[WHEN REGISTERING, MAKE SURE EACH PLAYER ENTERS THEIR CORRECT KO CITY ID. EXACTLY AS DISPLAYED IN THE GAME, INCLUDING CORRECT CAPITALIZATION. FAILURE TO INPUT THE CORRECT IDS WHEN REGISTERING THE TEAM CAN RESULT IN LOST PRIZING]

Format:

• The Gamemode will be League Play Team KO (3v3)

Qualifier Bracket:

• Double Elimination
• Winners bracket is Bo3 up to qualifying rounds which are Bo5 up to Finals.
• Losers' bracket is Bo3; The Losers Final will be a Bo5.
• Placement Tiebreakers are Bo3.
• Seeding and brackets will be posted between Registration close and the tournament start.
• 3rd-6th from S8 MNKO will be seeded into the qualifier (as long as the team has not made more than 1 roster change.)

The Tournament dates/time:

• EU Qualifier is on Saturday, May 13th, at 12 pm EST.

• NA Qualifier is on Sunday, May 21st, at 5 pm EST.

• EU Streamed Finals is on Saturday, June 3rd, at 12 pm EST.

• NA Streamed Finals is on Sunday, June 4th, at 5 pm EST.

Team Building

• If you have ever been banned from the game or any Knockout City community platform (e.g. Discord, Reddit, Twitch), you may be disqualified from competing at the sole discretion of the tournament organizers and Velan Studios.

• It's the team captain's responsibility to know who their teammates are. The entire team will be disqualified if it's found to have any players participating that are deemed ineligible to compete, or attempting to circumvent any ruling on their eligibility to compete.

Map Draft - Finals Only

• You will complete a map/ball draft. An admin will provide codes.
• All lobbies should be created according to the draft.

Server Hosting:

• The higher-seeded team (the name that is on top of the match on the bracket page and/or listed on the left when you select your match) is responsible for hosting the custom lobby in-game.
• EU Default server is Amsterdam
• NA Default server is Chicago or Dallas. Ask an admin for a coin flip to decide if the teams cannot agree.

Substitutes:

• You are allowed to have 1 Sub listed for the team.
• You are only allowed to play with the team members listed during registration unless cleared by a tournament admin.
• You MUST inform an Admin if you bring in your registered Sub. Prizing is only distributed to the main 3 players. Failure to notify an admin of using a Sub may result in a DQ and cause issues with prizing distribution.
• Once a Sub is used, they must remain for the remainder of the bracket. You are not allowed to swap players freely throughout the Tournament. Subs are only to be used if necessary.

Streaming

• You are allowed to stream your POV. We ask that you include "SunsetShowdown" in the stream title.
• If you decide to stream we suggest using a stream delay.
• If you want to have a spectator stream the match, BOTH teams need to agree on it, otherwise it is not allowed.

Other:

• If the game ties, play another one.

• No bugs or exploits are allowed to be used.

• 2v3 is not allowed. You must have a whole team.

• You may reset the match if a team loses a member within the first 30secs and no damage has been taken. You must notify an admin and record video evidence to validate the lobby reset. If you reset the lobby with no proof of a disconnect + no damage taken, you will FF that map. If you wish to report a lobby reset that was not justified, you must also provide video evidence to support the accusation. Otherwise, it is the Admin's discretion on how to proceed.

• If you reset the match, it must be played on the same map and with the same ball. If you intentionally reset the match to try and dodge a map or ball, you will be DQed. Video evidence is required to support any accusations of this behavior.

• The round must be played out if you lose a player after 30sec of start and/or mid-round. Once the round is over, you can reset the lobby and play out the rest of the match on the same map/ball, while maintaining the map score from the previous round.

• All participants must have a visible display name of at least three characters in length. The use of the Hex Color Code exploit to modify the display color of a display name is prohibited.

• IF A TEAM IS USING ANY EXPLOITS OR NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY RECORD VIDEO EVIDENCE, STOP THE GAME AND REPORT IT TO AN ADMIN. IF IT IS FOUND THAT YOU ARE STOPPING THE GAME AND DO NOT PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT RULE-BREAKING ACCUSATIONS, YOUR TEAM WILL FF THE MAP OR BE DISQUALIFIED. THIS IS AT THE ADMIN'S DISCRETION

TECH

AC130 - Launching a player into the sky to gain a height advantage. - ALLOWED

Self passing - Maneuvering a pass back to yourself to gain a charge. - ALLOWED

Flap Block - Someone flaps and then drops a ball they're holding, the ball will collide in mid-air with a ball heading at them, and save them from a hit. - ALLOWED

L-Tech - L Tech is a form of corner peeking where, by carefully positioning near a wall at an angle and throwing a straight shot, the ball will appear to "L curve" around the wall in front of you and fly directly at your target while keeping a larger portion of the wall in front of you, thereby reducing your hitbox while throwing near the corner. To the target, the ball cuts close enough to appear as if it's coming from behind the wall instead of around it. - ALLOWED