Tournaments

Overview
Every so often, MCBall hosts a 5v5 Capture the Flag tournament. Players can assemble their own teams and enter to win prizes. The matches are streamed on Twitch and later on YouTube. Through Twitch, waffle occasionally hosts kit giveaways. Here are the current prizes for winning/staying in the Top 3 of the Tournament. For more information concerning the tournament and it's rules, you may view so here, on the MCBall Website.
 * 1) Premium rank, enchanted helmet, and tag on the forums.
 * 1,000 donation points for the store.
 * 1) 500 donation points for the store.

''Note: Asking the staff when the next tournament is won't help. Just do your best to be patient, and assemble a team in the mean time. ~stophackin''

Team Layouts
Each team is allowed to have a maximum of seven players on their roster, five main players and two substitutes. All seven players are eligible for prizes, even if they don't play a single match.

If less than three players attend the tournament, they will be barred from the next one. Also, any players that have been banned in the last few months are not eligible to join.

Rules
Every tournament has generally the same rules, but there are a few that do not change. If you have been banned during/shortly before the start of the tournament, you may not participate. If you are caught using hacks at any point during the tournament, you will be permanently banned and your team is disqualified. If your team fails to show up with at least three players (as previously mentioned), your team will be disqualified, and the players that fail to show up will be barred from the following tournament.

Some large maps such as Midieval Times and Wild West are barred from Tournament gameplay, since they require much more players to fully enjoy.

Format
The format varies, sometimes the tournament is double elimination and sometimes it is not. The single matches are usually best two out of three with teams switching off choosing maps. So far there have only been tournaments in CTF but as new game-modes start to be added this may change.

Tournament Server
Using the new MCBall Hub compass, there is a skeleton head for the Tournament Server. When the Tournament Server is opened by the administrators, only tournament participants in the match may join. This could also be done using the /server tournament command. Do note that you cannot join if you are not participating, not staff, or if simply there is not a tournament occurring.

The Tournament Server is identical to the CTF servers, except that there are special commands to push players to certain teams and to provide scorekeeping. Some commands allow the administrators to set maps, set teams, and much more.

Once the round is over, the administrators will sweep the players and invite the new ones to play.