Moving on to slightly less pleasant news. Dear players, we kindly ask you: when throwing dice / coin / whatever else, please agree on how the result affects the order before throwing! If you cannot come to an agreement, use the following procedure: the winner bans first. You can use other methods (for example, the winner of the coinflip chooses the side), but you both should agree on it before the result.
I hoped until the last moment that I wouldn't have to write about this, but after the first Qualification, I had to.

The registration for the second Open Qualification of the Tournament is declared open!

Rules
• Qualification starts at 06.04.2025 16:00 UTC+3
• 5 rounds under the Swiss system
• Each round lasts 60 minutes
• If your opponent does not show up within 10 minutes from the start of the round, please notify us in #staff-help (Discord) or issue admin (Battlefy)
• All games are played according to drafts as per Section 3 and Appendix 2 of the Generals Tournament regulations

Registration is open until 06.04.2025 15:50 UTC+3.

Check-in has begun! It will last until 4:00 PM UTC+3.
Registration is still available until 3:50 PM UTC+3.

The first round started!

All games must be completed by 17:00 Moscow time.

The check-in for each round lasts 10 minutes, after which a technical defeat will be issued.

Once again, here is the draft website: https://draft.aspirine.su/create.html.
When creating a lobby, select "TCG Tournament of Generals". You do not need to enter the Tournament ID or Token.

Please remember to send the draft link to your opponent in the Battlefy match chat when creating a draft. This will help organizers collect depersonalized statistics (people are interested in which characters were banned and picked the most).

Good luck!

Qualification Streams:

Stream 1: https://www.twitch.tv/2_4_8 (Nickname: 2-4-8, UID: 733295751)
Stream 2: https://www.twitch.tv/tihedge (Nickname: Maxine, UID: 718396977 / Nickname: Chaos_Spear, UID: 736664817)
Player-perspective streams: https://www.twitch.tv/timar_koval

All games are finished!
Everyone did great, everyone is awesome!
On the 2-4-8 stream, the shuffle of the additional bracket for the 3-2 players of the second Open Qualifier will now take place.

The last 3 players of the group stage: hiroyukio, Wa, Ilyandro. Congratulations and best wishes for future tournament performances! The draw (groups shuffle) will be held by the end of the week at stream on Discord, with an announcement made in advance.

Regulation Update

Section 5.4.3 changes:
In case of an in-game draw where both players simultaneously deal lethal damage to each other's last characters (such as through Furina’s talent card), the winner of the game match will be determined randomly according to section 5.4.2.
Section 6.2.3 changes:
In case of an in-game draw where both players simultaneously deal lethal damage to each other's last characters (such as through Furina’s talent card), the winner of the game will be determined randomly it's possible to replay the game with a new draft and auto ban character whose skills caused this effect.

Thanks to the viewers and participants who correctly noted that adding more randomness is not always a good thing, even in such unlikely events!