How to play

• Join the match via the in-game notification.
• Select a brawler to play with and press READY.
• After the match, the results will be submitted automatically.

The match shall start as soon as possible when both teams match against each other instead of following the scheduled time in your respective match link.

ESL Play Open Cups participation rules

• Players have to make sure they are logged into the same game account they linked to ESL Play. Logging into a wrong account will result in the player not receiving lobby invites.
• Players have to make sure that when the tournament starts, they are not in any lobby or party – this also results in the player not receiving lobby invites.
• Players have to make sure they do not have in-game “do not disturb” mode on – this stops the lobby invites from appearing on the screen.
• Players should be wary not to click the “IGNORE” button as a response to the lobby invitation.
• If a team is not in the lobby in 10 minutes after the lobby invitations were sent, that team will receive default loss automatically.
• If a team finds any problem during their match – It’s mandatory to open a protest ticket on ESL Play or to contact our admin at support channel on discord for assistance, as soon as possible.

Tournament Settings

• Type: Three versus Three, Best of Three Set
• Format:
  Until Round of 256: Best of 1 (until the first set win)
  Round of 256 – Round of 8: Best of three (until winning two out of three sets)
  Round of 8 – Final Match: Best of five (until winning three out of five sets)
• Mode:
  A Set will be played on one of the available game modes, in random order and on maps:
  • Siege: Some Assembly Required, Factory Rush, Nuts & Bolts, Junk Park, Olive Branch
  • Bounty: Canal Grande, Layer Cake, Snake Praire, Deeper Danger, Heat Wave
  • Gem Grab: Hard Rock Mine, Minecart Madness, Double Swoosh, Stone Fort
  • Heist: Tornado Ring, Pit Stop, Hot Potato, Sandy Gems, Crossroads
  • Brawl Ball: Super Stadium, Penalty Kick, Backyard Bowl, Triple Dribble
• The order of the Sets will be announced on the Match Page.
• In case draws happen, those matches need to be replayed.
• Gadgets are allowed.

Brawler bans
For every match in the cup, either automated or not, the following ban rule is also in place:

○ For every map in a match, teams are allowed to ban 1 brawler each. Both banned brawlers cannot be used by either team for the duration of that map. Each map both teams will ban 1 brawler.

○ For the ban to be valid, the teams should ban them in the following order:

○ The team on the left side of the match page on ESL Play bans one brawler of their choice, writing down his name in English as a match comment and posting it.

○ After the team on the left side of the match page has banned the brawler and posted it, the team on the right side of the match page is allowed to ban a brawler of their choice in the same manner.

○ After both teams have banned the brawler and those bans are clearly visible on the match page, the match can be started.