NOTE: This forum post contains a subset of the rules and regulations present in the linked Rules Document. Please refer to the Rules Document for a complete scope of all regulations.
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- The 5 Digit World Cup 2024 (5WC2024) is a country-based, world-cup-style tournament played in the osu! game mode.
- This is a 4v4, team size 8 tournament (minimum size of 6).
- Matches will be played using TeamVS and ScoreV2 with NF enforced on all maps.
- There will be a qualifiers stage that determines seeding for a double elimination round of 32 bracket stage.
- Country organizers are assigned and are responsible for submitting final rosters by the posted deadline.
- Warm-ups are not allowed.
- All posted times are in UTC+0.
- This tournament features protect rules.
- The BWS formula is now standard, and badges from before Jan 1, 2021 do not count.
- Players may only play for the country listed on their profile flag, unless specifically listed otherwise in the rules document.
- Changes have been made to the mappool structures & freemod rules.
- No FM in qualifiers.
- Warmups are prohibited.
Registrations
- All players must register at 5wc.stagec.xyz
- This tournament features a BWS (Badge Weighting System). The formula is bwsRank = rank^0.9937^badges^2. More information is available in the Rules Document.
- There is no rank buffer. Players must be exactly between #10,000-99,999 global rank (after BWS) by the end of registrations.
- After registrations are closed, the rank restriction will be lifted.
- All staff members are prohibited from participating.
- Players, team captains, and country organizers must remain in the Discord until their team has been eliminated.
- Players who have not registered during the registration phase will not be allowed to participate in the tournament.
- Players are registered to the country assigned to their osu! profile flag.
- There is not a "countryless" team. There are specific countries that may opt to merge with a larger country should their country not have 6 registrants. Please view the Rules Document for details.
- Each country will have exactly one designated organizer, appointed by administration.
- A country organizer is responsible for registering their country’s team through a private web interface.
- Country organizers who are not also registered players are not allowed to join the lobby or make decisions on behalf of their team under any circumstances.
- Country organizers who are not the registered team captain should never submit reschedule requests or otherwise act as the captain in any way.
- Country organizers may choose whether to play. They do not have to be the team captain, however they must select one.
- Country organizers are responsible for selecting legitimate players. Those who appear to be multiaccounting or cheating despite passing screening will be reported to the appropriate authorities immediately. In extreme cases, this can result in the entire team’s disqualification.
- If any core member of the team gets screened, country organizers are allowed to replace those players with any non-screened reserve player until the start of Qualifiers. Reserve players are NOT additional members of the roster - they exist solely to replace players that are screened out.
- Qualifiers will be played in Head to Head, ScoreV2, with NF enforced.
- Each country will have a distinct, private qualifiers lobby.
- 4 players must be present to play the qualifiers round. If at any point the team does not have 4 players available to play the qualifiers round, the lobby will conclude and must be rescheduled.
- Teams have 120 seconds between maps to ready up.
- Qualifiers will be played in order from NM1 to DT3.
- In order, there will be 5xNM, 3xHD, 3xHR, and 3xDT for a total of 14 maps.
- Qualifiers will be played through exactly once per team.
- Please view the Rules Document for disconnect rules and other information.
- Teams will have a designated referee for every match. This referee will notify both teams 15 minutes before the match is scheduled to begin.
- Lateness is defined as not having four players simultaneously present in the lobby when the match is scheduled to begin.
- Teams who are 5 minutes late will forfeit their protection, ban(s), and first pick.
- Teams who are 10 minutes late will receive a loss by default.
- All matches will be played in TeamVS with ScoreV2 and NF enforced.
- Split or asynchronous lobbies are prohibited.
- The !roll winner will protect second, ban first, and pick first.
- Please view the Rules Document for disconnect rules and other information.
- Protections (AKA protects) allow teams to prevent a map from being banned.
- Each team can choose a map to protect during the protect phase.
- A protected map cannot be banned by any team.
- A protected map can be picked by either team at any point.
- All rounds will have 2 bans.
- Bans are ABBA.
- Double banning is allowed.
- Double picking is allowed.
- Picks alternate between teams after the first pick.
- Teams will have 120 seconds between all decisions (protecting, banning, picking, and ready-up).
- Teams have one (1) 120-second timeout that can be used at any point and for any reason during the match.
- Timeouts that have been invoked after the current decision timer has finished will not count, appropriate delay of game punishments will apply in these circumstances.
- Please view the Rules Document for further information on delay of game punishments.
- Each team must take at least4 mods.
- At least 1 player must take HR or HDHR.
- A single player may not take more than 2 mods.
