Competition Format

• 16 teams will be placed into 4 pools with 4 teams each. They will play in a small GSL format bracket, which will progress into a single elimination best-of-1 bracket. The Grand Finals will be best-of-3. Please refer to the schedule below for how each round will be played out!

Schedule (Subject to change):

Day 1

• 4:00PM - Team Check-in starts.
• 5:00PM - Group matches 1 will begin. (Bo1)
• 6:00PM - Group matches 2 will begin. (Bo1)
• 7:00PM - Group matches 3 will begin. (Bo1)

Day 2

• 4:00PM - Team Check-in starts.
• 5:00PM - Playoff Round Matches will begin. (Bo1)
• 6:00PM - Semi-final Matches will begin. (Bo1)

Day 3

• 4:00PM - Team Check-in starts.
• 5:00PM to 8:00PM - Grand Finals Match will begin. (Bo3)

Prizing

• Winning team prize: Five Model D mice from Glorious

Tournament Rules

• Teams who are not completely present are subject to being disqualified from Tournament.
• Incomplete teams may be asked to play without their full roster or face disqualification.
• When players have determined the outcome of any match; the captains will report the results to the Pool Captain or Tournament Admin.

Timeout Rules

• Each team is allowed TWO, 1 minute Tactical Timeouts each map using the /timeout feature in the game chat
• Each team is only allowed to call one tactical pause per half.
• In the event of an overtime, each team is allowed one (1) 60-second timeout in OT.
• Technical Timeouts will only be used for Technical difficulties and Disconnects. If someone DCs you will use the Timeout during the Buy round phase at the start of a round.
• Timeout 1: 10 minutes
• Timeout 2: 5 minutes

Disconnects after this will be played out 4v5. Any tech difficulties after the initial 2 timeouts will consist of 2 minute durations. If a Technical Timeout is used, both team captains must join discord to relay the reason for the used timeout if there is no admin in the game.

Lobby Settings

• Top Seed will create the custom lobby and will invite the opposite team captain via “Riot ID” using the Valorant platform. Team Captains will then invite their respective players to the lobby.

• Custom Lobbies

• CHEATS OFF

• TOURNAMENT MODE ON

• WIN BY TWO ON

Exploits

VALORANT has some bugs, exploits and glitches. Some of these are being hot fixed routinely. Most of these exploits pertain to certain agents. All agents will be available, KNOWN exploits and glitches will be listed in Discord. Timeouts and Disconnects

Coaches

• Each team is allowed a coach in the coaching slot for their matches as long as the coach is on the Start.gg page listed as a coach on the roster and their information is submitted to an Admin by roster lock.
• Coaches are only allowed to communicate with their team before the first round starts, halftime, the first buy phase of OT and during tactical timeouts during a map.

Map Pool (SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON CURRENT COMPETITIVE MAP POOL):

• Ascent
• Bind
• Breeze
• Haven
• Lotus
• Split
• Sunset
• No Icebox, Pearl,or Fracture

MAP VETOES AND SIDE SELECTION - (SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE CURRENT COMPETITIVE MAP POOL)

GSL Pools, Single Elimination Play-Off Bracket
Best of One: Top seed can choose to be Team A or Team B at the start of vetoes

• Team A - Ban 1 (Example: Ban Split)
• Team B - Ban 2 (Example: Ban Haven)
• Team A - Ban 3 (Example : Ban Icebox)
• Team B - Ban 4 (Example: Ban Ascent)
• Team A - Ban 5 (Example: Ban Pearl)
• Team B - Picks map between the 2 left (Example: Pick Lotus)
• Team A - Selects Side
  Captains can report their team's score.

Grand Finals - Best of Three: Top Seed can choose to be Team A or Team B at the start of vetoes

• Team A - Ban 1 map
• Team B - Ban 1 map
• Team A - Picks Map 1
• Team B - Map 1 side selection
• Team B - Picks Map 2
• Team A - Map 2 side selection
• Team A - Ban 1 map
• Team B - Ban 1 map
  Remaining map is played.
• Team A - Map 3 side selection
  Captains can report their team's score.