MK League is BACK for Season 8! Join us virtually for the return of our most beloved series! This is a 100% ONLINE tournament league.
Qualifier #1: October 5
Qualifier #2: October 19
Qualifier #3: November 2
Qualifier #4: November 16
Qualifier #5: December 7
Qualifier #6: December 21
League Format
6 Qualifiers→ Semifinals → Grand Finals
Qualifier Weeks:
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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.
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ROUND 2: top 11 across all lobbies advance to qualifier finals (12th spot is tournament operator host - not in contention).
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Top 3 at end of round 2 qualify for season semifinals (if player has already qualified, 4th place qualifies and so on...)
QUALIFIER POINTS:
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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:
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Prizes awarded to top 3 in each qualifier
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1st place: TBA
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2nd place: TBA
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3rd place: TBA
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Semifinals:
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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)
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2 friend room lobbies (snake seeding based on avg. score from qualifier rounds)
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24 races
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Top 6 from each lobby advance to grand finals
Grand Finals:
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Top 12 - made up from top 6 in each semifinal lobby.
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24 races
General Rules
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150cc speed setting
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Lobby hosts must have an ethernet connection to their Switch
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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)
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Normal Items
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All vehicles, gliders, and characters allowed
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Smart steering is allowed
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Lobby hosts are responsible for sending scores to tournament operator (a screenshot is fine; include CPU points if needed)
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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.
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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.
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Tiebreaker Rules:
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150cc
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No CPUs
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All kart options allowed
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Smart steering / auto acceleration allowed
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Normal Items
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RANDOM track selection
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Entry Fee
$15 USD per qualifier
(no entry fees for semis or grand finals)
Registration
