IMPORTANT: the tournament is ONLY open to European players! Any player who is not European can be kicked out without notice.
The greatest Killer Instinct European online tournament is BACK for Season 3!
Tournament begins at 3 PM CEST of May 1st, 2016
Streaming at twitch.tv/shadowcountereu
RULES
-Every player MUST sign up on Challonge to participate. If you have problems, plese send a private message to SC AlbeFreak on Xbox Live as said above. It is advised to sign up using your gametag, so that it's easier for us to add you.
-Cap is 64 participants. Should the cap be reached, please sign up anyway, you will be put on the waiting list and have priority to get in if somebody does not show up.
-If there are a lot of participants, we might need to do some matches on Saturday, April 30th. We will send you a private message on Xbox Live to designate your opponent. This is to keep the tournament duration in a reasonable range.
-Every player MUST be on SC AlbeFreak's friend list on Xbox Live. When you sign up, please add him on Xbox Live (SC AlbeFreak).
-Matches are best of 3 rounds (the first player that gets two victories wins the match). Grand finals are best of 5 rounds (first player that gets 3 victories wins the match).
-You can only change character in-between rounds if you LOSE a round. If you win the round, you are forced to continue the match with the same character.
-The loser bracket will be played off-stream until it gets to the Loser Top 4.
-If the number of participants is too high, the first matches will be played off-stream and the streaming will be postponed to 4 PM.
-Players are required to be online on Xbox during the entire tournament. If a player's turn comes up and they are not online, their match can be postponed until no more matches can be played on that round. After that, the player will get a loss.
-There are no character restrictions.
-Players are advised to check their e-mail addresses often after signing up, for there could be some notifications from Challonge.