Popular Twitch gaming channel, Twitch Rivals, has announced they are reviving their partnership with Second Dinner to bring a second installment of their Marvel Snap series to their channel on Wednesday, August 23rd @ 3pm EST/12pm PST. This event is titled, "Twitch Rivals: MARVEL SNAP Duos Showdown".
Link to original Twitter post HERE.
Participants currently include retruning champion Dekkster as well as returning competitors Ninaisnoob & DeraJN. Newcomers include popular creators Kawa & KMBestMS. More participants are scheduled to be announced over the next few days leading up to the event.
Watch the official event live HERE.
VIsit the official Twitch Rivals Marvel Snap Duos website HERE.
Event Details
- Participants: 32 players
- 16 Teams consisting of 2 Players each
- 4 groups of 4 teams each
- Round Robin Phase -> Brackets Phase
Tournament format
Round Robin
- Three (3) Rounds of Friendly Battle
- Each Round will feature a unique Deck Building Requirement
- During each Round of the Round Robin, each Team will compete against one other Team in one (1) Match (1 Match = 2 Games)
- Both Games of a Match are played simultaneously
- Game 1: Team 1 Captain vs Team 2 Captain
- Game 2: Team 1 Teammate vs Team 2 Teammate
- Both Games of a Match are played simultaneously
- The Match Winner is determined by the total cubes/health remaining upon the conclusion of both Games.
- Teams will be awarded points based on their Match result:
- Win = +3 Points
- Loss = +0 Points
- Draw = +1 Point
- Upon the conclusion of the Round Robin:
- The 1st Place team in each Round Robin Group will advance to the Championship Bracket
- The 2nd Place team in each Round Robin Group will advance to Consolation Bracket A
- The 3rd Place team in each Round Robin Group will advance to Consolation Bracket B
- The 4th Place team in each Round Robin Group will advance to Consolation Bracket C
Tiebreaker
- In the event of a tie between two (2) or more Teams in total Points at the point of advancing to the Grand Finals, the tie will be broken by:
- Total cubes/health remaining during all Matches in the Round Robin
- Result of the Match between the tied Teams
- One (1) Tiebreaker Game between players of each team’s choice on the tied Teams with no Deck Building Requirements
Final Brackets
- In the Final Bracket, Teams will compete in a Best-of-3 Games. Games 1 and 2 are played simultaneously. There are no Deck Building Requirements for the Playoff Matches.
- Game 1: Captain vs. Captain
- Game 2: Teammate vs. Teammate
- Game 3 (if applicable; deck changes allowed): Team’s Choice vs. Team’s Choice
- Winner will be determined based on:
- Games won outright; remaining health/cubes does not matter
Deck Building Requirements (Round Robin only)
- Deck Building Requirements will be announced ten (10) minutes prior to the start of each Round.
- Once the requirements are announced, Teams will use those 10 minutes to build their decks; teammates do not need to build identical decks.
- Decks must be presented before or as soon as the timer ends to ensure the validity of the deck
- In the event that a deck does not meet the Deck Building Requirements, a penalty is enforced:
- The player must fix their deck to meet the Deck Building Requirements, then reveal their deck to their opponent before the Game begins.
- In the event that a deck does not meet the Deck Building Requirements, a penalty is enforced:
