Gears 5: KOTH Cup - BETA Tuning Overview

  Prizes

*NOTE: In order for cash prizing to be available a minimum of eight (8) participants must compete in the tournament. Upon completion of the tournament cash prize winners will be contacted via email to arrange payment. Prize payments are paid using PayPal only and are paid the following month.

The amount of cash prizing received by the winning team is determined in the table below, only the tournament winner (1st Place) will be awarded a cash prize. All members on the winning team will be contacted via email and the cash prize will be equally split among team members:

  Player IDs

For this tournament, players must register their Xbox Live Gamertag to their EGL Game & Social Accounts section on their EGL profile. All Player IDs on a team’s roster must be 100% valid and accurate. Spelling, spaces and characters must be exact, but do not need to be case sensitive.

If your username is found to be incorrect or you have input an email address instead of your Xbox Live Gamertag then you will be disqualified as this is strictly NOT allowed.

  Maps

The maps to choose from are as follows:

Best of 1 - All Rounds

Both teams need to communicate their map picks/bans within the match comments on the Match Fixture page (click on "View Details" for your current fixture). We will not accept any other form of evidence of map picks/bans if you choose to do this outwith our website.

The Higher Seeded Team will choose to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban process.

The Map Ban process is as follows:

-  Team A Bans One Map
-  Team B Bans One Map
-  Team B Bans One Map
-  Team A Bans One Map
-  Team A Bans One Map
-  Team B Bans One Map
-  Team A Bans One Map
-  The remaining map becomes the map for that round
-  Team A picks which team they wish to play on (COG/Swarm)

Hosting Order

A team's seed is indicated by the number next to their team name on the tournament bracket. The highest seed is defined as the team with the seed closest to 0.

The hosting team is as follows:

The team that is not hosting will choose which spawn (side) they wish to start on.

  Support

If you have a problem with your match, please click on the 'Contact Support' button found on the Match Fixture page. You can also reach us on the EGL - Global Discord channel for general questions and discussion.