The Altador Cup Tournament Period is 9 days long and consists of 3 rounds in which you can play the available Altador Cup games: Yooyuball, Shootout Showdown, Slushie Slinger, Make Some Noise, and Obstacle Course Caper. The first two rounds determine the teams' brackets, and the final round determines final placements in the tournament. They work as follows:
Round 1: Teams will be randomly paired up to compete against each other. Each team will only face one other team. Winners of this round will be placed in the Upper Mid bracket, and the losers of this round will be placed in the Mid bracket. There will be a 1-day Round Break following this Round to calculate final scores and determine the next Round's brackets.
Round 2: Teams within the Upper Mid and Mid brackets will be randomly paired up to compete against each other. Each team will face only one other team. Winners in the Upper Mid bracket will be placed in the Top bracket, while the losers will remain in the Upper Mid bracket; winners in the Mid bracket will stay in the Mid bracket, while the losers will move down to the Lower bracket. There will be a 1-day Round Break following this Round to calculate final scores and determine the final Round's brackets.
Round 3: Brackets have been fully determined, and each team will play every other team in the bracket, for a total of 4 days/games and 1 bye day. The teams with the overall highest score will place in the #1 spot in their bracket, and all other teams will place 2nd-5th in their respective brackets according to final scores.
There will be 1-day breaks between each Round to calculate and verify score totals, and 1 bye day per team in the 3rd Round, but that doesn't mean you can't play on those days! All Altador Cup games will be available to play throughout the tournament. If you play them on a day your team isn't competing (such as during a Round Break), or you didn't sign up for a team at all, you will still be able to play and earn prize points and NP.