<span></span><h3 style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Entry:</span></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><strong><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Teams will only need to register a team name and two representatives to contact on discord on the signup link provided below.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Signups for the qualifying rounds will close May 31st at midnight.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There will be an entry fee of $15 and $10 for returning teams, done through matcherino.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Once teams have signed up through the google doc, the moderators will get in contact with their captains to get them set up on matcherino.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">If you are an individual player that would like to make a team with other players to join the tournament or sub for teams already entered in the tournament you can join our discord and join the sub list!</span></p></li></ul></strong></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Qualifying:</span></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Qualifications will consist of a Swiss-Gauntlet tournament that will have 6 rounds spanning over 2 days. </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Games will be at 3/4/5pm CST on both June 3rd and 4th.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first pairings for the Swiss-Gauntlet will be released June 2nd.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teams will be required to check in with their five players an hour before the games begin on both June 3rd and 4th.  </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any team that does not check in will be counted as having forfeit for that day’s games.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After 6 rounds we will gather the top 10 teams(using the Buchholz Method and the tiebreakers in section 5.3.2 of the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpcC2VBvvTWymyDHRGdtsiCbr5h8IGvMoDCoxoBimYw/edit" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 121, 211); background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Phoenix League Rulebook</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> if needed)</span></p></li></ul></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Signup Page:</span></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.5;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.714284;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6Xuz-B-KTgy1Xb-ekZSrCpjj6l5Kq7rPuXATvFBAX2Dg-pQ/viewform" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Click Here!</span></a></p></li></ul></span></span></li></ul></h3>