November Cup: open to everyone, final evening on November 6

Our first open tournament: no cap of eight teams, everyone who signs up gets a place in the bracket.

Dates

• Until Monday, November 2 — entries are open.
• Monday, November 2, 18:00 Sofia time (EET) / 16:00 GMT — entries close and the qualifiers begin.
• Friday, November 6, 18:00 Sofia time (EET) / 16:00 GMT — the final evening.

How it works

• 5 vs 5, entry fee 300 credits. Room for up to 256 teams: the bracket grows to 16, 32, 64 and beyond to fit everyone, and arena clubs take any empty places. The draw is fair and checkable, as in every cup.
• Qualifier rounds play themselves over the days between November 2 and 6. You don't need to be online: your squad plays its matches on its own, and with notifications on you hear when you go through or get knocked out.
• Your squad is locked in when entries close, exactly as it is at that moment. Your cards aren't tied up during the qualifiers: from November 2 your bots are free again for regular battles, sales and merges. Until then they sit in your entry, so enter closer to the date if you need them.
• The final eight play on Friday evening, live on the broadcast: quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. Once the eight are set, Pick'em opens: call the winner of every match before the first one starts. Points only, no stakes.

Prize pool

Every entry fee goes into the pool (minus a 5% service fee). The winner takes 60%, the runner-up 30%, and each losing semifinalist 5%. If an arena club finishes in the money, its share is burned, nobody gets it.

How to enter

1. Open Tournaments → November Cup (you'll also find it in the lobby).
2. Pick 5 bots and press Enter · 300 cr.
3. Changed your mind? Withdraw entry before entries close and the fee comes back in full.

Paid cups need an account that has already played a few battles against the house: if yours isn't ready yet, the entry form will say so.