Phew, I know I promised to post the group stage regulations today, but I have a ton of work, and evening plans, so I'll be brief.

The regulations remain the same except for the following points:

- Timer: the player hosting the home match, after template bans, has the right to choose either of the two timers — either SoD or chess timer, at their discretion.
Chess timer: for M200 8+4+1, for L+U 16+8+1 (and L balance), for XL+U 20+8+1, for Jebus Cross 30+8+1.

- Templates: three new ones are added to the previously announced pool: 8xm12a, 2cm2s (m200%), balance on size L.

- Template bans: the player arriving "as a guest" removes 5 templates from the list, the red player selects any template of their choice from the remaining 7, and then accordingly the timer; the blue player starts the castle bans first.

Matches can be played in any order — three games at home, then three away, or however you agree.

Next, regarding Sevensan's slot: his place is taken by ProtosArchon, who was awarded a Wild Card in accordance with the tournament regulations.

That's mostly it; I'll write it out in more detail later. As soon as the threads are merged, I'll add all the information