General information and description.

Tournament format. ONS 5 vs 5 with the selection of players by team captains.
Registration rules.
1. Registration period: 20.04.26-25.05.26
2. Players register for the tournament individually by filling out the registration form under the announcement post on the website. Or in Discord Unexplore Games community.
3. Minimum number of players: 40 (minimum 8 teams in 5v5 format).
Note! If the number of participants is small, it is possible to roll back to the 4v4 format(at least 8 teams in the 4v4 format).

Organizer: Founder of the project Unexplore Games, — Sanchelioss.
Contact the organizer at Discord Unexplore Games: Sanchelioss

Important!
Dear participants, please check the ability to connect to project servers before registering. The project administration is not responsible for the possibility and quality of your connections to the project servers.
All questions related to NOT being able to connect to the project servers are left to you to decide on your own.

Preparation and holding of the tournament.

Preparation and holding of the tournament includes several stages.

— Registration of participants 20.04.26-25.05.26.
— Qualification of participants 20.04.26-10.06.26.
— Team draft. Cap selections. 12.06.26(Sunday).
— Tournament games:
 1. Group stage. 13.06.26 – 26.07.26
 2. Playoff stage. Semifinals. 31.07.26-02.08.26
 3. Grand Final. 02.08.26 or 08.08.26

Attention!
The schedule of tournament games is indicated in advance and may change depending on the number of registered participants and formed teams.

Best streamer category.

To register in this category, please contact the organizer. The category contains individual unique prize money.
Requirements:
— adequacy
— no profanity on streams.

Evaluation criteria:
— the number of covered meetings of participating teams(up to 3 points);
— public engagement in broadcasts(a record for the number of people on the stream)(up to 3 points).
— popular vote at the end of the tournament(up to 3 points).

1.The registration process for participants.

Registration period for participants: 20.04.26-25.05.26.
To register for the tournament, you need to study the full rules provided in this document. Send the registration form using one of the following options:
— Fill out the application form on the website below the tournament announcement post https://unexplore.online.
— Fill out the application form in discord:  https://discord.com/channels/1201407149042040912/149332598985247967.

Registration form:
1. Game nickname;
2. Discord nickname;
3. Nationality or country.
4. Timeslots of free time to participate in the tournament (information for captains);
5. Mark that you speak English EU(information for OTHER players);
6. Are you ready to spend time training to achieve the best result;
7. Desire to be a captain;
8. Read and agree with the rules;
9. Additional important information.
Important notes during registration!
— The use of fake nicknames in tournament games is prohibited.
— Anyway, if there are not enough» willing » captains, the organizer will appoint the captains themselves. The appointment will be made according to the «one of the strongest players» rule.
— All games will be held mainly on weekends: Saturday, Sunday. When specifying timeslots, take into account this information, which is necessary for your future captains.
— Priority for players who registered first. If it is not possible to form the last team based on the number of participants, the players who registered last will remain as substitutes.
— If you have already registered, but for some reason you will not be able to play the tournament, please inform the organizers as soon as possible.

2. Qualification of participants

Players who have already registered (after confirmation by the organizer) can proceed to the qualifying stage of the tournament.
Qualifying games period: 20.04.26-10.06.26.
At this stage, players must familiarize themselves with the maps and play a minimum of 11 games, one per map from the tournament map sheet. Players wishing to play more qualifying games are welcome.
The map list will be presented below in the text of the document.
Qualifying servers with a pre-installed map list will be described in the corresponding section below.
You can track the statistics of your games and profile values that will be used in the future to evaluate the player’s skill on the official project resource: https://ut2004stats.unexplore.online/index.php?stats=matches

Restrictions and warnings!
— To get more accurate results, all qualifying games must be played in a format no higher than 5v5 and only on qualifying servers(you can choose 4v4 or 3v3).
— Players who knowingly and intentionally underestimate their game skill incalibration matches can be disqualified.
— Players who want to train and study maps in the style of “just run around and see/review/study » should only do this on training servers that do not have statistics (described in the corresponding section).
— 2 weeks before the end of qualifying, players who have not completed the qualifying stage will be sent a warning in Discord. If the qualifying stage is not completed, the player may be disqualified.
— In some cases, if a player is not sufficiently calibrated, the organizer has the right to ask for a couple more calibration matches for the participant.

