Official Group Page of Nova Ultra-Tournaments!

A few of my friends have decided to host and organize a Silver-Nova level tournament for those who wish to and are able to participate. You MUST be Silver-Nova rank or unranked around Silver-Nova level to be eligible. Our planned date is Friday, May 15th. We have not decided on a time yet, but we are polling applicants to find a time that works the best for the majority.

We decided on direct elimination style because it goes the quickest. Our goal is to get between 8-16 teams to compete. Teams can be pre-made and some will be created from individuals or partial teams.

Because this event is restricted to Silver-Nova level players, our Steam group is private. If we select you / your team to participate, you will get added. The Steam group will have server information and exact times, the bracket, and other information.

To apply for the tournament, please fill out this Google Form.[1]

We will contact players through Steam first, and then email if you cannot be reached on Steam.

We will be adding players to our friends lists to add them to our group. Usernames you may get invites from are: Rich, Avarice.

The prizes for the tournament is a base pool of 10 keys, each team is required to put in atleast 2 keys into the pool to enter.

We will be casting the match on Twitch. Because we are using 2 servers simultaneously, only one match will get casted at a time.

The brackets will be random, and teams that are assembled by us will be as balanced as we can make them. You have a better chance of being on a winning team if you apply with a 5 man team. If you apply with any less, you will be put with randoms if you are accepted.

Direct link to form: http://goo.gl/forms/6ke60p1vMr[2]

Incomplete applications will be disregarded. Smurfing will not be tolerated under any circumstances and the individuals will be banned and the match restarted.

Thanks, everyone! I will update this page with more info as developments occur. If you want to upvote for visibility, you may do so.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or post in the comments.

EDIT 1: The servers are being hosted in Oakland, California. If you are not from the USA, I would not recommend applying because of latency issues.

EDIT 2: The maps in the pool are:

de_dust2
de_inferno
de_train
de_nuke
de_mirage
de_cache
de_season
Maps are chosen as follows:

1) Team A removes one of the 7 maps.
2) Team B removes one of the remaining 6 maps.
3) Team A removes one of the remaining 5 maps.
4) Team B removes one of the remaining 4 maps.
5) Team A removes one of the remaining 3 maps.
6) Team B removes one of the remaining 2 maps.
7) The remaining map is played.