READ BEFORE SIGNING UP

Before anything else, ensure you have read and acknowledged the Rules and Event Format, the Payroll & Betting process and have your 1.1 ready with Antics installed.
You are now ready to signup - there are 3 different ways; as a team, as an individual looking for a team, or as a referee:

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To signup a team

Put your team name as the subject, then list your squad members in the topic using their most recognizable names. Signing up somebody with a random new nickname they adopted a week ago might cause delays when background checks are carried out. List the steam ID of your teamleader. Ensure you have atleast 6 players in your squad (squad of 5 will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances).

Next to everybody's name, put down their relevant PayPal email ID. This must be written correctly in order for payroll to be executed successfully. If for some reason a squad or squad member do not want their ID's listing on the public forum, please send them in an email to info@swat4proevents.com. If there is no ID listed and no email sent, we will assume that person(s) do not wish to be paid.

Within 24 hours of your team signup, you will either be ACCEPTED, REJECTED or placed in a PENDING status. If you are accepted - congrats, your place is secured. If you are rejected, a reason will be stated and depending on the issue(s) being resolved, you may resubmit the squad application and it will be reviewed again.

If your team is placed in a pending status, this means a decision will be made on 21 August (the deadline date) whether your team is in or out. Ultimately this will depend on a variety of factors, including the number of quality teams already in the tournament. If you receive a pending status and are worried you may ultimately be rejected on Aug 21, you can resubmit your application with a revised squad and it will be reviewed again.

Remember that the accept/reject/pending decisions are made purely at the organizer's discretion, and are final. It's very easy to predict (knowing the SWAT community) that drama may ensue from a certain decision - but they are made using all knowledge that is available and without any intended bias.

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To signup yourself as an individual

Put your most recognizable player name in the subject, then list your favourite gamemode plus any previous achievements (if any) in the topic. Please do not be discouraged thinking that signing up as an individual means you are "begging" for a team. If team X is rejected for not having enough quality and player X (who is a good player) signs up as an individual, they could quite easily merge and the team be accepted. Obviously this is not so simple in practice - due to player relations etc  - but it would be a shame if people do not participate because they don't have a team and are too shy/embarrassed to signup individually. This is a paid-to-play SWAT event and the opportunity to play in such an event will likely never occur again.

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To signup as a referee

Put 'Referee App' in the subject, then your most recognizable player name in the topic, and any previous refereeing experience you've had - providing links if possible to any match result topics where you reffed before. Write down the order of preference you would have for reffing any game mode e.g. "my #1 preference is VIP, my #3 is BS as I haven't reffed many of them before." You must then state which of the 7 days of the week you are available to ref, and the timeslots e.g. "I am usually available Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Anytime after 18 CET on these days".

The organizers will let you know within 24 hours of your application if you are accepted or rejected as a referee. If you are accepted you will be asked to provide your steam and PayPal ID. Remember - refs will get paid in this event, so you have to have some credentials in order to be accepted (but you DON'T have to be playing in the tournament to be a referee).