IMPORTANT

• FORMAT: Double Elimination Bracket
• QUANTITY: 2 Qualifiers
• PLAYDAYS: 3 Calendar days each
• DATES:
  • Open Qualifier #1: May 22nd - 24th
  • Open Qualifier #2: May 29th - 31st
• LIMIT: 128 teams cap in each qualifier
• ADVANCEMENT: 4 teams from each qualifier - 8 teams qualify total

RULES

• All teams must be registered with at least 5 players by Friday, May 29th by 5:30PM ET No teams or substitutes will be entered after this deadline. Rosters lock for the entirety of the qualifiers at this time.
• All players registered on the team must be 18 years or older. Any participants younger than 18 years of age are strictly prohibited to participate. If one of the players registered on a team is not 18 years of age, the entire team is not allowed to continue participation of the tournament.
• All players must participate on PC.
• All players must be playing actively from within North America.
• MOSS is mandatory to be ran by all players during every qualifier round match. You must keep your MOSS capture files saved for 2 weeks on your local disk in case administration requests the files.
• All Qualifier games must be hosted on Central (CST) servers.
• Element 2026 Rulebook
• Element Discord

Cosmetics

Players are only allowed to use the battle dress uniforms and headgears listed below. All other battle dress uniforms and headgear are banned from use in competitive play. Teams will receive one warning lasting the entirety of Element for using prohibited cosmetics, following instances will result in a round loss.

• Operator’s default skins
• Pro R6Share teams branded cosmetics
• Six Major branded cosmetics
• Esports Programs cosmetics’

Drone skins and operator gadget skins are all forbidden in competitive play. Players can only use the default drone and operator gadget skins. Each team will receive one warning for the event, following instances will result in a round loss. Teams found to be continuously disruptive can and will receive a match loss and/or event disqualification