Single Elimination
• Opening rounds are all BO1
• Semi Finals are BO5, and Grand Final is BO7
• Quarter Finals might be BO3 (depends on numbers)
• BO3 and BO5 Map Selection is Drop-Drop-Pick-Pick-Etc
• BO7 Map Selection is loser pick (map loser picks next)
• Coin-toss winner may choose to drop first or second

Furious Heights
Battleforged
Blood Run
Sinister
Toxicity
Hektik
Cure

Copy/Paste:
t7, bf, ztn, sin, tox, hek, cure

Double Elimination
• Opening WB and LB matches are BO1
• All Finals are BO3. If needed the Grand Final is two BO3
• BO3 map selection is drop, drop, Pick, Pick, drop, drop, last
• Coin-toss winner may choose to drop first or second

Furious Heights
Battleforged
Blood Run
Sinister
Toxicity
Hektik
Cure

To keep things simple the map pool will not change again for the rest of the season

1st Place $35.00 USD
2nd Place $10.00 USD
3rd Place $5.00 USD

Payouts for duelcup.com events come from community donations.
Thank you for the continued support | http://paypal.me/duelcup

The NADC has been around for over a year, and after successfully running monthly cups it is making the transition to a seasonal format. Each season features six duel cups and one playoff cup. The duel cups are bi-weekly and open to the public. The top 16 players at the end of each duel cup will earn points, and the players with the most points at the end of the season will be invited to the playoffs. Player rankings for the current season can be viewed here.

Spring 2016 Schedule
Jan. 31 - NADC #12
Feb. 21 - NADC #13
Mar. 06 - NADC #14
Mar 20 - NADC #15
Apr. 09 - NADC #16
Apr. 17 - NADC #17
Apr 24 - Spring Playoffs
Events begin at 16:00 CDT

Looking for Admins and Casters
If you are interested in helping out with one or more events behind the scenes or live on stream I would love to hear from you. Admin duties are very simple. Make sure that games are being played in a timely manner and respond to requests in the #duelcup IRC channel. Usually the events run themselves, but having even one extra person helping makes everything that much smoother. If you are interested in casting and you own a decent microphone I'd love to hear from you regardless of your experience. You can contact me directly on steam, #duelcup irc, or through a private message on these forums.

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Double Elimination: All matches are BO1 (Grand Finals is two BO1 if needed)
Match scheduling: Players will join #duelcup on quakenet irc or Webchat
Prizes: 420,000,000 Kapparinos

Please note that this event is taking place on Saturday in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with NADC#16 on Sunday

Double Elimination
• Opening WB and LB matches are BO1
• All Finals are BO3. If needed the Grand Final is two BO3
• BO3 map selection is drop, drop, Pick, Pick, drop, drop, last
• Coin-toss winner may choose to drop first or second

Furious Heights
Battleforged
Blood Run
Sinister
Silence
Hektik
Cure

Important Message About the Map Pools
With QuakeCon 2016 happening in August I want to make sure that players looking to practice the QuakeCon maps are not turned off by the NADC map pools. Both the current Spring season and upcoming Summer season will feature at least six of the maps from the QuakeCon 2016 map pool. I understand that some players will only want to play the QuakeCon maps, and I would like to remind those players that map selection for the events is drop-drop.

1st Place $35.00 USD
2nd Place $10.00 USD
3rd Place $5.00 USD

North American Duel Cup prize pools are made possible by community donations | http://paypal.me/duelcup

The NADC has been around for over a year, and after successfully running monthly cups it is making the transition to a seasonal format. Each season features six duel cups and the season playoffs. Points are awarded every cup to players who finish in the top-16. The farther a player makes it the more points they earn. Players with the most points at the end of the season will earn themselves a seed in the season playoffs. Player rankings for the current season can be viewed here.

Spring 2016 Schedule
Jan. 31 - NADC #12
Feb. 21 - NADC #13
Mar. 06 - NADC #14
Mar 20 - NADC #15
Apr. 03 - NADC #16
Apr. 17 - NADC #17
Apr 24 - Spring Playoffs
Events begin at 16:00 CDT

Looking for Admins and Casters
If you are interested in helping out with one or more events behind the scenes or live on stream I would love to hear from you. Admin duties are very simple. Make sure that games are being played in a timely manner and respond to requests in the #duelcup IRC channel. Usually the events run themselves, but having even one extra person helping makes everything that much smoother. If you are interested in casting and you own a decent microphone I'd love to hear from you regardless of your experience. You can contact me directly on steam, #duelcup irc, or through a private message on these forums.

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Playoff Map Pool: t7, bf, ztn, sin, hek, tox, cure
Playoff Map Pool Poll Results

Double Elimination: All matches are BO1 (Grand Finals is two BO1 if needed)
Match scheduling: Players will join #duelcup on quakenet irc or Webchat
Prizes: none

Please note that this event is taking place on Saturday in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with the #NACTF.QL tournament on Sunday.

Double Elimination
• Opening WB and LB matches are BO1
• All Finals are BO3. If needed the Grand Final is two BO3
• BO3 map selection is drop, drop, Pick, Pick, drop, drop, last
• Coin-toss winner may choose to drop first or second

Dismemberment
Furious Heights
Battleforged
Aerowalk
Sinister
Hektik
Cure

Important Message About the Map Pools
With QuakeCon 2016 happening in August I want to make sure that players looking to practice the QuakeCon maps are not turned off by the NADC map pools. Both the current Spring season and upcoming Summer season will feature at least five of the maps from the QuakeCon 2016 map pool. I understand that some players will only want to play the QuakeCon maps, and I would like to remind those players that map selection for the events is drop-drop.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR THE 2016 SPRING PLAYOFFS MAP POOL

1st Place $35.00 USD
2nd Place $10.00 USD
3rd Place $5.00 USD

North American Duel Cup prize pools are made possible by community donations.

