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New Battlegrounds tourney sign ups are open https://discord.gg/JpK3qNeUhr. This will be a 16 player top tier event featuring four brand new custom maps that have been created as part of the map competition I have hosted this year. It starts this coming Saturday!
Prizepool will be $300 for 1st, $100 for 2nd, $40 for 3rd/4th
Dates and maps can be seen on the brackets: https://tinyurl.com/NEWBGRNDS
IMPORTANT RULES
This tournament will be on the live patch and will use the tourney mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2091513375. To get round the fact that relic still haven't fixed observer mode...
After each game of the series the higher seed must submit the replay file to #replays-and-results
the next game of the series cannot not start until the replay file has been submitted. The lower seed should only ever submit the replay file as a last resort. We will enforce this!!
@Referees anyone that can help out on the days required please be there or be []. We'll use the standard ML ruleset, and enforce it as we see fit.
ML Points Apply - this will be a standard event.
Brit ranks will not count, sign ups will close on Friday 9th of July at 6pm BST.
Seeding will be 50% master league ranks 50% automatch (Brits aren't counted)
Casting the primary channel will be https://www.twitch.tv/AECoH but the first weekend will be open to other casters and channels also.