The 4Cs – Content Creator Charity Cup 2023

Let's make the world a better place. Together <3

11/4/23 -> Stream Start 5.30pm CET
11/5/23 -> Stream Start 5.30pm CET

We're delighted that you want to contribute to the selected charity organizations as part of the 4Cs, the Content Creator Charity Cup. 
If you'd like to donate to a specific organization, please use "#" followed by the organization's name (#WWF #UNICEF #OROVERDE #IPSO). 
We kindly request not to include individual donation messages, as that would make it impossible for us to determine the intended recipient. In such cases or when no donation message is provided, the donation amount will be evenly distributed among the four organizations.

Regarding the individual donation projects (for further detail, use the links to the projects themselves):

1. WWF (#WWF)
This specific project run by WWF is a reforestation campaign, with a specific focus on the Brazilian rainforest, which has suffered greatly under the Bolsonaro government.

2. UNICEF (#UNICEF)
The UNICEF project aims to combat malnutrition and overall child deprivation in African crisis regions, particularly in South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. This includes food supply, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.

3. OROVERDE (#OROVERDE)
The project by the Rainforest Protection Organization aims to plant 50,000 trees in Guatemala to reforest the heavily deforested rainforest on-site.

4. IPSO (#IPSO)
This organization's mission is to provide professional and confidential psychosocial counseling in various languages to those in need. Your donations can help us expand our network of psychosocial counselors worldwide.

As an incentive, the organization that the tournament winner has championed will receive additional support from us at Ultimate Guard.
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Tournament Structure:

On Day 1 (11/4/23), there will be a group stage in the Historic Brawl Bo1 format (to be even more precise: the "Friendly Brawl" variant). Our 24 players have been divided into 4 groups of 6 members each. They will then compete in a round-robin system to determine their rankings, and the group winners and runners-up will qualify for the Top 8 on Day 2. 
Each group is playing in support of one of the 4 charity organizations, and on Day 2, the Top 8 will continue to play on behalf of these organizations.

Group Katana (representing #UNICEF)
Elder Demon Highlander
Ekszit
Filipa
Infrecuentes
Martin Juza
Nathan Steuer

Group RTE Boulder (representing #WWF)
AshLizzle
Higher
MTG mit Patrick
Saffron Olive
Seth Manfield
Uebelst4r

Group Smarthive (representing #OROVERDE)
Frank Karsten
Gabriel Nassif
Herumkommandiert
Kai Budde
Peachypop Cosplay
Tomer Abramovici

Group Sidewinder (representing #IPSO)
Andrea Mengucci
Arne Huschenbeth
EDHREC
FDS_MTG
MTG Nerdgirl
Shibby

On Day 2, the format switches for Top 8 to Standard Bo3 to determine the finalists. The Grand Finale of our 4Cs itself will be played as a Bo3 Bo3 match.
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Tournament structure update due to Arena issues:

In short: 
Day 1 Day 1 will happen on MtG Arena 
The matches will be played accordingly to the tournament pairings 
If the connection bug occurs 3 times via challenging each other, we switch to the Online Queue 
Wins against tournament participants will gain 2 points. / Wins against non-tournament participants 1 point 
Non-tournament match has to be played for at least 3 turns in order to be viable 

Tiebreakers: 
#1 - direct match result 
#2 - more matches vs actual group opponents played 
#3 - guess question 

Day 2 (Top 8) 
Top priority remains Arena 
If challenging on Arena is not possible, we switch to Magic Online 
Bo3 standard, single-elimination 
grand final will be Bo3 Bo3 
For the quarterfinals, the winners of the group win the die roll 
For semifinals and grand final the starting player will be determined by the charity. (the player from the group whose charity had more donations gets to decide who starts, in case 2 player from same group: group winner gets to decide)

Thank you again for your kind donation and have fun during our 4Cs!