News

After a long hiatus, I am happy to announce the return of the Jazz Duelist Challenge for its 32nd season!

Last season we experimented with an events-only format, but now we've made the decision to return to the classic format where you can invite people to play duels and team games in order to compete for the JDC crown. There will also be a number of events taking place in addition, please stay tuned!

The opening event is due to take place on Saturday 26th November at 20:30 GMT+1, after which the season will be officially open for games.

Furthermore, I can also announce that the next instalment of JDC's sister elimination tournament, JDCE, will also be running alongside the new season! The signups along with details regarding the format and the mappool will follow shortly.

Lastly, I'd like to give a big welcome to DanZeal, our newest member of the JDC crew who has very kindly offered to be our events host.

I look forward to seeing you all very soon!

With the conclusion of the action-packed closing event, JDC Season 31 has now ended. Thank you to everyone who played, and made it such a wonderful season over the past few months! :)

Expect the remaining event scores and the JDC awards to be posted in due time.

P.S. We're very much open to feedback - feel free to let us know what you liked about this season, and what you feel could be done differently next time.

JDCE 2: Electric Boogaloo has now begun!

Click HERE for an overview of the rules and the mappool.

Click HERE to see live standings and matchups required.

Click HERE to see map selections and vetoes.

As a participant, we need you to:

• Carefully read all of the rules listed in the link above.
• Set up to three vetoes from the mappool listed in the rules page above, by commenting on this post before your first match.
• For those starting in UB Round 1, you must play your match by no later than Friday 7th August, 23:59 GMT+1. Those starting in UB Round 2 (the top 4 seeded players), you will need to duel with one week after your first match becomes available.
• Submit your duels by sending screenshots to any official/admin or by uploading them to the #jdce room in the JDC Discord, and having both duel participants to validate their authenticity. Note that is your responsibility to have screenshots as evidence for each of your matches.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Lahm or myself.

Given the success of JDCE this season, we've decided to give you an encore, by running a second JDCE duel tournament!

We do anticipate that this JDCE will likely be shorter than the previous, but will no doubt be just as action-packed and exciting!

If you'd like to sign-up, please reply to this newspost by saying "in" to confirm your participation. The deadline for signups is Sunday 2nd August at 23:59 GMT+1.

Information regarding format, mappool etc will be provided at a later date.

EDIT: We've decided to close sign ups early, as a 12 player tournament would be manageable and there haven't been any new sign ups for 24 hours. However, feel free to comment here if you'd like to be considered as a reserve player, in case someone else drops out of the tournament before playing their Round 1 match.

First and foremost, I would like to thank all of the players and staff that made this tournament into the booming success that it was. This was probably the smoothest JDCE yet, and a special shout-out goes to Lahm for his efforts in organization.

But enough of the sappiness, and onto the glory:

• 1st Place: Lazzaro <400 points>
• 2nd Place: Lahm <325 points>
• 3rd Place: kev <275 points>

Congratulations to Lazzaro and all of the runners-up, and congratulations to everyone who participated; you have all been awarded JDC points accordingly.

Click HERE to see the final standings and the tournament bracket in full detail.

We'll see you next time, but stay tuned for another special announcement - coming soon from Purplejazz.

PSA: You will now need to check the JDC Discord in order to get passwords for JDC events (in #event-announcements).

The JDCE 31 Knockout Phase has now begun, and we are down to 16 players (from 24).

Notable updates to be aware of:

• Based on polling, the two least popular maps (Junkyard Blues & Urban Brawl) have been replaced with two others (Gauntlet & Dilapidation).
• Based on polling (and the addition of new maps), we are allowing every player to reset all three of their vetoes, should they wish to. To update your vetoes, simply cast them privately to myself (and we can try and announce them simultaneously at the time of your first match, if possible), or post them publicly as a comment in this post. You have until Sunday 05th July 23:59 GMT to have cast your vetoes, and completed your first match. Vetoes can only be cast before playing your first match.
• See the links below for any further updates, and details on who your matchups are against!

Click HERE for an overview of the rules.

Click HERE to see live standings and matchups required.

Click HERE to see details on map picks and vetoes per player.

EDIT: JDCE points will now be added contemporaneously after each match (in an event named JDCE 31).

Hard to believe we're at the point where in the past few years we would have been either halfway done or close to the end, as it feels like this season is just getting off the ground!

We've already had 8 events in this timeframe, and there's still two coming this weekend. I'm personally very happy with this, not only because it's quite a lot more than we've usually done, but also because there is - at least personally - definitely a vibe of freshness and creativity amongst the officials team. But stay tuned, as I feel that the best is still yet to come this season.

Please let me know in the comments how are you feeling about JDC 31!

PS. Sorry I took so long, but the event from last Sunday has finally been scored.

This newspost marks the start of JDCE for season 31.

Click HERE for an overview of the rules.

Click HERE to see live standings and matchups required.

Click HERE to see details on map picks and vetoes per player.

As a participant, we need you to:

• Carefully read all of the rules listed in the link above.
• Set THREE vetoes from the mappool listed in the rules page above, by commenting on this post before your first match.
• Play all three matches within your groups before Sunday 21st Jun, 23:59 GMT.
• Submit your duels by sending screenshots to any official/admin, and having BOTH duel participants to validate their authenticity. Note that is YOUR responsibility to have screenshots as evidence for each of your matches.

Ultimately, the top 2 from each group WILL progress for sure, and only 4 players in 3rd place will be granted access to the next round based on their wins/scores/playoffs.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Lahm or myself.

JDC 31 has now started!

Well, by "now" I mean "over 24 hours ago, when the opening event concluded". The scores for that event have now been posted, let me know if you can guess the winner before clicking the link.

The event was a big success, with 31 players attending total and 10 rounds, with levels both classic and fresh. Of course any CTF event isn't complete without annoying people with the crate in Divide and Conquer.

In fact, by the time I've written this news post, another event had already taken place! This is the kind of pace you can expect from the coming weeks. We're already drawing plans for making the next weeks full of exciting stuff, and we hope you all enjoy what's in store for this season.

Please let me know if you enjoyed the events in the comments, or on our Discord!