About

Hello all! Welcome to the first (and hopefully not the last) installment of the SAOT! The following is a tourney aimed at giving as many local South Africans a chance to participate in a tourney. We are still looking for staff so if you’re not from here down under but want to get involved, let me know. =D

Mappools

Please see Google Sheet hosting Mappools for respective Divisions.

Information

• Tourney to happen only over the weekend of June 14th - 16th.
• South Africans only tournament – Ranks 500 through to Rank 1 will be allowed to participate
• Mod Specific Maps – NM, DT, HD and HR will be featured in provided mappools for each division
• Score v2
• 4 Divisions based on local rank – Detailing of each Division as below under Match Procedure;
• Mappools will be announced on June 03rd
• Division IV will host a qualifier of 5 maps. Based on total score across these 5 maps, the top 16 players will progress into a 1v1 knock out stages.
• Across all Divisions (I - IV) in the knockout stages the following format will be used:
• Best of 7
• 1 Ban each
• Highest Roll Bans First / Picks Second
• All Divisions will host a match for 3rd Place
• Please note that based on number of registrations - The top players of each Division will be required to play in the Division above theirs in order to have 16 players per Division - This is compulsory.
Failure to comply with this will have it so that Division rewards will not be granted at the end of the tournament to the respective player.

A Feedback Tool will be provided once the tournament is complete. Feel free to DM Husser#3468 if you have any feedback in the interim

Registration

REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Rules

• Beatmap scoring is based on Score V2.
• Use of the Visual Settings to alter background dim or disable beatmap elements like storyboards and skins are allowed.
• If the beatmap ends in a draw, the game will be nullified.
• If a player disconnects, they get treated as if they failed the beatmap.
• Disconnects within 30 seconds after beatmap begin can be rematched. This is up to the referee's discretion. The played beatmap might be aborted for this.
• Beatmaps cannot be reused in the same match.
• If less than the minimum required players attend, the maximum time the match can be postponed is 10 minutes.
• Lag is not a valid reason to nullify a beatmap.
• All players are supposed to keep the match running fluent and without delays. Excessive match delays coming from the player's side can be issued with penalties.
• All players and referees must to be treated with respect. Instructions of the referees and tournament management is to be followed. Decisions labelled as final are not to be objected.
• Disrupting the match by foul play, picking inappropriate warm-up beatmaps, insulting and provoking other players or referees, delaying the match or other deliberate inappropriate misbehaviour is strictly prohibited.
• The multiplayer chatrooms underlie the osu! community rules. All chat rules apply to the multiplayer chatrooms, too.
• No BWS (badge weighting system) will be used just to confirm
• Any tiebreaker map acts as a Free Mod without the requirement to use a mod aside from NoMod (NM) / Free Mod mapsrequire a player to use a mod. Mods permitted for free mod are Hidden (HD) and Hardrock (HR).
• No warm-ups are to be played for qualifiers. In all bracket stages, 1 warm up map per player is permitted. Warm-up maps may not be longer than 04:00. Please note prior ruling on inappropriate warm-up up maps.
• Due to this being a 1v1 tournament, should a player fail the map at any time during the map being played, the point will be awarded to the opponent. As for Division IV Qualifier Maps - should a player complete the map and pass it, the points will be considered for tallying.

Match Procedures

Please be advised that based on number of registrations, division structures have been amended accordingly. I apologise for the need to do so. This has been done to ensure as fair a structure for all players. Thanks!

DIVISION I

DIVISION II

DIVISION III

DIVISION IV

Prizes

Division I
1st Place – 3 months of Osu! Supporter + 1 month Discord Nitro
2nd Place – 2 months of Osu! Supporter + 1 month Discord Nitro
3rd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter +1 month Discord Nitro

Division II
1st Place – 2 months of Osu! Supporter
2nd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter
3rd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter

Division III
1st Place – 2 months of Osu! Supporter
2nd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter
3rd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter

Division IV
1st Place – 2 months of Osu! Supporter
2nd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter
3rd Place – 1 month of Osu! Supporter

Unfortunately no badge due to this being the first instalment of SAOT
If anyone is willing to help sponsor osu! Supporter prizes, please DM me on Discord at Husser#3468

Staff

South African Tourney!
Pog

PogU

KZN gang has enter the chat

Guys don't pick DT I'm not good at it

ftgg

Meow

South African got this

Celine wrote:

South African got this

Gonna be a good time! ;D

SA Tourney HYPE. Time to skill up before the maps are revealed.

This is gonna be so much fun I can't wait to participate and watch!
Max respect for Husser and his team for doing this.

owo

pepoHYPE

Pog

PagChomp ZA gang

sick

Ouch, out of the country in June

But looking forward to if this happens again!

Seth-Rah wrote:

Ouch, out of the country in June

But looking forward to if this happens again!

Ah sucks man We'll do the best we can to ensure future instalments ^^

Maybe I should start practicing now 😅

OwO hope i dont get destroyed

Sounds like fun

No longer out of country because home affairs messed up

I am available, registered.

Yeet

HYPE

Pls no stream mapos

10/10 would play again

Unspoken Truth wrote:

10/10 would play again

Thank you so much for all you did to help and for also being an outstanding participant. I'm keen for next time