UML Tournament for Patreon members! (Patreon)

I'm very excited to announce that for our Patreon members we will be organizing a PES 2021 tournament!

We want everyone to be able to compete and have a chance at winning so the tournament will be in coach mode, but you will still be able to have a big impact on how your team plays! First of all we're gonna have a fantasy draft so instead of choosing the team you're playing with, you will be able to draft your full squad! You will also have a full control over your formations and tactics before and after each match. The whole process and the tournament structure is explained down below.

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How to qualify:

Since this is a first time we're organizing a tournament, we will start off with 16 teams.

For you to be eligible for the tournament you have to be an active Patreon member.

Here's the breakdown of the number of qualifying spots based on the Patreon tier:

- 10 Premium tiers (3 active subscribers + 7 random picks)

- 5 Official tiers (2 longest subscribers + 3 random picks)

- 1 Standard tier (1 random pick)

We wanna award some of our most faitful supporters so the 3 active Premium members and 2 Official tier members with the longest subscriptions are eligible for the automatic qualification and were already messaged on Patreon (if you are one of them please check your Patreon inbox and reply if you want to compete)

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€160 Prize pool

1st place - €100

2nd place - €40

3rd place - €20

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Tournament structure

- 16 Teams

- Group stage (4 groups of 4 teams - single match vs each team)

- Knockout stage (single match in every phase)

- 3rd place match

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Game settings

- Coach mode (AI vs AI)

- 12 min.

- Superstar difficulty

- injuries off

- Hidden forms

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Fantasy Draft

Each team will need to pick:

- 2 Goalkeepers

- 7 Defenders (CB/LB/RB)

- 7 Midfielders (DMF/CMF/LMF/RMF/AMF)

- 6 Attackers (LWF/RWF/SS/CF)

- 3 extra (any position)

in total each team need to have 25

Draft format - Snake draft

Player pool - latest UML database

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Team Tactics

You will be able to create your own formations/tactics and pick the starting XI before each match.

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Dates

Picking members for the tournament: Late December

Draft date: Early January

Tournament date: January

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The draft and the broadcast of the matches will be done through discord!

If you want to compete, please send a private message on Patreon to "Ultimate Master League" with a comment "Registering for UML tournament" so if you get picked we can already know that you want to participate in the tournament.

If you have any questions feel free to ask, especially if someone isn't familiar with how the draft works. I hope you guys like this idea. I think it can be a lot of fun and if it shows to be successful, we will organize more tournaments in the future!

PS. UML December Update preview is coming out this week!

Discord link: https://discord.gg/8VBk3J3MyD