MK League Season 5 Qualifier #4

MK League is back for Season 5!

Show your racing skills in our 5th season of competitive Mario Kart 8 Deluxe racing! We'll be racing the 2nd Saturday each month for 6 months (qualifiers)! This league is perfect for both competitive and new Mario Kart players! Learn from some of the best MK players in the world in a friendly environment.

League is organized through the official PlayEX Discord server.

LEAGUE FORMAT

7 Qualifier Rounds (weeks 1-6) | Top 2 from each qualifier advance to playoffs

If repeat players appear in the top 2 each week, the 3rd place player will advance, etc.

Points are cumulative each week.

Qualifier Rules:

24 Races - 150cc - Friend Room Lobbies (players evenly divided) - Random Lobby Assignments

Playoffs (week 7) | 24 racers - top 2 from each qualifier, remaining 12 slots filled from top 12 scoring players at end of qualifiers that have not already qualified. Top 12 scoring players advance to finals.

Playoffs Rules:

24 Races - 150cc - 2 Friend Room Lobbies (snake seeding based on final qualifier scores)

Grand Finals (week 8) | 12 races - top half of playoffs. Final placement determined by cumulative score from finals races.

Finals Rules:

24 Races - 150cc - 1 FR Lobby

GENERAL RULES

• 150cc speed setting
• Lobby hosts must have a stable internet connection
• Hard CPUs (in the event of a disconnection, the cpu replacing the player's points will be counted until the player reconnects to the lobby
• Normal Items
• All vehicles, gliders, and characters allowed
• Smart steering is allowed
• Lobby hosts are responsible for sending scores to tournament operator (a screenshot is fine; include CPU points if needed)
• Track Repicks: repicking a track will result in a 10pt penalty if the repicked track is selected in roulette (if choosing random results in a repick, the penalty is not applied). Manually repicking a track that was selected by choosing random will apply the penalty.