Nitro Live

Saturday Nitro Live
Saturday Nitro Live Promotional Logo
Event
Date	3rd to 31st Aug. 2019 (SNL) 24 Nov. to 15 Dec. 2019 (NL:S2) 31 Jan. to 5 Feb. 2021 (NL:S3)
Organizers	Events Team  nossi_  Gupta99999  darparniox
Attendance	35+ registrants
World	[[]]

Nitro Live is a series of competitive Nitro UHC tournament events held on the Dogcraft Server. The first event, Saturday Nitro Live, was held in August 2019 and Nitro Live: Season 2 was held from November to December later the same year. In 2021, a third event, titled Nitro Live: Season 3 was held over about a week through the end of January and early February of that year.

The tournament was originally planned and organised by prominent Nitro UHC players  nossi_ and  William278, who was also a member of the Events Team. After five weeks,  Gupta99999 was determined the winner after beating runner-up  Xman404 in a final set. The second event was organised by William, Gupta and  darparniox; the tournament was ultimately won by nossi. The third event, organised by  OldManLP85 and  RY44, featured a revised format and took place across one week.  ThEquinox2, who came fifth in the original event won the third season, followed by William and  xMakoto in second and third respectively.

Format

The tournaments were comprised of four stages; Qualifiers, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Qualifiers

In the qualifiers, players were split into groups based on their timezone. When registering, players could either choose to register on the 3^rd or 10^th of August 2019.

Across three games of Nitro UHC, players had to compete in their group to earn the most points in order to qualify for the Quarterfinals. One point was earned for killing a player before deathmatch, two points were awarded for coming in second place and three points were awarded for winning a game.

Quarterfinals

Players who qualified were divided into groups of three for the quarterfinals. The players had to compete in a game of Nitro UHC and the top two players from each game would advance to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

The remaining players were placed into a 1-on-1 game. The winner would advance to the finals, while the looser would be eliminated.

Finals

In the finals, all remaining players were forced to compete for points in three games of Nitro UHC, just like in the Quarterfinals. After the two games were up, the top two scorers were made to compete in a best-of-three championship set, where the winner of the set would be declared the world champion.

History

The idea of a Nitro UHC tournament was proposed several times by various players since the creation of the minigame on the server in late-2016. However, it was not realized until the 20^th of July 2019, where prominent Nitro UHC players  William278 and  nossi_ discussed the formal possibility of hosting the tournament through the month of August, leading to the planning and development of the event.

SNL award ceremony on August 31, 2019, in the Sur3 Spawn Basin

The Nitro UHC matches were live streamed and commentated on to further draw excitement and a set of rules was put in place to ensure the games would be both exciting to watch and fair for the competitors. Various guests would join William278 to assist in refereeing and commentating, including participants whilst they were not playing. For Semifinals and Finals, ReNDoG took over streaming the event live to hundreds of viewers as the tournament came to a conclusion. A special video highlighting the best moments for the tournament and advertising the finals was also produced.

Following the success of the first tournament, the decision was made to made to made to made to hold a second season in winter that year, this time being planned by William and previous winner Gupta, with assistance from darparniox. Unlike the first season, not all of the second season's games were streamed, although ReNDoG still broadcast the finals. After several weeks,  nossi_ prevailed as the winner.

A third tournament was announced and held in early 2021 and took place over a week, spanning from January 31^st to February 5^st of that year. The event, which was organised this time by events committee members  RY44 and  OldManLP85 had a few adjustments to the format from previous seasons. Notably, the qualifying heats and semifinals entirely used a point based system, with 5 points awarded for deathmatch kills, one point awarded for pre-deathmatch kills and points awarded to finishing positions in games (three points for first, two for second and one for third). Returning for Season 3 was the presence of fully live streamed games, with commentary and referee support from darparniox,  TrainerMoon,  Txp_ and  dmgdog. At the end of the tournament,  ThEquinox2, who came fifth in Saturday Nitro Live won the competition, beating out original organizer William and Makoto.

Results

Saturday Nitro Live

Position	Competitor	Region	Prizes Won
1st	Gupta99999	North America	$150 courtesy of ReNDoG Ð361,000† + Ð75,000 (for getting the most kills) Notch Apple Commemorative sword & banner Their player head (Awarded for killing the most player kills)
2nd	Xman404	Australia & New Zealand	$100 courtesy of ReNDoG Ð186,000† Commemorative sword & banner
3rd	dmgdog	Europe	$75 courtesy of ReNDoG Ð86,000† Commemorative sword & banner
4th	veve_qt	Europe	Ð11,000†
5th	ThEquinox2	North America

† Note: Ð11,000 was given to every player who passed the qualifying rounds, divided evenly from a pool of player-donated money.

Nitro Live: Season 2

Position	Competitor	Region	Prizes Won
1st	nossi_	Europe	Ð150,000 Commemorative sword & gold trophy banner Statue displayed at the Christmas Event 2019.
2nd	veve_qt	Europe	Ð100,000 Commemorative sword & silver trophy banner Statue displayed at the Christmas Event 2019.
3rd	NanoGalactic	North America	Ð50,000 Commemorative sword & bronze trophy banner Statue displayed at the Christmas Event 2019.
4th	dmgdog	Europe	-
5th	legowar1508	North America	-
=6th	Xman404	Australia & New Zealand	-
	Excaliber_FC	North America	-
7th	Funkiest_Saturn	North America	-
=8th	Pigeon_Confirmed	North America	-
	T3ry	North America	-
	Fraserxx8	Europe	-
	Douwsky	North America	-

Nitro Live: Season 3

Position	Competitor	Region	Prizes Won
1st	ThEquinox2	America	Netherite Axe, 3 x Blocks of Netherite, 2 x First Place Banners, 3 x First Place PVP Heads
2nd	William278	UK	Netherite Axe, 2 x Blocks of Netherite, 2 x Second Place Banners, 3 x Second Place PVP Heads
3rd	xMakoto	America	Netherite Axe, 1 x Block of Netherite, 2 x Third Place Banners, 3 x Third Place PVP Heads

† Note: A Participants PVP Head was also given out to all that participated.

See also

• List of Events
• Nitro UHC