Close the Distance: The Monday Carnival July 12th 2021

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Rules

All names being the same is crucial for both finding your opponent and clarity for the TO. Please respect everybody’s time and make yourself easy to find. Keep in mind, to ping someone in Discord you only need to type "@" followed by the first few letters of their name and hit TAB to autocomplete.
Challonge: Once you are registered hit the big orange button that says "GO TO YOUR SETTINGS" to change your name to your discord name

You must Check In on Challonge and be available in the Discord prior to the start time of the tournament. Check In takes place 1 hour before the tournament begins. Signing up is not the same as Checking In.
Communicate with your opponent in the Discord to determine who will create the lobby.
Upon the request of the TO in the Discord, join the stream lobby.
Winner must report the match on Challonge.
Only one console/account per entrant.
DO NOT compete in Round 1 until the tournament has officially begun. Brackets are automatically reorganized by Challonge prior to the start of the tournament to account for competitors who have not checked in. (This usually takes a few minutes past start time to assure proper seeding)

FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE RULES CAN RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION

Matcherino: TBD

REGIONS

GENERAL INFO

Prize pool size determines payout.
Payout extends to 2nd place when the prize pool is >$15 (66.6/33.3)
Payout extends to top 3 after 50$ (60/30/10)
At the TO's discretion, payouts may be extended to Top 4 or 8, depending upon the total value of the pot. If this would occur, the TOs may also change Losers Semis to best 3 of 5.
Game – Guilty Gear Strive
Console – PC
Tournament Stream: closethedistancefgc - Twitch
Entry is Free
Tournament will be run from Discord: https://discord.gg/kzpWTg5cDR
When joining the discord, please assign yourself the role of 'Strive' using the reaction commands in the #roles channel. This will make communication with tournament participants easier.
Double Elimination
Regular Matches are Best 2 of 3
All Top 8 matches are Best 3 of 5 (Note - This is being done on an experimental basis and is not guaranteed for future instances of Monday Carnival)
Top 8 - All matches on Stream (This can be tentative to change based on amount of entries)
Loser has the option to change character. If the Winner chose Random Select, they must choose Random Select again.
Speed/Ping Tests can be performed upon request of competitor and will be discussed with the TO. If a conclusion cannot be agreed upon the match will be decided by a coin flip.

ONLINE TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC RULES:

Players must have an upload speed above 3 Mbps. Speeds can be checked [here.](https://www.speedtest.net/)
Players must have a ping below 60 ms when connected to a common server chosen between the players. Ping can be tested [here.](https://www.speedtest.net/)
If players cannot connect the player with the most amount of losses will be given the loss. If players have equal losses then both players will be given a loss.
Wired connections only. If there is suspicion that a Wi-fi connection is being used, the Tournament Organizers reserve the right to request photo verification of a wired connection. Disqualification can occur in the case of Wi-fi connections.
If a TO suspects that players are trying to game the rules and undermine the spirit of competition they will be immediately disqualified and not receive any prizes.
Players are prohibited from using macros, turbos, or any peripheral which tampers with standard game functionality. No bots.

FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE RULES CAN RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION

Players can report their own score.