- Speed of Light 3 is an osu!mania 4-key tournament. This tournament will be the same structure as the last iteration, being a 1-vs-1, with teams of 2 structure. Players must communicate with their teammate to decide who will be playing each map.
- There are no rank requirements to sign up for this tournament. Be advised that Speed of Light 3 is being geared more towards physicality.
- There will be no SV maps.
- We will be utilising a protecting system in tandem with bans. Protected picks in a match cannot be banned, and Banned picks cannot be played.
- There will be 6 qualifiers for this tournament. All players will have the opportunity to play them twice during qualifier lobbies. We will only be taking one score into account for each qualifier, that being whichever player on a team scored the highest on a map.
- After qualifiers the tournament moves straight into Group Stage, meaning only the 64 highest seeded teams will advance into this round. Each group will contain one team of the following seedings, “Top Seed”, “High Seed”, “Low Seed”, and “Bottom Seed”. All teams in a group will be facing each other, and only the two best-performing teams will be advancing into Bracket Stage.
- Bracket Stage (Round of 32) is where the double-elimination bracket begins, meaning if a team loses in this round, they will move to Loser’s Bracket rather than be eliminated from the tournament. Losing in subsequent rounds from the Loser’s side however, will result in tournament elimination.
Organisers: | 
Penguinosity | 
[Crz]Crystalize | Lemonguy | -Sparky- | 
Albionthegreat | 
Mestro |
Mappool Selectors: |Penguinosity | lemonguy |
Mappers: |Penguinosity | lemonguy | Biosphere | 
Paturages | 
CrewK | Toaph Daddy | elexire | 
zaalseen | -mint- | Paraxia | 
guden | stupud man | 
Beatmap | 
MyZterioN- | 
YuEast 2018 | 
FelixSpade | 
Ska | 
TheFunk | Hylotl | 
Micleak | chxu | [Crz]Crysarlene | HowToPlayLN | 
Guilhermeziat | 
Pope Gadget | Percyqaz | 
yetii
Helpers: |
Pope Gadget | trans rights | Albionthegreat | Matthia | MyZterioN- | demiantorp | elexire | Piggy | chxu | zaalseen | Mipha- | Hubert | Toxic Scent | Shoira | arpia97 | 
bojii | UmmmMrMoo | MIkuaimbot | SuddenDeath | 
grillroasted
Referees: |Albionthegreat | -mint- | bonkmi | StartAndSelect | RhymesWithMash | Polytetral | Infinitstart | 
TheHunter1 | urielbg | YuEast 2018 | DannyPX | -Yubi- | vincent4399 | Danielstigman | 
MashedPotato | ERA PorkIsGreat | trans rights |
Streamers: |Paturages | SunApple | Albionthegreat | EpsilonMaiagare | bonkmi | konkawe | guden | Danielstigman |
Commentators: |-Sparky-| [Crz]Crysarlene | Penguinosity | ERA PorkIsGreat | Halo- | Dynascape | RhymesWithMash | Silhoueska Elze | Toaph Daddy | SunApple | -mint- | walmart5193 | AdamAckerville |
Graphic Designer: |Candy |
Sheet Makers: |Mestro | Albionthegreat |
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- Players cannot play more than 3 maps in a row during a match. It’s the referees job to keep track of this, however, it’s incredibly important that the players strategize around this.
- ScoreV2 will be used for all matches.
- During qualifiers, both players of a team are required to play each qualifier once. In the event of a no-show, the team will be automatically disqualified. In certain niche cases such as an internet disconnection, the lobby may be left open in order for a player to rejoin and set the required scores. This is up to the organiser’s discretion. Please reschedule your qualifier lobby ahead of time if problems arise.
- In the event of one team member not being present during the scheduled time for their match, the match can be postponed. The maximum time you can postpone a match is 15 minutes. All players must be online at all times for a match to continue.
- If there is no referee available, the game will be postponed.
- The schedule of each match will be established by the tournament organisers, with reschedules available.
- Failed scores will not be counted.
- If a player disconnects, it will be treated as a fail. Disconnections within the first 30 seconds of a beatmap, however, can result in the map being replayed. This is up to the referee’s discretion.
- Lag is not a valid reason to replay a beatmap.
- All players and referees must be treated with respect. Follow the instructions of the referees and tournament management. Final decisions should not be challenged.
- Stopping the game by foul play, picking inappropriate warmup beatmaps, insulting and provoking other players or referees, delaying the match or other inappropriate deliberate misbehavior is strictly prohibited.
- Unexpected incidents will be handled by the tournament organizers. Referees may allow greater tolerance depending on the circumstances.
- Penalties for violating the rules of the tournament are irrevocable, and will lead to disqualification of the team.
- A referee will create a multiplayer room 15 minutes in advance. Players must meet during this period.
- The room configuration is osu!mania, Team-Vs, Win Condition: 'ScoreV2'. The room name must be "(SOL Tournament): (TeamRed) vs (TeamBlue)".
- The team mentioned first in the name of the room must be the red team, the team mentioned second in the name of the room must be the blue team.
- Teams are free to select one beatmap for their warmup, or no map at all if desired. Warmups must not exceed more than 2:00 in length. Beatmaps with questionable or explicit content are prohibited. All warmups must be already submitted to osu!, and sent to the referee beforehand. If the warmup takes too long to download, it’s up to the referee’s discretion whether or not that map will be played.
- Each team must use "!roll" once in #multiplayer. The winner of the roll is what decides the order of Protects and Bans. The winner of the roll will protect first, the loser of the roll will protect second. The loser of the roll will then ban first, and the winner of the roll will ban second. The winner will then pick first.
- Beatmap selection will alternate between teams.
- During normal tournament play, players will be allowed to use Hidden, Fade-In, Flashlight, Mirror and NoFail mods to their discretion.
- The results of each stage will be posted in the master sheet once that stage has concluded.
The current prize pool is not final, as we still have a donation link open in the discord server. All donations go directly to this pool.
https://pif.ephemeral.ink/tournament-reports