SC2AI Ladder 2023 Summer  Tournament Will happen from From the 25th Feb up until the final on 8th April

Basics
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- Ladder will be frozen 23:59 on 15th Feb
- The top 16 bot authors from the SC2AIArena Ladder will qualify for the tournament
- All games will be played on the latest ladder map pool:
 - - ThunderbirdAIE
 - - AcropolisAIE
 - - InterloperAIE
 - - EphemeronAIE
 - - AutomatonAIE
 - - AbyssalReefAIE

- Authors may submit updates and bug fixes up to 20th Feb at 23:59 UTC for the first round. This will be via a separate upload from the main ladder, details of which will be communicated to authors
- Bots may change strategy from that used on the ladder, but must maintain the same race.
- After the first round, each author will be given up until 23:59 UTC on 13th March to resubmit their bot for the elimination rounds. After this, no more updates will be allowed

Tournament Format
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- Bots will be seeded into a 5 round Swiss tournament bracket according to ladder rank
- The first round of the swiss bracket will be seeded first by ladder rank
- For the first and second round, each bot will play a best of 1 game against another bot based on swiss tournament rules
- Rounds 3 - 5 of the swiss bracket will be best of 3 series
- Any bot which manages 3 wins will advance to the bracket stage. Any bot loses 3 time will be eliminated
- All replays will be available immediately after the final stream of each round.
- Rankings in the group will be decided by:
- The top 8 bots from the swiss stage will play off in single elimination bracket. Elimination bracket will be seeded according to swiss ranking
- Elimination bracket will be Bo5 games
- In case of any disputes tournament organisers decision will be final

Prize Pool
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- 1st: $125
- 2nd: $75
- 3rd: $50