Region: NA only
Ruleset: FT2, Losers Winners and Grand Finals are FT3
Bracket start time will be 7 PM EST (6 PM Central)
Check ins start an hour prior to bracket start (6:00 PM EST and 5:00 PM Central) and end at precisely 20 minutes to bracket start (6:40 PM EST and 5:40 PM Central)
Check ins are on Discord only, and any player who fails to check in to the bracket are immediately DQ'd and removed from the bracket. Join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/fRGQ8CnbsT . Make sure you receive the TRO role from the pingable roles after joining the server!
Once bracket has started, players have 10 minutes to check in to their match for every round. Any player that fails to check in on Discord is immediately DQ'd into the losers bracket or eliminated.
If a player is double-bracketing, it is the player's responsibility to make the TO aware so they can adjust brackets as necessary. If a player is double-bracketing, they will be allowed an extra 5 minutes to check in and start playing their match.
Ethernet connection REQUIRED. If a player is found to be using wi-fi to play in bracket, that player is immediately disqualified from bracket. Players are subject to connection checks at any time by the discretion of the TO.
If a connection is deemed unplayable by either party, a player may contact a TO and initiate a connection check. The player with the higher upload speed will take the automatic set win and the bracket will continue as normal.
Should a DC happen mid-match, if the player who DC'd is able to be determined, that player will take an immediate game loss (For example, Player A and B are playing, but Player A DCs in the middle of the match. Player A will take a game loss, therefore the score is Player A 0-1 Player B). If neither player nor any TOs are able to determine who was the cause of the DC, players will replay the match from that point onwards. (For example, Players A and B disconnect during Game 2 with the score being Player A 1-0 Player B. Neither could be determined as the cause of the DC, so both players will instead go to replay Game 2 with the same score of 1-0.)