Donations are put towards the current/upcoming NADC prize pool up to a maximum of $100. When the prize pool has reached it's $100 maximum any donations received until the event in question is completed are put into the NADC balance for future events. At the end of the season the balance will also be used to fund the playoff prize pool. You can view the Spring 2016 Balance here.

The NADC has been around for over a year, and after successfully running monthly cups we've decided to transition into a seasonal format. Each season features six duel cups and the season playoffs. The cups are always open to the public, but only eight players will be invited to the season playoffs. These eight players are determined by the total amount of points they have earned throughout the season. Points are awarded every cup to players who finish in the top-16. The farther a player makes it, the more points they earn. View the current (Spring 2016) season totals here.

Spring 2016 Schedule
Jan. 31 - NADC #12
Feb. 21 - NADC #13
Mar. 06 - NADC #14
Mar 20 - NADC #15
Apr. 03 - NADC #16
Apr. 17 - NADC #17
Apr 24 - Spring Playoffs
Events begin at 16:00 CDT

Looking for Admins and Casters
If you are interested in helping out with one or more events behind the scenes or live on stream I would love to hear from you. Admin duties are very simple. Make sure that games are being played in a timely manner and respond to requests in the #duelcup IRC channel. Usually the events run themselves, but having even one extra person helping makes everything that much smoother. If you are interested in casting and you own a decent microphone I'd love to hear from you regardless of your experience. You can contact me directly on steam, #duelcup irc, or through a private message on these forums.

Double Elimination
• WB semi, WB Final and LB Finals are BO3
• Grand Finals match is two BO3 if needed
• Remaining WB and LB matches are BO1
• Coin-toss winner may choose to drop first or second.
• Map selection is drop, drop, Pick, Pick, drop, drop, last
• To avoid the same map's the second BO3 in GF is pick, pick, drop, etc.

Furious Heights
Battleforged
Lost World
Sinister
Toxicity
Hektik
Cure

Important Message About the Map Pools
With QuakeCon 2016 happening in August I want to make sure that players looking to practice the QuakeCon maps are not turned off by the NADC map pools. Both the current Spring season and upcoming Summer season will feature at least five of the maps from the QuakeCon 2016 map pool. I understand that some players will only want to play the QuakeCon maps, and I would like to remind those players that map selection for the events is drop-drop.

1st Place $50.00 USD
2nd Place $20.00 USD
3rd Place $5.00 USD

North American Duel Cup prize pools are made possible by community donations.

Donations are put towards the current/upcoming NADC prize pool up to a maximum of $100. Donations received when the prize pool has reached it's $100 limit any donations received until the next cup are placed into the balance for future NADC events. At the end of the season the balance will also be used to fund the playoff prize pool. You can view the Spring 2016 Balance here.

The NADC has officially adopted a seasonal format. Every season will have a playoffs and feature six duel cups. The six duel cups are always open to the public. The playoffs are invite only, and limited to eight players. These eight players are selected based on their total points at the end of the season. Points are awarded every duel cup to the top-16 players. View the current standings here.

Spring 2016 Schedule
Jan. 31 - NADC #12
Feb. 21 - NADC #13
Mar. 06 - NADC #14
Mar 20 - NADC #15
Apr. 03 - NADC #16
Apr. 17 - NADC #17
Apr 24 - Playoffs
Events begin at 17:00 CDT

Looking for Admins and Casters
If you are interested in helping out with one or more events behind the scenes or live on stream I would love to hear from you. Admin duties are very simple. Make sure that games are being played in a timely manner and respond to requests in the #duelcup IRC channel. Usually the events run themselves, but having even one extra person helping makes everything that much smoother. If you are interested in casting and you own a decent microphone I'd love to hear from you regardless of your experience. You can contact me directly on steam, #duelcup irc, or through a private message on these forums.

Double Elimination

• WB semi, WB final, and LB final are BO3. All other WB and LB matches are BO1
• Grand Final is a BO3. The player from the LB must win two consecutive BO3 to win the cup
• To prevent seeing the same maps twice in the Grand Final map selection for the second BO3 is pick-pick

Map Selection

• Coin-toss winner is awarded the choice to drop first or second.
• BO1: drop, drop, drop, drop, final map is played
• BO3: drop, drop, pick, pick, final map is tie breaker

Volunteer Admins
Minimizing delays is key! Having one more person watching the brackets and helping out players in #duelcup irc is a huge help. Interested parties should contact me via pm, irc, or steam.

