July SBBMonthly Details

Players

Anyone who reached Mythic rank in June (finished with greater than 4,000 ranked points) is invited to play in the July #SBBMonthly. The full list of qualified players can be found here.

Before signing up for the July Qualifier, you must register your in-game and Discord names with our bot. If you haven't done so already, please use the !signup "your sbb game name" command in the #tournament-signup channel of the official Storybook Brawl Discord. You must have registered your names by Sunday, July 24 in order to participate.

Registered players gain access to private tournament channels. A couple weeks before the event, our tournament organizers will post instructions for signing up for the tournament itself in the private #tournament-announcements channel.

Prizes

Cash Prizes

SBB Pro Club

Tournament Competitors will also receive progress towards SBB Pro Club status based on their finish in this tournament.

Charity Matching

As with all of our tournaments in 2022, every dollar earned by the Top 8 in this monthly will be matched by Storybook Brawl and given to the charity of that player's choice. So far, Storybook Brawl tournament competitors have raised the following for their charities!

Format

Day One

• Staggered flights at different times (listed below). Each player signs up for one flight.
• Each flight consists of 7 matches in 8-player pods.
• Points awarded for placement in each pod.
• After the matches, players with points above the Day Two cut will be eligible to play Day Two on Sunday.
• The Day Two point cut will be posted in #tournament-announcements at the start of the tournament.

Day 1 Flight Times

Day 2

• Starts Sunday at 10am PST / 6p UTC.
• Players' points reset at the start of Day Two.
• 7 rounds of 8-player pods, following the same structure as Day One.
• After all rounds are complete, the 8 players with the highest points cut to the Top 8 race.

Top 8 Race

• Players' points reset at the start of the Top 8.
• The Top 8 is a “race” format over several rounds:
  • After earning 10 points, players become “live” to win the event.
  • The Top 8 continues until a “live” player takes a 1st-place in a match.
  • Once that occurs, they are the winner of the event and the remaining players are sorted by points for standings.

Pod Overflow

Sometimes players cannot be cleanly divided into full 8-player pods. The previous 'byes' system is being replaced for the Fall Season, starting with this event.

1. Each round we will calculate the "modulo 8" (the remainder after splitting the players into sets of 8).
   • The bottom X players are determined according to points.
2. There will be a maximum of 1 total bot per round.
   • Players who have already played in a bot pod will not be assigned to another one.
3. Pods will then be generated based on the following chart:

Note: This tournament will be slightly different because the new system requires an engineering code change that will not be live yet. Starting in August, we will have the ability to create actual 6-person pods (no bots). For the July SBBMonthly, these will be 6-person pods with 2 bots. The scoring for these will be the same as 6 player pods listed above, and bot finishes will be ignored (e.g. if a player finishes 7th behind a bot, that's the same as a 6th).

Scoring

Scoring is determined by the lobby size. 8-player lobby scoring is consistent with prior events. 6-player lobby scoring has been adjusted for the difference in sizes.

Tiebreakers for Points

• Highest finish, second highest finish and so on.
• Day One point total
• Rank on June ladder

Rules

• 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 One flight time after the tournament organizer starts flight 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.
• If selected as coverage's featured pod, players must stream their screen to Discord if able.
• Streaming on Twitch or other platforms is allowed for any Day One flights that are not officially covered, but streaming with no delay is at your own risk.
• Streaming on Twitch or other platforms is allowed for any covered Day One flights and Day Two, but must use the same 15-minute delay as coverage.

Coverage

• Official Day One coverage starts at 9am Pacific Time on July 30.
• Official Day Two coverage starts at 10am Pacific Time on July 31.
• Coverage will be on Storybook Brawl's Twitch.