The Metroid Dread Speedrunning Community is pleased to be able to partner again with [SpeedGaming Live](https://sglive.speedgaming.org/) and our good friend [kekumanshoyu](https://www.speedrun.com/users/kekumanshoyu) to hold another tournament showcasing Metroid Dread, this time in the **[Any% Glitchless](https://www.speedrun.com/mdread?h=Any-glitchless-Rookie&x=9kv83mjd-wle962k8.klr8wp21-ylp6w5rn.jq66533q)** category!

Here are a few things you should know:

**This is an online tournament**. Signups are open to all with no entry fee, but please make sure you are able to follow the scheduling requirements detailed in the tournament rulebook. **You must be flexible enough to potentially schedule matches with international players within 5 days of the matches being made available by the tournament organizers.**

The qualifiers will begin on **July 20th**, and the actual tournament will run from August 5th to the end of September.

Signups will close on **July 27th @ 11:59 EDT**. The earlier you sign up, the more qualifiers you can join!

## Qualifier Heats

Before the tournament begins, there will be eight qualifier matches that determine the bracket positioning.

Qualifier heat schedule (*all times are in US Eastern*)

- Two heats on **Saturday July 20th, 2024: 10:00AM and 6:00PM**
- Two heats on **Sunday, July 21st, 2024: 2:00PM and 10:00PM**
- Two heats on **Saturday July 27th, 2024: 12:00PM and 8:00PM**
- Two heats on **Sunday, July 28th, 2024: 4:00PM and 12:00AM** (technically Monday morning)

**YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST TWO HEATS**. You can participate in more than two if you would like. In fact, we encourage it because your best time from the qualifiers will determine your bracket positioning.

## Rules

Please read the rulebook below in order to familiarize yourself with the rules:

## [Any% Glitchless Tournament Rulebook](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TxVr6bh-vheTs_C4L4u0_QKYBFlWnveruryzM0xvQLc/edit?usp=sharing)

## Other Notes

- You are required to join the SpeedGaming Live Discord server to participate: https://discord.gg/eH4qa3Fnew
- We encourage all runners to show up 10 minutes early for the qualifiers and for the rest of the tournament. This helps the staff and admins out *greatly*.
- During the qualifiers, four people will be chosen at random to be showcased on one of the SpeedGaming channels on Twitch.
- There's a prize pool for this tournament! As of this news post, the prize pool amount is $85.00 USD. If you want to contribute further to the pool, visit this link and follow the instructions: [https://matcherino.com/t/sglive24?contribute=true](https://matcherino.com/t/sglive24?contribute=true)

Take care, and See You Next Mission.

The Metroid Dread Speedrunning Community is pleased to be able to hold another tournament showcasing Metroid Dread, this time in the Any% Glitchless category!

SpeedGaming Live 2024 Metroid Dread Any% Glitchless Tournament

We basically define Glitches differently than exploits. Water Space Jump is an exploit BECAUSE you are abusing an INTENDED Mechanic. Adam Skip is just wall jumping and manipulating movement to gain height, Gold Skip requires fast Beam Mashing, All not Glitches.

Bdog had a video and submitted it, and Then the internet break happened.



I believe Bdog is taking an internet break. I would ask the discord server about this, I don't know very much