Classic Tetris Wars Battle Royal Tournament 4

Tournament Format and Rules

There will be a total of 64 players that will participate in the tournament. Those players based on qualifying scores will be placed into one of the five following tiers: after all qualifying has been completed.

Tier 1: Seeds 1 through 8

Tier 2: Seeds 9 through 16

Tier 3: Seeds 17 through 32

Tier 4: Seeds 33 through 48

Tier 5: Seeds 49 through 64

Qualifying for the event will be 90 minutes long and will have a level 39 linecap as will all games during the event. For the qualifying, a system involving maxout points will be used. For each maxout a player gets during the event, they will be awarded a point. For every 200k above that score, they will be given an additional point. The kicker for a player to break ties will be their highest individual game score. An example of this is as follows, more info is available in the #battle-royal-4-qual-rules channel:

Less than 999,999: 0 points

999,999 to 1,199,999: 1 point

1,200,000 to 1,399,999: 2 points

1,400,000 to 1,599,999: 3 points

1,600,000 to 1,799,999: 4 points

1,800,000 and up: 5 points

For tournament placement, the top two tiers will recieve a double-bye into the third round and the third tier will earn a single-bye into the second round.. The fourth and fifth tiers will consist of the players participating in the first round. There will be four brackets that will each contain 16 players, each bracket will contain an equal number of players for each tier. with the placement decided by random selection. Each bracket therefore will look like this with player placement.

Round 1: (Tier 4)(Tier 4)(Tier 4)(Tier 4)(Tier 5)(Tier 5)(Tier 5)(Tier 5)

Round 2: (Tier 3)(Tier 3)(Tier 3)(Tier 3)(Round 1 Top 4)(Round 1 Top 4)(Round 1 Top 4)(Round 1 Top 4)

Round 3: (Tier 1)(Tier 1)(Tier 2)(Tier 2)(Round 2 Top 4)(Round 2 Top 4)(Round 2 Top 4)(Round 2 Top 4)

After the first three rounds are completed, the brackets will merge for the final two rounds and will be re-balanced based on the seeds of remaining players in the event ordered 1 to 16 from highest to lowest. The final brackets will then be comprised as follows:

Semi-Final 1: 1 vs 4 vs 5 vs 8 vs 9 vs 12 vs 13 vs 16

Semi-Final 2: 2 vs 3 vs 6 vs 7 vs 10 vs 11 vs 14 vs 15

Finals: Top 4 finishers in each semi-final.

In each round of the tournament, there will be a total of eight consecutive games played between all players. The finishing order of each player in each game will determine their points for that game. After all games have completed, the top four finishing players will advance to the next round. If there is a tie for the 4th position in a given round, the tied players will play a one-game playoff with the winner advancing. Scoring after each game will be conducted as follows. If there is an exact tie in score during any game, all tied players will receive the higher number of points among the tied positions.

1st Place: 10 Points

2nd Place: 8 Points

3rd Place: 6 Points

4th Place: 4 Points

5th Place: 3 Points

6th Place: 2 Points

7th Place: 1 Points

8th Place: 0 Points

The prize pool for the tournament will be paid out as follows based on percentages of the total prize pool raised by Matcherino. All players participating in the tournament will have a chance to win a prize even if they are a low tier, and prizes are permitted to stack if someone wins both a tier prize and a top 4 prize.

1st Place: 40% of prize pool

2nd Place: 20% of prize pool

3rd Place: 10% of prize pool

4th Place: 5% of prize pool

Top Overall Seed After Qualifying: 5% of prize pool

Highest Finishing Tier 2 Player: 5% of prize pool

Highest Finishing Tier 3 Player: 5% of prize pool

Highest Finishing Tier 4 Player: 5% of prize pool

Highest Finishing Tier 5 Player: 5% of prize pool

For scheduling purposes, players can be swapped between brackets if they are of the same tier as another player with the exception of tier 1, who cannot be swapped for balance reasons. When matches are scheduled, players have the ability to pre-record games if no swap is possible and those pre-recordings can be used for the games. If players pre-record, they should record 9 consecutive games, 8 for the main game and 1 for a potential tie-breaker if needed. If no swap is agreed and no pre-recording is submitted and a player no-shows a scheduled event, they will be disqualified from the tournament and the match that day will be played with the remaining players.