Blazblue: Centralfiction tournament sets are First to Two, Best of Three, except Winners Finals, Losers Finals, and Grand Finals sets, which are First to Three, Best of Five.

Some matches in the bracket will be marked as stream matches. If your next match is marked as a stream match, wait to be pinged in ⁠#stream-queue, then join the stream lobby and play your match there. If your match is marked as a stream match but you have not been called to play it yet, hang tight! You'll probably be up very soon.

There is a 15 minute DQ timer after the proper start time of the tournament. Players must report for a match within 15 minutes of being contacted by their opponent. Failure to report for a match within this time results in a player being disqualified from THAT match. If your opponent does not show up 15 minutes after you contact them, please contact the bracket runner in the Discord server and they will issue your opponent a DQ.

When playing matches not marked as stream matches, please use the ⁠#matchmaking channel in the Discord server to contact your opponents and share lobby links. Please play your matches as soon as your opponent is ready. Do not wait for the rest of the round in the bracket to catch up.

DO NOT CHECK IN OR REPORT YOUR OWN SCORES ON START.GG. INSTEAD, after your set is over, please go to ⁠⁠#score-report and use the bot to report your scores. The format to report your scores is: "$report @winner number of games won @loser number of games won"

Example: $report @Tenarakunn #PlayCF 2 @John Flashkick #PlayCF 1

Make sure to ping the winner of the match first and the loser second! If you report a score incorrectly or are having trouble using the bot, please contact the bracket runner in the Discord server, and they will manually report the score of the match.

TMN Neo: Driving Lessons is a netplay bracket, and connection issues can and do happen in netplay. If you are experiencing connection issues DURING a set, stop the match IMMEDIATELY - not at the end of the round, not at the end of the game. Stop the match IMMEDIATELY and contact the bracket runner in the Discord server. Do NOT wait until after the match is completed and scores are reported to complain about connection issues. Once the match is played and the score is reported, the score of the match will stand as played, even if connection issues were present.

In addition, while TMN Neo's netplay brackets are open for players anywhere in the world to enter, Training Mode Network is NA-centered netplay community, and TMN Neo brackets are NA-preferential. In the event of a reported connection issue between a North American player and a player outside North America, the set will be immediately awarded to the North American player.