Furious Heights
Blood Run
Sinister
Aerowalk
Cure

1st Place $80.00 USD
2nd Place $30.00 USD
3rd Place $10.00 USD

Monetary payouts for North American Duel Cups are made possible by community donations. You can view the NADC Cash Flow here.
updated Feb.21

Players will be assigned points at the end of every NADC. The farther a player progresses the more points they will earn. These points are added up at the end of the season in order to rank and seed the players. The top eight (8) seeds will be invited to compete in the season playoffs. If a player is unable to participate their playoff seed will be given to the player below them until we have eight (8) players able to compete in the season playoffs. Standings for the current season are available here

Spring 2016 Schedule
Jan. 31 - NADC #12
Feb. 21 - NADC #13
Mar. 06 - NADC #14
Mar 20 - NADC #15
Apr. 03 - NADC #16
Apr. 17 - NADC #17
Apr 24 - Season Playoffs

Playoff Fund
Once the prize pool for a single NADC reaches $120 any additional donations made until that cup is over will be put into the reserve fund and used towards future cups and/or towards the season playoffs. Direct contributions towards the season playoffs can be made by including a message along with your donation. The money will be distributed according to your instruction. You can view the NADC Cash Flow here

Double Elimination

• WB semi, WB final, and LB final are BO3. All other WB and LB matches are BO1
• Grand Final is a BO3. The player from the LB must win two consecutive BO3 to win the cup

Map Selection

• Coin-toss winner gets to choose if they drop first or second.
• BO1: drop, drop, drop, drop, final map is played
• BO3: drop, drop, pick, pick, final map is tie breaker

Blood Run
Lost World
Sinister
Toxicity
Cure

1st Place $100 USD
2nd Place $40 USD
3rd Place $10 USD

The NA Duel Cup prize pools are made possible by community donations.
updated Jan.30

This event was more successful than I could have imagined. Thank you to the record breaking number of players who signed up, and everyone who spent their Sunday with us on stream. The broadcast will be highlighted and added to the NADC #12 Playlist as the VODs are processed and become available

This will be a double elimination tournament. The Upper bracket starts off with a best of one in the first round, and then switches to a best of three format. The lower bracket games will be played out using a best of one format except the Lower Bracket Final which is a best of three. Upper bracket final and grand final are best of five.

Map selection begins with a coin toss and will use a pick pick format. The best of five matches use a "loser picks" format. Basically after each map the player who lost will choose the next arena.

bdm3
dp5
thcdm13
thct7
thct2style
Note about thct2style: thct2a on turbopixel servers is the old version updated to reflect the changes made on thct2style so they're basically both the same map so you're choosing if you want to play style version or not). Download link is available here http://thc333.com/reflex/thct2a.zip

Total prize pool will be divided up to the 1st / 2nd / 3rd place finishers (60% / 30% / 10%). You can throw more money at sequencemobile(at)gmail.com if you would like to make a donation.

Donations:
$50 - tehace
$150 - beauty is ruining my frames bro
$20 - Gangland HYPE

• All five duel maps from Quake Con 2015 will be played
• The player who wins the most maps will receive a bonus $100 USD
• Each map victory is worth $105 USD
(updated July 16)

Furious Heights
Blood Run
Lost World
Sinister
Elder

If you would like to donate towards the showmatch please use the [email protected] paypal email.
• Test - $600
• Leedow - $20
• Derb2k2 - $5
• JW - $15 (being used for a year of quake giveaway)

Double Elimination Drop-Drop
Upper-Bracket matches are Best of One until Semi finals. Remaining matches are played as a Best of Three.
Lower-Bracket matches are all Best of One until the lower-bracket finals. LB Finals is a Best of Three.

• The opening Upper-Bracket games are Best of ONE matches. This changes when the tournament progresses into the Semi-Finals and beyond. The Semi-Finals is a Best of Three

• Games from the Lower-Brpacket games are all Best of ONE until the very end. The Lower-Bracket Finals is a Best of Three (this is done because the game determines who gets 3rd place and who moves on to the grand finals.

• The Grand Finals are unique. The lower bracket finalist must win two best of three sets to take first place. The upper bracket finalist is assumed to have proven themselves by not dropping a set throughout the tournament and so they must only win one best of three set to take first place.

• In a "Drop-Drop" tournament the map in a Best of One is decided by the players dropping maps until 1 map remains and is played. In a Best of Three players will drop maps until three remain. Players will each pick one of the three maps and the map remaining will serve as a tie breaker.
BO1: drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop > Last Map is Played
BO3: drop, drop, drop, drop, pick, pick > Last Map is Tie-Breaker if needed

• Occasionally someone will ask "I don't have 3 days and 300 duels played! Can I still play?" and the answer is: "probably, but you should get in touch with me first". This rule exists to deter aliasing so the tournaments can be seeded properly.

• Duel servers (unlike classic TDM and CTF) require no modification to the server settings and can simply be made by choosing a map and location. The information below can can be copied to make a server with the password: duelcup (if you choose a different password please tell us via irc!)
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Texas Server Settings with Maps & passowrd: duelcup

{"maps":["bloodrun","aerowalk","elder","furiousheights","HouseofDecay","sinister","lostworld"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com July 12th 6pm EDT","g_password":"duelcup","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":6}}

Furious Heights
Blood Run
Lost World
Sinister
Elder
House of Decay
Aerowalk

Sign Ups are open now, but you are still required to check in on the day of the event (to avoid no shows).
Sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 12 July 2015.

To sign up players need to create a http://challonge.com account. Pro-Tip: you can sign up for events using an alternate name/alias no matter what your actual account name is! Save your admin and fellow players a headache and put your Quake Live alias when prompted to sign up using an alternate name :)

If you are playing you must join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) on game day to setup matches. Do not expect opponents to add you to their friend list in quake. It is much more efficient to send a message in the #duelcup channel or a private /msg to your opponents.

...and remember sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 12 July 2015! This 10 minute window allows brackets to be created properly and exceptions to this rule will not be made. Please do not force us to turn you away! If you want to play just go sign up!

Total Prize Pool for July: $220.00 USD
Grand Prize: $130
Runner Up: $65
3rd Place: $25
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Contributions for July:
Nthreem: $100.00
pcfs: $100.00
darwinsgate: $20.00
(updated 07/04/2015)

If you would like to make a donation towards the NA.DuelCup prize pool please use the pay-pal email: [email protected]

Double Elimination Drop-Drop
Upper-Bracket matches are Best of One until Semi finals. Remaining matches are played as a Best of Three.
Lower-Bracket matches are all Best of One until the lower-bracket finals. LB Finals is a Best of Three.

