- This is an Open Rank 1v1 tournament.
- All signups must have a New Zealand flag on their profile or they will not be eligible to participate.
- Signups end at 23:59 NZST on Sunday 14th July.
- The score system used is ScoreV2.
- Format: Qualifiers -> Double Elimination.
- Players who sign up must join the Discord server and change their nickname to their osu! username.
- Staff may not sign up as players, with the exception of commentators and streamers.
- Mappools and bracket schedules will be released between the Sunday and Tuesday before matches (roughly a week in advance).
- Any form of disruptive/toxic behaviour is prohibited; specific rules can be found in the Discord server
- Staff have final say regarding the enforcement of any rules.
- All dates and times will be written in NZST (UTC+12)
- The designated referee will invite players 5 minutes before the lobby.
- Players are only allowed one playthrough in the Qualifier stage
- If a player disconnects within the first 30 seconds of a map, they may replay it at the end of the lobby at the referee’s discretion.
- The top 32 players of the Qualifier stage will progress to Round of 32.
- The double elimination bracket will be seeded by their qualifier performance based on their sum of placement on every map.
- The designated referee will invite players 5 minutes before the match.
- Players that are more than 10 minutes late will be considered to have forfeit their match.
- Warmups may be played before matches. If both players agree to warmups, they will roll for warmup order.
- Warmup maps must be shorter than 4 minutes.
- Protects will be privately submitted to the referee before the banning phase through either osu! or Discord Private messages.
- Players roll for pick/ban order. The winner will choose between the pick or ban order, the loser chooses the remaining.
- Banning phase will be done in a snake format (ABBA)
- Once the ban and protect phase has ended, any bans on a protected map will be voided and will remain playable.
- Both protects will be revealed after the banning phase unless neither protects had been activated
- Double bans are not allowed.
- Double picks are allowed.
- Players have 90 seconds to pick and ban maps.
- In the case of a tie, the Tiebreaker map will be played. Tiebreaker maps will be played as a Freemod where the player may select any combination of HD and HR.
- If a player disconnects within the first 30 seconds of a map, the map will be aborted and replayed.
- If a player disconnects after the first 30 seconds of a map, they will be considered to have forfeit the map, unless the opposing player chooses to allow the map to be replayed.
- Blatant toxicity from a player will result in a warning. If they continue to behave inappropriately they will be considered to have forfeit the match.
- Initial match times will be scheduled between Saturday 0:00 NZDT and Monday 0:00 NZDT.
- To reschedule a match the players must both confirm some proof of agreement (via screenshot or otherwise) and post in the #reschedule channel in the Discord server, which will be followed by a tick emote upon confirmation.
- Reschedules are allowed only if the reschedule request is made at least 6 hours prior to the match’s original time and 6 hours prior to the new proposed time.
- The proposed reschedule cannot be later than Tuesday 0:00 NZT.
- If a player does not respond to a reschedule request and the opposing player demonstrates they have made an effort to contact them, then their match will be postponed.
- If the opposing player does not respond to their reschedule requests by Monday 0:00 NZT, they will be considered to have forfeit their match; players must actively accept or deny rescheduling attempts.
Qualifiers: July 20 -> July 28
Round of 32: August 10 -> August 11 (BO9, 1BAN, 1PROTECT)
Round of 16: August 17 -> August 18 (BO9, 1BAN, 1PROTECT)
Quarter Finals: August 24 -> August 25 (BO11, 2BAN, 1PROTECT)
Semi Finals: August 31 -> September 1 (BO11, 2BAN, 1PROTECT)
Finals: September 7 -> September 8 (BO13, 2BAN, 1PROTECT)
Grand Finals: September 14 -> September 15 (BO13, 2BAN, 1PROTECT)
Hosts: 
Emilbus, cyndrean
Poolers: Emilbus, fish oil
Graphics: downy
Playtesters:
oslash, mimitaya, Haita, bromothymolblue, Eunqet
Referees: cyndrean, Emilbus, TotallyWaffles, parfait, 
foxy1919191919, 
SSScotty, 
-Silas-, 
Eunqet
Streamers: she gon pay me, Hellstorm, Pigssaymoo
Commentators: BobStevenson, TotallyWaffles, fish oil, she gon pay me, -Mythic-, Eunqet, 
aknzx
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If you are interested in helping to staff the tournament, either fill out this form or contact a host through Discord
1st: Profile Badge (pending) + Profile Banner + 33%
2nd: Profile Banner + 25%
3rd: Profile Banner + 18%
4th: 12%
5th: 8%
6th: 4%
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