1. 5USC25 is a 3v3 osu!std tournament with a BWS rank range of #10,000 to #99,999

1. Decaying BWS will be applied, Badges earned prior to Jan 1st, 2022 will not count in the BWS Formula: BWS Rank = rank^(0.9937^(badges^2))

1. Players with a USA or USA territory profile flag (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) will be allowed to participate. Others currently residing in the US without US Flag may participate under the 5USC Player Honor System section of this post

1. No staff may participate in the tournament other than streamers and commentators.

1. Teams will be formed from various states and seeded into a Round of 32 double elimination bracket (with bracket reset) by average sum of placements.

1. Unless otherwise stated, all maps are played with ScoreV2 and NoFail.

1. Match schedules and mappools will be released on the Monday before matches are played, and all times will be in UTC. Reschedules should be settled 24 hours before match time.

1. All players must the Discord. If you have any questions about the tournament, feel free to ask there!

Official 5USC 2025 Rules and Regulations can be found HERE
Below are the most important Team and Match rules for the tournament.
Team Rules

1. Players first sign up individually If a player resides in multiple states, they may choose their state at the time of registration only. If a player resides outside of the country, but still has a USA flag, the player is considered a resident of the state they last lived in.

1. Players may switch states from a previous iteration of 5USC if they do so following the 5USC Player Honor System and only switch in good faith.

1. Please sign up with the state you feel most d with; players perceived to be abusing the state selection system may be blacklisted from playing in future iterations.

1. Each team consists of 4 to 6 players**. Organizers for each state will be selected by hosts before registrations close, and they will be sent a list of eligible players from which they may create a team. It is the organizer’s responsibility to submit a team (though they do not need to be on the team themselves).

1. California will be split into North California and South California, with the city of Fresno, California as the border between the two. These two are treated as separate states for this tournament. Anyone living in Fresno may sign up for either team at the time of registration only.

1. States in close geographic proximity that do not have enough players to form a team may be allowed to combine (e.g. Carolina, Virginia, or Kanssouri) at the discretion of the hosts.

1. States with 3 registrations may choose to play as a team of 3. All other states with 3 or fewer ed players will be combined into a single team referred to as Stateless.

Match Rules

1. The referee will invite the team captains of both teams before the match start time. Teams have a 10 minute grace period to have at least 3 players available to play; if they do not have enough players, the other team receives a win by default unless a reschedule is agreed upon within a timely manner.

1. Warmups (max length 3:00) are permitted only if both teams agree.

1. At the start of the match, both captains will roll. The roll winner will decide either the pick or ban order, and the other team will decide the other.

1. There are no restrictions on double picks or double bans for any modpools. Ban order is ABBA.

1. For freemod picks, the mods HD, HR, and EZ are allowed. At least one player must pick HR or HDHR, and at least one player must pick HD and/or EZ. Players may also use mods on tiebreaker maps, but it is not required. Each freemod / tiebreaker map may also have a custom EZ multiplier; if not, the multiplier is 1.8x by default.

1. Teams will have 90 seconds for picks and bans and are allowed one 2-minute timeout.

1. In the case of a disconnection, common sense will be applied: if proof exists of the disconnected player's score, it will be added to their team's total score; if it is at all ambiguous, the other team will get the point. If the disconnection occurred within the first 30 seconds, the map will be replayed.

5USC25 Player Honor System
Players must use good faith in ing for their desired state. If a player is changing state registration from a past iteration of 5USC or if a player without the US Flag is ing for a state, it is expected that player is telling the truth of their current residence. If a player is found to be breaking the Player Honor System at any point of the tournament by player or staff, they are subject to possible consequences including but not limited to: kick and blacklist from the tournament and tournament ban.

1. Difficulty scaling may depend on scores in previous rounds but will roughly be balanced at 6.2* qualifiers and a 5.8*-6.8* bracket stage.