• The opening Upper-Bracket games are Best of ONE matches. This changes when the tournament progresses into the Semi-Finals and beyond. The Semi-Finals is a Best of Three

• Games from the Lower-Brpacket games are all Best of ONE until the very end. The Lower-Bracket Finals is a Best of Three (this is done because the game determines who gets 3rd place and who moves on to the grand finals.

• The Grand Finals are unique. The lower bracket finalist must win two best of three sets to take first place. The upper bracket finalist is assumed to have proven themselves by not dropping a set throughout the tournament and so they must only win one best of three set to take first place.

• In a "Drop-Drop" tournament the map in a Best of One is decided by the players dropping maps until 1 map remains and is played. In a Best of Three players will drop maps until three remain. Players will each pick one of the three maps and the map remaining will serve as a tie breaker.
BO1: drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop > Last Map is Played
BO3: drop, drop, drop, drop, pick, pick > Last Map is Tie-Breaker if needed

• Occasionally someone will ask "I don't have 3 days and 300 duels played! Can I still play?" and the answer is: "probably, but you should get in touch with me first". This rule exists to deter aliasing so the tournaments can be seeded properly.

• Duel servers (unlike classic TDM and CTF) require no modification to the server settings and can simply be made by choosing a map and location. The information below can can be copied to make a server with the password: duelcup (if you choose a different password please tell us via irc!)
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Texas Server Settings with Maps & passowrd: duelcup

{"maps":["bloodrun","aerowalk","elder","furiousheights","hektik","sinister","lostworld"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com June 21st 6pm EDT","g_password":"duelcup","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":6}}

Furious Heights
Blood Run
Lost World
Sinister
Elder
Hektik
Aerowalk

Sign Ups are open now, but you are still required to check in on the day of the event (to avoid no shows).
Sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 21 June 2015.

To sign up players need to create a http://challonge.com account. Pro-Tip: you can sign up for events using an alternate name/alias no matter what your actual account name is! Save your admin and fellow players a headache and put your Quake Live alias when prompted to sign up using an alternate name :)

If you are playing you must join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) on game day to setup matches. Do not expect opponents to add you to their friend list in quake. It is much more efficient to send a message in the #duelcup channel or a private /msg to your opponents.

...and remember sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 21 June 2015! This 10 minute window allows brackets to be created properly and exceptions to this rule will not be made. Please do not force us to turn you away! If you want to play just go sign up!

Total Prize Pool for June: $190.00 USD
Grand Prize: $105
Runner Up: $55
3rd Place: $30
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Contributions for June:
$20 - loveless
$36 - Nico (2000 RUB)
$20 - darwinsGate
$100 - pcfs
$40 - vtchill ($26 put towards duelcup.com domain fees. thank you!)
(updated 06/21/2015)

I understand this post is a bit late, but at the original time of writing this I was unable to reach the "normal" contributors so the June Cup currently has no prize, but the 10th NA.DuelCup will happen regardless!
If you would like to make a donation towards the NA.DuelCup prize pool please use the pay-pal email: [email protected]

Double Elimination
Upper-Bracket matches are Best of One until Semi finals. Remaining matches are played as a Best of Three.
Lower-Bracket matches are all Best of One until the lower-bracket finals. LB Finals is a Best of Three.

• The opening Upper-Bracket games are Best of ONE matches. This changes when the tournament progresses into the Semi-Finals and beyond. The Semi-Finals is a Best of Three

• Games from the Lower-Brpacket games are all Best of ONE until the very end. The Lower-Bracket Finals is a Best of Three (this is done because the game determines who gets 3rd place and who moves on to the grand finals.

• The Grand Finals is unique to all other rounds. The lower bracket finalist must win two best of three sets to take first place. The upper bracket finalist is assumed to have proven themselves by not dropping a set throughout the tournament and so they must only win one best of three set to take first place.

• In a "Pick-Pick" tournament the playersmap in a Best of One is decided by the players dropping maps until 1 map remains and is played. The map that remains will server as a tie breaker. Best of One sets still decide maps by dropping until there is a single map left to play.
BO1: drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop > Last Map is Played
BO3: pick, pick, drop, drop, drop, drop > Last Map is Tie-Breaker (if needed)

• Occasionally someone will ask "I don't have 3 days and 300 duels played! Can I still play?" and the answer is: "probably, but you should get in touch with me first". This rule exists to deter aliasing so the tournaments can be seeded properly.

• Duel servers (unlike classic TDM and CTF) require no modification to the server settings and can simply be made by choosing a map and location. The information below can can be copied to make a server with the password: duelcup (if you choose a different password please tell us via irc!)
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Texas Server Settings with Maps & passowrd: duelcup

{"maps":["bloodrun","cure","elder","furiousheights","silence","sinister","lostworld"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com Texas","g_password":"duelcup","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":6}}

Furious Heights
Blood Run
Lost World
Sinister
Elder
Cure
Silence

Sign Ups are open now, but you are still required to check in on the day of the event (to avoid no shows).
Sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 24 May 2015.

To sign up players need to create a http://challonge.com account. Pro-Tip: you can sign up for events using an alternate name/alias no matter what your actual account name is! Save your admin and fellow players a headache and put your Quake Live alias when prompted to sign up using an alternate name :)

If you are playing you must join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) on game day to setup matches. Do not expect opponents to add you to their friend list in quake. It is much more efficient to send a message in the #duelcup channel or a private /msg to your opponents.

