Everything you need
before you enter

Entering an event

Every UGCZA bracket runs on start.gg. Find the event on the tournaments page, register there, and check in when the window opens on the day. If you miss check-in you get dropped from the bracket automatically - that part is start.gg, not us, and we can’t undo it.

Entry windows, venue details and match calls go out in Discord first, usually days before anywhere else.

Rulesets

Each game runs its own ruleset. The structure below is what a ruleset has to specify; the values are set per event and published on the start.gg page before entries open.

• Format - double elimination unless stated otherwise.
• Set length - and whether finals differ from pools.
• Character and stage rules - counterpicks, bans, mirror rules.
• Controllers - what’s permitted, and what you bring yourself.
• Pausing, disconnects and restarts.
• Coaching - allowed, and when.

Eligibility

Who can enter, and what they need before they arrive.

• A start.gg account in the player’s own name.
• Region or residency requirements, where an event has them.
• Entry fee, if any, and how it’s paid.

Code of conduct

The short version: play hard, don’t be a problem. In practice that means no harassment, slurs or targeted abuse, in the venue or in Discord; no cheating, modded hardware or match-fixing; follow staff and TO instructions; and treat the venue and equipment like they belong to someone else, because they do.

Breaches can mean a warning, disqualification, or a ban from future events depending on severity.

What to bring

Your own controller and any adapter it needs. Label it - identical sticks get mixed up every single event. Bring ID if the event requires it, and something to drink.

Watching

Events stream on Twitch, and full VODs and recaps go up afterwards. Past brackets, entrant counts and standings all live on the tournaments page, pulled from start.gg rather than typed in by hand - so results can’t drift out of sync with the bracket.