Welcome to KNOT!
- KNOT is an osu!standard Scorev2 tournament for people within the 50k-100k rank range, no rank buffer
- BWS formula will be applied to all player's rank (rank^(0.9937^(badges^2)))
- This is a 2v2 team tournament, with a team size of either 2 or 3.
- The tournament will follow a double elimination bracket system starting at Ro32.
- All teams will be a qualifiers stage to determine the top 32 teams that will enter the bracket stage, as well as to determine seeding.
- Grand Finals will have a bracket reset if the loser's team wins the first match.
- Staff registration are open! We are particularly looking for referees, so please fill out the staff registration form if you're interested!
General:
- All player MUST join the Discord.
- Players may sign up while out of rank range but must be within the rank range when registrations close.
- There will be no screening outside of removing players outside of the rank range and/or not in the discord.
- KNOT tournaments does not tolerate any form of misconduct towards other players and staff. Please follow our Discord server's rules, as well as osu! Community rules at all times.
- All staff (excluding referees and commentators) are prohibited from participating as
players. - Players without a team may join the server and advertise themselves as a free agent. If you do not have a team please do not sign up until you have created one.
- Teams will sign up for a qualifiers lobby using the #scheduling channel and typing in an available qualifier ID from the main sheet. Teams may also request for custom lobbies in the channel.
- The star rating for Qualifiers is 5.7* and will have the following mod pools: 4NM | 2HD | 2HR | 2DT
- All teams will have 2 players at a time playing during the qualifier lobby. Players may be swapped out in between maps
- All teams will play through the mappool in order and will only play each map once. If you get a bad score, that's a you problem.
- There are no warmup maps for lobbies
- Referees will inform players of their match lobbies 15 minutes in advance and send invites to the captains 5 minutes in advance of the start of the lobby. It is the captain's responsibility to invite their remaining players.
- The lobby will wait not longer than 10 minutes for a player to show up. Late players will have the option to reschedule to a later lobby
- If a player disconnects or experiences technical difficulties within 30 seconds of a map, players will be allowed to call for an abort and the map will be replayed.
- Qualifier results will be calculated using a team's average score.
- NF will be on at all times
- The star rating for each stage will be as follows (starting from ro32): [5.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.3]
- Matches will be scheduled between the captains of both teams on their own accord. Once a date and time has been agreed upon, the captain of one team will post a screenshot of their agreed upon time in #scheduling. Matches can be scheduled any time between Friday-Monday.
- Referees will inform players of their match lobbies 15 minutes in advance and send invites to the captains 5 minutes in advance of the start of the lobby. It is the captain's responsibility to invite their remaining players.
- If a team is not available in the lobby 15 minutes after the lobby has been created, the opposing team will win by default.
- Each team will be allowed to pick one warm up map under 4 minutes in length.
- Players will roll and the winner of the roll will get to determine either the pick or ban order. The loser of the roll will be allowed to pick the order of the remaining option.
- Teams will have 120 seconds for picks and for bans. If a team exceeds the 120 seconds given, the pick/ban will be forfeit and the opposing team will get to choose.
- After a pick is chosen, all players will be given 90 seconds to ready up.
- There is are no rules on what maps may be picked or banned (no double picks or double bans)
- If a player disconnects or experiences technical difficulties within 30 seconds of a map, players will be allowed to call for an abort and the map will be replayed.
- NF will be on at all times except for Freemod picks
- On Freemod picks, both players on each team will be required to take at least one unique mod that includes HD, HR, EZ, or FL. unique meaning they must be different. HDHR counts as HR only. All players are encouraged to take NF as well. Ez will have a 1.75x multiplier added to the score.
- Staff Registration: 7/2 - 7/17
- Player Registration: 7/9 - 7/17
- Qualifiers: 7/23 - 7/25
- Round of 32: 7/29 - 7/31
- Round of 16: 8/5 - 8/8
- Quarter Finals: 8/12 - 8/15
- Semi-finals: 8/19 - 8/22
- Finals: 8/26 - 8/29
- Grand Finals: 9/2 - 9/5
- 1st place: 3 months supporter + banner
- 2nd place: 2 months supporter + banner
- 3rd place: 1 month supporter + banner
- Hosts: Kikoyu, natchaniel
- Admins: Nibareaux
- Spreadsheeter: natchaniel
- Graphic Designer: Kikoyu
- Poolers: Kikoyu, Gingah, Nibareaux, begl
- Playtesters: Kikoyu, Gingah, Mommy Despair, Nibareaux, Sspannish, -NyX, Kisoi
- Streamers: Kikoyu
- Commentators: Mommy Despair, Gingah, Nibareaux, puyoxyz
- Referees: Kikoyu, wieniawski, puyoxyz, Iskas_, Legends, Furry Method, rety