Forts Firebird 2v2 Hallowe'en Tournament

G'day Forts fans!

With the spooky season approaching rapidly, we would like to host another Firebird Tournament, starting right on Hallowe'en.

Continuing on the 2v2 trend from the last Firebird tournament, we again want to see all the convoluted strategies and meta developping around the newest DLC. Expect a good amount of variation compared to the previous tournament however, as this one will come after a fresh balance patch.

Unfortunately for our most dedicated Forts Pro League fans, we have decided to postpone the next FPL season to 2027, to give ourselves some time to balance things just right, in case next season includes the DLC in some capacity.

Tournament 34 will be a 2v2 Firebird tournament also to give our players a replacement for the FPL, and will be held on October 31st at 7PM UTC, and November 7th, 14th and 21st, 7PM UTC. Up to 16 teams may register.

Since we have more time without the FPL running throughout November, this tournament will be in a double elimination format - every team can lose once and still be in the tournament, having to climb back up in the loser's bracket.

The first round on Hallowe'en will be for the first round of the upper and lower bracket, being best of 1. The next saturday (7th) will then focus on the upper bracket's second round, and half the lower bracket's second round, in best of 3's, the 14th will be the end of lower bracket's second round, the upper bracket's third round, and the lower bracket's third round in best of 3's, and finally the 21st will consist of the rest of the bracket, with all matches being best of 3.

The final stays at a best of 3, since if the winner is the team from the loser's bracket, they will have to still win a second best of 3 to win 1st place.

If the schedule sounds confusing, you may refer to the following image.

Registration will open at 7pm UTC on the 3rd of October. In order to register, every participant should ping 42scientist on the Forts Official Discord server with their challengermode team link, steam profile link, logo, and then be invited on Challengermode.

Hosts:

Project Incursus

Og

Salzwerk

Baumstaender

On to the details.

When will Registration open?

October 3rd 2026 at

12pm PT (West Coast USA)

3pm ET (East Coast USA)

8pm GMT (London)

9pm CEST (France, Germany)

5am October 4th AEST (Brisbane Australia)

Entries submitted before this time will not be accepted. Once registration has opened the first 8 teams to submit a valid entry will be admitted. Valid entries must fulfill the requirements listed below under How do I join?

How will players be seeded?

Seedings will be based on past results in official events and ranked seasons.

Prizes?

The prize pool is as follows:

1st place $100

2nd place $50

3rd place $20

Prizes will only be awarded in the form of Steam digital gift cards, shared equally between the members of the team. To be eligible for prizes, participants must be able to receive Steam gift cards from outside regions. Winners may designate another eligible player to receive their prize.

If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.

How do I join?

In order to participate, you must do the following...

Join the Official FORTS Discord

Your names on Discord, Steam and Challengermode must match

Inappropriate competitor names, logos or team names will not be accepted

Send a message on Discord to 42scientist with your CM team profile, logo, team name, composition, and Steam profiles of every player.

Registration will not open until October 3rd at 7pm UTC

Maximum of 16 teams

WHEN

Tournament 34 starts October 31st, November 7th, 14th and 21st 2026 at...

11am PT (West Coast USA)

2pm ET (East Coast USA)

7pm GMT (London)

8pm CET (France, Germany)

5am November 1st/8th/15th/22nd AEST (Brisbane Australia)

Dates displayed are for the latter 3 dates, as daylight savings will kick in. Reminders will be sent on discord for the start time.

WHERE

The FORTS Tournament lobby

The Official FORTS Discord

Challengermode Bracket

RULES

2v2 Team Death Match, 1 sub player allowed per team

Double elimination

No time limit

Moonshot enabled

Firebird enabled

Tons of Guns enabled

Repair Station enabled

Portals enabled

Commanders enabled (including Fulminator), one ban per team per match

No re-using a commander you won with during the same match

Choose your fort enabled

Co-op on Elimination disabled

Maximum of 16 teams

Check-in on Discord starts 1 hour before tournament

Late or absent players forfeit their matches

Use of exploits or bugs for self-charging or any other purpose is strictly forbidden.

Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed

STREAMS

Project Incursus

Og

Salzwerk

Baumstaender

THE BATTLEFIELDS

• Bombard 2v2
• Electric city
• Green Breeze
• Harbourside 3v3
• Smokestack 2v2
• Up & Down 2v2
• Vanilla 2v2
• Wingman 2v2
• Subject to change

Cheers, EWG