MSEL Spring 25 Overview

Key Dates

Game Info 

Divisions: National or Region (East, Central, West)

*National regular seasons will split into East/West brackets for playoffs

Tournament Format

Match Times

Makeup Times

Week 6: Each competition will have at least one optional make up queue available Friday, April 4th

Week 7: The final week of the regular season will allow schools to utilize more than one queue time–in addition to their standard week 7 match–in order to make up any previously missed weeks. All queue times will remain consistent from preseason through week 7 of the regular season. 

Playoff Guidelines

How to Qualify

• A roster/player must:
  • Play at least 75% of matches to be eligible for playoff qualification.
  • End the season at a high enough leaderboard placement (see Leaderboard Tiebreakers). 
  • Note: Any unplayed regular-season matches will be counted as a loss against the player's/roster's record at the end of the regular season, per rule 2.12.1. Unplayed & Unreported Matches.

Playoff 101

Playoffs/finals are manually seeded; players will not use the queue system (with the sole exception being Minecraft Survival Games)

You may only reschedule a playoff match if you meet all of the following criteria: 

• Your competitor must agree to the new time in the match chat on the Generation Esports platform.
• You notify and receive approval from MSEL admins for the new time here.
  • Generation Esports staff office hours are 9am-9pm Eastern Time. We will attempt to staff reschedules outside this period with advance notice.
• The match score must be reported before midnight Pacific Standard Time the day prior to the next round (i.e. reschedules must not impede the bracket from advancing).
  
• Finals matches may only be rescheduled within the same date.
• Reminder: Your opponent must agree to the rescheduled time in match chat on the Generation Esports platform or the default time will remain.

Other Key Info:

• 3rd place finals matches will occur on the same day as the bracket's finals match. 
• Per MSEL General Competition Rule 2.8.4: "Roster changes may be made at any point during or in-between seasons except during the time a team has queued for their match, during live matches, or once the playoffs have been seeded." Roster changes are prohibited for single-player tournaments.
• In the case an emergency substitute is needed, the Team Administrator must reach out to competition@highschoolesportsleague.com to request permission. 
  • If you have not heard back after 24 hours of making an emergency substitute request, please contact support here. 

Prizing

Prizes for any team-based game will include one extra medal to account for a substitute player. To request additional medals for substitutes, please contact our support team prior to filling out your prizing order confirmation.