What do you do when you've got a lot of new players in your Zero-K clan? The answer is simple: pit them up against each other!
Coming from the Zero-K communities
The Frat House and
FIGHTORDER!, we are launching our first ever informal Zero-K Tournament! The TFH Tournament is an oddly unique tournament—with no prize, the real reward is both experience and entertainment.
Tournament Structure
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The tournament is open-rank. Anyone of any rank & elo is allowed to participate.
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The tournament is in a Double-Elimination format (includes a losers bracket).
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Seeding is based on each players elo rating as it appears on April 25th 2026.
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There is no prize (however this may change) and the tournament, while still competitive, is informal and mostly just for fun, learning, and entertainment.
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Matches will be streamed live on my Twitch
Dates & Participation
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To participate, you may simply reply to this post expressing your interest. You can also ping me (@smallketchup82) in the TFH Discord Server's #Zero-K channel to join.
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The registration deadline is April 25th. The bracket may change at any moment up until then.
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Matches will be held over the weekend of May 2nd & 3rd. The time and order for individual matches will be released on April 25th.
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Some matches may be held at a different date depending on participant availability. Given the half-competitive nature of this tournament, we are highly accommodating to different timezones!
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You must join the discord server to participate.
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The list of participants can be found on the Challonge Bracket.
Predictions
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Predictions are a system built into the bracket allowing viewers to predict how the entire tournament will turn out before the tournament starts.
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Correct predictions will net a viewer 1 point for each correct prediction. There will be a leaderboard to track viewers with the most prediction points throughout the tournament.
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Viewers can make predictions anytime between April 25th and May 2nd via the Challonge bracket site. You likely will need to sign up with Challonge to do so.
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The top 3 on the prediction leaderboard will be invited to commentate for the Grand Finals matches, as a testament to their excellent knowledge on player matchups, playstyles, and maps picks.
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We hope this satisfies your gambling fix 😄
Map Pool
Participants will pick maps at the start of their match. The map will be decided based on a ban system (A-B-A-B-A-B) where each participant takes turns banning a map until only one remains.
There are 7 maps total:
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Zion
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Living Lands
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Fairyland
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Frosty Cove
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Pools of Illys
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Sparkles Reef
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Mercurial
This map pool may be subject to change up until April 25th! If you have any suggestions for changes, let us know in the discord server!
Links
Rules & Advice
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Cheating is not allowed and is an instant disqualification.
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You must win on skill alone, outside interference will result in a warning and/or disqualification. This includes getting any comms or advice from spectators to gain an unfair advantage, and looking at any live streams of the matches to gain an advantage over the enemy.
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Live streams may have a hidden delay of up to a minute to discourage any instantaneous advantages that can be gained from viewing them.
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You must follow Zero-K rules at all times. Harmless trash-talking, banter, and joking is allowed, but any bullying, harassment, hate speech, or slurs, is not tolerated.
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If you cannot play the rest of your matches in the tournament due to unforeseen circumstances (medical, scheduling problems, etc.), you may either request a sub, or drop out of the tournament (in which your subsequent matches will all be regarded as a loss).
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Forfeiting matches is allowed. You are explicitly allowed to use the "Resign" button during matches.
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If you lose, treat it as a learning opportunity instead of an insult. This is an open-rank tournament, unless you're high elo, focus on your final placements rather than winning the entire tournament.
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Practice the map pool, watch your opponent's replays, fight them in friendly battles, and come up with a strategy.
Staff
This is our first time hosting a tournament, and while we strive to provide the best experience possible to participants and viewers, we apologize for any mistakes or difficulties that may occur throughout this tournament. We thank you for your patience.
Host: smallketchup82 (me)
Commentators: jh_dreemurr & Lemonrate
Map-Pool Pickers: jh_dreemurr & Qrow
Moderators: teentitansgohomee & Fateful_Sword
Substitutes: Lemonrate
We hope to see many new faces in this tournament and our community, and to have a lot of fun watching players battle at the best of their abilities! Whether it's just tuning in or participating, this is a one-of-a-kind tournament that you will not want to miss out on!
