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- ESSA is an osu!standard, 1v1, open rank, double elimination tournament featuring various forms of tapping-oriented maps, whether it be raw speed, stamina, or finger control.
- All times are in UTC - find your timezone along with conversions here.
- All players are required to be in the Discord for this tournament before registrations end.
- ScoreV2 and No Fail will be enforced for every match.
- The win condition for every map will be accuracy.
- Players may optionally take Hidden on any maps.
- Staff are prohibited from playing in the tournament with the exception of streamers and commentators.
QUALIFIERS PROCEDURES:
- Qualifiers will be used to determine seeding for bracket stages.
- In order to keep lobbies running smoothly, 90 second timers will be used between maps for players to ready up.
- If a team fails to join their lobby 5 minutes after the scheduled time, they may choose to reschedule to another lobby.
- Each player will only get one playthrough of the mappool.
- All maps will be played with ScoreV2, but map placements will be sorted by accuracy.
- In the event of a player disconnecting during a map, they are allowed to replay said map at the end of the lobby.
- A referee will create a lobby before the scheduled match time and invite the players.
- If a player fails to join the match 5 minutes after the scheduled match time, they will lose their roll, protect, and bans.
- If a player fails to join the match 10 minutes from the scheduled match time, they will forfeit.
- There are no warmups.
- Players will roll for picks and bans. The winner of the roll may choose pick order or protect/ban order; the loser will choose the remaining order. (Ban and protect order are combined - if a player chooses to ban second, they also protect second.)
- There will be 1 protect and 1 ban for RO32.
- There will be 1 protect and 2 bans for RO16 and onwards.
- There are no restrictions regarding bans or picks.
- The ban order is ABAB.
- 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 concrete proof exists of the disconnected player's score, it will be used. If it is at all ambiguous, the disconnected player’s score shall not be counted.
- Should a tiebreaker happen, players may apply one or more of the following mods: HD or HR.
Each pick tests a wide range of tapping-oriented skillsets, and can be either NM, HR or DT (with HD optional).
ROUND INFORMATION:
Qualifiers: 8.4★ | 10 maps total
Round of 32: 7.4★ | Best of 9 | 1 ban, 1 protect | 14 maps total, 1 TB
Round of 16: 7.6★ | Best of 11 | 2 bans, 1 protect | 16 maps total, 1 TB
Quarterfinals: 8.2★ | Best of 11 | 2 bans, 1 protect | 16 maps total, 1 TB
Semifinals: 8.6★ | Best of 11 | 2 bans, 1 protect | 16 maps total, 1 TB
Finals: 8.9★ | Best of 13 | 2 bans, 1 protect | 18 maps total, 1 TB
Grand Finals: 9.2★ | Best of 13 | 2 bans, 1 protect | 18 maps total, 1 TB
Registrations: April 29 - May 13 @23:59 UTC
* two weeks screening buffer
Qualifiers: June 1 - June 2
Round of 32: June 8 - June 9
Round of 16: June 15 - June 16
Quarterfinals: June 22 - June 23
Semifinals: June 29 - June 30
Finals: July 6 - July 7
Grand Finals: July 13 - July 14
* two weeks screening buffer
Qualifiers: June 1 - June 2
Round of 32: June 8 - June 9
Round of 16: June 15 - June 16
Quarterfinals: June 22 - June 23
Semifinals: June 29 - June 30
Finals: July 6 - July 7
Grand Finals: July 13 - July 14
1st Place:
- profile badge (PENDING), profile banner, 50% of prize pool ($500), spectator ticket for full COE week
- profile banner, 30% of prize pool ($300)
- profile banner, 20% of prize pool ($200)
Hosts: 
enri, 
himejoshi
Co-Hosts: vana, ZeitFrost
Admins: TheHunter1, 
Tycani
Graphics: Mimon Baraka, 
Scub
Spreadsheets:
ShadeCegLgMn, 
Timper
Mappoolers: enri, himejoshi, Kurashina Asuka, 
Nopekjk, vana, xidorn, ZeitFrost
Mappers: Camo, Karliah, Kurashina Asuka, nooj, 
Raijodo
Playtesters:
-felicia, 
A]], 
Andros, Anroyz *, bunnylikemoney, 
Dwagon, enri, 
hedayo, 
Hundur *, Jakson *, Jeong Woo Yeong, jamin, Kama, Malteser, Milkteaism, nemroz *, okinamo, RhythmicRS, 
RyuK, Sawada, wr8th, yary
* Anroyz, Hundur, Jakson & nemroz are were added to the playtesting team after their elimination from the tournament.
Streamers: [GB]Rush_FTK, affirmedcheese, Elzix, flapczek, freddiiieeee, 
Hoaq, Izzeee, 
silversnax, 
SSScotty, Takiaz
Commentators: -felicia, -semi, 7Chibi, aeong, affirmedcheese, BlankTap, ChillierPear, Crystal Enjoyer, D I O, Elzix, enri, fieryrage, freddiiieeee, Furyfish, Gordon, I-Flame, Izzeee, 
Mavosiik, M I L E S, Pezz, Ralkinson, SadShiba, 
Spazza17, this1neguy, Tycani
Referees: -felicia, Aidown, Atipir, Bayern, Civil oath, draconia, Elzix, Emerald Ages, flapczek, freddiiieeee, Izzeee, Mini Gaunt, Nopekjk, P a t r i c k, 
shojan, ThatAvocado_Boi, TheHunter1, Tycani
If you are interested in staffing for this tournament, please contact enri (enri623) or himejoshi (resoaa) on Discord.
Co-Hosts:
Admins:
Graphics:
Spreadsheets:
Mappoolers:
Mappers:
Playtesters:
* Anroyz, Hundur, Jakson & nemroz are were added to the playtesting team after their elimination from the tournament.
Streamers:
Commentators:
Referees:
If you are interested in staffing for this tournament, please contact enri (enri623) or himejoshi (resoaa) on Discord.