2023 Summer Tournament - django-\/\/ i K |

SC2AI Ladder 2023 Summer Tournament Will happen from From the 27th May up until the final on 15th July

Basics

Ladder will be frozen 23:59 on 21st May
The top 16 bot authors from the SC2AIArena Ladder will qualify for the tournament
All games will be played on the latest ladder map pool:
- InsideAndOutAIE
- MoondanceAIE
- StargazersAIE
- WaterfallAIE
- HardwireAIE
- BerlingradAIE
Authors may submit updates and bug fixes up to 25th May at 23:59 UTC for the first round. This will be via a separate upload from the main ladder, details of which will be communicated to authors
Bots may change strategy from that used on the ladder, but must maintain the same race.
After the first round, each author will be given up until 23:59 UTC on 6th July to resubmit their bot for the elimination rounds. After this, no more updates will be allowed

Bots will be seeded into a 3 round Swiss tournament bracket according to ladder rank
Each round of the swiss bracket will be seeded first by match score, then by game score, then by ladder rank
Each bot will play a best of 3 series against another bot based on swiss tournament rules
All replays will be available immediately after the final stream of each round.
Rankings in the group will be decided by:
- Match score
- Game score
- Result of the game between tied bots
- Tie breaker game between tied bots if the tie is for a qualifying position.
- Total regular ranking of all bots beaten
The top 8 bots from the swiss stage will play off in single elimination bracket. Elimination bracket will be seeded according to swiss ranking
Elimination bracket will be Bo5 games
In case of any disputes tournament organisers decision will be final