3. Team draft. Captain selections.

Previously 12.06.26(Sunday).We will also inform the captains about the meeting time.

Captains will be appointed by the organizer. After registration is completed, the organizer will contact the captains, and the captains will be required to show up at the scheduled time for the draft.

Format of the captain’s selection: A draft based on the cost of players and teams. Each player is assigned a total Avg SPH score(adjusted for the last 10 games), which reflects the player’s total cost when playing a particular mode, in this case Onslaught. SPH The team’s total score is summed up from the Avg SPH. On each lap, the team with the lowest overall score is chosen first relative to the team with the highest overall score.
Selection rules.
The draft takes place in 4 rounds. Team captains with their Avg SPH rating choose their teammates from the pool of participants.
The captain with the lowest Avg SPH rating starts. Once selected, the turn goes to the next captain with the lowest Avg SPH score, and so on until all players are sorted out.

Important!
Before the draft, the overall Avg SPH average score for all tournament participants will be calculated. In order to avoid an imbalance of teams by the total number of team points Sum Avg SPH, captains who have a large number of points at the start of the draft process will be limited to the peak of stronger players. Namely, the average score for all participants of the Avg SPH*5 tournament cannot be exceeded!

Forming a full team of pre-registered players of 5 people is only possible if the following points are met(the so-called premade teams):

1. A sufficient number of participants is recruited for the 5v5 tournament (there is no rollback to the 4v4 format).
2. Each premium player came to the training camp in advance and played a sufficient number of games to evaluate the skill.
3. The cost of your team in SPH does not exceed (the expected average cost of all registered players) multiplied by 5(the number of participants in the team). The average SPH in case of such cases will be calculated closer to the end of registration. The decision will be made on the registration of the team 1 week before the end of registration. The discussion will be conducted with the team captain on an individual basis.

Notes!
— The Avg SPH assessment will be discussed in detail and explained in the relevant section.
— Team captains can provide their team’s logo for posting on the website after the captain’s selection. The logo must not contain any non-normative images, as well as images that go beyond the normal one.

4. Tournament games.

Tournament games consist of 3 stages:

• Group stage.
• Playoff stage. Semifinals.
• The grand final.

Group stage.

Period: 13.06.26-26.07.26.
Format: BO3, teams play in the «each with each» format up to two wins.
Results: won match 2 points, decider match 1 point.
Order of matches:
— At each meeting of teams, the team captains alternately ban 2 maps from the map pool(described in the corresponding section). The captain of the team with the lowest number of team points starts banning.
— After the map bans, the pick stage(map selection) begins. Captains take turns choosing a map from the remaining map pool against the opposing team. The team captain with the lowest number of team points starts to choose.
— Tournament matches start.
— If the score is 1/1 after two matches, a decider(disputed) match is assigned.
— In a decider match, by elimination method, the team captains alternately ban the maps remaining in the map pool until there is one left that will decide the outcome of the meeting.
— Decider is played.
— At the end of the match, the team captain must send the links to matches in the results topic of the project Discord with the results. Links to matches can be found in the official statistics collector of the project https://ut2004stats.unexplore.online/index.php?stats=matches
Format:
— team name vs team name
— score
— links to matches from the collector.

Attention!
— Teams can choose the same map only 2 times during the entire group stage.
— In case of decider matches, the maps that were played by the teams are banned.
— The team with the least points are the attackers, the attackers play their map first.

Playoff stage. Semifinals.

