Event Rules
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.
Tournament Rules
Streaming
Patchwork Stream
- Players in the tournament must agree to some of their games being streamed on the patchworkgg twitch channel. The channel will have a sufficient delay such that no information can be gained through watching the stream.
- Around one match per Group will be selected for stream, 2-4 matches will be selected for stream from the Semi-Finals and all Finals matches will be on stream.
Player Streaming
- Players are welcome to stream their gameplay if there is a 30 second delay. The administrators are not responsible for any players gaining information through their opponents' streams.