#BSC24 Rulebook Recap!

Welcome to the BSC 2024 season! Here is a quick debrief of the changes and general information in the rulebook.

TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN

The format for BSC this year is mostly the same, with very minimal changes. The stages of qualifying from Championship Challenge, the Monthly Qualifiers, then the Monthly Finals in order to qualify for the World Finals has not changed. 

The championship challenge has stayed the same, being accessible to all players where players will have 3 days over Friday, Saturday and Sunday to win 15 matches before reaching 4 losses. 

The qualifying stages have also stayed the same, with the same double elimination bracket spanning 2 days to determine the top 4 teams from the upper and lower bracket that will proceed to the Monthly Finals. All matches will stay Bo3xBo3.

The monthly finals are a bit different this year, with the removal of sub regions hence the removal of Pre-Broadcast monthly finals. This year’s format will be similar to the one in 2021 and 2022, a single elimination bracket with the exception of Quarter-finals becoming Bo5xBo3 similar to the Semi-finals and Finals. 

Brawl esports has also revealed a new event called the Bonus Season that will happen after the regular season in September. Currently, we have no information about the Bonus Season and are expecting more information as we get closer to September.

The Last Chance Qualifier will also be taking place this year, with the only change being a decrease in the amount of teams qualifying for the Last Chance Qualifier from 16 to 12. This will most likely happen in October once again.

We know little to nothing about the World Finals this year, but we can predict that it will probably take place in November again. There will be 12 teams this year at the World Finals once again, and we do not know the location yet as well.

REGION BREAKDOWN

The BSC has decided to remove subregions this year, and the five main regions this year are North America. Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South America, Asia Pacific, and Mainland China.

The servers for each region respectively will be in 

Dallas, Texas

Frankfurt, Germany

São Paulo, Brazil

Hong Kong

During the regular season, there will be 8 world spots and 12 LCQ spots up for grabs. 

APAC will have 2 Worlds Spots and 2 LCQ Spots

NA will have 2 Worlds Spots and 2 LCQ Spots

EMEA will have 3 Worlds Spots and 3 LCQ Spots

SA will have 1 Worlds Spot and 2 LCQ Spots

China will have 0 Worlds Spots and 3 LCQ Spots

POINT DISTRIBUTION, PRIZE MONEY AND MAP POOL

Point distribution will remain the same as last year. BSC has talked about third-party events that will also reward BSC points, but we currently have no information on these events.

1st

100 Points

2nd

70 Points

Top 4

50 Points

Top 8

35 Points

During the monthly qualifiers, teams can earn 2 points for each Upper Bracket win and 1 point for each Lower Bracket win.

Below is the prize pool for each region.

Placement

1st

APAC- $12,000

EMEA- $15,000

SA- $10,000

NA- $12,000

2nd

APAC- $8,000

EMEA- $10,000

SA- $6,000

NA- $8,000

Top 4

APAC- $5,000 per team

EMEA- $5,500 per team

SA- $3,000 per team

NA- $5,000 per team

Top 8

APAC- $2,500 per team

EMEA- $3,500 per team

SA- $2,000 per team

NA- $2,500 per team

TOTAL

APAC- $40,000

EMEA- $50,000

SA- $30,000

NA- $40,000

The regular season this year will award $800,000 which is $100,000 less than last year. At this moment, the prize pool is unknown for the Bonus Event, LCQ and World Final, but the total Prize Pool for the 2024 BSC season is expected to be around $2,000,000 with crowdfunding.

The map pool for BSC this year consists of:

Bounty: Shooting Star, Hideout, Excel

Brawl Ball: Center Stage, Pinball Dreams, Goalkeeper’s Dream

Gem Grab: Minecart Madness, Double Swoosh, Rustic Arcade

Heist: Safe Zone, Bridge Too Far, Pit Stop

Hot Zone: Dueling Beetles, Ring of Fire, Split

Knockout: Belle’s Rock, Out in the Open, New Horizons

Good luck to all teams competing, and let's have a great 2024 BSC season!