- This is a 4v4 draft tournament with a team size of 8 players consisting of 2 divisions.
- Players will register individually
- Division II* will consist of players who are left over from the draft of Division I - Only players who have a flag on their profile from a country in North America or South America are allowed to participate.
- Players must be between a rank range of #1 - 20,000 BWS.
- BWS Formula: BWS = rank^(0.9937^(badges^2)) - All matches will be played using Team VS, ScoreV2.
- All players must join the Discord server before the end of registration or else their registration shall be considered void.
- All scheduling will be done in UTC. Find your timezone along with conversions here.
- Reschedules must be submitted by Friday, 23:59UTC the week a round is due to happen. Reschedules beyond that point shall be reviewed and judged upon by administration.
- Staff are prohibited from participating in the tournament with the exception of streamers, commentators, and GFX artists.
- All players are expected to treat staff and other participants with a high level of respect. Any mistreatment or abuse in match, through Discord, or other social media platforms (this includes, but is not limited to: harassment, extreme toxicity, racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia, etc.) WILL NOT be tolerated. Sufficient punishment will be given accordingly.
- Forfeiting out of the tournament after being drafted because “you didn’t want to play anymore" or for any other non-emergency reason will have you added to the watchlist and prohibited from entering the next iteration. Players who register are agreeing to be potentially picked as captain or as a player.
- Where rules do not prevail, common sense shall. Administration has explicit discretion to apply their judgement on issues as they see fit.
Draft Procedures:
- 8 captains shall be picked by administration after the end of registration. Each captain shall be randomly assigned a number from 1 - 8.
- Administration takes into account previous tournament presence, tournament performance, and player knowledge when selecting captains.
- Each captain shall be given 90 seconds to pick a single player during the draft phase, taking turns in numerical order.
- The draft phase will follow a serpentine format:
- Round 1: 1, 2, 3, . . . , 6, 7, 8
Round 2: 8, 7, 6, . . . , 3, 2, 1
Round 3: 1, 2, 3, . . . , 6, 7, 8
- Round 1: 1, 2, 3, . . . , 6, 7, 8
- Following the draft, teams will then move onto a group stage. The seed number of each team is determined by their average BWS.
- Following group stage, the top 3 teams from each group shall move onto a double-elimination bracket stage.
Match Procedures:
- A referee will create a lobby and invite the captains. Captains are responsible for inviting their team into the lobby.
- Teams are expected to show up to matches on time.
- If a team fails to join the match 5 minutes from the scheduled match time, they will lose their roll and their ban(s).
- If a team fails to join the match 10 minutes from the scheduled match time, they will forfeit.
- It is a player's responsibility to come prepared for the match. If a player comes unprepared, the referee may use their judgement as they see fit.
- There are no warmups.
- There are no restrictions on picks or bans.
- NF will be enforced on all maps.
- Captains will roll for picks and bans. The winner of the roll may choose pick order or ban order. The loser will choose the remaining order.
- During group stage, teams will have 1 ban.
- Throughout bracket stage, teams will have 2 bans. Ban order is ABAB.
- Teams will have 2 minutes for bans, should they fail to choose one within that time, they will lose their ban.
- Teams will have 2 minutes for picks, should they fail to choose one within that time, the pick will be randomly rolled.
- Once a map is picked, teams will have 2 minutes to swap teammates and ready up. Once the timer is finished, the referee will force start the map.
- FreeMod picks allow HD, HR, and EZ (score multiplier is 1.75x).
- Teams are required to take at least 4 mods: one must be HD only while another must be HR only.
- Beyond that, there is free reign over mod combinations in order to meet the minimum requirement of 4 mods.
- HDHR and EZHD shall both count as 2 mods beyond the base requirements. (EX: HD + HR + HDHR + NM is allowed.)
- Tiebreakers are played with Freemod enabled, however, do not require players to use a mod.
- In the event of a disconnection, an abort/replay may be called if it occurred within the first 30 seconds of the map. Other than that, common sense will be applied. If proof exists of the disconnected player's score (or a rough estimate of their hypothetical score if they finished the map), it will be used. If it is at all ambiguous, that player’s score shall be considered zero. Each team is granted one replay per match.
- Disconnections are considered to be unexpected, game-breaking events out of a player’s control (i.e. keyboard/tablet/mouse malfunction, system failure, internet disconnect, etc). Offset, background dim, etc. ARE NOT considered valid reasons to call for an abort/replay as players may fix these on their own time.
Registration: January 24 - February 7 @23:59 UTC
Division I:
Draft: February 17 or February 18 (depends on captains)
Group Stage: February 24 - March 3
Finals: March 9 - March 10
Grand Finals: March 16 - March 17
Division II*:
Draft: February 24 or February 25 (depends on captains)
Group Stage: March 2 - March 10
Finals: March 16 - March 17
Grand Finals: March 23 - March 24
Round Information:
Group Stage: Best of 9 | 1 ban | 5 NM / 2 HD / 2 HR / 3 DT / 2 FM / 1 TB
Bracket Stage: Best of 13 | 2 bans | 6 NM / 3 HD / 3 HR / 4 DT / 3 FM / 1 TB
* Disclaimer: Division II shall only happen in the event that the tournament is properly supplemented. (At least 128 players)
Division I:
Draft: February 17 or February 18 (depends on captains)
Group Stage: February 24 - March 3
Finals: March 9 - March 10
Grand Finals: March 16 - March 17
Division II*:
Draft: February 24 or February 25 (depends on captains)
Group Stage: March 2 - March 10
Finals: March 16 - March 17
Grand Finals: March 23 - March 24
Round Information:
Group Stage: Best of 9 | 1 ban | 5 NM / 2 HD / 2 HR / 3 DT / 2 FM / 1 TB
Bracket Stage: Best of 13 | 2 bans | 6 NM / 3 HD / 3 HR / 4 DT / 3 FM / 1 TB
* Disclaimer: Division II shall only happen in the event that the tournament is properly supplemented. (At least 128 players)
First Place: profile badge* (pending) + profile banner (For both divisions)
Second/Third Place: profile banner
*profile badge prizing is only for Division I
If you would like to support the tournament via prizes and/or donations, please contact me (kay.io) through Discord!
Second/Third Place: profile banner
*profile badge prizing is only for Division I
If you would like to support the tournament via prizes and/or donations, please contact me (kay.io) through Discord!
Hosts: 
[K]
Spreadsheets: [K]
GFX: Cixia
Mappoolers:
resoa, 
Shiina Noriko
Playtesters: criller
Streamers: Flameztear, ROB_
Commentators:
- Juno -
Referees: [K], 
Aidown, freddiiieeee, ROB_, tigereyes144
If you are interested in staffing for the tournament, please message me (kay.io) through Discord! We are looking for streamers, commentators, and playtesters!
Spreadsheets:
GFX:
Mappoolers:
Playtesters:
Streamers:
Commentators:
Referees:
If you are interested in staffing for the tournament, please message me (kay.io) through Discord! We are looking for streamers, commentators, and playtesters!
** Rules are subject to change for clarifications and/or adjustments.
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