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osu! UCI is excited to host the 2016 OWL LAN. We will be hosting an osu! standard tournament, so get ready to click those circles. OWL is an in-person BYOC(Bring Your Own Computer) event, so make sure to bring all your necessary gadgets and accessories (including an ethernet cord/wifi card).

Photo Gallery

Click here to see the OWL photo album!

Location

The tournament will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2017 from 10AM to 9 PM. We will be located in the UCI Student Center, Emerald Bay AB, full address: 311 W Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA 92697. Food is not provided at the event, but there are plenty of chains and restaurants in walking distance around the area. All-day parking is available in the adjacent Student Center Parking Structure for around $10.

Emerald Bay in the Student Center

Registration

If you are interested in participating in one of our tournaments please fill out the google form below. Please note that there will be a $5 entrance fee(for tournament participants only). This fee is to help us cover the room reservation fees and if we have enough entrants, to bolster the prize pool. Registration is open until the tournament starts.

Food and refreshments are not provided by OWL. There are 4 retail chains within the Student Center building, and a plaza called University Center with many more options across the street.

Each player location has 1 guaranteed power outlet and there are around 23 available ethernet ports so bringing a switch if you have one is recomended

Format

Prizing

To be determined. Keep checking back here for updates.

Rules

Lobby and Matches

• Missing your match counts as a loss; no rematches will be made
• At the beginning of each lobby please be sure to save the match history link in case of an issue
• Matches are in osu! standard with score (not ScoreV2) as the win condition
• !roll begins every match
• Higher roll decides the map
• Thereafter, game loser decides next map
• The tiebreaker map is predetermined as the 5th map
• A player may request that both players use No Fail to preserve past scores

Disconnection

• On first disconnect, the opponent decides to rematch or not
• Second and further disconnects are counted as losses

Match Reporting

• Both players will have to report into the main desk together to report their scores
• Both players must unanimously agree on the winner of the match
• In the case of disagreement a referee will check the match history link provided and make a judgement call

Misconduct & Cheating

• Unsportsmanlike behavior and harassment will not be tolerated and can factor into your removal
• Any sort of verbal harassment towards another in the tourney will NOT be tolerated. This includes referees, bystanders, and any other attendees of the LAN
• Players will have their computers inspected prior to the beginning of matches to ensure that there are no illegal programs running at the time
• Under no circumstances are players allowed to touch the peripherals or computer of another without explicit permission

Any disregard for these rules will be met with punishment, ranging from a warning to immediate disqualification. It will be up to the discretion of the staff to punish based on the severity of the offense. *Disclaimer: These rules and regulations are subject to change without notice, and hence should be reviewed frequently.

Brackets

Round 1 (Tonight?)

Round 2

Round 3 has been removed

Single Elimination

Schedule

Due to timing issues the previous schedule is no longer accurate

Tournament Schedule

Map Pool

Click here to see the osu! standard map pool.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to message any one of the osu! UCI officers, send an email to osuuci@gmail.com, or Tweet at us.