Tournaments Quick Start

Create your account

1. Go to valis.gg and click Sign In in the top-right.
2. Choose how to sign up: Continue with Discord (fastest), or switch to the Register tab for email (display name, email, password).
3. If you registered with email, open your inbox and click the verification link.
4. (Recommended) Turn on 2FA under My Account → Security.

Set your display name to your gamertag

VALIS does not link console accounts — your display name is your identity in matches, so it has to match your console gamertag exactly.

1. Open My Account.
2. Set your display name to your exact Xbox or PlayStation gamertag — capitalization, spacing, numbers, and special characters all have to match.
3. (Optional) Set a preferred region (NA or EU) — just a marker for the region you lean toward; you can play in either, so feel free to skip it.

Join or create a team

You compete as a team, and joining or creating one is request-based — you submit a request and someone approves it. You can have up to 3 pending requests at a time.

1. In the Teams area, browse teams in your region.
2. Send a join request to the team you want.
3. The team captain (or staff) approves it. (If you're rejected, wait 5 minutes before re-requesting that same team.)

1. Submit a create-team request — choose a name and region (NA, EU, or Both).
2. Staff review and set up the team, and you become its captain.
3. Recruit members — a team needs at least 7 approved members to play (up to 20, with up to 3 captains).

Sign up for a tournament

1. Make sure your team has at least 7 approved members.
2. Go to Tournaments (or your team's page) and find the active event in your region.
3. Read the tournament's ruleset.
4. A captain clicks Sign Up for the current stage during the open registration window.

How the circuit works: Qualifiers (open, single-elimination — five before each Minor; play at least 3 to be eligible, top 8 by Qualifier Points advance) → Minors → the yearly Major (top 8 by total Tournament Points across the three Minors, double-elimination).

Match day

1. On the tournament page, open the bracket and find your active matchup.
2. Open the match chat on that matchup — this is your hub during the game. The two teams coordinate here, and match results are entered through it (a captain from each team posts the final score for staff to record).
3. Play following the tournament's maps/modes and ruleset. Be on time — there's no check-in; the ruleset forfeits a team that doesn't show within the allotted window.
4. Need staff during the game? Hit the "Need Staff" button in the match chat — it alerts staff to your match right away.
5. Need help after results are in? The match chat is for live games only — open a ticket in the VALIS Discord (fastest) or email competitive@valis.gg.