MK League Season 7 Qualifier #5

MK League is back for Season 7!

Show your racing skills in our 7th season of competitive Mario Kart 8 Deluxe racing! 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

Qualifier Rounds:

• ROUND 1: Players divided up evenly into friend room lobbies using snake seeding (based on avg. season score - if no score, random placement). Lobbies play 12 races.
• ROUND 2: top 11 across all lobbies advance to qualifier finals (12th spot is tournament operator host - not in contention).
• Top 3 at end of round 2 qualify for season semifinals (if player has already qualified, 4th place qualifies and so on...)

QUALIFIER POINTS:

• Players who do not advance to qualifier finals awarded points earned from their round 1 races, plus 12. Top 11 are awarded points earned in the qualifier round 2 plus points earned in qualifier round 1.

QUALIFIER PRIZES:

• Prizes awarded to top 3 in each qualifier - cash prize pool from 50% of entry fees 1st place: 50% of prize pool​ 2nd place: 30% of prize pool 3rd place: 20% of prize pool

Semifinals:

• Top 24 - made up from 3 players each qualifier, 6 wildcard spots awarded to top 6 overall scoring players from qualifier rounds (from players not already qualified)
• 2 friend room lobbies (snake seeding based on avg. score from qualifier rounds)
• 24 races
• Top 6 from each lobby advance to grand finals

Grand Finals:​

• Top 12 - made up from top 6 in each semifinal lobby.
• 24 races

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.
• Ties: in the event of a tie that would determine who advances to the next round, a 1 race tiebreaker will be held for the players, hosted by the tournament operator. 
• Tiebreaker Rules: - 150cc​ - No CPUs - All kart options allowed - Smart steering / auto acceleration allowed - Normal Items - RANDOM track selection