FAQ

Go to the Calendar and click Sign Up on an upcoming event. Signups open about 30 minutes before the event starts. You need to be logged in with Discord.

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Login uses Discord OAuth. Make sure you're signed into Discord in the browser, try clearing cookies for rematch.asia, or try a different browser. If that still fails, ping an admin in the Discord server.

A short DM chat with Rachel in our Discord — she's just checking you're a real player and that we can reach you on Discord if needed. No skill check, no interview, no minimum activity — anyone genuine is welcome. Verification is required before you can sign up for events, create or join a team, or list yourself on the transfer market. Visit /verify when you're ready.

Queues are casual, time-based sessions — drop in, play matches for an hour or two, leave whenever. Tournaments are round-based Swiss competitions with standings and final placements. Drafts are tournaments where teams are auctioned together by captains beforehand and then play each other in a round-robin. The Calendar labels each event.

For queues, yes — any time while the queue is running. For Swiss tournaments, yes but you'll miss whatever rounds already happened. Drafts close their signup window before the auction starts; once that's locked in you can't join.

Turn on notifications for the events you care about in your profile settings — you'll get a Discord DM the moment that event opens for signups. It's opt-in per event type, so you only hear about the ones you picked. New verified players get a one-time prompt to set this up.

Yes, any number of times for queues and Swiss tournaments — you'll be paired again on the next round. Drafts are different: you commit at check-in and your team is locked for the whole event. Leaving mid-draft means your team plays short or gets a sub.

Some do. A Swiss tournament can finish with a top-4 single-elimination playoff: after the group rounds, the top four teams play semi-finals (1st vs 4th, 2nd vs 3rd), then the winners meet in the final and the two losers play for 3rd place. The event page shows the total round count and names the Semi-finals and Final rounds. The playoff decides the medals; everyone else is ranked by their Swiss results.

A draft tournament is a one-off event where players sign up as solos but compete as teams that are formed live before play starts. Top players from the signup pool become captains, and they take turns auctioning the other players into their rosters using a 200M auction budget. After the auction (and a short trade window) those locked teams play each other in a double round-robin — every team plays every other team twice — and the standings decide the winner.

Automatically. Once check-in closes and the playing pool is formed, every player in the pool is ranked by their OVR at the position they ended up in. The top N players (where N is the team count for that event) become captains. They can come from any position — if seven of the top eight happen to be attackers, the highest-OVR non-attacker still gets the eighth captain seat. There's also a one-event cooldown: anyone who captained the previous draft is bumped to the back of the candidate list (preference, not a hard rule — if cooldown leaves too few candidates, the carry-over is used to seat the event).

Click Sign Up on a draft event in the Calendar, pick the position(s) you'd play, and check in when the window opens. You can list multiple positions in priority order — your first pick is your top choice and the others are fallbacks. Adding more positions widens your chances of being seated when the pool forms; if your top pick gets crowded you fall through to your backups. Overflow goes to the standby pool (subs).

Drafts have a priority signup window that runs through the entire signups-open phase, then lifts when check-in opens (30 minutes before start). During the priority window only eligible players can sign up: top-50 OVR for your region with at least 10 solo queue matches in the past week. Once check-in opens, anyone verified can sign up alongside checking in. The point isn't to gatekeep — it's to give regular active players first crack at draft seats; latecomers can still walk in at check-in.

Each captain starts with a 200M budget. Players are put up for bid one at a time. Bids go up in 5M increments and 5M is also the floor — every player costs at least 5M. Captains must keep 5M × (other open slots) in reserve so every slot can be filled at the floor; the bid UI shows your ceiling. Each candidate is open for 40 seconds; every new bid resets the clock to 20 seconds. Captains can skip to pass. If everyone skips, the candidate goes to the back of the queue. If a full pass through the queue completes with no bids — meaning nobody wants any of the remaining players — the next candidate gets randomly assigned to an eligible captain at the 5M floor. The auction ends when every team has 5 players.

