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Overwatch NSE Spring

Information
Game
Overwatch
Platform
BattleNet
Day
Thursday
Time
19:00
Format

Week 1-3 Qualification

Week 4-7 Playoffs and Swiss

Week 8 Finals

Location

Online

Standings
Summary

Signups Are now close to check in and view fixtures please visit https://tournaments.nse.gg/


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 - £600

2nd - £360

3rd - £240

Top 8 - BUEC Championship Pins

In addition to other prizes this tournament awards British University Esports Championship Points.

Link to Full Rules

R
ULES SUMMARY

  • All players must be current students from the same university. 
  • All games are on the European region
  • Teams must have at least 6 players. Teams may add/remove players from team between weeks.
  • 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
    • Competitive rules on
    • Kill cam disabled
    • Skins disabled
  • 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 Veto

  • All maps picked from following map Pool

    Control: Nepal, Ilios, Busan
    Escort: Havana, Gibraltar, Junkertown
    Assault: Anubis, Hanamura, Volskaya
    Hybrid: Eichenwalde, Numbani, Kings Row

Best of Five

  • For best of 5 maps game modes will be played in the following order with the higher seed choosing map in the first game and lower seed choosing starting side. In subsequent games the loser of the previous map chooses the next map and the winning team chooses side. 
    • Control 
    • Hybrid
    • Assault 
    • Escort
    • Control (5th map can not be same map as played in game 1)

Best of Three

  • Best of 3s will work in the same way except only three game modes will be played. The three games modes will rotate each week with the oldest remaining game mode removed and the 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

All decisions regarding the interpretation and enforcement of these rules is at the sole discretion of the NSE Admin Team, whose decisions are final. 

These rules may be amended, changed or supplemented when required by the NSE Admin Team to ensure fair play and competitive integrity.

Signups Close Tuesday 9th February

Dates Tournament Stage
11th Feb Qualification
18th Feb Qualification
25th Feb Qualification
4th Mar

Week 1 Playoff Brackets
Week 1 Swiss

11th Mar

Week 2 Playoff Brackets
Week 2 Swiss

18th Mar

Week 3 Playoff Brackets
Week 3 Swiss

25th Mar

Week 4 Playoff Brackets
Week 4 Swiss

9-11th Apr (Provisional) Grand Finals 

All games with the exception of the Grand Finals will be played on Thursday evening and cannot be rearranged. Games will have a normal start time of 7.15pm.  

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