soon as it is released.

Prizes

There is only one thing left - separates us from the top leagues like the ESL Pro Series or the ESL Major Series: We have no prizes! You want us to change that - of course - but unfortunately the Electronic Sports League has no capacities to give out prizes at the moment. But now it's your turn: You know how to get prizes? You want to spread your ideas? Maybe you got good contacts? Just eMail us your ideas to deathdriver@staff.esl.eu.





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The ESL TMNF Competition Premiership Season 4 will start at the
13th of September

Prepare yourself for the fourth season of the biggest Trackmania league.


Yours
   ESL TMNF Elite Admins!