Overwatch NSE Spring is split into 2 main stages: Stage 1 Qualification (Weeks 1-3) and Stage 2 Swiss/Playoffs (Weeks 4-7)
Stage 1
In Stage 1 teams will initially be seeded into 3 skill groups. In the first round teams will play another team in the same skill group and in the following rounds be matched versus teams with a similar record in the tournament.
Stage 2
In Stage 2 the top 16 teams will start in the Championship bracket (a double elimination bracket) and everyone else will continue playing in a Swiss tournament, starting with points based on finish in stage 1. Teams who do well in the Swiss can qualify for the Challenger bracket or Division 3.
Prizes
1st - 6x £100 GAME Credit
2nd - 6x £60 GAME Credit
3rd - 6x £40 GAME Credit
In addition to other prizes this tournament awards British University Esports Championship Points.
Rules Summary
All players must be students from same university
All games are on European region..
Teams must have at least 6 players.
If teams are more than 20 minutes late they will forfeit a match.
Check in deadline is 6:30pm. Teams who don't check in will not get games for that evening.
Lobby settings
Offensive player and team names are not allowed.
Verbal abuse is not allowed. In particular any use of racist, sexist, homophobic or any other discriminatory language will lead to a minimum 3 week suspension.
Map Pick/ban
There will be a set map pool for each game mode
Busan, Nepal, Dorado, Route 66, Hanamura, Volskaya Industries, Blizzard World and Numbani
For best of 5 maps game modes will be played in following order with higher seed choosing map in in first game and lower seed choosing starting side. In subsequent games the loser of previous map chooses next map and winning team chooses side.
Control – Busan / Nepal
Escort – Dorado / Route 66
Assault – Hanamura / Volskaya Industries
Hybrid – Blizzard World / Numbani
Control (5th map) – Whichever Control map was not played in map 1
For Best of 3 matches
Best of 3s will work in same way except only 3 game modes will be played. The 3 games modes will rotate each week with the the oldest remaining game mode removed and unplayed game mode from previous week re added to pool e.g.
Week 1
Control
Escort
Assault
Week 2
Escort
Assault
Hybrid
Week 3
Assault
Hybrid
Control
Week 4
Hybrid
Control
Escort
Week 5
Control
Escort
Assault
Week 6
Escort
Assault
Hybrid
Week 7
Assault
Hybrid
Control
| Dates | Tournament stage |
| Thursday 14th February | Qualification |
| Thursday 21st February | Qualification |
| Thursday 28th February | Qualification |
| Thursday 7th March |
Playoff Brackets and Swiss
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| Thursday 14th March |
Playoff Brackets and Swiss
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| Thursday 21st March |
Playoff Brackets and Swiss
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| Thursday 28th March |
Playoff Brackets and Swiss
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| 6/7th April (Provisional) | Finals |
All Games are on Thursday Evening with the exception of finals which will happen at live event in Early April (Provisionally 6/7th)