Period: 31.07.26-02.08.26.
Format: BO5, the top 4 teams with the highest number of points will advance to the semifinals based on the results of the group stage.
Results: 2 grids. All teams start in the winners group(3 matches to reach the final). In case of a loss based on the results of a meeting with the opposing team, the losing team gets into the losers group(+2 meetings against teams that will also go down to the losers  group). Another chance to make it to the finals. As you progress through the semifinal games, the strongest and most resilient teams will meet face-to-face in the final.
Order of matches:
Stage 1:
— At each team meeting, the team captains alternately ban 1 map from the map pool (described in the corresponding section). The captain of the team with the lowest number of team points starts banning.
— After the map bans, the pick stage(map selection) begins. Captains take turns choosing a map from the remaining map pool against the opposing team. The team captain with the lowest number of team points starts to choose.
— Tournament matches start.
Stage 2:
— The cycle repeats as in the first stage.
— If the score is 2/2 after two matches, a decider(disputed) match is assigned.
— In a decider match, by elimination method, the team captains alternately ban the maps remaining in the map pool until there is one left that will decide the outcome of the meeting.
— Decider is played.
— At the end of the match, the team captain must send the links to matches in the results topic of the project Discord with the results. Links to matches can be found in the official statistics collector of the project https://ut2004stats.unexplore.online/index.php?stats=matches
Format:
— team name vs team name
— score
— links to matches from the collector.

Attention!
— There are no restrictions on map picks in the semifinals. 1 map per meeting. You can choose again at the next meeting with the opposing team.
— The map that were already played by the teams during the meeting are banned.
— The team with the least points are the attackers, the attackers play their map first.

The grand final.

Period: 02.08.26 or 08.08.26
Format: BO5, the winner of the winner grid against the winner of the loser grid.
Results: The strongest and most persistent teams will meet face-to-face in the final. The winner will take the best!
Order of matches:
Stage 1:
— Team captains take turns banning 1 map from the map pool(described in the corresponding section). The captain of the team with the lowest score starts banning.
— After the map bans, the pick stage(map selection) begins. Captains take turns choosing a map from the remaining map pool against the opposing team. The captain of the team with the lowest score starts to choose.
— Tournament matches of the first stage begin.
Stage 2:
— There is no map ban step at the second stage. Captains take turns choosing a map from the remaining map pool against the opposing team. The captain of the team with the lowest score starts to choose.
— Tournament matches of the second stage begin.
— If the score is 2/2 after two matches, a decider(disputed) match is assigned.
— In a decider match, by elimination method, the team captains alternately ban the maps remaining in the map pool until there is one left that will decide the outcome of the meeting.
— Decider is played.

Attention!
— The maps that were already played by the teams during the meeting are banned.

5. Organizational moments.

1. Player parameters for the team draft.

All players in the team draft will have the following parameters:
— Avg SPH (adjusted for the last 10 games) — the main player indicator, which reflects the total cost of the player when playing in ONS mode. The higher the value, the better.
Then there are indicators in the Avg SPH section:
— Avg FPH — AIM the player’s AIM indicator, which reflects the level of killing skill when playing in ONS mode. The higher the value, the better.
— Mode Eff — a measure of the player’s performance when playing ONS mode. Reflects how often the player triggers events, such as capturing/repelling / building points, and core damage. The higher this score, the better the player plays the ONS mode.

2. Map list.

To add variety to the game world of Onslaught mode, a special map list has been selected, which will surprise not only fans of cool equipment, which this mode is famous for, but also a number of AIM maps (without vehicles). This will more than cover the needs of players who like to shoot accurately.
Maps with vehicles:

1. ONS-Icarus-32p-beta4-2019CAE
2. ONS-StorageFacility-]I[-C
3. ONS-Urban
4. ONS-Tanks-a-Lot-)o(-V5b
5. ONS-Kingdom_SE-(RTS)-BadWolf-SP4

AIM maps:

1. ONS-Rail-C-SP1
2. ONS-Stonewall-VK-C-D5
3. ONS-BridgeOfFate_Blame_P_Again_C
4. ONS-SpankJox-C
5. ONS-SpaceCargo-C-beta9

The last 11 map will be determined based on the results of voting by registered players during the qualification games. 2 weeks before the end of the qualification.

