Top 3 teams (2 upper & 1 lower) qualify for the main event!

Signing up:

• Please rename your name in the bracket to the following format: Player1/Player2

General Info:

• Open to everyone
• Default server: NA
• Chat channel: ApprenticeNA

Format:

• Double elimination bracket 
• All matches are Bo3
• Higher seeded team (whoever has the smaller number on the bracket) chooses to be A or B. 
• Veto process is ABBA BAC

Map Pool:

• Arctic Dream
• Efflorescence
• Emerald City
• Heavy Artillery
• Nightscape
• Rhoskallian
• Sludge City

Default Server Rules:

• NA vs NA: US Central
• NA vs EU/LA: US East
• NA vs Asia/OCE: US West
• EU/LA vs Asia/OCE: US Central

Other Rules:

• Check-in begins 1 hour before the qualifier begins. If teams don't check-in, they will automatically be removed.
• Teams may claim a walkover if their opponents don't show up within 10 minutes of the next match being available.
  
• No race swapping mid-series is allowed. Once map vetoes are done, you must stick with your chosen race. You may switch to a different race once a different series begins.
• Players may not immediately leave at the beginning of the game. Both players of a team must be playing.
• If a player disconnects in the middle of the game, then it will be resumed from replay. If the player disconnects again, then the game will continue on without the player.