...and remember sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 24 May 2015! This 10 minute window allows brackets to be created properly and exceptions to this rule will not be made. Please do not force us to turn you away! If you want to play just go sign up!

Total Prize Pool for May: $120.00
Grand Prize: $70
Runner Up: $35
3rd Place: $15
(updated 05/24/2015)
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Contributions for May:
pcfs - $100.00
darwin - $20.00

If you would like to make a donation towards the NA.DuelCup prize pool please use the pay-pal email: [email protected]

64 Player Double Elimination. Map selection for Best of Three is pick/pick and best of one is (obviously) drop/drop.

IMPORTANT FORMAT CHANGE FROM LAST MONTH
In the interest of time there will be a slight change to our format.
The lower bracket will continue to be Best-of-One matches.
The lower bracket finals (last game of the lower bracket) will be a Best-of-Three.
The big change comes in the upper bracket. The first two rounds of the event will be Best-of-One.
The third round that Best-of-Three is to be used.

Common topics Relating to rules and guidelines are below and full details are here.

1.) Occasionally someone will ask "I don't have 3 days and 300 duels played! Can I still play?" and the answer is: "probably, but you should get in touch with me first". This rule exists to deter aliasing so the tournaments can be seeded properly.

2.) In a "Pick-Pick" tournament the players each pick a map from the pool, and then drop maps until one remains. The map that remains will server as a tie breaker. Best of One sets still decide maps by dropping until there is a single map left to play.

3.) Type "cv cointoss" following by "heads" or "tails" into the console to see who picks/drops first. The winner of the coin toss may pass the first map drop/pick to their opponent or take it for themselves.

4.) Upper Bracket games are Best of Three sets: DROP, drop, drop, drop, pick, pick, decider

5.) Lower Bracket games are Best of One sets: DROP, drop, drop drop, drop drop, last is played

6.) Grand Finals is a Best of Seven with a one map advantage for the upper bracket finalist (this means first to four wins with the upper bracket player starting 1:0 in map score). First map pick us decided by a coin-toss, and the player who wins the coin-toss can pass the choice to their opponent. No further action is required until the first map is played as a "loser picks" format means subsequent maps are always chosen by the player coming off of the loss.

6.) Duel servers (unlike classic TDM and CTF) require no modification to the server settings and can simple be made. can be copied from below to make a server with password: duel
IMPORTANT: The only values you can modify are the maps, server name, server password, and server location. There is no point ro make premium servers as it only forces some players to need invites for a server they were going to join anyway. If you simply use a password and provide the information in #duelcup irc on quakenet no one will bother you except the streamer. On that note please remember to always provide an admin a link to your game and the password BEFORE you ready up. Server information can be put into the #duelcup chat or given to admin or streamer using the "/msg" command in IRC. Anything sent to flair in IRC is safe from the stream. note: Anything sent to flair in game is subject to show up on stream so please use IRC!

Dallas, TX
{"maps":["bloodrun"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com Texas","g_password":"duel","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":6}}

Chicago, IL
{"maps":["bloodrun"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com Chicago","g_password":"duel","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":21}}

Vertical Vengeance
Furious Heights
Lost World
Sinister
Toxicity
Aerowalk
Cure

(pick/pick for Best of Three)

Sign Ups will open the day of the event.
Sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 19 April 2015.

To sign up players need to create a http://challonge.com account. Pro-Tip: you can sign up for events using an alternate name/alias no matter what your actual account name is! Save your admin and fellow players a headache and put your Quake Live alias when prompted to sign up using an alternate name :)

If you are playing you must join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) on game day to setup matches. Do not expect opponents to add you to their friend list in quake. It is much more efficient to send a message in the #duelcup channel or a private /msg to your opponents.

...and remember sign ups will close at 16:50 CDT, 19 April 2015!

We had to turn away some good players last month, and I hope the same is not true this month. Please realize this 10 minute window allows administration to create brackets and get everything rolling with minimal delay. Aside from having to turn away some players it worked beautifully last time and we will continue to use this "buffer". Since the brackets are opened no more than 12 hours early I understand some players may be unable to get to their computers and sign up in time, and that some of you are often walking in the door as the event starts. If you are unable to sign up during the standard time frame but know that you will be ready to play when the "official" event time rolls around you can request to be manually added. Manual additions are approved on a case by case basis and may never be requested for a period of a more than 24 hours ahead of schedule. Also please keep in mind the rules regarding forfeits as well.

Total Prize Pool for April: $155.00
Grand Prize: $90
Runner Up: $45
3rd Place: $20
(updated 04/19/2015)
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Contributions for April:
qkumbr - $20.00
Darwinsgate - $20.00
fr0ggy - $10.00
skinny_puppy - $10.00
koolout - $35.00
1fr8shaker - $50.00
Nico - $15.00

The main Donations page has two options. Donations made using Twitch Alerts will be made public with the amount donated and name of the person(s) contributed. If the stream is live this will be shown on stream. Due to a request for anonymous donation I have created a Stream Tips link as well. Donations made using "Stream Tips" will have the amount posted but the name will read Anonymous and this type of donation will not be displayed live on stream. Both methods use paypal and end up in the same account.

64 Player Double Elimination. Map selection for Best of Three (upper bracket) is pick/pick and best of one (lower bracket) is obviously drop/drop. Common topics Relating to rules and guidelines are below and full details are here.
1.) Occasionally someone will ask "I don't have 3 days and 300 duels played! Can I still play?" and the answer is: "probably, but you should get in touch with me first". This rule exists to deter aliasing so the tournaments can be seeded properly.

