The Gatekeeper

The Gatekeeper is a planned one-day MCM-sanctioned simulated minecraft tournament to take place on Sunday February 19, 2017. It will be a single-duel knockout tournament with only 12 participants, most of which were selected for their demonstrated and recognized skill and success in other MCM tournaments. Eight Challengers will be randomly seeded in to four knockout duels, the winner of which shall face one of the four Champions. The winning four from those duels will then enter a simple semi-finals and finals knockout, and a winner shall be crowned.

Invitees
Invites were sent out on February 13. Invitees are ranked in case any Champions or Challengers do not respond to invitations.

Each invite in rank order (17): In cases where two or more players occupy the same invite and accept, the selectee will be randomized.

Tournament
Seeding will take place just before the tournament.

Each duel will last fifteen minutes, but an overtime of 10 minutes is permitted if a the duel ends in a draw. If that ends in a draw, there will be a near-instant sudden death to determine the victor.

Each duel will be run in succession one after the other, with a few seconds in between to prepare the next duel and log results. The tournament will take a minimum of 2 hours 45 minutes and a maximum of around 5 hours.