Fresh Seconds Tournament

The Fresh Seconds Tournament was a MCM-sanctioned tournament that took place between February 8–10, 2017. The tournament served two purposes. Firstly, as entry was restricted to those who had not participated in any previous MCM-sanctioned tournament (including the February Best Of), it gave new entries to the MCM Royale a chance to spar competitively (hence "Fresh"). Secondly, it successfully tested the effectiveness of the "Second Chance" knockout format to be used in the final stage of the Royale. The bracket was completely randomly seeded from a pool of 16 invited and randomly-approved participants. Chicane came out the winner, though JoeViiZaa put up a commendable fight.

Invitation
Invitations were sent out on the 1st of February 2017, the day the February Best Of (FOB) started. Anyone who accepted the invitation for the MCM Royale and did not participate in any previous MCM-sanctioned tournament (including FOB) was invited. More invitation responses were expected and received than the 16 places available, therefore the participants were picked randomly.

Invited, responded and picked  Invited, responded but not picked Invited but did not respond
 * Chicane undefined
 * Dookmaster undefined
 * English Paladin undefined
 * Fiodis undefined
 * Iggy undefined
 * Jersias undefined
 * JoeViiZaa undefined
 * Marco FD undefined
 * MattreX undefined
 * Oak undefined
 * Snow Angel undefined
 * Static undefined
 * WatsOn undefined
 * WeeKiwi undefined
 * Xenon undefined
 * Yoshi undefined
 * Acerees undefined
 * Brian undefined
 * Chef undefined
 * Hero_unit undefined
 * Iraffnix undefined
 * Kifla undefined
 * KrAyZiE1991 undefined
 * Link undefined
 * M3hran undefined
 * MetroidNut undefined
 * Mr. Longus undefined
 * Multi21 undefined
 * Nicky FD undefined
 * Punisher undefined
 * R777R undefined
 * SenR undefined
 * Shaki undefined
 * Steel undefined
 * Stobart Chilton undefined
 * Summer undefined
 * Viceguy undefined
 * Winnie Der Puh undefined
 * .Grim. undefined
 * aMadMouse undefined
 * Beppo undefined
 * Cavalier Roy undefined
 * Delgado undefined
 * Dysania undefined
 * Emil Praga undefined
 * Equinox undefined
 * Erasmusguy undefined
 * Fuyjin undefined
 * Gadget undefined
 * Insomnia undefined
 * Kirennian undefined
 * Lemmiwinks undefined
 * Neil Bywater undefined
 * Omega undefined
 * Philter undefined
 * Poppleton undefined
 * Ranger undefined
 * Robbie undefined
 * Schmucks undefined
 * SteveRogers undefined
 * StonerSteve undefined
 * Suicidal Biscuit undefined
 * The Genius undefined

Tournament
For full details of the tournament's format, see MCM Royale. Basically, the Knockout sends two people straight to the Semi-Finals, but everyone who lost a duel to them on their way gets a second chance by being placed in the Second Chance and finals table.

Seeding took place the same day of the invitations, on February 1.