Format

• Groups into Single Elimination

• Every golden Paddling Pool is Groups into Single Elimination.

Team Names and Player Names

• Team and player names as well as tags must not contain any vulgarities, obscenities, or offensive material as deemed by the staff.

Game Settings

• The stages of the tournament are determined by Sendou.ink.
• Possible Game Modes: Splat Zones, Rainmaker, Tower Control, Clam Blitz, Turf War

Tiebreaks (Groups)

• On sendou.ink you must report your scores for each played set. (A KO is counted as 100 - 0). This points will be used for tiebreaks between teams.

Time limits

• Every captain is responsible to exchange SW codes after a maximum of 5 minutes after the round started. The match needs to begin 10 minutes after the round started. Failing to do so, after 10 minutes forfeits game 1 and after 15 minutes forfeits the set.
• Results must be reported after a maximum of 30 minutes for Bo3 or 40 minutes for a Bo5 after a round started.

Disconnections

• Each team gets 1 DC replay per tournament. Replays are allowed if the timer hasn't passed the 3:00 mark and if the objective hasn't been pushed past 50 by the non DC'ing team. (Dont forget to stop playing if you have a dc in the team)
• A disconnect must be reported to the TOs in helpdesk.
• In case the host DCs, the opposing team gets that game win.
• Lobby DCs can be replayed once per set.
• If a PB is closed from a player or spectator, without there being anything wrong, the team of that player will lose the set. (Evidence can be provided with the Nintendo Switch video feature)

Lag

• Lag or any form of Latency will not be punished.

Bracket

• Sendou.ink is used to display the bracket. Matches will be reported directly to Sendou.ink by the teams.

Substitutions

• Substitutions are allowed between games in a set (A substitution or reserve player has 3 minutes to join the lobby).
• If a player is unable to continue playing due to internet problems, a player can be changed out before a game is finished.
• Every player entering the tournaments is only allowed to play with one team over each seperate tournament runtime.

Counterpick

• There is no restriction on how many times a mode is played in a specific set; however, a map can only be played once in a specific set.

Sportsmanship

• A team can be DQed from the tournament at any time if they're being toxic. Decision on that can only be made by a TO.

Eligible Players

• Players with an active ban from https://twitter.com/splatsafety are not allowed to participate.

Splattercolor Screen

• Paddling Pool uses the feature of Sendou.ink that lets you decide if you wanna see a Screen against you or not. Teams will be able to put this information while signing up on Sendou.ink.