Fight or Flight 2954 Tournament Format
Bracket Platform
This year, all teams and participants must be registered on the Challonge Bracketing platform for Fight or Flight. Please register your team at https://challonge.com/ and ensure you and your wingman are on a team.
Once sign-ups are closed, all participants will be sent a Tournament signup link on the Challonge platform for their specific Regional Tournament.
Regions:
Americas (North America & South America)
Europe (Europe & Africa)
Oceania (Asia & Australia)
Format:
2v2 Dogfighting Master modes in 3.23
Match Type:
Best of 3 or First to 2
Winners Finals, Losers Finals & Grand Finals will be Best of 5
During the Grand Finals, the team from the loser's side will need to reset the bracket, and a second Best of 5 will be played for this team to be declared the winner.
Rounds:
During each round, ONLY the losing team of that round may change their ship and loadout.
The winning team of that round must keep their chosen loadout and cannot change.
Bracket Type:
Double Elimination
Once you lose 2 times in the bracket, your tournament run has concluded.
Teams:
Max 2 Pilots per Team
Unlimited Teams can sign up from any Organization
Teams can only participate in one regional tournament
Teams trying to break the rules and try to compete in more than one region will be subjected to a ban from future tournaments.
ALL team members must be on the ATMO esports Discord. NO EXCEPTIONS
Region Restrictions:
Teams with Pilots from 2 different regions will be allowed to choose the region in which they wish to compete as long as 1 member of the team lives in that Region.
ATMO esports is not responsible for Pilot's high-ping that are deciding to compete cross-region.
Arena Commander:
All matches will take place in Arena Commander's private lobbies.
Matches can only be played once an official is present. If an official is not present, the Match does not count.
Officials will Scan all pilots to ensure proper load-outs are being utilized.
Once all team pilot scans are completed, teams will head to their starting point.
Once both teams verbally confirm with the official that they are ready, there will be a 5-second countdown, and the match will begin.
Servers:
Americas region will play on US Servers
Europe/Africa region will play on EU Servers
Oceana region will play in Asia Servers
If Two teams competing are from AU, then an AU server will be chosen for that match.
Bracket Stage:
All Bracket stages will be played offline until we have our Top 8 for each region.
Top 8 Stage:
All Top 8 matches from all regions will be streamed on the official ATMO esports broadcast.
All teams must work with the ATMO esports team to obtain their POV feeds for the broadcast. This is a requirement, and there are no exceptions.
Championship Finals
Championship:
Winning teams from each region will qualify for the finals at CitizenCon 2954 in Manchester, UK.
All the Top Teams in each Region will be required to Travel to Manchester, UK, to compete in a three-team round-robin tournament to determine the Champions.
Round-Robin Finals:
Each team will play each other once.
Once all teams have played each other, the Final double-elimination bracket will be created. The Team with the most wins will have an initial bye.
Finals Bracket Example: