Team Fortress 2: Season 3 Playoff Information


As the season is quickly coming to a close, here is a brief look at the playoff structure for Season 3. Playoff schedules will be released on Saturday, March 21st.

Below you will find specific information about your division's playoff schedule...

Brackets & Map Rotation:

Professional:

The CEVO-P playoffs will consist of the top 8 teams based on the CPI, who will fight it out in a double elimination bracket until a winner is crowned.

Seeds:

1. Pandemic
2. Sway Gaming
3. Complexity
4. iDemise
5. Frag`Dominant
6. Team Dynamic
7. dignitas
8. Rufio's Lost Boys

Round 1: cp_well - Monday, March 23rd
Round 2: cp_gravelpit - Thursday, March 26th
Round 3: cp_badlands - Monday, March 30th
Round 4: cp_granary - Thursday, April 2nd
Round 5: cp_badlands - Monday, April 6th
Round 6: bo3 Finals - Thursday, April 9th

CEVO-P Brackets: http://www.cevolved.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=577

FREE:

The CEVO-FREE playoffs will consist of the top 8 teams based on the CPI, who will fight it out in a double elimination bracket until a winner is crowned.

Seeds:

1. Zilla Gaming
2. Balloons Reinflated
3. The Besserman 6
4. Papyrus
5. Learn 2 Play
6. No-Pulse Gaming
7. Stompfest
8. CyberClutch #54BOMB99
9. Quixotic
10. Hifi
11. Potential Gaming
12. Pure
13. Team Shift
14. Tr1ppin Hard Core
15. Veneration
16. The Terribles

Round 1: cp_well - Monday, March 23rd
Round 2: cp_gravelpit - Thursday, March 26th
Round 3: cp_badlands - Monday, March 30th
Round 4: cp_granary - Thursday, April 2nd
Round 5: cp_badlands - Monday, April 6th
Round 6: cp_gravelpit - Thursday, April 9th
Round 7: cp_granary - Monday, April 13th
Round 8: Best of Three - Thursday, April 16th


CEVO-FREE Brackets: http://www.cevolved.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=576

Note: The CEVO-FREE playoffs have been updated to reflect the same format of the CEVO-P playoffs using 16 teams. More information on the CPI can be found here: http://www.cevo.com/?page=forum&func=viewthread&id=4120

Match Scheduling:

Matches must be played on or before the dates posted above. Teams will NOT be allowed to play matches after these dates barring extreme circumstances. The scheduling process will remain the same as during the regular season with teams making use of our match scheduling system. Should a scheduling dispute arise, only the match scheduling system logs will be considered valid evidence.

Playoff Match Information:

All of our divisions use the "Double Elimination" format, meaning that once a team loses two matches they are eliminated from the event. Playoff matches end when either team reaches the required amount of rounds for that map. The team with the higher seed (lower number) is the home team and will be able to choose what side they would like to start on. Please report matches directly after the completion of the match.

Dispute Guidelines:

1. All disputes must be filed within 1 hour of the conclusion of each match.
2. Any cheating dispute filed must include a paragraph description per player on where and when you thought the player(s) were cheating. (One-Liners will not be accepted.)
3. Disputed players will have only 12 hours to upload demos following a dispute. This is to allow for our staff to have ample time to resolve each dispute before the next round begins. If you are not going to be around for the 12 hours following a playoff match, send your demos to a teammate who can upload for you in the case of a dispute.

With that said, myself along with all of the TF2 staff would like to thank you guys for making this an exciting first season here at CEVO. We hope everyone had an enjoyable experience. Good luck to those participating in the playoffs, and we hope to see you all again in future CEVO TF2 events. Stay tuned to our website for more Team Fortress 2 details in the coming weeks.

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