Disqualification

• Captains are responsible for ensuring their team is available to play. If members are unavailable for their match, they will have 10 minutes to arrive before being disqualified.

Series Length

• In the Group Stage of the tournament, it will be a Best-of-1 series, meaning only one map will be played. From the Semifinals onwards, it will be a Best-of-3 series, meaning the team to win two maps will proceed.

Map Selection

Best of 1

• To begin the map selection process, each team will be assigned Team A or B then, Team A's captain will ban a map. Team B's captain will ban another map, Team A will then pick a map to be played on, after which Team B will choose the side on which they start.

Best of 3

• Before the beginning of the series, Team A will ban a map.

Game 1

• Team B will pick the map, Team A will pick a side.

Game 2

• Team A will pick the map, Team B will pick a side.

Game 3 (If needed)

• Team B will pick the side and the 3rd map will be played.

Lobby Rules

Lobby Settings

• Each lobby must be set to the agreed map from above. Cheats much be turned off and the game mode must be set to standard.

Spectators

• Each lobby must not have spectators unless approved by the administration team. This does not include casters and observers.

Score Reporting

• Captains are required to submit a screenshot of the scoreboard tab for the match in the #score-reporting channel in the Patchwork discord server, along with the Group and/or Round they are submitting for.

Tiebreaker

• In the event of a tie between groups, the tie will be broken by Head-to-Head record first, then by round count.

Any additional queries may be asked in the Patchwork Discord server.