It's been a while since we've had a Blitz tournament and it seems like I have another Saturday free to host!

We will also be using the FAF Tournaments website made by @nuggets. Here you'll be able to find the bracket, teams, vetos, mappool, and any other important information.

Date: 25th of July, 15 UTC
Bracket: https://tournaments.doodlepros.com/t/38f1de3633
Chat: Blitz
Live coverage:
Official: https://www.twitch.tv/faflive
Tournament Organiser: hybrid_
Tournament Director: hybrid_

Due to chat bugs and network issues, all official communication on the days of the tournament will be via discord in the appropriate text channel in the #tournaments section. If you cannot communicate through discord then the FAF Client will be used as next best option. Veto's will be held on the website which you can find here.

Format

• Double elimination
• BO3 upper bracket, BO1 lower bracket.

Mappool

Map pool:

Rules

The official FAF Tournament Rules apply.
Some of the most important of these rules are:

1. Disconnects within 5 minutes may result in a rehost. The Tournament Director has the last say afterwards.
2. Players will replay the same map if they draw.
3. If the incorrect map is hosted, the correct map will be hosted and the incorrect map will not count towards the score
4. Players who do not appear without valid reasoning will be given a warning that may result in being temporarily suspended from tournaments.
5. If a player does not show up in Round 1, they may be replaced. For all subsequent rounds, it will be treated as a forfeit and they will be eliminated and not replaced.
6. All participants will be allowed a 15-minute wait at the start of a tournament to show up however after this 15 minute wait the Tournament Direct has the right to disqualify you from the tournament. In the case where you will be late but do intend to arrive you need to message the Tournament Director preferably via Discord to inform them you will be late but will show up. When doing this please provide an approximate time delay until you arrive, it will then be the Tournament Directors decision whether than delay is too long or acceptable. If your team loses a member, you may find a substitution within the rank requirements.
7. The Tournament Director's decision is final.
   You can read the rest here: https://forum.faforever.com/assets/uploads/files/1685891393985-official-faf-tournament-rules.pdf
8. Please make sure all lobbies are passworded and inform your opponents the password and casters if applicable.

Prizes

1st: Blitz Champion + $100
2nd: Faction Face + $50
3rd: Faction Logo

Prizes are from the FAF Tournament fund.
If you would like to donate towards the tournament and receive a cool avatar, please contact the Tournament Team Lead on discord (hyb/tbounce).

Reminder that all payments of official FAF fund prizes are subject to the official FAF tournament payout guidelines.
https://forum.faforever.com/topic/7161/faf-official-tournament-payout-guidelines

Signup

• Max combined team rating 4600
• Ratings above 2500 count as 2500 (capped)
• Ratings are taken as of 17th of July.

For this tournament we will be using the FAF Tournaments website as said before, so to sign up you will need to go to this link and login with your FAF credentials.

Signup and overview: https://tournaments.doodlepros.com/t/38f1de3633

At first you sign up as a solo, and then you and your teammate will be able to form a team on the website. If you have any issues with this, I can form the team for you once you sign up via the website.

If there are any issues or bugs, please notify me or @nuggets on discord or this forum post.