Overcast Bowl Blogpost

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+title: "Overcast Bowl, The Upcoming Touchdown Tournament!"
+author: jcane
+excerpt: "Learn about the upcoming Touchdown tournament: Overcast Bowl!"
+---
+
+![event banner](/img/blog/ocb_bowl_pic.png)
+
+The OCC Events Team is excited to announce our 6th competitive tournament: **Overcast Bowl!** This will be a one-day **5v5 Touchdown competition**, taking place **Saturday, August 1st, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT**.
+
+# Information
+
+- The tournament format will be announced once we know the exact number of teams playing.
+- This game will be based on the Touchdown gamemode.
+- We'll accept a maximum of 6 players and a minimum of 5 players per team.
+- Need to find players for your team, or want to let everybody know you're looking for a team? Find teammates on the #events-chat on our discord server!
+- We will be using Discord for the tournament. Join our discord server at [oc.tc/discord](https://discord.com/invite/OCTC), as your team will be required to use their assigned voice channels in the server. 
+- It is highly reccommended you play Ranked Touchdown on the server to familiarize yourself with the gamemode. To play, join our server at `play.oc.tc`, and type `/q join touchdown` in the chat. From there, you can join **Tom Brady's World of Fun** to play ranked games.
+
+# Dates
+
+- **Team registrations ends**: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 4:00 PM EDT
+- **Tournament Date**: Saturday, August 1st, 2026 4:00 PM EDT
+
+# Registrations
+
+To register your team, you must fill out [the Team Signup form](https://forms.gle/Kkzuon2V3qGdWgwy5). Ideally, the team captain should be filling this out.
+
+# Maps
+
+- The map pool is yet to be confirmed, and will come at a later date.
+
+# Servers and scrims
+
+- You will be able to scrimmage other teams using [OCC's PUGs](https://oc.tc/pugs).
+- Alternatively, a community server, [Fireballs](https://discord.gg/pUzcGwKsmj), will also host scrimmages and other events.
+
+# Prize pool
+
+*This is not final and it's subject to change*
+
+- **1st Place: Tournament winner rank (3 months) & trophy; 25,000 raindrops; 5 sponsor tokens**
+- 2nd Place: 15,000 raindrops; 3 sponsor tokens
+- All participants: 5,000 raindrops; 1 sponsor token
+
+# Rules
+
+Overcast Community [rules](https://oc.tc/rules) will apply, and any player who breaks the rules during this tournament will be punished accordingly.
+
+Good luck and have fun!