Answers to the most common questions about competing on VALIS, split into The Crucible (the ongoing ranked ladder) and Tournaments (the bracket circuit). Both run in NA and EU, and both require a free valis.gg account whose display name exactly matches your in-game gamertag (that's how staff verify you, since there's no console-account linking).
A continuous, Elo-based competitive ladder. Each team carries a rating (CR) that rises and falls with results, and standings are tracked per region. Anyone can compete; creating or joining a team on valis.gg needs an account with Discord linked or a verified email.
Any player with Discord linked or a verified email can request a new team on the NA or EU Crucible Teams page. Staff review it, and once approved the team joins that region's ladder at 1000 CR with the requester as its first captain. A team's captains are its Team Contacts (up to 3). Players request to join a team on its page and a captain approves. Teams hold up to 20 members, and you can be on one Crucible team per region.
Anyone. Your whole roster doesn't need to be on valis.gg, only the players who post or accept match requests or use the live match chat. To join a team on the site you need Discord linked or a verified email; request to join on the team's page and a captain approves you. You can be on one Crucible team per region, and accounts must be your own, with no alternate, shared, sold, or boosted accounts.
Through match requests. A captain posts the region, format (BO3, BO5, BO7, BO9 or BO11), date and time, ruleset, and whether it's ranked. A captain of another team in the same region accepts it (NA teams play NA requests, EU teams play EU requests), and both rosters get a live match chat. A team can have 3 of its own requests open or accepted at once. The team that posted the request (listed first) hosts the lobby. A team that doesn't appear within 15 minutes of the agreed start, without notice, forfeits.
In the match chat. When the series ends, any player on either team reports the final score from Options → Report Match, and the other team confirms or denies it: a captain of the other team for a ranked match, or any of its players for a casual one. Once confirmed, the match is completed and CR updates straight away for ranked matches. Both teams should screenshot the post-battle results, since screenshots are the primary evidence in any dispute.
Everyone starts at 1000. Wins earn CR based on the opponent's rating and how dominant the win was; losses cost CR proportionally. CR is always a whole number and can never drop below 0.
Your first 10 ranked matches use a faster K-factor (K=50), so your rating moves more dramatically while the system finds your true level. After 10 ranked matches it settles to K=32, making your rating more stable.
A multiplier from 1.0 to 1.2 worked out automatically from the series score. A one-round win (e.g. 4–3 in a BO7) is 1.0, a sweep (e.g. 4–0) is 1.2, and the scores in between are spaced evenly. A higher value amplifies both the winner's gain and the loser's loss.
Ranked matches change CR on that region's ladder and count toward your record. Casual matches are played and reported the same way and show on both team pages, but they don't change CR.
Yes, at the end of each season. Every team goes back to 1000 CR with a clean record (rosters stay), so the provisional period starts over. Past standings aren't kept on the site after a reset, and resets are announced in the VALIS Discord first.
Aimbots, wallhacks, scripts/macros, lag switches, packet manipulation, account sharing/impersonation, match fixing (including CR farming), collusion, and bug abuse all result in immediate, permanent removal with no appeal. Staff can request post-battle screenshots at any time; refusing to cooperate is treated as an admission.
Email competitive@valis.gg, use Need Staff in the match chat, or open a ticket in the VALIS Discord within 12 hours of the match, including the match, the complaint, and supporting evidence. Staff respond within ~48 hours and their decision is final (one written appeal allowed). Don't post publicly about open disputes, and don't file in bad faith.
On valis.gg and in the VALIS Discord. The Discord is optional, but captains who link it are pinged there when a match request is accepted. Team Contacts relay info to their teams, and announcements are binding once posted ("I didn't see it" isn't a valid defense).
A tiered bracket circuit: open Qualifiers feed into closed Minors, which feed into the yearly Major. Every match is 7v7, Tier X vehicles only, played on approved maps in Multi-Base Assault (MBA) mode.
Per cycle there are 5 Qualifiers per Minor, 2 Minors, and 1 Major. Qualifiers are open single-elimination events that award Qualifier Points (QP): play at least 3 of 5 to be eligible, and the top 8 by QP advance to the Minor. Minors are closed double-elimination events that award Tournament Points (TP): the top 8 by TP after the final Minor qualify for the Major.
Everything is done on valis.gg with an account. Players request to join a team and any captain approves. Teams may register up to 20 players with up to 3 captains (at least one English-speaking; the creator is automatically a captain). Rosters lock only while a team is actively registered in a qualifier week or playoff (qualifier locks last the weekend and reopen Monday; playoff locks hold for the full bracket). Teams not competing stay unlocked.
A team needs at least 7 members to take part. To play a Minor, the team must play ≥3 Qualifiers, and ≥50% of the roster must have played ≥2 Qualifiers with the team. To play the Major, ≥50% of the roster must have played ≥1 Minor with the team. You may be on only one team per tournament, per region.
Each Qualifier-and-Minor series runs 8 weeks: Weeks 1–5 are Qualifiers (one-day, single-elimination), Weeks 6–8 are the Minor (double-elimination playoff). The Major's schedule is published ahead of the event, and exact start times are always on valis.gg.
7v7, Tier X only, MBA mode, 10-minute rounds, Blind Pick on, all battle chat off. The home team (listed first in the bracket) hosts the lobby, sets it up correctly, and ensures both teams plus any streamers/staff can access it. The room is public by default (it may go private if communicated, but must reopen on request).
Tournaments use a defined ban list (some tanks are prohibited for the entire event, including all artillery), a limited list with a cap on how many you can field, and per-team limits on things like autoloaders, tank destroyers, and duplicate tanks. The full banned and limited tank lists are on the Tournament Ruleset page, which you can open from any specific tournament's page on valis.gg.
Before any tank is detected or damaged, all players return to the garage (either team can call it), then re-select the same tanks, swapping only the illegal ones. This is allowed once per match per team; further mistakes forfeit rounds.
Use the match chat for your matchup on the bracket. When the series ends, any player reports the final score from the chat's Options → Report Match, and a captain of the other team confirms it, which records the result and advances the bracket. Need Staff, in the same Options menu, alerts staff for live help. Screenshot your post-battle results as evidence; misreporting a score is treated as a false report.
There's no separate check-in. The home team must create the lobby within 5 minutes of the start time or forfeit the series, and the first round should launch within 10 minutes of the scheduled start. If a team isn't complete 10 minutes after start it may play short-handed or forfeit; if no one shows, the win goes to the opponent.
As soon as both teams of a match are known, each team's captains get an @mention in the VALIS Discord and an email (if their email is verified), naming the tournament, round and opponent with a link straight to the match. Link Discord and verify your email on the Account page to receive them.
Raise any issue immediately via Need Staff in the match chat's Options menu, because given the tournament's pace, staff can't guarantee a fix if they're told late. Flag teams that stall; staff may disqualify for intentional stalling. Staff may reasonably adjust rules to keep the event moving, and their decisions are final.
No spectators are allowed unless verified by the organizers: only official VALIS streamers and approved commentators, who broadcast on a 7-minute delay. By registering, teams agree to have their matches covered by approved streamers.