IF YOU DON'T MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REMOVED FROM THE BRACKET.

Qualifiers

• Qualifier 1: https://na-apprentice.challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason5Qual1
• Qualifier 2: https://na-apprentice.challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason5Qual2
• Qualifier 3: https://na-apprentice.challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason5Qual3

General Rules

• Player eligibility: Only NA citizens/residents who have not reached Group Stage 3 in any 2018 WCS event AND Group Stage 2 in 2019 WCS Winter may participate.
• Default servers (based on player location): NA vs NA -> NA Central, NA vs KR/SEA --> US West, NA vs EU --> US East
• Chat channel: ApprenticeNA
• Map pool: Ladder

Qualifier Format

• Top 8 finishers qualify for the main event (Top 4 from upper bracket and top 4 from lower bracket). 
• Bo3 double elimination.
• Higher seed (whoever has the lower number in the bracket) chooses to be A or B. Veto process is ABBA BAC.

Other Rules

• Check in begins 1 hour before the qualifier start time. If players don't check in, they will be disqualified.
• Players may claim a walkover win if their opponent doesn't show up within 15 minutes of the qualifier beginning, or within 10 minutes after the next match becomes available. Contact the admin (Sugar) in order to claim the walkover. If he is not in the in-game chat channel, message him on Discord (Sugar#3780).
• The chat channel is the players' primary method of contacting their opponents. Failure to be present in the in-game chat channel may lead to disqualification.
• If a draw happens for whatever reason, then that game must be played again on the same map.
• Players may stream their own games, but if they decide to, then they acknowledge the risks associated with doing so. Also, players reserve the right to decline anyone who wishes to stream/observe their matches.
• Players' Challonge names must match with their main StarCraft name. Any barcodes or clear smurf accounts will be removed from the bracket.  
• No race switching mid-series is allowed. Once map vetoes are completed, players must compete with their current race.
• No cheating/hacking of any form is tolerated. Any offenders will be removed from the bracket and banned from future events.
• Excessive BM/toxicity is not tolerated as well. Should any players experience this in-game, send a screenshot to the admin Sugar via Discord and if he determines the evidence is enough, the offending player will be removed from the bracket.