Tournament Formats

The format of how a tournament is run varies however there are several distinct categories most tournaments fall into.

Elimination Tournaments
The most traditional tournament

Single Elimination (Traditional Bracket)
The most traditional tournament format of OCTs. The loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion.


 * Many tournaments have 32 competitors and 5 rounds.


 * Law of Talos OCT is an example of a Single Elimination Tournament.

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Non-Elimination Tournaments
Non-Elimination Tournaments are a newer but prominant format of OCTs. Competitors are only eliminated if they fail to submit an entry or the criteria set out by Judges.


 * A ranking is applied in order to determine the winner in the final round.

Most Points
This format of Non-Elimination will give contestant points relating to aspects of their round such as story, art and implimentation of their opponent character. The person with the highest amount of points by the final round wins.


 * Cascade Cabaret OCT Season 2 is an example of a Non-Elimination (Most Points) Tournament.

Most Wins
Sometimes combined with Side vs Side tournaments, the winner of the tournament is the person with the highest number of wins.


 * War For Rayuba is an example of a Non-Elimination Side Vs Side tournament (Most Wins). The winning team was the one with the most number of collective wins from the team.

Side vs Side Format
Tournament format explanation