[b]What & When
Event Takes place July 12th and 13th (Saturday and Sunday) Saturday from 10am - 4pm and Sunday 1pm - 4pm PST[/b]

The Evl Gaming Summer Battle Royale is a laid back 4v4 tournament, for prizes!. Double elimination style bracket. With a Melee only 16v16 team fight to top off the end of the event. The event has 100+ signups and we're looking for another 50-60 signups so its best to signup soon as we are less than a month away!

The grand prize is a solid state hard drive for each member of the winning 4v4 team. Along with a slew of other prizes everyone can win. Including T-Shirts and other yet to be announced swag. The Melee tournament will likely last only 30-45 minutes and will not have as many prizes, however you never know what we may get our hands on!

Tournament Sign-ups are free, with no restrictions on who may enter. But you'd better act fast before all the slot fill up! We likely will have pay-to-play slots opened toward the end of June, allowing players to reserve a spot for a small donation cost. Donors will not receive any advantage, other than being able to sign up for the tournament at a later date.

[b]The Teams:[/b]
But wait..... Does this mean I will need a premade team? Nope. That's the best part! The teams are completely randomized. No need to worry about a premade team steam rolling the competition. We aim for even dispersal of talent.
The goal is to match players new to competitive play with veteran players. So that everyone has an even footing to play, have fun, and meet new people within the community. Oh and of course get the chance to win some awesome loot in the process.
Teams will be announced on June 28th so try to signup before then!

[b]Signing Up:[/b]
If you're interested in signing up, just head on over to [url=http://evlbr.com]evlbr.com[/url]. You'll need to sign up for an Enjin account, if you don't already have one.
That way once your application is approved for the tournament, we can plug you into our team dashboard to get you placed with your team and ready to play.
See our handy video for more information on getting signed up and ready: [url=http://youtu.be/j-c7SAUOmTA]http://youtu.be/j-c7SAUOmTA[/url]

[b]Coverage[/b]
With the help of Getawhale, Kip, c0ld and Blackout Gaming we'll be bringing you a crazy amount of Live Stream coverage, and post game match recordings. So stay tuned! Spectators welcome!

[b]Technical[/b]
Chat communication will be handled via a Mumble Voice Chat Server. Those interested in participating should familiarize yourself with the program ahead of time.
Primary game servers are hosted in Kansas City. With secondary servers available in Phoenix for players with high or unusual ping.

[b]Why are you doing this?[/b]
The EVL Community has had many teams participate in the UGC League, and have helped new players that we meet get into the compettive scene. Without outside help, its nearly impossible to be successful, and you may even dislike competitve TF2 for all the wrong reasons if you go it alone. To help we're having a just for fun (and some prizes!) tournament to help players test the waters before diving into the competitive arena.

[b][u]TL:DR[/u][/b] We're having a 4v4 tournament. Winning team gets 64GB SanDisk SSD's (each member). Event takes place in 2 days (July 12th - July 13th), double elimination bracket ([url=http://evlbattleroyale.com/bracket]view bracket here[/url]). [url=http://goo.gl/KZtQSG]We have some rules here.[/url]. Tangible prizes can only be awarded to US-Based players, intangible prizes like game keys, partner codes etc are awarded to anyone. At the end when everyone (except the winners) are mad that they lost we're having a 16v16 melee tournament with shirts and game codes as prizes. It won't take very long.