2.) In a "Pick-Pick" tournament the players each pick a map from the pool, and then drop maps until one remains. The map that remains will server as a tie breaker. Best of One sets still decide maps by dropping until there is a single map left to play.

3.) Type "cv cointoss" following by "heads" or "tails" into the console to see who picks/drops first. The winner of the coin toss may pass the first map drop/pick to their opponent or take it for themselves.

4.) Upper Bracket games are Best of Three sets: PICK PICK, drop drop, drop drop, tie-breaker

5.) Lower Bracket games are Best of One sets: drop drop, drop drop, drop drop, play last

6.) Grand Finals is a Best of Seven with a one map advantage for the upper bracket finalist (this means first to four wins with the upper bracket player starting 1:0 in map score). First map pick us decided by a coin-toss, and the player who wins the coin-toss can pass the choice to their opponent. No further action is required until the first map is played as a "loser picks" format means subsequent maps are always chosen by the player coming off of the loss.

6.) Duel servers (unlike classic TDM and CTF) require no modification to the server settings and can simple be made. can be copied from below to make a server with password: duel
IMPORTANT: The only values you can modify are the maps, server name, server password, and server location. There is no point ro make premium servers as it only forces some players to need invites for a server they were going to join anyway. If you simply use a password and provide the information in #duelcup irc on quakenet no one will bother you except the streamer. On that note please remember to always provide an admin a link to your game and the password BEFORE you ready up. Server information can be put into the #duelcup chat or given to admin or streamer using the "/msg" command in IRC. Anything sent to flair in IRC is safe from the stream. note: Anything sent to flair in game is subject to show up on stream so please use IRC!

Dallas, TX
{"maps":["bloodrun"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com Texas","g_password":"duel","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":6}}

Chicago, IL
{"maps":["bloodrun"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com Chicago","g_password":"duel","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":21}}

Furious Heights
Lost World
Sinister
Blood Run
Toxicity
Silence
Cure

Sign Ups will open a few hours before the event as usual. and the sign ups will close at 17:45 CDT, 22 March 2015. I do not wish to delay

Sign-Ups can be found at http://1800.challonge.com/duelcup ... the bracket is unlocked and available for sign up ON EVENT DAY (March 22nd). There are no early sign-ups or player list available. This is done to prevent no shows, and it has been working very well! To sign up players need to create a http://challonge.com account.

If you are playing you must join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) on game day to setup matches. Do not expect opponents to add you to their friend list in quake. It is much more efficient to send a message in the #duelcup channel or a private /msg to your opponents.

See you 18:00 CDT, 22 March 2015 !

Total Prize Pool for March: $220.00

$120 Grand Prize
$60 to the Runner up
$30 for Third Place
$10 for Fourth Place

Thank you again to our "Official Sponsor" has come through with another $100 for this month's cup.
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Contributions for March: $120.00
Thank you my friends!

Mar 07 - darwinsGate $20
Mar 20 - hq_link $100

Donations made using twitch alerts are shown on stream. If you would prefer to remain anonymous you can send directly using my personal paypal. The email is: [email protected]

64 Player Double Elimination. Map selection for Best of Three (upper bracket) is pick/pick and best of one (lower bracket) is obviously drop/drop. Common topics Relating to rules and guidelines are below and full details are here.
1.) Occasionally someone will ask "I don't have 3 days and 300 duels played! Can I still play?" and the answer is: "get in touch with admins". This rule exists to deter aliasing so the tournaments can be seeded properly.

2.) In a "Pick-Pick" tournament the players each pick a map from the pool, and then drop maps until one remains. The map that remains will server as a tie breaker. Best of One sets still decide maps by dropping until there is a single map left to play.

3.) Type "cv cointoss" following by "heads" or "tails" into the console to see who picks/drops first. The winner of the coin toss may pass the first map drop/pick to their opponent or take it for themselves.

4.) Upper Bracket games are Best of Three sets: PICK PICK, drop drop, drop drop, tie-breaker

5.) Lower Bracket games are Best of One sets: drop drop, drop drop, drop drop, play last

6.) Grand Finals is a Best of Five/Seven (please read for further clarification)
The upper bracket finalist is assumed to have proven themselves by not dropping a set throughout the tournament, and therefore if they take 3 map wins before their opponent they win the grand finals. However if the player from the lower bracket takes 3 map wins first then the best of five becomes a best of seven. Map selection remains the same starting with a coin-toss. Player who wins the coin-toss may pick the first map or pass the choice to their opponent. Subsequent picks are then chosen the loser of the most recent map.

6.) Server settings can be copied from below to make a Texas server with password: duel

{"maps":["bloodrun"],"cvars":{"g_gametype":1,"premium":0,"sv_hostname":"DuelCup.com Texas Server","g_password":"duel","g_complaintLimit":0,"g_timeoutCount":3,"g_timeoutLen":60,"web_location":6}}

No additional modifications are allowed. The only values you may change are the maps, server name, server password, and server location. Do not make premium servers. There is no point and it only causes issues with players needing invites. If you simply use a password and provide the information in #duelcup irc on quakenet I assure you no one will bother you. Always provide an admin a link to your game and the password BEFORE you ready up. We can avoid having to ask you mid game accidentally. Please provide your server information into the #duelcup chat. Anything sent to flair in IRC is safe from the stream. note: Anything sent to flair in game is subject to show up on stream! Please use IRC

Furious Heights
Lost World
Silence
Sinister
Blood Run
Cure
Aerowalk

Sign Ups will OPEN 07:00 CST, 7 March 2015 (twelve hours before tournament begins)
Sign Ups will CLOSE 18:45 CST, 7 March 2015 (fifteen minutes before tournament begins)

Sign-Ups can be found at http://1800.challonge.com/duelcup ... the bracket is unlocked and available for sign up ON EVENT DAY (February 21st). There are no early sign-ups or player list available. This is done to prevent no shows, and it has been working very well! To sign up players need to create a http://challonge.com account.

