This article will serve as the coverage for the qualifier on the day, however i will piggyback it now to include some extra information regarding the format and timing of the qualifier.

Format

Will basically run like a mini ECN, (groups into Bo3 single elimination bracket) what that entails exactly is:

• Games will commence at 10am.
• Groups will be played at the same time; a Lunch break will be scheduled after the Groups have been played.
• Teams knocked out are free to continue and play against other teams as long as they don’t become a nuisance for the length of the competition or if the café reaches capacity.
• 2 Groups of however many teams signup (at this point 1 group of 3, 1 group of 4).
• 2 x A seeds, 2 x B seeds, 2x C seeds, 2x D seeds.
• Each group will be drawn on the day (usually around 5am, so i have time to update the articles and print off schedules for the team, and ensure the competition starts as soon as possible on the day).
• An independent map rotation will be drawn for each group (all 5 war maps in the pool).
• Sides will be chosen by a coin toss.
• Top 2 teams from EACH group will go through to a single elimination bracket. 1st place vs 2nd place and vice versa.
• In the event of a 2 way tie, it will go on head to head.
• In the event of a 3 way tie, unfortunately it will go on Round Fors (of the teams included in the deadlock) there is not enough time to run a deadlock playoff.
• Maps for the elimination bracket will be done by a silent veto system (each team removing one and then drawn out of a hat to determine order).

The explanation of how format came about is below, the TLDR is what you just read.

Rationale

For the last few competitions, Queensland has usually had between 5 and 7 teams which as a result has forced the format to be a round robin with a top 2 playing off for the prizes.  Like any format, it has its positives and negatives, it was great for scheduling, you basically just found a team and played them, eventually working itself out and the top 2 playing off. However, it became apparent that the quality of CS deteriorated towards the end of the day, and sometimes the final ended up being an endurance test.  With this qualifier looking like being 7 teams maybe 8, we were looking at minimum 8 games maximum 9 being played in the day, which for me is about the absolute max you should be playing. The second problem with this is it seems top2 isnt really a fair indication of who were the better teams, as often it would come down to 1 map, And with looking at the teams registered, the possibilty of a 2way, 3way or even a 4way tie is quite high. So doing a top2 which would most likely come down to 1 map, and then rounds for/against didnt seem very fair.

So for this reason, the Brisbane Dice Qualifier will be doing 2 groups, top2 from each group proceeding to a single elimination best of 3. This allows for a minimum of 7 games of CS to win, or a maximum of 9 games if you win your elimination games in 3 maps each.

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Results

evilMonkeys win the QLD qualifier

1. evilMonkeys (Archaic.source)
2. gearFactory
3/4 Archaic.au / Uprising

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