Respawn Rage Cup - Valorant: CANCELLED

Bringing you a brand new format for our valorant tournaments!
Multiple weeks of intense gameplay for a chance to compete in Wellington in a live finals for four of the best teams in New Zealand!

Event Summary
Respawn is bringing you our exciting Valorant tournaments in a new format, weekly online qualifiers leading to a large prize pool LAN for the top qualified teams!

Gather up your team and join the online qualifiers for 16 rounds over two months for just $10 EACH!
Happen to make it into the top 4 teams, compete for $2000 over two days in Wellington with accommodation paid for special prizes to be won, winning team lifting the Rage Cup

Qualifiers
All communication will be through Discord, join and get the Valorant role here: https://discord.gg/9KsAVr5rmF
Teams will compete in 8 weeks of swiss tournaments every Thursday, having two games each week.
Starting from 6pm, your play times will be set by the tournament admins one week prior.
Rescheduling from the set time will be done prior to tournament night, and both teams will need too agree to set time.
Registration ends 11:59pm February 28th.
Rounds of Swiss Bracket starts March 2nd.

Each match in the qualifiers is played as a Best of 1, only one game is played to determine the winner of each round.
Teams will play two rounds each night, times being set by tournament organisers up to one week prior.
Each round has two match starting times, the first round of the nights will have half the matches start at 6pm followed by the second half starting at 7pm.
If you played at 6pm, your next match will start at 8pm.
If you played at 7pm, your next match will start at 9m.
This is to allow cooldown between matches and strategy formulation for each team.
In the event of a team being unable to play in their designated timeslot, it is up to the team captains to determine a game time prior to match night to play and report the scores.
Any games played after match nught will be counted as a loss for both teams unless granted for rescheduling directly from tournament admins.

Points System
Win = 3 points
Draw = 1 point
Loss = 0 points

Schedule
Round 1 : 2nd March 6pm - 7pm
Round 2 : 2nd March 8pm - 9pm
Round 3 : 9th March 6pm - 7pm
Round 4 : 9th March 8pm - 9pm
Round 5 : 16th March 6pm - 7pm
Round 6 : 16th March 8pm - 9pm
Round 7 : 23rd March 6pm - 7pm
Round 8 : 23rd March 8pm - 9pm
Round 9 : 30th March 6pm - 7pm
Round 10 : 30th March 8pm - 9pm
Round 11 : 6th April 6pm - 7pm
Round 12 : 6th April 8pm - 9pm
Round 13 : 13rd April 6pm - 7pm
Round 14 : 13rd April 8pm - 9pm
Round 15 : 20th April 6pm - 7pm
Round 16 : 20th April 8pm - 9pm

Lan Finals - 6 + 7 May, Wellington

MAP POOL
Ascent
Fracture
Haven
Icebox
Lotus
Pearl
Split
Best of One: Top seed can either pick to ban first or defer the first map pick.

Teams will be re-seeded based on performance in the Qualifiers and other tournament results.

Top Seed - Ban 1 (Example: Ban Split)
Low Seed - Ban 2 (Example: Ban Haven)
Top Seed - Ban 3 (Example : Ban Bind)
Low Seed - Pick map out of remaining 2 maps
Top Seed - Selects Side

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Open to New Zealand only
Team signup only, no solos without teams will be permitted
All qualifier matches are Best of One (BO1)
Each finals match will be a Bo3 series, with the grand final being a Bo5 series.
Team coming from winners side in grand finals receives 1 free win, rather than an extra life
All agents available on current patch
The top four (4) teams from the Qualifiers will compete in a double elimination bracket over May 6 and 7.
Teams will need to organise their own transport, we will do our best to support travelling teams with live updates.
Accommodation will be paid for by Respawn based on location and the most cost effective choice over Saturday night. Teams are welcome to organise their own accommodation.
Each player must pay $10 each, including each team sub. This entry goes half to the prize pool and half to operating costs and equipment for finals.