If you are playing you must join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) on game day to setup matches. Do not expect opponents to add you to their friend list in quake. It is much faster to simply send a message in the #duelcup channel or a private /msg them.

See you 19:00 CST, 7 March 2015 !

Donations made using our twitch alerts will all go towards the Prize Pool for this event unless the contributor provides instruction to use their donation differently.

Total: $20.00
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Thank you to the following players for your contributions!
darwinsGate - $20.00
updated 22:04 CST, 7 March 2015

Due to the fact we did not get the funds that we were told would be provided there will not be a prize for this cup (unless someone wants to give $200 bucks tonight on stream hehe). DarwinsGate will be putting their donation towards the "regularly scheduled" Duel Cup on March 21st. Thank you Darwin =)

Important: Until we setup stripe for CC donations (very soon just waiting on bank to approve) donations can be made with paypal on the new account we have created. I say all this because last month paypal kind of screwed up and the player's money has sat frozen. After a week with little help from customer support. I have requested the account be closed and a check mailed out. Details of the whole fiasco can be read in this thread. I have been told the check will come in 7 to 21 days. This was sent to me on March Third. Fingers cross you guys :( I feel like **** for this but I don't know what else to do.

Deliberate Murder - 102:
421, cooller, Latrommi, pavel

EliteFour - (E4):
doz3r, lospolios, Luminus, Sephis
* and due to scheduling issues ash from #rekt =)

Pacmen - (....:
dance, krizor, smurfy, un4x, zenith

planB - planB:
antonio, h8m3, pecka, YegorB

While I would normally chuckle, sigh, and then cry myself to sleep at such comments I am pleased know that I have been speaking with all of these teams for a couple weeks and everyone is confirmed 99.99%* except pacmen.

*If I could tell the future I wouldn't be asking you to watch this would I? Or would I be doing exactly that?

ZorakWar: 7
Davis: 0
Part 1
Part 2

Blood Run
Furious Heights
Delirium
Sinister
Cure
Toxicity
Aerowalk

Davis Maps: ztn, t7, and delirium
ZorakWar Maps: sin, cure, tox
The seventh map (aero) was chosen by duelcup.com

All maps will be played. Cointoss decides who chooses first, and the loser of each map will decide the next

$10 - evilbollweevil
$20 - rauvz (requested that $10 be given to each player)
Thank you to those who donated towards the show match! The total prize pool was brought from $35 to $45, and rauvz gave each player $10 as well :) You all are awesome!

32 Player double elimination bracket.

i. Upper Bracket games are Best of Three (Bo3)

ii. Lower Bracket games are Best of One (Bo1)

iii. Type "cv cointoss" following by "heads" or "tails" into the console to see who picks/drops first. The winner of the coin toss may pass the first map drop/pick to their opponent or take it for themselves.

iv. In a "Drop-Drop" tournament the players drop maps until there are 1, 3, or 5 maps left depending on the kind of match (best of 1, 3, and 5) they are playing. Best of one drops until 1 map left, best of three until 3 maps left, and so on. If playing anything except a best of One players now pick maps until one map remains as the tie breaker.

v. Grand Finals: Best of Seven (Bo7)
No coin-toss. First map pick is awarded to the upper bracket player. Remaining maps are chosen by the player who just lost the last map (in otherwords... the Grand Finals is a Bo7 with Loser's Pick)

If you have any questions please check the official rules first. However failing that please contact [email protected] or join #duelcup

Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Toxicity
Sinister
Blood Run
Cure

$120 Grand Prize
$60 to the Runner up
$25 for Third Place
$10 for Fourth Place

Care to make a donation?

Donations:
Thank you to all of you who donated. The prize pool has more than doubled! You're all amazing!

Sign-Ups for all North American Duel Cups happen the same day as the event. The Link for sign-ups is http://1800.challonge.com and the bracket is unlocked two hours before the event. Please do not ask if you can sign up before the bracket is unlocked. Players need to create a challonge account and sign up themselves. This is to prevent No-Shows. All players should also join #duelcup irc channel (quakenet.org) to make match scheduling easier. Please send all issues or questions to [email protected]. We will see you 17:30 CST, 10 January 2015 !

32 Player double elimination bracket.

Upper Bracket: Best of Three (Bo3)
Players call-vote coin-toss to decide who chooses first. Each player picks a map, and then the additional maps are dropped until one remains. The remaining map will serve as a tie breaker.

Lower Bracket: Best of One (Bo1)
Players call-vote coin-toss to decide who chooses first. The players will alternate dropping maps from the pool until a single map remains. This is the map that will be played.

Grand Finals: Best of Seven (Bo7)
No coin-toss. First map pick is awarded to the upper bracket player. Remaining maps are chosen by the player who just lost the last map (in otherwords... the Grand Finals is a Bo7 with Loser's Pick)

If you have any questions please check the official rules first. However failing that please contact [email protected] or join #duelcup

Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Toxicity
Sinister
Silence
Cure

$50 Grand Prize
$30 to the Runner up
$10 for 3rd & 4th Place

Donations towards current or future prize pools are always welcome.
My paypal email is [email protected]

Furious Heights
Blood Run
Toxicity
Delirium
Sinister
Hektik
Cure

$50 First
$30 Second
$10 Third
$10 Fourth

Donation's can made to either increase the current prize pool and/or fund future events.

