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Event Rules

Swiss Stage:

  • 5 Rounds of Best of 1 (Bo1) series.
  • The Top 8 Players advance.
  • Seeding is randomized.
  • Tie Breakers:
    • Head to Head
    • Game Win %
    • Opponents Game Win %
    • Opponent point total (median Buchholz score)
  • Bye rules:
    • A bye can happen when there is an odd number of participants; in such cases, the player with a bye will earn 0.5pts.
    • The player to receive the bye is selected based on complex criteria by the Start.gg system that will prioritize creating pairs in the upper half of the group.
  • Expansion:
    • In the event of there being 32+ players registered, the Swiss Stage splits into 2 groups, with the Top 4 of each group advancing.

Single-Elimination Finals:

  • Seeding based on Swiss Stage standings.
  • Quarter & Semi-Finals are Best of 3 (Bo3)
  • Finals are Best of 5 (Bo5)

Standard 1v1 default rules.

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Match Rules

No Show / Delays

  • Players have 10 minutes to check in and begin talking with their opponents, failing to do so will result in a game loss for the delaying player.
    • After another 5 minutes, the player will be given another loss, and so on, until they either show or lose the series.
  • Depending on the circumstances, the admin team may allow more delay time.
    • Only if the delaying player has communicated these circumstances with admins.

Hosting

  • Game 1 is hosted by the High Seed.
    • In Best of 3+ Series, the loser of Game 1 will be the host of Game 2, and so on.
    • For the AMER bracket: In the event a player is in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, China, etc) the host will be the player from the Americas.

Map Pick Order

  • Players are free to agree on a map to be played for the Swiss stage. In case they do not agree, they will do the following draft:
    • Low Seed bans one map.
    • High Seed bans one map.
    • Low seed picks one map.
  • After Game 1, it is the loser's map choice with no back-to-back repeats.

Faction Pick Order

  • Both players agree on a matchup for Game 1 via the chat.
  • If an agreement cannot be made, a blind pick is called.
  • The losing player of each Game can freely swap their faction.

Bug / Exploit Abuse

Due to the nature of the NDA, we won't be sharing a list of known bugs and exploits that are prohibited here.

If you want to confirm whether something is or is not intended behavior, please do so via the Stormgate Playtest Discord server.

Crashes

  • In the event of a crash, the game is replayed.
  • The event organizers may rule the game won or lost depending on bracket circumstances.

Post-Game

  • Both players must fill in and confirm the game details in Start.gg after each game.
    • See the "Tasks" tab at the top of the Stat.gg match window for details.
    • Players must bundle all their replays and send them to the main admin of the bracket at the end of their competition for archiving.