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Contenders 2020 format changes, will move to a weekly tournament
What will the transition look like?
In early 2020 we will invite all 2019 Season 2 Contenders teams to a preliminary double-elimination tournament, which will determine seeding into the new system. The top four will receive byes into their region's first Contenders tournament quarterfinals as seeds 1 though 4, and the bottom four will receive byes into their region's first Contenders Trials tournament as seeds 1 through 4. This will only need to be played out once, as it's simply a transitional tournament to seed fairly into the 2020 structure.
What will a season in 2020 look like?
Phase 1: A season will first begin with Open Division for each region, open to all players of all skill levels (not including Contenders players). This will run for seven weeks—six weeks of Swiss into a week of Playoffs—to produce the top 8 teams that will compete in Contenders Trials.
Phase 2: Contenders Trials will take place over one week, where 12 teams (bottom 4 from Contenders, top 8 from Open Division) will compete in a single-elimination bracket.
Phase 3: This is where the first of the Contenders bi-weekly tournaments will take place, alternating week-to-week between the Atlantic and Pacific divisions. 12 teams—the top 4 Contenders teams and top 8 Contenders Trials teams—will compete in a single-elimination bracket. This is where points will be awarded for the region's playoffs. The top four teams will retain their auto-qualification into the next Contenders tournament, which will take place two weeks later, while the bottom eight will compete in Contenders Trials the following week.
Phase 4: Repeat phases 2 and 3 for Contenders Trials Week 2, then Contenders Week 2.
Phase 5: Repeat phases 1 through 5. When it's all over, the top 8 teams with the most points will secure their spot in their regional playoffs.
Phase 6: The top 8 teams will compete in a double-elimination regional playoff tournament to determine their region's Contenders champion.
There will be two full seasons of Contenders in 2020, producing two championship-winning teams per region.
What about Showdowns and the Contenders Gauntlet, are they returning in 2020?
They are! Teams that perform well in their regional tournaments may qualify for these international live events. We will have more details to share on those at a later date.
What about prize money/LANs/other thing you didn't mention in this blog?
We will be sharing more details about all of the above as we get closer to the first 2020 season. Until then, be sure to follow us at @owpathtopro to stay up to date with all things path to pro
Oh shit, they put Contenders on the main OWL channel.
Also, love the new format for Contenders, trying to mirror the League format was eh at best.
Next step is to ALLOW THIRD PARTY TOURNEYS AGAIN.
Gen G Mr. on Zunba, Jehong and Tobis LFT status.
Also, love the new format for Contenders, trying to mirror the League format was eh at best.
Next step is to ALLOW THIRD PARTY TOURNEYS AGAIN.
Gen G Mr. on Zunba, Jehong and Tobis LFT status.
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CHILL THE FUCK OUT PATIPHAN
They took EM to map 5, they're definitely one of the best teams in the Gauntlet
They took EM to map 5, they're definitely one of the best teams in the Gauntlet
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Tfw when Patiphan can't even play in owl until 2022
Stand1 is doing some incredibly stupid mistakes. They looked so good on Map 1 and managed to make Hollywood somewhat competitive despite this and Water getting boomed.
As close as a 3-0 can get, Talon is so good.
Stand1 is doing some incredibly stupid mistakes. They looked so good on Map 1 and managed to make Hollywood somewhat competitive despite this and Water getting boomed.
As close as a 3-0 can get, Talon is so good.
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Atlanta vs EM looking spicy so far. Atl definitely showing why they're NA seed #1
Also, this happened during Runaways complete obliteration of Gen G
Also, this happened during Runaways complete obliteration of Gen G
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Change the players and runaway still plays like runaway. Testament to their coaches and team culture.
Gido is a free agent.
Gido is a free agent.
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Did the glads seriously push out David Pei as coach and then literally hired him back like what a week later because they didn't think to talk to other coaches first and potentially line up a few candidates first? Like what the hell is going on over there at the moment.
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No, his contract expired so he probably waited to see what offers he got to get a pay raise. I don't think anyone ever thought he wouldn't be on Glads next year.
This. But it was also because dpei probably wanted a lot, since he's now also the GM in addition to the head coach, which I'm not sure how well that will work out.
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Yea, I've been watching the first 2 games, tonight though there is only 2 games, Losers finals then Grand finals.
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Final day of Gauntlet about to start, thinking Atlanta might edge out RunAway considering how dominant EM looked at times vs them
EM seems to be the clear favorite to take it all.
EM seems to be the clear favorite to take it all.
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EMP is such a broken ult that the last fight was over when ATL fell back instead of being aggressive.
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