Tournament Details - Sand World OSU Tournament

🎯 Seeding

Seeding will be determined through a 5-map mappool with rankings based on cumulative score across all maps.

📋 Seeding Mappool

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🏆 Tournament Format

Format Structure

• Double Elimination bracket
• Best of Seven (BO7) matches
• First to 4 map wins advances

Map Selection

• Each player brings 10 maps
• Total pool: 20 maps per match
• 6 maps selected for play

📏 Map Length Requirement

All maps must be at least 2 minutes long. This ensures fair gameplay and prevents exploitation of extremely short maps. Additionally, all maps must be under 9 minutes to maintain a balanced match duration.

⚔️ Pick & Ban Phase

Selection Process

Random roll determines first pick order
Players alternate picks and bans for 3 rounds each
Total of 6 maps picked for the match, after each pick the map is played.
Remaining maps are discarded

🎮 Player Abilities

Each player receives 3 abilities to use strategically during the match:

1️⃣ Force NoMod

Forces both players to play a map with no modifications

Single Use

2️⃣ Force Mod

Forces both players to play with a specific modification

Single Use

3️⃣ Personal Mod

Pick a mod for yourself only while opponent plays NoMod

Use Twice

⚠️ Important Rules

• The Force NoMod ability vetoes the Personal Mod ability when used on the same map.
• When a player uses Personal Mod, their opponent gets the opportunity to counter with Force NoMod before the round begins.

📝 Note on Speed Mods

DT (Double Time) and HT (Half Time) are specified at the mappool level and are not counted as "mods" for ability purposes.

🎲 Tiebreaker

3-3 Stalemate Resolution

If a match reaches a 3-3 tie, a tiebreaker map will be played.

The tiebreaker map is selected from a separate tiebreaker mappool and follows special rules to ensure a decisive winner.