You're in the standby pool (the sub bench). The pool-formation step picks the largest team count it can fully fill given the position breakdown of who checked in. If e.g. there are too many attackers and not enough goalkeepers for everyone to play, some players land on standby. You can be subbed in for any matching-position roster spot during the event, with an OVR cap so subs stay competitive. Listing multiple positions at signup is the best way to avoid standby — it gives the formation step more options.

Depends on team count. The auction and trade window add roughly 30-60 minutes; the live phase is a double round-robin (every team plays every other team twice), which is 2*(N-1) rounds for N teams. With 10-minute rounds: 4 teams ≈ 1.5h total, 6 teams ≈ 2.5h, 8 teams ≈ 3h. Test events are usually capped at 4 teams to keep the runtime evening-friendly.

Yes. After the auction there's a short trade window where captains take turns proposing trades or skipping. The first captain gets 5 minutes to act; each subsequent captain gets +1 minute on top. A trade only happens if both captains accept — either side can decline or skip and the turn moves on. Once the trade window ends, rosters are locked for the live phase.

The home team captain — the player with the highest OVR on the home side. They'll get a DM from Rachel when the round starts.

Classic 5v5, 6 minutes, overtime off, mercy rule on. Region is set by the event — check the region badge. Full details on the Rules page.

Ask the captain to remake it. If it still doesn't work after a couple of tries, both sides report "not played" and move on.

Let the others know in match chat. If you can't continue, the remaining players can report the match as "not played".

On the match page after the match ends, enter the final score. Both sides need to report. If the scores match, the result is confirmed instantly.

It's recorded as a 0-0 draw for the tournament. Admins can review after if you flag the match and post screenshots in match chat.

Used when the match couldn't happen — connection issues, no-shows, ran out of time. Counts as 0-0 with no rating impact when both sides agree.

Admins hand them out for misconduct. They show on your profile, and active cards can ban you from signing up or being subbed in.

Yellow bans scale with how many you have: 2 yellows = 1 day, 3 = 3 days, 4 = 1 week, 5 = 1 month, 6 = 3 months, 7+ = permanent. Red cards carry an admin-chosen ban (1 day up to permanent). Your profile shows the remaining time.

Yellow cards expire after 14 days of un-banned time — the clock pauses while you're banned, so a card always serves its full 2-week visible window. Red cards don't expire; only an admin can revoke them. A yellow naturally expiring never lifts a ban — only admin revocation does that.

If any of your main 5 lineup players is currently banned, the team can't enter. Swap them to reserve or wait for the ban to end.

DM Rachel or post in the Discord server. An admin can revoke it.

Your card's overall rating. Calculated from your primary stat (70%) and your best secondary stat (30%). Higher OVR = higher tier (Bronze up to Legend).

Two ways. Play and win: wins raise your Elo, which raises your rating stats over time. Earn XP: 2 XP per tournament win, up to a max of 112, spent in the stats editor to boost your base stats.

Elo moves based on team average vs opponent team average, team-wide (everyone on your side gets the same change). K-factor is high so it moves fast — a few matches against strong opponents can shift it a lot.

On your profile page, use Settings for your name and Edit Image for the card photo.

A one-time Elo reduction of -500 for new players. Only available while all your Elos are at or below 1000. If you're genuinely new, press it. If you're just hitting a rough patch, ask an admin before using it.

SEA and OCE are active. NEA is defined but not activated yet. You can play in any active region — your ratings in each are independent.

On the Teams page, you can create a new team (you'll be captain) or request to join an existing one. Captains can also invite you — check the invites on your profile.

Yes — that's a loan. A team that needs an extra player can invite you on loan, or you can request to join one on loan, and you'll play for them while keeping your main team. Loaned-in players can be in the starting lineup. You can only be on one loan at a time, and the loan can be ended from the team's page. Loans can't be changed while that team is in a live tournament.

The Transfers page lists players looking for a team (LFT) and teams looking for players (LFP). Toggle your status on your profile or team page.

No. Rachel creates voice channels per match and moves you in if you're already in a Discord voice channel, but using them is optional.