GerQC - Open Duel Masters

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Regeln
This tournament is open for players from every region!

Map Pool:
Awoken
Corrupted Keep
Crucible
Deep Embrace
Exile
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls

Streaming:
In principle, every game may be streamed by the players. If a stream delay is requested by one of the two players, streaming must be delayed by 45 seconds.
A streaming ban cannot be issued by either player.

Picks and Bans:
During the Swiss Stage the coin toss has to be random for every match.
During the final tournament the higher seed wins coin toss every match.
The coin toss winner bans the first map. The loser of the coin toss bans the second map. Alternate after that.
For maps it will be:
Ban
Ban
Pick
Pick
Ban
Ban
Pick
The coin toss winner bans the first champ on the first played map, the coin toss loser picks the first champ on the first played map.
Alternating picks/bans for champions.
A champion can not be used again after it was picked or banned once.
Using tools like https://quake.tools or https://pickban.app/ (it might not have the correct map pool though) is encouraged.

Swiss Stage:
All games are played as Bo3.
The Top 8 after the Swiss Stage qualify for the Final Tournament.

Disconnects/Lags:
In the event of a disconnect, lags or similar by one of the players during the game, the game will be cancelled. The time played up to that point and the score must be recorded. The game is restarted with the time already elapsed and the score noted. If a player was clearly in control, control must have been re-established before the restart.

Unsportsmanlike behaviour:
Unsportsmanlike behaviour such as insults, bug abuse, totems outside the map, will be punished by the tournament admins, the penalty will be appropriate to the case. A simple offence will result in a warning, more serious offences will result in exclusion from the tournament. The most serious offences (such as homophobia, racism, etc.) will result in permanent exclusion from this and all future tournaments.Bug abuse, totems outside the map will result in a map loss. A screenshot must be submitted as evidence.Cheating will result in disqualification from this tournament and all future tournaments.

Server:
As a general rule, a stable connection of both players to the server is preferable to the lowest delta. The server with a stable connection for both players and the lowest delta should therefore be selected.If the ping delta is over 70, the servers on each map will be changed. The home server is the one on which the coin toss loser has the lower ping, the away server is the one on which the coin toss winner has the lower ping. The game is then played Home - Away - Home.

Final Tournament:
Double elimination Bo 3 for the entire bracket. The Grand Final is Bo 5 with bracket reset.

Prize money distribution:

50% first place + 3 Artisan Mouse Pads
35% second place + 2 Artisan Mouse Pads
15% third place + 1 Artisan Mouse Pad