- No Fail (NF) does not count as a mod.
- Allowed mods: EZ, HD, HR, FL.
- Please view the Rules Document for further information on freemod rules.
- EZ - 1.75x
- Violations of rules from our Discord server will impact your standing in the tournament. The rules here extend to cover our Discord server which is viewed as an official communications platform, as is osu!Bancho, and will be treated as such.
- Players and Staff are expected to uphold the osu! community rules at all times.
- Administration reserves the right to punish — as they see fit on a case-by-case basis — toxicity, obscene language, slurs, and other derogatory language or behavior displayed in any match chat, community, or social media platform, including but not limited to osu!, Twitch, Discord, X (formerly Twitter), and private messages therein.
- Multiaccounting, cheating, and other foul play is not allowed. Rosters submitted in bad faith (for example, if an obvious cheater is on the team) will result in immediate disqualification of the player (or team in some cases) with a report made to the osu! Tournament Committee.
- Should a player be restricted for foul play while the tournament is ongoing, administration reserves the right to disqualify teams entirely and/or replay the bracket history in a fashion appropriate based on the stage of the tournament, in line with recommendations from the Tournament Committee.
- Custom skin elements must not be used such that they alter core gameplay elements or mechanics in unintended ways.
- If a map is to be replayed for any reason (aborted by referee, etc.) the roster must remain the same. If the match was aborted due to a player experiencing a technical or personal issue so severe that they are unable to play osu!, the team may swap that player out for another player on the roster.
- If a player disconnects from the match, their score will count as zero (0) unless adequate proof of a “last known score” is provided.
- Players are expected to keep the match running smoothly without delay. Harassment of staff members, toxicity towards other teams, and/or other language in chat or smoke that violates the community rules will result in immediate disqualification, pertinent to the judgement of administration.
- Instructions from referees and administration must be followed.
- Referees may be lenient or strict with the timers at their discretion, pertinent to the rules laid out in the Timers & Timeouts section.
- Administration reserves the right to alter these rules at any point. Any changes are guaranteed to be announced through an official channel in the Discord Server at the time of change.
- Administration may request a liveplay or recordings of individual players or teams at any moment without warning.
- Please view the Rules Document for further rules and other information.
- Player Registrations: January 22 - February 11, 23:59 UTC
- Team Submission Deadline: February 18, 23:59 UTC
- Screening Buffer: February 19 - March 4
- Qualifiers Showcase: March 4, TBA UTC
- Qualifiers: March 8 - March 10, 23:59 UTC
- Round of 32: March 16 - March 17
- Round of 16: March 23 - March 24
- Quarterfinals: March 30 - March 31
- Semifinals: April 6 - April 7
- Finals: April 13 - April 14
- Grand Finals: April 20 - April 21
Host: 
Stage
Admin: Lupa, ROB_, 
Timper, Tycani
Moderator:
Aetherian, 
BCraftMG, bento, 
Codiant, 
hrds, Skyy, Timper
Dev (Backend):
ilw8, rimjob
Dev (Frontend):
Akinari, 
Fairy Bread, 
Mario564, ROB_
Sheeter: [K]
GFX: [K], 
fFrequence, Boolmaster Flex
Artist:
Krimek, naikou_i_guess, Sydosys
Pooler: Aaaaaaalex, 
edbones, Elcheer, Lupa, N o o b, Tycani
Mapper:
Agllius, ajmosca, Elcheer, 
Feiri, fergas, Gordon, itstaipeople, 
Ixcors, Kyairie, Tycani
Playtester: Elcheer, Emerald Ages, Gordon, ikaenia, Inquisitives, leggings, LightsOut, niqht, 
Taldux, Tangela Merkel, YoshiLover456
Custom Map QA: Elcheer, Gordon, Tycani
Replayer: Elcheer, Emerald Ages, 
Fejlan, hrds, ikaenia, Inquisitives, Juicy-, Kahli, leggings, LightsOut, Merucy, niqht, Peti, Taldux, Tangela Merkel, YoshiLover456, ZeitFrost
Referee: [K], affirmedcheese, Ayase, BCraftMG, 
Chronicler, Dragoncurve, Emerald Ages, IMaxwellI, 
Isita, Iskas_, moss-, Peti, rock-on, 
Schoki, Skyy, Timper
Streamer: Aetherian, affirmedcheese, ilw8, Iskas_, Kahli, N o o b, ROB_
Commentator: affirmedcheese, bento, 
BlankTap, ikaenia, Kahli, M I L E S, N o o b, NeoPixel201, Sigge, Specter, Timper, Tycani
Editor: MrNoLife, Stage, Tycani
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