We're in the middle of summer and there has been no announcement for CelesteCommunity's yearly big tournament. But if you thought we wouldn't do anything, YOU GUESSED WRONG!

Enough time has passed, so without any further ado...

CelesteCommunity is once again hosting an Open Any% Tournament, starting September 28.

Similar to last year's All Red Berries tournament, there will be a 2 day Celeste Time Trials(CTT)-style Play-In. The top 32 players from this open stage will advance to two 16 player double elimination brackets, where they compete in 1v1 Any% races.

Play-in format: every participating player has two hours on both Saturday and Sunday to set the best Any% time that they can. This stage is open to anyone to sign up—feel free to join for this stage even if you cannot or do not want to play in the bracket stage.

Schedule:

• Sep 28-29: Open CTT Play-In Stage

• Oct 5-6: Division 2, up to Round 3/Losers Round 3

• Oct 12-13: Division 1, up to Round 3/Losers Round 3

• Oct 19-20: Rest of Division 2

• Oct 26-27: Rest of Division 1

With length being the primary complaint for previous Any% tournaments, we decided to do multiple bracket rounds each day. Additionally, less than half the matches of early rounds will be restreamed. These changes allow each double elimination bracket to be finished in two weekends. However, it also means that you must have pretty open availability each day of your division's scheduled weekends. Prerecording matches will largely not be possible for this tournament. We know this availability requirement is tougher than previous events, which is why we are announcing all the dates of this tournament as early as we can. If the bracket stage might not work out for you, the play-in stage can be played without a commitment to continue to bracket stage.

Join https://discord.gg/jDPpYueVWw if you're interested in playing. Sign-ups and more details will be posted there in the coming weeks—stay tuned!