The Regulations of the Unreal Tournament 2004 Masters Cup have been published. Players are invited to read them carefully because a lot of information concerning the tournament organisation is provided.
Here are five important points to notice:
- Matches are played in best of three with games of 15 minutes (see rule 2.04 and 3.02)
- Maps: DM-Rankin, DM-1on1-Roughinery, DM-DE-Ironic (see rule 3.05)
- The tournament will use the "UTcomp" mutator (see rule 3.03)
- Random draws to designate the positions in the group stages and final bracket (see rules 2.05-2.08).
- The tournament structure is as follows (see rule 2.01):
First group stage: 4 groups of 4 players, only the two first will reach the next step.
Second group stage: 2 groups of 4 players, only the two first will reach the next step.
Finals: 4 players' single elimination tournament bracket.
