January Championship Qualifier Details
Announcing the January Championship Qualifier, which takes place on January 29-30. This tournament qualifies for the Spring Championship.
Announcing the January Championship Qualifier! This tournament qualifies for March’s Spring Championship. It will take place the weekend of January 29-30. Remember - you must be a member of the Storybook Brawl Discord to participate.
Before getting into its details though, we would like to remind you that last month's December Qualifer had been rescheduled, and will take place this weekend (January 8-9). Check out the coverage stream on Twitch this Sunday!
If you plan to play this weekend you should have already chosen a flight - if you haven't yet, please join the SBB Discord ASAP, sign up in #tournament-signups and choose a flight for Day 1.
If you qualified for the December tournament but cannot play this weekend, you may defer that qualification to ANY one of the Championship Qualifiers in 2022 instead.
Players
Anyone who reached Mythic rank in January (finished with greater than 4,000 ranked points) is invited to play in the January Championship Qualifier. The full list of qualified players can be found here.
If you plan to play in Storybook Brawl tournaments and haven't already registered your in-game name and Discord names with our bot, please join the official Storybook Brawl Discord and use the !signup "your sbb game name" command in the #tournament-signup channel. You must have registered your names by Sunday, Janurary 23 in order to participate.
Registered players will gain access to private tournament channels, where they can sign up for the tournament itself a couple weeks before the event.
Prizes
| Placement | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $1,150 |
| 2nd | $750 |
| 3rd | $450 |
| 4th | $350 |
| 5th-8th | $200 |
| 1st-8th | Invite to Spring Championship |
| 1st-16th | Super Pan bundle code |
| Day 2 | 700-gem code |
Format
Day One
- Staggered flights at different times (listed below). Each player signs up for one flight.
- Each flight has 6 rounds of 8-player pods. Players may be given a deferred round that they will make up at the end of their flight (this system is used to avoid bot games).
- Points awarded for placement in each pod:
| Finish | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 10 |
| 2nd | 8 |
| 3rd | 7 |
| 4th | 6 |
| 5th | 4 |
| 6th | 3 |
| 7th | 2 |
| 8th | 1 |
- After 6 rounds, all players with 40 or more points qualify for Day 2, to be played on Sunday.
Day 1 Flight Times
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Friday | 4p PST / 12a UTC |
| Friday | 7p PST / 3a UTC |
| Saturday | 3a PST / 11a UTC |
| Saturday | 6a PST / 2p UTC |
| Saturday | 9a PST / 5p UTC |
| Saturday | 12p PST / 8p UTC |
| Saturday | 3p PST / 11p UTC |
Day 2
- Starts Sunday at 10am PST / 6p UTC.
- Players' points reset at the start of Day 2.
- 5 rounds of 8-player pods, following the same structure as Day 1. Some players may have a deferred round to insure limited bots.
- After the 5 rounds plus the deferred round are complete, the 8 players with the highest points cut to the Top 8 race.
- The top 8 will be a “race” format over several rounds. Once a player earns 10 points they become “live” to win the event. The top 8 will continue until one of these “live” players wins 1st place in a brawl.
- Once that occurs, they are the winner of the event and the remaining players are sorted by points for standings.
Tiebreakers for Points
- Highest Finish, Second Highest Finish and so on.
- Day 1 point total
- Rank on December ladder
Rules
Full rules are available in the tournament site's player docs. Here are some highlights:
- The event is run through the official Storybook Brawl Discord. To participate in this event you must be registered there:
- Use the !signup “your game name” command in #tournament-signups by the deadline (specified earlier in this announcement) to be eligible to participate.
- Choose a Day 1 Flight time after the tournament organizer starts their signups, and follow any associated TO instructions.
- Lobbies with bugs or issues at or before Hero select will be restarted.
- Lobbies with bugs or issues (internet disconnects etc.) after that point will play on.
- All rulings are the right of the tournament organizers.
- Players must stream their screen to Discord if able on Day 2 if selected as coverage's featured pod.
- Streaming on Twitch or other platforms is allowed for Day 1, but streaming with no delay is at your own risk.
- Streaming on Twitch or other platforms is allowed for Day 2, but must use the same 15-minute delay as coverage.
Coverage
- Coverage will only be provided for Day 2.
- Starts at 10am Pacific Time on January 30.
- Coverage will be on the Storybook Brawl Twitch.
Note: this announcement was originally published on Storybook Brawl's news feed on Steam.