Knights Arena, the events arm of the Pittsburgh Knights and professional esports team and gaming technology brand, is the official tournament organizer for the 2023 VALORANT Game Changers NA presented by Verizon season. With a total of three regular season tournaments, Game Changers Series III will begin with Open Qualifiers leading into a Main Event.
Each Game Changers Series, teams will compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool and earn valuable points for the 2023 Game Changers World Championship qualification. There will be a total of 410 points available for the top 16 placed teams throughout each Game Changer Series. Two teams will ultimately qualify for the Championship. Winners of Game Changers Series III will be the #1 seed. The team with the most points on the leaderboard will be the #2 seed.
48 Team Best of Three GSL Bracket, with top 2 advancing per group. Final 24 teams along with the top 8 teams from Game Changers II are placed into a 32 teams Best of Three Double Elimination Bracket. Top 8 qualify for the VCT Game Changers Series III Main Event which will be a Best of Three Double Elimination bracket with the exception of the Lower Finals and Grand Finals, which will be a Best of Five.
Dates: Open Qualifier: September 28th-October 1st — Main Event: October 4th-October 8th
Cap: 48-Team Tournament.
Region: North America (USA and Canada ONLY)
Cost: FREE
1st Place: NA #1 Seed to 2023 Game Changers Championship
2nd Place: 60 points
3rd Place: 50 points
4th Place: 40 points
5th – 6th Place: 30 points
7th – 8th Place: 20 points
9th – 16th Place: 10 points
Registration Dates:
Main roster lock: September 5th at 12pm PT – September 18th at 7am PT
Substitutes and Coaches lock: September 19th at 7am PT.
Waitlist will be made available.
ALL TEAMS MUST BE VERIFIED BY ANYKEY.
VERIFY HERE: https://anykey.org/verification
ALL PLAYERS, SUBSTITUTES AND COACHES MUST FILL OUT THE INFORMATION FORM.
FILL OUT HERE: FORM
ALL PLAYERS AND SUBSTITUTES MUST BE ASCENDANT+ in Episode 7: ACT 1 or Episode 7: ACT 2 WITH PROOF PER RIOT RULES
ALL PLAYERS MUST PROVIDE A CAREER TAB SCREENSHOT OF THEIR RANK IN GAME AND THEIR ANYKEY VERIFIED CERTIFICATE IN ONE IMGUR POST AND ADD THE URL TO THE REQUIRED TICKET FIELD.EXAMPLE HERE*.
Join codes for the VCT Game Changers Open Qualifier will be sent out to the Team Captain’s contact email after a team registers and their ranks are verified. Each team captain will be able to use the code given to them to register on Battlefy. All players, substitutes and coach are required to join the Battlefy team.
Map bans, side selection and further tournament rules will be further outlined on Battlefy and Discord.
All teams must use the KnightsArena’s VCT Game Changers Discord for voice communications and tournament support throughout the tournament. Discord access will be given once a player has been registered for the tournament and verified with Anykey.
Any questions please join the KnightsArena Discord and create a #mod-mail ticket
Day 1: Thursday, September 28
2:00pm PT - GSL Upper Round 1
5:00pm PT - GSL Upper Decider
5:00pm PT - GSL Lower Round 1
Day 2: Friday, September 29
2:00pm PT - GSL Lower Decider
The top 8 teams from Game Changers Series I automatically qualify for the 32 teams bracket
5:00pm PT - Bracket Round of 32
Day 3: Saturday, September 30
2:00pm PT - Upper Round of 16
2:00pm PT - Lower Round 1
5:00pm PT - Upper Round of 8 (Upper 4 teams Qualifies for Main Event)
5:00pm PT - Lower Round 2
Day 4: Sunday, October 1
2:00pm PT - Lower Round 3
5:00pm PT - Lower Round 4 (Bottom 4 Teams Qualifies for Main Event)
Day 1: Wednesday, October 4
2:00pm PT - Upper Round 1
5:00pm PT - Upper Round 2
5:00pm PT - Lower Round 1
Day 2: Thursday, October 5
2:00pm PT - Lower Round 2: Match 1
5:00pm PT - Lower Round 2: Match 2
Day 3: Friday, October 6
2:00pm PT - Upper Final
5:00pm PT - Lower Round 3
Day 4: Saturday, October 7
2:00pm PT - Lower Finals (Best of Five)
Day 5: Sunday, October 8
2:00pm PT - Grand Finals (Best of Five)