Please use the Official BLAST R6 Qualifier Discord for all tournament-related announcements and support

Please note that all competitors have to be 18 years of age or older when competing in these qualifiers.

This is a PC competition as is the whole Blast circuit

The SI LCQ Challengermode specific ruleset applies to this tournament. Reading it is mandatory and breaching any of those rules will be penalised.

Format

• Single Bracket elimination Bo1
• Top 2 teams advance to the Playoffs phase

Schedule

• This tournament is played out on December 13 & 14, 2025

Quick Rules

• Tactical Timeout: 1 minute, 1 per team
• Community Cast: whitelisted casters, cannot be declined
• POV Stream: allowed (180 seconds delay)
• Ping limit: 120ms
• Any in-game issue that requires admin intervention needs to be brought in a Discord ticket immediately
• Any ticket opened on Discord related to rule breaching should be accompanied by tournament related evidence or will be disregarded by the admin team

Roster Rules

-Team rosters must consist of five players resident in the regions they participate in as defined in the BLAST R6 Rulebook (3.3.3.)

This means that players need to physically be present in the region they participate in when playing their matches (and at least covering the duration of qualifiers+playoffs).

A list of allowed countries for each region can be found in the BLAST R6 Rulebook (2.1.) but can also be consulted on the overview page of each BLAST R6 Qualifiers events.

Any player found not to be resident in the region they participate in will be immediately disqualified and will face further suspension penalties.

To ensure you’re considered “resident” of a particular region, please contact the admin team at least 72 hours BEFORE any qualifier event you wish to participate in following the protocol available in the SI LCQ Quals specific rulebook.

Server Selection

• Admins reserve the right to select the server for play to ensure the best competitive environment for the match if an agreement cannot be reached.

Rehosts & TTO

• 1 rehost per team per map. Rehosts are non-transferrable
• 1 Tactical TimeOut per team per map. TTOs are non-transferrable as they benefit both teams

RH in Preparation Phase

• Before the start of the Preparation Phase
• Any technical issues, including the game and server, Player disconnect, and/or authorized software or hardware problems

RH in Action Phase

• Up to the first thirty (30) seconds of the Action Phase and if no damage has been taken by any Player
• Observer-related issues
• Player unable to control or move Operator
• Game mechanic issues including shooting, reloading, movement, gadgets, or equipment

Cosmetics

During BLAST R6 competitions’ official matches, Players can only use the battle dress uniforms and headgears listed below. All others battle dress uniforms and headgears are banned from use in competitive play:

• Operator’s default skins
• Pro League skins (gold sets)
• Pro R6Share teams branded cosmetics
• Six Major branded cosmetics
• Six Invitational branded cosmetics
• Esports Programs cosmetics’

Using any battle dress uniforms and/or headgears that are not permitted will result in a warning for first offense and a round loss for any additional offenses. Weapon skins, weapon charms and operator background cards are not subject to any restriction.

Drone skins and operator gadget skins are all forbidden in competitive play. Players can only use the default drone and operator gadget skins.

Cosmetics Rule (drone skins, gadget skins, uniforms and headgears)

• 1st Offence: Warning
• 2nd Offence: Round loss
• 3rd Offence: Map loss

This will not be applied retroactively at the end of a map or a match, therefore this needs to be brought in a ticket immediately if an unallowed skin is observed.

Anti-Cheat

The following applications are required for participation in the Open Qualifiers and any activity that restricts, prohibits or alters their use are expressly forbidden:

• BattlEye
• Monitor System Status (MOSS) download here
• MOSS must have the Rainbow Six Siege parameter, to do so you can follow these steps: "File" → "Parameters" → "Rainbow Six" and must be recording all matches
• Please keep MOSS files created, unaltered, and stored in your computer for the next 14 days, as you may be required to hand those files for verification at any point during and after this tournament (only on the admin team request)

Substitution

• No substitution will be allowed between or in ongoing maps except if both teams agree to it and can show the admin team such approval was given by both teams upon request

• Substitutions should be arranged before a match lobby starts, if you have any issue with it, please open a ticket on Discord BEFORE the "go to lobby" time is over or we cannot guarantee substitution will be approved