- All participating players must join the Discord server
- Every year, there will be 2 tournaments, a Fall split and a Winter split, followed by a Championship Match between the winning team of each split
- The Fall split will be held in October - December and the Winter split will be held in January - March
- The Championship Match will be held some time afterwards, probably around April-May and will be a single bo15 match
- The tournaments will be double elimination
- The tournaments will be 2v2, with teams of up to 4 players
- Players sign up individually for this tourney and get grouped onto the same team as other players who attend the same school
- Schools can have a secondary (B) Team if they have 4 or more registrants
- Tiers will be determined by top 2 pp average. Tier 2 will be teams with an average less than 8,000, Tier 1 will be those with 8,000+
- Tiers will be calculated at roster lock deadline
- There will be a separate T1 and T2 qualifiers pools
- Tournament matches will use ScoreV2 system, and permit touchscreen with no score penalty
- Every match during and after finals will be streamed; other matches may be streamed depending on availability of streamers
- Team captains may DM the hosts indicating their availability for the week, preferences can be taken into account if they are submitted before the end of the previous week’s final Sunday match
- The hosts may choose to ask teams for justification for their availabilities and may choose to ignore preferences if deemed unreasonable
- If both parties agree to reschedule their match, a screenshot verifying this must be sent to the #rescheduling text channel
- At least 24 hours before the earlier of the original and new match times are requested to guarantee that staff can accommodate a ref and streaming crew in time
- If a team does not have at least 2 of their members in the match lobby by 10 minutes after their scheduled start time, it will be considered a forfeit and the opposing team will receive a Win By Default (WBD)
- Warmups are allowed
- As the number of entrants is unlimited, there will be a qualifier round which all teams must play to possibly qualify for the main bracket stage
- The qualifiers mappool will consist of 4 NMs, 2 HDs, 2 HRs and 2 DTs and will be played through once and in the order NM1, NM2, NM3, NM4, HD1, HD2, HR1, HR2, DT1, DT2
- RO32 and RO16 will be BO9, Quarterfinals and semifinals (QF & SF) will be BO11, Finals and Grand Finals (Fs & GFs) will be BO13
- 2 bans all-throughout
- Tier 1 SR (tentative): Q - 6.8,
Ro32 - 6.3, Ro16 - 6.5, QF - 6.7, SF - 6.9, F - 7.2, GF - 7.5 - Tier 2 SR (tentative): Q - 6.1,
Ro32 - 5.6, Ro16 - 5.8, QF - 6.0, SF - 6.2, F - 6.4, GF - 6.6 - All matches must have a ref present as they will assure the match progresses smoothly. At each match’s end, the ref will post match results in the #match-results text channel
- All participants must be taking classes at a university during at least the winter split
- A player may not represent a school which they do not attend
- This will be enforced by requesting all participants provide a school email which we may verify
- If a player attends classes at multiple institutions then they may choose which one they wish to represent
- Schools may merge as a last resort if there are no other players at their institution. This can be done by completing the team form as normal, as if you were under the same institution. Please DM MrChikn#7125 before submitting the form so I can verify and bypass validation. Schools must be close in location or relation.
- Sister campuses of the same school will be treated as the same institution.
- If your school wins the fall tournament the winning players may not register for the winter tournament
- Each tournament will have its own separate registration
- During the Championship Match your roster must be the same as the roster that won the tournament
- Teams can pick a warmup as long as it doesn't bleed into 10 minutes after the match should start
- Teams have 5 minutes from having two members in the lobby to completing their warmup
- The first team to have two members in the lobby gets first warmup. The other team does not have to be present to start
- These are supposed to be for fun, but refs have the power to abort maps if a team runs out of time
Each team will roll - If rolls tie, roll again
- The team that rolls the higher number can choose whether they wish to ban first (pick second) or pick first (ban second) (bans will alternate)
- NF will be enforced
- Both of a team’s bans may NOT be from the same mod category (except NM)
- 1 player must take HD/EZ/HDEZ/HDFL, and 1 player must take HR/HDHR/HRFL. Either player may take just FL, but both players cannot both take just FL
- If a player takes multiple mods, their teammate must still take at least one mod
- EZ has a 1.5x multiplier, FL has a 2.0x multiplier, EZFL has a 2.5x multiplier
- In the case of TB (and multiple TBs), players will DM the ref a single tiebreaker to ban. The unbanned TB will be played; if the teams ban the same map the ref will !roll 2 to determine the tiebreaker
- If a player is to disconnect less than a quarter of the way into a map or before 30 seconds, whichever is lesser, the team will be allowed to abort and restart the map if they choose
- Each team gets one restart for disconnects or malfunctions
- 120 second timers will be used for bans and picks; 60 second timers will be used for readying up after a pick has been made
- If a ref believes a team is stalling, they can take time out of their time out
- If a player disconnects after the first time, the map will not be replayed
- Each team gets a time out. 2 minutes for BO<13, and 3 minutes for BO13+
- Registrations Begin: January 1st 6 UTC - January 14th 23:59 UTC
- Team Roster Lock deadline: January 15th 0 UTC - January 25th 23:59 UTC
- Qualifiers: January 29th weekend
- Round of 32: February 5th weekend
- Round of 16: February 12th weekend
- Quarterfinals: February 19th weekend
- Semifinals: February 26th weekend
- Finals: March 5th weekend
- Grand Finals: March 12th weekend
Prizes for each placement listed below may increase in value as we find sponsors or any generous donors, but will not decrease. Badge however, is not guaranteed.
- Prizes for each placement listed below may increase in value as we find sponsors or any generous donors, but will not decrease. Badge however, is not guaranteed
- First Place: 2 months of osu! supporter per player, Profile Banner, Pending Badge (T1 only)
- Second Place: 1 month of osu! supporter, Profile Banner
- Third Place: Profile Banner
Host:
MrChikn
Sheeters:
MrChikn, 
P a t r i c k, 
ThunderBird2678
Graphics Designers:
Ouress
Mappoolers (Tier 1):
boncuss, -Arko, Gingah, 
Niqht, Too Slow
Mappoolers (Tier 2):
dqwed, MrChikn, Setizia, SirShyLordy, ThunderBird2678, JeZag
Playtesters (Tier 1):
nobully, -Arko, nick1324, ThunderBird2678, billie eilish, Frankie_
Playtesters (Tier 2):
3ms, MrChikn, Ouress, Setizia
Streamers:
Alex375, BronyKR, 
Mula Hwaka, Fortasse
Referees:
Akali393394, bonkmi, HKttyCatz, MrChikn, Mula Hwaka, Ozai, 
PstormQT,
Setizia, Sluggo, Suicune3, trijugate
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