- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
The “OlySt” team are pleased to invite you to fight in the next up and coming mixed 5x5 tournament. Compete for a prize pool of $1,000 and over 100,000 Golden Eagles.
Don’t miss the live streams in the competition which will be held simultaneously on 5 multi-language channels. Get prizes for watching the battles in the “OlySt CUP” tournament.
Team registration is open until 17:40 GMT on the 13th of March.
The tournament will involve teams of 7 players: 5 main and 2 reserve players. To register a team, please visit the tournament page.
Rewards
- 1st place — $500 (team prize), 2500 Golden Eagles, the “OlySt CUP Champion” title.
- 2nd place — $300 (team prize), 1500 Golden Eagles.
- 3rd place — $200 (team prize), 1000 Golden Eagles.
- 4th & 5th places — up to 700 Golden Eagles.
The total GE prize fund of the tournament is 100,100 Golden Eagles! Check out all the tournament prizes.
Players who rank from 2nd to 12th place will receive the title of "OlySt CUP Contender". The tournament has 12 prize places for a total of up to 128 teams!
Regulations in summary
The matches in the "OlySt CUP" tournament will be held in War Thunder over two weekends: from March 13th to 14st and from March 20th to 21st, at the time specified on the "about the tournament" page.
- Game mode: Realistic Battles with markers
- The tournament will be held in 2 stages: group (for 1 win) + playoffs (for 3 wins) with a double elimination system.
- Vehicles: a popular preset of ground vehicles and aircraft of rank I-IV (USSR, USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China and Sweden) will be available.
- Locations: Poland, Normandy, Advance to the Rhine, Sinai and Karelia.
- Training for participants of tournaments will take place on the 11th of March, the "Prototype OlySt CUP RBm 5x5" tournament will be held, which will sport a similar lineup.
Terms
- Victory in a tournament battle will be counted for the team that leads by score at the end of the battle time.
- For the correct count in the victory score it will be necessary to wait until the end of the battle.
- The possibility of selecting the location is available only in the playoff stage.
- We will contact the winners to clarify the method of transferring cash prizes within 7 working days after the end of the tournament.
- The cash prizes will be sent out within 45 calendar days from the time when the necessary data of the winning team is received from the captains.
- The awards will be made according to the place taken by the teams at the end of the tournament.
Twitch Drops (13th to 14th and 20th to 21st of March)
Drops are nice bonuses for stream viewers on “Twitch”! You can get awards on your War Thunder account just by watching streams with an activated on the account Twitch Drops feature.
Login to Twitch → connect your Gaijin account → click “Allow” to receive Twitch Drops!
Available streams
Viewers of the “OlySt CUP” can receive items such as:
Terms for receiving Twitch Drops
The time of the battles and streams will be specified in the “Schedule” block in the information for the tournament. Twitch Drops will be drawn between all connected with the Twitch and Gaijin account stream viewers indicated in this news. Awards will be given out randomly every few minutes. You will see when you have received Twitch Drops in the stream window.
FAQ
Q. What are Twitch Drops?
- They are rewards that viewers get in games, when they watch streams of these games on Twitch.
Q. Can I get something in War Thunder?
- Yes! The longer you watch War Thunder streams on sportsreadywt, esportsreadyde, esportsreadyfr, esportsreadyes or esportsreadyru the higher your chances are of getting a reward. You can get: the “OlySt Team'' decal, the OlySt team Camouflage for the La-7,the OlySt team Camouflage for the Tiger II (H) and the “OlySt Team Fan” title.
Q. Awesome! What do I need to do to have a chance of getting these rewards?
- You need to link your Gaijin and Twitch accounts:
- Register or enter your Twitch account login details on the website.
- Enter the login details for the Gaijin account you use to play War Thunder on this page, then click on the “Link” button.
- Click the “Allow” button!
Q. What streams do I need to watch to have a chance of getting the rewards?
- Watch the streams from the “OlySt CUP” tournament on the eSportsReady channels:
- https://www.twitch.tv/esportsreadywt
- https://www.twitch.tv/esportsreadyde
- https://www.twitch.tv/esportsreadyfr
- https://www.twitch.tv/esportsreadyes
- https://www.twitch.tv/esportsreadyru
Q. How can I find out if I have received a reward?
- If you get a reward, you will see a message on the stream Twitch page upper right corner. After that, you can find any rewards in your inventory in the game.ATTENTION! You need to click on the “Claim” button in the Twitch Drops Inventory before the end of the Twitch Drops campaign — until 20:00 GMT on the 21st of March! You will not be able to get any of the unlocked rewards after that!
Q. What platforms are these rewards available for?
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox series X|S versions of War Thunder. If you play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 or Xbox One, Xbox series X|S you will need to link your PlayStation Network/Xbox Live account to your Gaijin account.
- Guide for PlayStation 4 & 5 owners
- Guide for Xbox One & Xbox series X|S owners
Comments (44)
nice event, watching an interessting tournament and getting the la7 skin
Cant wait for player getting gaijined.
so uhm.... we won't get the drops for watching a certain amount of time, instead they are random this time? Also, the last drop was nice, i'm enjoying my M5A1 'Carol' very much indeed
What Happend to Tricolor Smoke?
Are the drops gonna work the same way like last rewards or will it give it to us automatically without us needing to go to another page to claim them before progressing to another reward.
Please read FAQ :)
"war thunder is esports ready-" *hamsters die*
top top top :)
tri colour smoke?