Check-in for the event will open TWENTY FOUR(24) HOURS before the event, here on Toornament.com
Check-in for the event will close ONE (1) hour before the event begins, at 8:00 AM EST/NEW YORK TIME.
It is VERY IMPORTANT that you double-check your time conversion to the local time for your timezone, so you do not miss this deadline of 1 hour before the event! IF YOU DO NOT CHECK IN BY THE DEADLINE (1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE EVENT) HERE ON TOORNAMENT.COM, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE!
Visit the TEAM MANA FRENZY discord for ongoing updates about the event:
https://discord.gg/HDKXmmP
VERY IMPORTANT: You should join the #mm-tournament-chat channel of the discord at least 30 minutes before the event begins, and stay there for the duration of the event, to make sure you do not miss any important instructions from the tournament staff!
Age: To be eligible to participate, a player must be at least 13 years old (or such other age, of greater, as may be required in such player’s country of residence.) Players between the ages of 13 and 17 (or such other age, if greater, as may be required in such player’s country of residence) must have permission from a parent or legal guardian.
Matches for this XBOX SHOWDOWN will be held using Modified TEAM MANA FRENZY rules and will run as a double elimination tournament. Matches will be Best of 3, except for the Winner's Bracket, Loser's Bracket, and Grand Finals matches, which will be Best of 5, and the Grand Finals will have a reset option.
Modified TEAM MANA FRENZY (MM) Rules:
Just like in normal ranked mode, your opponent has no idea what you're playing; you may queue any Deck (master/cards) you choose in each of the games for the series.... EXCEPT, any card released less than 14 days before the event are banned, and, you and your opponent both wield the might of The BanHammer! Before the first game of the match, each player may elect to use this power to create the following restrictions for that match:
1. A Player may ban the opponent from using one specific Master.
2. A Player may also either A) ban up to 2 cards, which the opponent would not be allowed to use, -OR-. B) disallow the opponent from using any WildCards.
If you have any input on the Modified TEAM MANA FRENZY (MM) Rules, weigh in with your thoughts in the #tournament-chat channel of our discord!
https://discord.gg/HDKXmmP
Single Master Ban: each match, the competitors may elect to ban one master, and their opponent will not be allowed to play as the banned Master for any game of that match.
Double Elimination: Your first match loss does not eliminate you from the event. You are only eliminated if you lose 2 matches, so you could come back to win the whole event even if do lose one match during the event!
Grand Finals Reset option: A player must lose twice to be eliminated. What this means is that if the winner of the Winner's Bracket match loses in the Grand Finals Match, the Grand Finals will "reset"; the two finalists will play a second best of 5 series to determine the winner.
Each time you are paired against your next opponent, you should reach out the opponent on discord via DM and attempt to arrange joining a 1v1 lobby against them, in order to play your match. If your opponent appears to be non-responsive after 1 minute, ping them and the tournament staff with a post in the discord channel alerting everyone that the opponent appears tardy. If your opponent does not respond/report in for the match within 5 minutes, ping them and tournament staff again and the tardy player will be issued a game loss. If 10 minutes goes by with no response, ping them and the tournament staff again, and the tardy player will be issued a match loss.
If there is a disconnection during a match game, the disconnected player should rejoin the game as quickly as possible and keep playing the game. The game usually should NOT be restarted (unless in special circumstances adjudicated differently, at the sole discretion of the Tournament Staff. )
ALL DECISIONS BY THE TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS EVENT (SINOBII) ARE FINAL.