OFFICIAL Capsgaming Showcase - Season 5 - North America - Dates & info

Welcome to the Capsgaming Showcase - Season 5

Here is the official Rulebook for this event
https://www.leaguegaming.com/capsgaming/CG S5 Caps Gaming Showcase Rulebook.pdf

Here is the legal rules and eligibility
http://www.leaguegaming.com/capsgaming/capsgaming_s5_showcase_rules_and_eligibility.pdf

Key points about this event

• The event is North America Only.
• The prize pool for NA has been increased to $15,000usd
• This event will have a live LAN finals @ District E - Sat March 30th.
• This event will have a contenders division

Event Eligibility

• Players must live in either: Canada or USA
  
• ALL Players must be 18+ as of Jan 31st 2024
  
• NHL 24 (Next Gen). This event is cross play.
  
• If you are a Canadian citizen and playing for a top team make sure you have a valid passport for March

Event Dates

This event is switching to the Wed/Thrs esports format. You will play one BO3 series vs a team each night. All game times are defaulted at 21:00 Eastern.

• Series 1 - Wed Jan 31
• Series 2 - Thrs Feb 1
  
• Series 3 - Wed Feb 7
• Series 4 - Thrs Feb 8
• Series 5 - Wed Feb 14
• Series 6 - Thrs Feb 15
  
• Series 7 - Wed Feb 21
  
• Series 8 - Thrs Feb 22
• Series 9 - Wed Feb 28
  
• Series 10 - Thrs Feb 29 (leap year)
  
• Playoffs Round 1 - Wed Mar 6 - BO5
  
• Playoffs Round 2 - Thrs Mar 7 - BO5
  
• Playoffs Round 3 - Wed Mar 13 - BO5
  
• Playoffs Semis - TBA
• Playoffs - Finals TBA - Live @ District E Saturday March 30th

Event Format

• Swiss Style. Each week in the regular season you will match-up vs a similarly skilled team to play a best of 3 series. (10 matchups)
• The top 32 teams make the playoffs. This event is Pick your opponent for playoffs. Highest seed picks their opponent down til all matchups are made.
  
• The playoffs are BO5. Semi's and finals TBA

Changes from previous events

• Playoffs are pick your opponent.
• Event is NA only
• Prize pool for NA raised to $15k
• Contenders division added

All other questions please post below!

 

No cutoff. But when we run the scheduler, if you don't have 6 players on your roster you simply won't get scheduled for that game night.

So you can jump in at any point or event skip a game night.

 

https://www.leaguegaming.com/forums/index.php?threads/managing-roster-subs.351373/