Qualifiers (6.2*): 4 NM, 1 EZ, 2 HD, 2 HR, 3 DT
RO32 (5.8*): 5 NM, 1 EZ, 2 HD, 2 HR, 3 DT, 2 FM, 1 TB (BO 9, 2 Bans)
RO16 (6*): 5 NM, 1 EZ, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 2 FM, 1 TB (BO 11, 2 Bans)
QF (6.2*): 5 NM, 1 EZ, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DTT, 2 FM, 1 TB (BO 11, 2 Bans)
SF (6.4*): 5 NM, 2 EZ, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 2 FM, 1 FCM*, 1 TB (BO 13, 2 Bans)
F (6.6*): 5 NM, 2 EZ, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 2 FM, 1 FCM*, 1 TB (BO 13, 2 Bans)
GF (6.8*): 6 NM, 2 EZ, 3 HD, 3 HR, 4 DT, 3 FM, 1 FCM*, 1 TB (BO 15, 2 Bans)

*FCM= Force Mod (Everyone takes a mod, at least 1HD/EZ & HR required)

1. The pooling team reserves the right to adjust the mappool structure for any round of the tournament if they feel doing so will preserve the quality and balance of said pool.

1. The pooling team welcomes constructive . In extraordinary circumstances, maps may be swapped out of the pool up until Thursday 7 UTC before matches occur (e.g. for content usage or severe quality reasons).

1. States with at least 10 (resp. 14) s may also submit a B (resp. C) team to the hosts. These teams, along with any teams that do not make the top 32 in the main tournament, will be placed into a minor league.

1. The minor league will play the same pools as the major league but will have smaller prizes, not be badged, and may operate under experimental rules (e.g. different competition format, match rules, etc.) under the host’s discretion.

1. Streamers will typically prioritize major league over minor league matches.

Current Donation Pool: $614 - Contribute HERE!

Max Prize Pool from Donations: $1000
Major League Max Prize Pool: $700
Minor League Max Prize Pool: $300

All Donations past $1000 will go to paying staff for all their hard work and dedication to 5USC2025!

You can get a fancy er banner if you donate at least $5, with extra decorations if you donate $13
(silver) or $50 (gold):



Major League:

1st Place: Profile Banner | 50% of Major League prize pool | Badge (pending)
2nd Place: Profile Banner | 25% of Major League prize pool
3rd Place: Profile Banner | 15% of Major League prize pool
4th Place: 10% of Major League prize pool

Minor League:
1st Place: Profile Banner | 50% of Minor League Prize Pool
2nd Place: Profile Banner | 25% of Minor League Prize Pool
3rd Place: Profile Banner | 15% of Minor League Prize Pool
4th Place: 10% of Minor League Prize Pool

Host: Skyy
: ikaenia, Miisted
Sheeter: Timper
GFX: chelsea, Fairy Bread
Mappooler: Aaaaaaalex, edbones, FILIPINO, ikaenia, ploot
Mapper: [Jameson], ColdTooth, Cytusine, SourMongoose, subahibi, TheBushy, Tian Ling
Map QA: chiv, Lightin
Tester: Allison, AWhitePhoenix, Big Jeon, biscoft, Emerald Ages, gilgamesh815, hotbread, Indiana, itzpigeon, jstyn, Lasseh, Lupa, MC_Conqueror, micro, NEOBLAZER23, Resort, SiegeViper, stellasu, tights, yencis
Referee: AWhitePhoenix, BBC Enjoyer, BlueCrystal004, Crogzyy, EpsilonMaiagare, Feath3rblade, Gigi Murin, Goofster, hidden on osu, I Miss Mumei, KaedeSnowyyy, Neutromint, Peruere, PorkIsGreat, renyoo, richp2k, Strinova, Topapo
Streamer: [Caveman], affirmedcheese, BlueCrystal004, chuunii-, EpsilonMaiagare, ExiaXD, Feath3rblade, Gigi Murin, I Miss Mumei, Peruere, rety, steved, ThyBomb, vleth
Commentator: [Caveman], [dragonz], A1ua, affirmedcheese, AWhitePhoenix, Big Jeon, chuunii-, colon three, costco hotdog, ExiaXD, Gigi Murin, gilgamesh815, hidden on osu, itzpigeon, jstyn, Lil Jeon, Linkin Park, Momo Kisaragi, MrNoLife, renyoo, rety, Ribbon, richp2k, Stage, steved, tarragon111, Timper, Valene