Anyone may sign up for the tournament regardless of rank or region, however every team may have at most 2 players with a BWS ranking < 10. Additionally, while there are no regional restrictions, teams will have to pick a single main timezone as a fallback if their preferred times don't match those of their opponents'. This basically means that if your team spans across multiple continents, you might get defaulted to times where 1-2 teammates are unavailable, but you at least get to choose which players you'd prefer the default times to cater to.
BWS Formula:
*Only badges from 2021 and onwards will be used for BWS calculation.
- -Format: 2v2, Ro32, double elimination
-Team Size: min 2 players, max 4 players
-At least 2 players in every team must be in the discord server!
-Open Rank
-No Regional Restrictions (player or team)
-ScoreV2, TeamVS
-There will be a qualifiers stage and the top 32 teams will move on to the main tournament!
-Seeding Formula:
-Round Structure:
Qualifiers: 3NMs 2HDs 2HRs 2DTs 2EXs | Pool is only played once
Ro32, Ro16, QF: 4NMs 2HDs 2HRs 3DTs 2FMs 2EXs 1TB | Bo11 | 1 Ban each
SF, F, GF: 5NMs 3HDs 3HRs 4DTs 2FMs 3EXs 1TB | Bo13 | 2 Bans each
*EX maps are meant to test skillcap and will usually be between 1 and 2 rounds harder than the current pool. More on them in match rules.
- General Rules
-Invites will be sent to team captains 5-10 minutes before match start by the referee.
-If the team captain cannot make it, one of the other players will receive the invite.
-Team members have up to 5 minutes after match start to show up. If they don't the match will be considered a forfeit. In case a team announces they might be late, we'll consider postponing / last minute reschedules on a case-by-case basis and with the opponents' opinion in mind.
-If you cannot make to the match it is possible to reschedule up until 24 hours before the match. Rescheduling requires both teams to agree on a time. Late reschedules will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
-After the lobby is created, both captains will do !roll.
-The higher roll wins and gets to pick between either first/second pick or first/second ban. For example, if the roll winner chooses to pick first, then the roll loser can choose if they want to ban first or second and vice versa.
-NFV2 is enforced on all maps.
-If the map ends in a draw, it will be replayed.
-No warmup maps are allowed.
Picks and bans
-You may double pick and ban.
-Ban format: abba
-Each team has the right to a 120 seconds timeout period once per match.
-Captains/ chosen players have 120 seconds to pick or ban a map. If they fail to do so within the required time their timeout will be used, as it is considered they need more time to make the decision. If they fail to pick or ban within the given time again or they already used their timeout their pick/ban will be skipped.
-If a player leaves a map within 30 seconds after its start the referee may abort the map. This can only be done once per team per match.
Freemod Rules
-Each team must have at least 1 unique mod on every player active on the same map. The following 3 count as unique mods:
1. HD / EZ / EZHD
2. HR / HDHR
3. FL / any mod combination that contains FL (consisting of HD,HR,EZ and FL)
-EZ multiplier is 1.75x score.
-TB may be played with any mod combination (Allowed mods: HD, HR, EZ, FL), including NM only. TB also has NF enforced
EX Rules
- HD optional
- If played with HD, the mod multiplier will be removed
- NF Enforced
- Might force different mod combinations (For example EX1 is NM(HD) and EX2 is DT(HD))
- Signups | 19 December – 14 January 22:00 UTC+0
Screening | 14 January – 28 January
Qualifiers | 1 February – 2 February
Ro32 | 8 February – 9 February
Ro16 | 15 February – 16 February
Quarterfinals | 22 February - 23 February
Semifinals | 1 March- 2 March
Finals | 8 March- 9 March
Grand Finals | 15 March- 16 March
Any monetary prize is dependent on donations and therefore will be announced later in the tournament. For now, the prizes consist of:
-First place: Profile Badge (pending) + Profile Banner + 100$
-Second place: Profile Banner
-Third place: Profile Banner
Huge thanks to Teetoos for the massive donation.
Host:RatonGolzache
Graphic Design:zMici,
Raybean,
Rosiee,
HyBeR
Administration:
Spreadsheeter:stat lord,
Quality Assurance:
Pool Selector:Ezius,
Playtester:3BDOOO,
marwin,
xtremeities,
FcEazy,
Mapper:Alvearia,
SinJao,
edbones,
Lightin,
Referee:RemTouk,
Bastaku,
Cessna,
ApplesVlux,
Shinohara Yuu,
Jrdem,
ellen-,
Commentator:Ulvind,
BlankTap,
Streamer: