Due to the unique nature of the tournament, there is some filtering that must be done. The tournament was done on a first come, first serve basis for applications. Unfortunately, that means that with an uneven number of contestants, people have to be dropped. There were ten accepted applications. Only the first six (6) are guaranteed a spot in the brackets. The remaining four (4) are going to participate in a speedbattle challenge for our pool preliminary round. The speedbattle challenge will last one (1) week or seven (7) days, starting on the 17th and ending the 24th. This is so we can move on to the main tournament quickly. I don't expect many finished animations for the prelims. Due to expediency requirements, I will be judging the animations alone. If you go through, you go through. If you don't, you don't. The matchups are: @REX_L1FE vs @Ku1fi_ and @giuqer vs @mang0_-_Chicken Good luck.