3. Servers

Only servers of the Unexplore Games project participate in the tournament Unexplore Games.

86.57.163.128:9894 — Tournament and qualification server #1
86.57.163.128:9896 — Tournament and qualification server #2
86.57.163.128:9898 — Tournament and qualification server #3
86.57.163.128:9890 — Training server #1
86.57.163.128:9892 — Training server #2

Tournament and qualification server.
There are only 3 servers where the main tournament matches and qualifiers will take place before the tournament starts. Deploy more servers as needed.
Features of these servers are that they are connected to the statistics collector to collect information on passing games, both calibration and tournament.
Attention! For the duration of the tournament, chat logging will be enabled on these servers to help resolve possible controversial game moments, as well as to monitor map picks and bans from participants. Be vigilant and do not discuss personal or confidential information in chats.

Training server.
There are only 2 servers where teams will play training games at will. If necessary, it is possible to set a password by the organizer at the request of the team captain for the duration of the training session.
The peculiarity of these servers is that they are NOT connected to the statistics collector for collecting information on ongoing training games, and chat logging is not performed. You can also review and study the maps in secret from your opponents and prepare for the games.

On all tournament servers:
 — NetCode is enabled(reducing the impact of a large spread of pings for players).
 — enabled game statistics, including game chat
 — pre-installed tournament map lists.
 — enabled the Unexplore Pause mutator, which allows you to pause without admin privileges using the player’s trusted key.
 — for the duration of the calibration stage, 6 profiles with and without Auto-Balance are enabled on tournament servers for player calibration. Auto-balanced profiles include the Unexplore_RBS mutator.
 — the WSUT mutator is enabled, allowing you to customize the game as it is convenient for the player.
 — match time of 20 minutes
 — no super weapons according to the standard game mechanics, except for the maps on which it is provided.
 — no bouncing wheeled vehicles.
 — the rest is set by default.
Important!
Dear participants, please check the ability to connect to project servers before registering. The project administration is not responsible for the possibility and quality of your connections to the project servers.
All questions related to NOT being able to connect to the project servers are left to you to decide on your own.

4. Game schedule.

The schedule of games will be compiled after the draft. The main games will be scheduled for the weekend. In order to save time for the organizer and team members, team captains are required to organize at least 2 meetings per week. If more than 8 teams are formed, this rule can be changed. Games can be organized against the schedule. Namely, with the captains of the teams with whom the meeting is scheduled for other days, without overlapping with the main schedule. If this is an intersection with the schedule(replacement of a scheduled match), the captain of the opposing team must confirm his consent to the replacement of the scheduled match.
After the captains have agreed to meet with each other, they should inform the organizer by sending a post to the corresponding topic of the project Discord.  Captains who are scheduled to meet on weekdays must notify them no later than 24 hours in advance. Meetings scheduled on weekends must be confirmed by 20.00 on Friday of the current week. In the notification, you must specify the planned time of the match.
This information is necessary for entering on the site and maintaining up-to-date monitoring of events for all tournament participants, streamers(for planning streams) and other persons who simply follow the course of the tournament.

At the appointed time, the teams meet on the server.
A team that fails to show up in full force for a meeting within 10 minutes of the start of the meeting is awarded a technical defeat as attackers, if the opposing team did not show up in full force. If both teams did not appear in full strength, the captains can agree on a game with smaller teams in the 4v4 format. The scheduled meeting, due to the lack of organization of the participants, cannot be postponed!(See the important section)

Important!
— A scheduled meeting can be canceled no later than one hour before the scheduled start time of the meeting.
— If a team does not play its 2 mandatory matches in a week, the organizer sets the culprit team that refused to play the meeting according to the schedule. The guilty team gets a technical defeat before the team that was ready to play. The team that was ready to play gets 4 points as the winner of 2 matches.

