18 March 2024 starting from 8 PM
Tournament Format:
- This tournament will run in a Single-elimination format
- Qualifiers: Bo3 (Best of 3)
- Finals: Bo5 (Best of 5)
- Matches must be started as soon as all players join the match.
- Players are allowed to bring their own peripherals (headset, controller, mouse, keyboard, etc.)
Game Settings:
- Hold to Pause: Enabled
- Chat Visibility: None
Match Settings:
- Game Mode: Stock
- Teams: Off
- Lives: 3
- Match Time: 8:00
- Gadgets: Off
- Test Features: Off
- Map Set: 2v2
Lobby Settings:
- 1st Game Map Choosing: Random
- Afterward Games Map Choosing: Tournament Striking
Legend/Stance Locking:
- On the first game of any set, players will play (Best of 3 Rock-Paper-Scissors) to determine who locks in their Legend and Stance first.
- In every other game of a set, the winning player of the previous game must lock in their Legend and Stance before the losing player is required to.
- After both players are locked in, the lobby can move forward and map striking begins.
Map Striking:
- On the first game of any set, the Lobby Settings will be set to Random
- Every game afterward within the set, the Lobby Settings will be set to Tournament Striking.
- The losing player of the previous game must strike all but three stages from the map pool. The winning player of the previous game may then choose from the remaining three stages by striking two.
Stoppage of Time/Interruption of Game:
- If a player has an unforeseen issue preventing them from starting their next match, they may have up to 5 minutes within their set to correct the issue and start their match. After 5 minutes, it is up to the discretion of tournament administration whether or not the offending player will forfeit their match or if additional time will be given for the player to correct their issue.
- If the game has loaded and begun and a player has an unforeseen issue preventing them from competing in the game within the first 10 seconds of the game, they may suicide 3 times to prematurely terminate the game and correct their issue. As stated above, they will have 5 minutes within the entire set to correct these issues.