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.