2022 CLOL Fall Warmup Registration is now open!

Fall LoL is back!

Last year, we held the first College League of Legends Fall Warmup, a free, open tournament for teams to compete early in the school year for fun and RP prizes (and secretly test out the 2023 CLOL Format). This year, we’re bringing it back with some small changes based on your feedback. Registration is open now, and will remain open until September 30th at 7:00pm PT / 10:00pm ET. Registration will take place on the Fall Warmup tournament page on Battlefy.

Format tl;dr

• Free to enter
• Support and information in the CLOL Discord
• Group stage into 16-team single elimination playoffs
• No limit on number of participating schools
• Top 80 schools placed in fixed divisions, all other schools placed in open division
• Prizes for playoff teams in all divisions, raffle prizes for all participating teams, and a Masterwork Chest for not forfeiting!

Format Details

For the full rules, click here.

The Fall Warmup is meant to be a fast, fun welcome back to school for teams that want to play League of Legends, but don’t want to wait until the season starts. Instead of a super-competitive bracket-style competition, we want to open the floodgates and get anybody who wants to play a bunch of matches, all without early eliminations, long schedules, or conflicts with classes. We’re also throwing in in-game prizing for top teams, AND raffles for all participating schools.

We’ve moving from two divisions to three, with two fixed-sized divisions of 40 teams each, and the third division catching everybody else who signs up. The Shurima and newly-created Targon divisions will both have eight groups of five teams, with Shurima having the top forty teams by solo queue ranking (more on that later), and Targon having the next forty teams. The open Bilgewater bracket will have a varying number of groups, depending on the number of signups, but we want to keep the groups as close to five teams as possible.

The group stage will be best-of-one, so that each school has a variety of opponents and a guaranteed number of games to play. Bo1 isn’t everyone’s favorite, but it’s necessary here to guarantee the number of games each school will play and make scheduling easier.

The top 16 per division will advance to a single elimination bracket over two more weekends. The top 2 teams per Shurima and Targon group will advance, and the Bilgewater groups will vary depending on the number of schools participating. The playoff bracket will be best-of-fives over the next two weekends.

Schedule

This will be a busy couple of weeks for teams, but we prioritized a shorter, more flexible calendar to get most teams in and out quickly, rather than monopolize your fall calendar.

Registration: Sep 21 – Sep 30

Registration will take place on the Fall Warmup tournament page on Battlefy.

Group stage: Oct 8 – 16

Matches will be scheduled on Saturday and Sunday of both weekends, with one best-of-ones to be played on each day. Teams may reschedule any of their group stage matches to start at any day and time between the 8th and 16th.

Playoffs: Oct 22-23, 29-30

Playoffs will be best-of-fives, with one round per day.

Prizing

All playoff teams in both divisions will receive RP prizing based on their finishing position. Additionally, all participating schools and players will be entered into a raffle for in-game prizes, win or lose!

All playoff teams in both divisions will earn prizes based on the table below. All prizes will be distributed as RP, so you COULD get the actual prize, or you could just spend it on whatever else you want.

Additionally, every player on the roster on all teams that played at least one match but didn’t make playoffs will receive a Masterwork Chest + Key Bundle (225 RP)! The prizes are given to every player, regardless of whether or not they played, but are not transferable to other people or accounts (no roster, no prizes!).

Raffle Prizes

All teams that do not forfeit any of their matches during the competition are entered to win additional prizes. Each eligible team receives one raffle entry. If chosen, all players on that team will each receive the specified prize as RP – you can get the prize if you want, or you can spend the RP on something else.

Additionally, teams who are eligible for the main raffle but did not make the playoffs receive one additional entry into the bonus raffle.

Eligibility

Eligibility is the same for fall as it is for the College Season. Players must be active, full-time students in a 2-year, 4-year, or graduate degree program at the school they’re competing for.

Each school can have between 5 and 10 players on their roster. No roster changes can be made after registration closes, but you can freely substitute any players on your roster in between games. Players will be provided with access to all champions via League Unlocked for the duration of the competition – even if they don’t make playoffs.

We will not be conducting sportsmanship checks, but your players or team can still get the boot if they’re a jerk to other teams. We’re here to have fun. =)

Seeding

Players will be given seeding points based on their Ranked Solo division and tier at the time of team registration. Teams will be seeded based on the sum of points of the five highest-scoring members of the team roster. Seeding ties will be broken by the highest individual player ranking.

What About the College Season?

Registration for the main College LoL Season will open in November. We’ve talked about the changes for 2023 in past announcements, so take a look if you haven’t seen them yet.