This tournament is inspired by the Corsace Open system for Poolsize, Picks and Bans.
Since this is my first tournament, the teamsize is decreased.

1. Rank range: 50k - 150k (by the end of registrations)
2. Mode: 2v2, Teamsize 4 (minimum 2 players)
3. ScoreV2 + NoFail will be enforced all the time.
4. All players are required to be on the Discord Server until their team is eliminated!
5. At the end of the Registration Phase, admins will do a screening of all players. If a player is found to be out of the rank range or have suspicious behaviors, they will be disqualified.
6. After Qualifiers, the Top 32 Teams will qualify for the Double Elimination bracket stage. (Should there be more than 96 teams playing in qualifiers, Top 64 teams will qualify instead.)
7. Grand Finals will feature a Bracket Reset, if the script makes it happen.
8. All times mentioned during this tournament, are in the format UTC. (Refer to timeanddate.com if you want to convert it to your timezone.)
9. Matches will be streamed according to the streamers availability. Goal is to stream every match from Semi Finals on. All matches that get streamed, will have a streamer assigned on the scheduling sheet.
10. Tournament staff is allowed to participate as well. If they are a referee, they are not allowed to ref their own match / qualifier. Not allowed to participate are Host, Admins, Poolers and Playtesters / Replayers.

Pools are generally released Sunday - Tuesday before the weekend.

1. The first stage of the tournament are the Qualifiers.
2. Teams sign up for any one of the lobbies shown on the Mainsheet.
3. Should a team miss their lobby, they may choose a different lobby that still has space.
4. If none of the lobbies work for your team, you may sign up for an extra lobby, at a time that suits you, in the designated discord channel. Please be aware that this option depends entirely on staff availability.
5. During these lobbies, each team will play through all maps once, from NM to DT.
6. After the pool has been played, the teams will get a second chance to play maps they feel like they can improve on. Team captains will tell the ref what maps they want to replay. These maps have to be in the same order as before. (eg. NM1, NM2, DT1 - is fine, but NM1, DT2, HR2 is NOT).
   

   Should there be a lack of referees for qualifiers, we might cancel the 2nd try. In case this happens, it will be announced before the qualifier lobbies start, so that everyone has equal opportunities.

7. If a player disconnects during the first 30 seconds of a map, the score is counted as is and should be played again during the 2nd try. If the 2nd try got canceled, the player will play the map after the lobby by themselves. There will be no 3rd try, in case of another disconnect.
8. If there one or more teams in the lobby do not want to replay a certain map, they will just wait for the other teams to finish.

1. In the discord, the referee will ping both teams 10-15 minutes prior to the scheduled match start.
   

   Should this not happen until 5 minutes before match start, please message the Admins/Host asap!

2. Match lobbies and invites will be created 5 - 10 minutes prior to match start.
3. Player have up to 10 minutes past match time to join the lobby. Does either team have less than 2 players by then, they will lose by default. Should both teams fail to have 2 players in by then, both teams will lose by default.
4. The first team in the lobby name is Team Red and plays in Slot 1 + 2. The other team is Team Blue, playing in Slot 3 + 4.
5. NoFail will be enforced for every map.
6. Each team has the option of 1 warmup map. This map shall not be longer than 4:00 minutes and cannot be a map from the pool. Warmups are played with Freemod ON.
7. After warmups are completed, both captains will !roll for Protect/Ban/Pick phase. - FORMAT BELOW!
8. The time for protecting, banning or picking a map is 90 seconds. After a pick was called, there will be a 120 second timer to get ready.
9. Due to the format, Double Picking and Double Banning are allowed!
10. Should a player disconnect within the first 30 seconds of a map, the map will be aborted. Should a player disconnect after 30 seconds, their score will count as 0 unless the score is provided.
    

    Aborts only happen once per team, per match!

11. Each team has an optional 120-second timeout, once per match. This timeout may be called at any stage in the match after the first map has been played.
12. FreeMod Rules: Each player must pick a unique mod! One player must pick HD/EZ/HDEZ, the other must pick HR/HDHR (EZ = x1.75, FL not allowed)!
    

    This DOES NOT apply for TieBreaker! NoMod or any mod combination is allowed!

The Match Format

1. Like in the usual tournament format, each team will pick maps in alternation.
2. This format introduces Protects and split Ban Phases.
3. This allows teams to secure a strong pick and choose bans alongside the match.
4. Team captains will !roll after warmups. The winner of said roll will Protect Second, Ban Second and Pick First.
5. Protects can be picked at any point of the match, but are not limited to the team that protected it. Both teams can pick either protect whenever they see fit.
6. After 4 maps have been played, teams will be able to ban again, with the losing team banning second.
   

   In case of a tie, the loser of the 4th map will ban second.

7. In Finals and Grand Finals, there will be a 3rd banning phase after an additional 4 maps have been played (8 total). Same rule as in the 2nd banning phase applies.

Visual explanation

Source: https://open.corsace.io/info
Team 1 = Winner of !roll, NOT team red!

We are still actively searching for streamers. So if you want to help out, don't hesitate to join the discord and tell us.