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Pre-Qualification Stage
Due to a lot of recent discoveries, we've been pushed into a situation where we have to alter the format of the qualification stage slightly. There has been a lot of talk about players potentially cheating the system, sharing accounts, having friends as spectators and so on. With no proper way to monitor these issues, we can not draw any conclusions from any amount of accusations - at the same time, we're not willing to host a tournament that will allow these things to happen. We have only the best intentions for this event, so in an attempt to make this as fair as possible, we've decided to expand the tournament with a Pre-Qualification Stage.
This means that seed 9 to 16 will have to compete with seed 17 to 24 in order to gain a spot in the Qualification Stage. No teams have been disqualified, and the initially qualified teams will only have to compete with teams that have a lower seed than themselves.
This has been a widely suggested idea by the community, and with the recent discoveries, we have decided that this is the best solution moving forward. The Pre-Qualification Stage will commence immediately with more information following tomorrow.
All the affected teams will be contacted tomorrow.