Platinum Heroes Coach Clash 9

Admins: Juvator, Gator

Please read through the bullet points below for the rules and information regarding this tournament.

Scheduling:

• All players who sign up must check in on challonge within an hour of the tournament starting or they will be removed from the bracket.
• Please join the following communication networks:
• The in-game channel is /join Platinum Heroes on the NA Server
• You must be present on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/f5gQQPP
• You must sign up in the Matcherino page to receive the prize pool payout:
• All matches will be in the Bo3 format, with the exception of the Grand Finals.
• As soon as the bracket opens, message your first match opponent to begin a game lobby together. If you do not join your game lobby in 15 minutes, your opponent will be awarded a walkover.
• One or more matches from each round will be randomly chosen to be live-cast on the Twitch stream. If your match has been chosen for the live-cast, you and your opponent will be notified when the round is opened, and admins will contact you.
• All games will be played on the NA server unless Both players agree to play on another.
• Only admins and casters listed on the bracket page can be added to the game as observers, unless both players agree. This excludes streamed matches which will only have the tournament admin and the casters as observers. 
• In the event fewer than 12 participants are present at the start of the tournament, the format will be changed to double elimination OR group stage elimination. Please be patient as the tournament admin reformats the tournament. 

Match Logistics:

•  If a player disconnects, the game will be continued using the "Resume from replay" option in the game. If the disconnecting player is not in the lobby ready to replay the game after 5 minutes, they will forfeit the match. 
• If a player disconnects in the first 60 seconds of a match, the map will be completely restarted. Players abusing this rule may be subject to removal from the tournament.
• Matches should be played with no breaks in between games. Players may ask their opponent for an up-to-five minute break once per series for personal needs.
• Tournament entrants should not participate in ladder matches at any time when they may be asked to play their tournament matches, furthermore, anyone who is delaying the tournament in order to play in another tournament at the same time will be disqualified immediately.
• Both players must agree to a draw via in-game-chat. Drawn games will be remade on the same map.

Maps:

• Map pool is the current season's ladder map pool.
• Every round will be bo3 until the finals.
• Each map may be played only once per series. 
• Each round’s matches will start on the same map, this map will be visible above the bracket. Winner vetoes a map and then the loser chooses the next map.
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•  For the Bo5 finals, the higher seeded player on the challonge bracket will be player 1 and player 2. The map selection process is below:
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• Player A will veto one map.
• Player B will veto one map
• Player A chooses first map
• Player B chooses second map
• Player A chooses third map
• Player B chooses fourth map

Misc:

• You must play the same race throughout the tournament. Random players must play Random all tournament.
• If unforeseen circumstances force you to be unable to play after the tournament has begun, your opponent advances to the next round. Please let an admin know as soon as possible if you are unable to attend your matches.
• Please be respectful to other players and the admins. All admin decisions are final and may not be contested.
• Finally, Blizzard asks us to “Play nice; play fair.” We ask that you do your best to represent our tournament with class and grace. Respect all moderator decisions, and be as flexible as possible if things don’t go exactly as planned.