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How to Play Online Call of Duty: Warzone Tournaments on start.gg
How to Play Online Call of Duty: Warzone Tournaments on start.gg
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Written by Erik Jacome
Updated over 2 years ago

Overview

  1. Checking your Event, Match Information

  2. Checking Contact Info

Playing Your Tournament (Head-to-Head)

  1. Checking In

  2. Starting your Match

  3. Reporting your Match

  4. Verifying Match Results

  5. Joining your next Match

Playing Your Tournament (Elimination Rounds/FFA)

  1. Starting your Match

  2. Reporting your Match

  3. Verifying Match Results

  4. Joining your next Match


Before the Tournament

Checking Contact Info

Call of Duty: Warzone tournaments can require a lot of communication and cooperation with the tournament organizers. We recommend you try being an active communicator throughout the competition.

Primary contact info is listed at the top of the page, and if there is additional contact info, the links to those will be listed at the bottom of the Home page.

Checking Event, Match Information

After registering, your events will display in your Manage Registration page. Match information will display once brackets have been published by the organizer. Brackets are generally published by organizers after registration has concluded.

You can also view match and bracket information on the Event page once they've been published.

Tournament formats vary. A Warzone tournament format is typically either Free-For-All (aka FFA, Elimination Rounds)—where players compete with multiple opponents at once—or a head-to-head format—where players compete with one opponent at a time.

You can generally find information on tournament formats, deadlines, times, rules, and more on the tournament's home page. If not, contact the organizer for further help.


Playing Your Tournament (Head-to-head)

Checking In

Once the tournament begins, you can check in for your match by:

  1. Navigating to the tournament's home page

  2. Clicking the View Match button next to the event, listed in the Your Events section

  3. From here, you can click the green Check-In button, then wait for your opponent to check in!

Starting Your Match

You'll need to join a lobby with your opponent(s) before queuing up for a game together. You can organize the lobby with your opponents by:

  1. Switch to the Chat tab to exchange Activision usernames

  2. Add your opponent(s) as a friend on CoD: Warzone

  3. Select the Multiplayer Mode

  4. Select Private Match

  5. Invite your opponent(s) to join your party

  6. Select the map and settings

  7. Play a match

Reporting Your Match

When the match is finished, you and your opponent will be both be prompted to report the score.

If there's any issues, you can always switch to the Chat tab and Request a moderator if you believe your opponent is reporting scores incorrectly.

Verifying Match Results

After completing the set and reporting scores, you may be asked to verify the match results. This is where you confirm that the reported score is accurate. Click Confirm to verify the results.

Joining Your Next Match

Once you've verified the results, you can click Back to bracket in the top-left corner to see where you currently are in the bracket.

When your next match is ready, click on it to check in and get started!

Repeat until you're knocked out or win the tournament!


Playing Your Tournament (Elimination Rounds / FFA)

Starting Your Match

Once the tournament begins, get ready for your match by:

  1. Navigating to the tournament's home page

  2. Clicking the View Match button next to the event, listed in the Your Events section

  3. Await for instructions. You can use the Chat tab to talk with opponents and organizers.

For Elimination Round-style events, how you start/report your match can vary. Be sure to closely follow the tournament organizer's instructions (likely on the tournament Home page). They'll instruct you on when to start your match, and how to report your score.

Starting Your Match

Generally, you'll need to join a lobby with your opponent(s) to play games together.

Be sure to start matches according to organizer instructions first. Otherwise, you can generally organize the lobby with your opponents by:

  1. Switch to the Chat tab to exchange Activision usernames

  2. Add your opponent(s) as a friend on CoD: Warzone

  3. Select the Multiplayer Mode

  4. Select Private Match

  5. Invite your opponent(s) to join your party

  6. Select the map and settings

  7. Play a match

Reporting Your Match

Every player in a group will play a set amount of matches, keeping track of their eliminations and placements as they go, and report them to the moderator. Points are awarded based on performance. Then, a set amount of players in each group will advance based on their total point score.

If the organizer has enabled self-reporting, you may report your own scores in the Player Tasks tab. When reporting for your team, be sure to include your team's total placement and kills.

Verifying Match Results

After notifying the moderator of your results, await for results. Organizers will verify results, and then update scores when finalized.

Joining Your Next Match

Once you've verified the results, you can click Back to bracket in the top-left corner to see where you currently are in the bracket.

When your next match is ready, click on it to check in and get started!

Repeat until you're knocked out or win the tournament!

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