





In celebration of the one year anniversary of the formation of Blue Ringed Octolings (BRO) , we are hosting a tournament! BRO is the largest oceanic Splatoon squad and consists of oceanic players only (Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia). This tournament is open to everyone, however! The squad name BRO was inspired by the Blue Ringed Octopus.





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Did you know facts about the Blue Ringed Octopus: ​

Blue ringed octopus primarily lives in shallow waters on the coast of Australia

It has the ability of changing its color with respect to its surrounding environment to get rid of predators.

The blue ringed octopus will only bite when provoked or handled incorrectly. It’s poison can lead to paralysis in just about 15 minutes. Oddly enough the bite is painless which is why it often goes unnoticed. The poison has overwhelmingly immediate and fatal effects.





FORMAT & DURATION



This tournament follows a swiss format.

The ranked modes tower control, splat zones and rainmaker will be played.

Eight rounds will be played where the team that acquires the most number of wins (or points) from all rounds wins the tournament.

Rounds will be Bo3 or Bo5 depending on the number of teams that sign up (this will be decided on the day).

The exceptions are Rounds 7 and 8 which will be Bo7.

The expected run time for this tournament is 2-3 hours.



MAP LIST



http://bit.ly/2kNHGsF



START TIMES



Timezone | Time start | Date

AEDT | 11 am | 25 February

NZ | 1 pm | 25 February

PST | 4 pm | 24 February

EST | 7 pm | 24 February

GMT | 1 am | 25 February



SIGN UPS



Please sign up your team on google sign up doc: http://bit.ly/2jodQ1U

The team captain must join the BRO tournament discord and be assigned a captain role (everyone else is welcome to join the discord server): https://discord.gg/f8w6ehb ​

The Challonge bracket can be viewed here (there is no need to sign up on Challonge): http://challonge.com/BROSplatoon

RULES



There is no ban on particular weapons or gear. Some "banned" map/mode combinations are present in the map list as well.



If your team has not started their first match 10 minutes after tournament start, despite receiving a request to join the opposing team's private battle, your team will be disqualified. ​

Teams consist of 4 players – you are allowed substitutions at any time so long as the sub does not play for another team in this tournament and the sub joins within a 5 minute window. If a sub cannot be found within 5 minutes, the match must be played.



If a disconnect occurs in the first two minutes of the match, a rematch may be called. Each team is allowed one rematch due to disconnections per round. The same weapons and gear must be used (substitutions can choose their own weapon and gear). When a team disconnects, they must stop playing and contact the other team. If a team continues to play despite a disconnect, they agree to the end result of that game. ​