5. Other moments.

1. During matches, the organizer, streamers, and commentators have the right to be present on the server with the password set, in addition to the match participants themselves.
2. The organizer sends the password from the assigned server to the captains.
3. If the match ends in a draw, the result is not taken into account. Teams must replay the match on the same map that ended in a draw.
4. In case of equal points between two teams to advance to the semifinals, the team that defeated the disputed opponent will advance to the semifinals.

6. Prohibited actions:

1. Getting under textures on all maps, using bugs. In case of deliberate violation of these rules, the player’s team will be awarded a technical defeat for the match on the map. Shooting is prohibited if you fall through the textures. For the fix, the suicide button is pressed immediately. You need to set up a hotkey in the game menu.
2. Changing the composition of teams. Unauthorized change (replacement/substitution) of players in the team by other players who are not included in the team based on the results of the captain’s selection or premade team.
3. Use of cheats. A player detected using cheats is automatically banned and disqualified from the tournament, blacklisted, and banned from participating in subsequent tournaments.
4. Not sporting behavior. For insulting tournament participants, the player’s team receives a warning. For each repeated insult during the tournament, the player’s team receives a technical defeat for the match on the map.
5. Change your nickname in tournament games. It is forbidden to change the nickname to a different one from the one under which the player registered during the tournament, except for adding a tim prefix before the nickname.

7. Technical problems during matches:

1. If there are problems with the game or connection to the server of one of the match participants, a pause is set. Time to solve a player’s problems: up to 15 minutes. Further waiting is possible only with the mutual consent of the teams. If the player does not return to the match, it is possible to end the match with 4 v 4 teams by mutual agreement of the team captains. In this case, the server leaves the player of the same order of selection at the captain’s selection as the relegated player. If a player has already solved their problems after the captains ‘ decision to end the match with a smaller team, they are allowed to enter the server only after changing the map. If the full team does not agree to the completion of the match in the 4v4 format and the winner is not identified by the organizer, the end of the match(meeting) is postponed by the captains to another time.
2. Problems on the server or hosting provider side:
   It is decided on an individual basis by the organizer, since it is impossible to foresee all possible similar situations.
   If it is not possible to solve problems at the moment, meetings will be rescheduled for another time (day).

8. Pauses:

A pause can only be made for a valid reason. If the contestant considers the reason disrespectful, they can apply to the organizer to consider the situation as controversial. In this case, the organizer will make its own decision after considering all the arguments. If the pause was indeed set without a valid reason, the organizer will make a decision in favor of the opponent of the guilty team. If the pause was for no reason, but did not affect the game in any way, the organizer can issue a warning to the team. For such a repeated pause (in this or subsequent matches), a penalty may already be imposed.

You can’t use a pause to gain an obvious game advantage (arbitrarily squeezing (abusing) the pause). In such a situation, the organizer, after making a comprehensive assessment, can return the match for replay or technical defeat to the team that put a pause in the match.

Before removing the pause, you must make sure that the opponent is ready by confirming the captain of the opposing team.

Important!
Permission to set and remove pauses is granted to team captains and streamers. It can be issued to other persons, by the decision of the organizer, who can somehow help with the organization and conduct of the tournament.

9. Controversial issues:

1. The organizer has the right to oblige a participant suspected of foul play to stream games with screen capture.
2. Any issues that do not fall under a clear definition in the rules are resolved as controversial issues by the organizer.

6. Winning fund.

1. For teams and participants.

The total amount of the winning pool is 650 BYN (equivalent to 17,000RUB or 225USD) and is distributed among the winning teams as follows:
Team ranked 1st — 60%
Team ranked 2nd — 30%
Team ranked 3rd — 10%.

In addition to cash prizes, each participant of the winning team receives a winner’s cup with an individual design for the timed event. The total difficulty will be 15 cups.

2. For streamers.

During the tournament, streamers will compete for the «best streamer» nomination.

Prizes for streamers include a cup with an individual design for the timed event «best streamer».As well as a cash reward in the amount of 100BYN(equivalent to 2500RUB or 35USD).