With our last Open another resounding success, and the World Championship Qualifiers on the horizon, our next Mastering Runeterra Open is this coming Saturday, May 6th
Basic Info
Date: Saturday, May 6th, start time of 9:00 am pt
Prize Pool: Guaranteed minimum of $1000 usd split among top 8
Entry Fee: $20.00 USD payable by credit card, paypal, and other means on the Matcherino page
Format: Standard Best of 3 Riot lock, Swiss style tournament
Shard/Server: Americas
You can sign up and find all the registration details alongside full tournament information here https://matcherino.com/t/masteringruneterra
Format & Rounds
4+ rounds of Swiss, Best of Three matches, Standard Riot Lock Format (the format used by opens, three decks, no matching region combinations, one deck with no champions allowed, no one champion shared between decks, one ban)
17-32 Players = 5 rounds of swiss
33-64 Players = 6 rounds of swiss
65-128 Players = 7 rounds of swiss
The swiss rounds are followed by a top cut to Top 8. The top cut bracket is single elimination, Best of three matches played with the same decks.
For the swiss rounds, players will be allowed a grace period of 10 minutes from the start of each round to reach out to their opponent, and or make their presence known. If a player has reached out to their opponent and not heard from them after 10 minutes, the matter will be investigated, and if the opponent has not reached out or made themselves known, then the missing player will be disqualified and the present player will get a free match win.
Frequently Requested Information
This tournament requires an account on the Americas server to participate in.
Riot ID# will be collected as part of registration, deck info must be submitted via this google form before the tournament's start time https://forms.gle/6MwWQDgDB6mi82nv9
The bracket will be viewable on this page after the tournament starts.
If you wish to leave the tournament before it begins and receive a refund, please contact either Gregory the Grey or Jason Fleurant before the tournament's start time. After round 1 starts, no refunds will be processed.
Reach out to Gregory the Grey#2657 or the #help channel in our discord with any questions.
Coverage
As always we will have live coverage of the tournament by Boulevard and SparklingIceTea on our Twitch Channel https://www.twitch.tv/Masteringruneterra
Prize Payout Breakdown
The prize pool is at a minimum $1000 USD split between top 8. For each player's entry, $18.00 goes towards the prize pool, and $2 as a registration fee. This means, if a tournament gets more than 55 participants, then for each extra person, there is an additional $18 added to the prize pool.
1st: 400 40% of the pool
2nd: 200 20% of the pool
3/4th: 100 10% of the pool each
5-8th: 50 5% of the pool each
If you have any questions please join our Discord and we will be happy to help you. Good luck and as always thank you for being a part of our amazing community!