Yes, it's time to open the signups for the third edition of the big tourney. Alike last time, there are 48 spots available for interested duelists to take. I want to make clear that this tournament is FREE FOR ALL, as long as the player is able to understand/speak enough english to be able to understand the common rules, and arrange matches with foreign players.

The tournament will most probably work similar to last time(Group Stage+Double-Elimination), but however there are some significant changes behind the structure as well. For example the tournament Mappool with 3 brand new maps that won in the level contest before the tournament. You should especially see the Special rule about Tyuka's Realm Forsaken:

"Players can agree together on custom start positions on this map if they wish to start with ammunition. However if no agreement can be made, the default way to start is to put /autostart on, restart the level (/r), and start immediately with no ammo. If a player is caught from cheating by using another start position than what the players agreed on, the player may be warned/punished depending on the case.

You should also note that previously there were players facing each other from certain groups in the first elimination round(like Group A vs Group H, or D vs E.) However, this time the facing groups will be drawn by random after the Group Stage finishes, so the first opponent isn't all clear beforehand. This is to encourage all players to play for the best position possible in their groups till the end.

At the end of the tournament, if the winner belongs to a clan, that clan will be awarded under "awards" here on jjnet. Additional tournament prizes are to be decided later, if the crew can come up with a good idea.

Finally, if you're interested, then SIGN UP HERE! Also don't bother to sign up fake players, since I will notice that. If you should sign up a friend or your bro/sis, please tell that to me.

Like last time, all players are allowed to pick 2 VETO-maps(maps that your opponent cannot pick against yourself.) After you have played your first duel with them, you cannot change those picks anymore. However, if you don't wish to pick any right now, you can still pick them later in the tournament. I suggest you use the IRC Chan/Net-field in the signups-page for your VETOs, since it's a rather useless field otherwise anyway. For the E-mail-field would of course be good to have your MSN-address most importantly, if you have one.

Sites: Rules, Group Stage, and Elimination, which is of course to be edited later for 32 players.

~Originally posted for JJnet~