Since our double elimination bracket is limited to 32 available sign ups any players past 32 will be on a waiting list that will be called upon on a first come first served basis. Should any byes are required due to uneven bracket numbers the players with the highest seeding will take priority.

Upper Bracket (including the first round) are a best of 3.

Lower Bracket is entirely best of 1 games.

Map selection for all rounds is carried out using "drop-drop". Coin-toss decides first drop and the players will drop maps until X remain; where X equals the "Best-of-Number" for the set. For example in a best of three each player drops two maps so that three remain, and then they pick until a single map is left to act as the tie breaker. The only exception is the Grand Finals. Since the grand finals is a best of seven no drops are required. First pick in the finals is decided by coin-toss and subsequent picks are chosen as the maps are played by the losing player.

If you have any questions please check the official rules first. However failing that please contact [email protected] or join #duelcup

32 Player Double Elimination. Information on what this means and how many maps are played for each round can be seen on the example bracket on challonge: http://duelcup.challonge.com/example

The map picking is drop drop aside from the Grand Finals which has the following unique rules:
--> Instead of a cointoss to decide first drop/pick the player from the Lower bracket picks first map
--> After each map the player who has lost will pick the next map.
--> UPPER(winners) bracket player must win 3 maps
--> LOWER(losers) bracket player must win 4 maps

Full listing of Rules can be seen on the official page: http://duelcup.com/rules.html

Furious Heights
House of Decay
Lost World
Silence
Sinister
Hektik
Cure

Last month we saw one of the most standard map lists ever. It was community picked, but my goodness was it vanilla. In fact over 75% of the matches were played out between T7 and Sinister. So as promised I made this map pool much less conventional ... "What up haters?"

$100 First
$60 Second
$30 Third
$10 Fourth

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"cvars":{"sv_hostname":"#natdm.ql ~Classic TDM Pickups",
"sv_warmupReadyPercentage":1,
"g_friendlyFire":1,
"g_timeoutLen":90,
"g_dropPowerups":0,
"g_gametype":3,
"g_complaintLimit":0,
"g_startingAmmo_mg":100,
"g_weaponRespawn":30,
"disable_weapon_hmg":1,
"disable_ammo_hmg":1,
"teamsize":4,
"fraglimit":0,
"timelimit":20,
"mercylimit":50,
"ruleset":1,
"premium":0}}

Thank you to all the players, fans, and trolls for supporting the First Monthly NA Duelcup Duel Cup! Also I need to give another "HUGE THANK YOU" to Jehar from tastyspleen.tv for casting the entire event. You were a huge help man. Another big thank you to our first donation. I will leave the identity anonymous unless they would like to be known but we received a $100 donation. Thank you sir! If you missed Day If you weren't able to make it this month don't worry. There are plenty of cups coming up in the next year. GLHF!!

The second and final day of the grand opening duel cup is a 16 player bracket with a single elimination best of three rule set. The grand finals is a best of five. The grand prize winner will win a $100 payout. The runner up wins $60. There is a bronze match to decide who will win $30 for 3rd or $10 for 4th. As a special 1st-Cup-treat Quakelive Pro tokens will be given out to the top eight finalists, and randomly to viewers on the stream.

Overall it went quite smooth... aside from the fact that group A and E had to be merged, and that no one knew group F only had 3 players show up (lol you guys). There is a Group X that has been created from the 3rd place winners of the brackets to get the last two additions to the Round of 16 bracket. The bracket will be played out in best of three map sets and includes a bronze match to decide third and fourth. Grand Finals will follow as a best of five. Good Luck to the players and Have Fun everyone.

HUGE Thank you to Jehar from tastyspleen.tv for casting the event.

• Group Stage: Best of 1
• Single Elim bracket: Best of 3

• If time becomes an issue the bracket will be finished on Day 2. Since this is our first cup the total number players per group will be dependent upon how many players check in on event day. While it would be fantastic if everyone who registers also checks in I realize this is not a major event yet and some players will simply not make it. In the future the tournament structure will be more static and these kind of issues "should" be of no concern.

• Semi Finals: Best of 3
• Bronze Finals: Best of 3
• Grand Finals: Best of 5

amunster
apparition_
bL1ss
blatrix
bo0m
boots
BRRRAAAAIIINNie
Campaigner
cha1n
chance
Charnock
clast
coveryfire
dakinaw
davis
DeadIy
death_star_gone
_DevastatioN_
Effortless
GanglandOneUp
ghostulated
gnosis
hanniballer
Higgs
jdb_
jochs
jok0
judge_

kukkii
Loney
loveless
McBrady
Meowity
MidnightStar
Necrophagist
oaki_duke
p0rkage
phalaer
prophecy
rey
scorch_
shaka
sixers_
sleepii
SlLENCE
sms
sulit
_stitch
taint_
twitch
Vig1lante
vlad0
vort3x_ca
wonko
ZorakWar

• Furious Heights
• Lost World
• Blood Run
• Cure
• Toxicity
• Aerowalk
• Sinister

• Grand Prize: $100 + 1 month Pro
• 2nd Place: $60 + 1 month Pro
• 3rd Place: $30 + 1 month Pro
• 4th Place: $10 + 1 month Pro
• 5th - 8th all receive 1 month Pro