March Madness Tournament

The UTG March Madness Tournament of 2023 is the first official Untitled Tag Game competition hosted by the game's developers. The tournament, organized by community members Boosette and Vega, features competitors from the exclusive competitive community. The event was held on Jasper's Twitch stream and featured the live commentary of Jasper, Riker, Wal00g, NicolaiXeno, Boosette, Vega, and JMT.
The Tagmin server commands toggle wheel of misfortune, /gamemode 3 (force spectate), and hide ziplines were made exclusively for this tournament. Likewise, Brawl was made exclusively for the tournament as well, using the names of the 12 teams from Phase 1.
Only the maps Crossroads, Chaos Canyon, Glass Houses, Blox Tag, and Movement Plots were used in the tournament. Additionally, Baseplate was used as a map to settle tiebreakers.
==Stream archives==
Due to the expiration of these twitch vods, most stream archives are inaccessible. 
*Day 1 VOD, Team Phase (March 4th, 2023)
*Day 2 VOD, Team Phase (March 5th, 2023)
*Day 3 VOD, Knockout Phase (first 3 matches) (March 19th, 2023)
*Day 4 VOD, Knockout Phase (finale) (April 22nd, 2023) (alt)
==Prize pool==
*1st place gets 100,000 Robux (+ glory forever)
*2nd place gets 50,000 Robux
*3rd place gets 25,000 Robux (rewards will be distributed by teams)
== Phase 1==
During Phase One of the tournament, players were assigned to one of twelve different three-member teams. To ensure fairness, matches were hosted on both a European and a North American server, accounting for any potential disadvantage caused by connectivity issues.
Each team would play one match against another team. The first team to win 6 sets wins the entire match. The members of the winning teams automatically qualify for the knockout bracket.
Games were held on Team Deathmatch. The last team with any alive members wins a set. On Day 2, Brawl was used instead, for the purpose of allowing the team colors to match the in-game colors, rather than only Red just Blue. Brawl is functionally identical to Team Deathmatch, the only exception being that No-Tag-Back applies to both players after a tag.
Phase One of the tournament began on March 4th and concluded on March 5th.
===Competitors===
*Mika 
*Accurate 
*Mono 
*Redekbo 
*Ronin 
*Aqua 
*Zeraden 
*Sprite 
*Sarai 
*Viggo 
*Eg 
*Albertoabiall 
*Wiser 
*SkittlePlays 
*Meiyol 
*Dri 
*Chamber ()
*Marune ()
* Vega 
*Killian 
*Vlitzy 
* Mango 
*TouchofMidas 
*FolfyKore 
*Gabe 
*UTGAlex 
*Raft ()
*Lancey 
*Wreckitrabbit 
*Crimson 
*Phyxies 
*Lemonrocky ()
*Spoopydoge 
* Tater 
*Guts 
*Arcadeant 
Did not play in Phase 1
* Itss 
*Ceno 
Lost Phase 1
These competitors lost after Phase 1.
===Matches===
====Day 1====
Day 1 was on March 4, 2023. On Day One, teams were not color-coded, and were assigned to either Red Team or Blue Team.
Match	Teams 	NA	EU	Total
Match 1
13:30 CST	(Red) 	4 	2 	6
Match 1
13:30 CST	(Blue)	1 	2 	3
Match 2
14:12 CST	(Blue)	1 	1 	2
Match 2
14:12 CST	(Red) 	4 	2 	6
Match 3
14:50 CST	(Red) 	2 	2 	4
Match 3
14:50 CST	(Blue)	3 	3 	6
Match 4
15:40 CST	(Red) 	3 	2 	5
Match 4
15:40 CST	(Blue)	2 	3 	5
* Match 4 was settled in a tiebreaker round. The tiebreaker was hosted on Baseplate.
** Due to an incident regarding the interference of a ghost (a dead Arcadeant) accidentally affecting the outcome of the match, the Purple Pythons quit the tournament out of guilt. They nominated Vega, Aqua, and Vlitzy to replace them.
====Day 2====
Day 2 was on March 5, 2023. On Day Two, teams were shown according to their team color, due to the new Brawl gamemode.
Match	Teams 	NA	EU	Total
Match 5
14:10 CST	 	0 	0 	0
Match 5
14:10 CST	(Blue)	5 	1 	6
Match 6
14:51 CST	 	2 	1 	3
Match 6
14:51 CST	 	3 	3 	6
==Redemption==
Redemption served as an intermediate phase to allow for four players who have had their team defeated in Phase One to progress to Phase Two.
All interested participants competed in four rounds of Bomb, two rounds on an EU server, and two on a NA server. Any winner of a round would be able to progress to Phase Two. The Redemption phase took place on March 11th, 2023. No records or footage of the Redemption rounds have been saved.
Participants
*Viggo ()
*Eg ()
*Albertoabiall ()
*Chamber () ()
*Redekbo ()
*Ronin ()
*Raft () ()
*Phyxies ()
*Spoopydoge ()
Winners
* Game 1: Viggo ()
* Game 2: Redekbo ()
* Game 3: Phyxies ()
* Game 4: Chamber () ()
Eliminated
*Killian ()
*Vega ()
*Vlitzy ()
*Eg ()
*Albertoabiall ()
*Dri ()
*Marune () ()
*Ronin ()
*Aqua ()
*Gabe ()
*UTGAlex ()
*Raft () ()
*Lemonrocky () ()
*Spoopydoge ()
*Vega, Vlitzy, and Aqua were chosen on request to replace quitters who had previously qualified. Ronin replaced a no-show.
==Phase 2==
In Phase Two of the tournament, the remaining players were seeded into a tournament bracket. The teams have been dissolved, meaning that every player would be on their own.
Individual players competed in head-to-head 1v1 games in a single-elimination knockout tournament bracket. Matches would follow the standard 1v1 format.
The first to win six sets wins the entire match. Each set alternates between playing on FFA or on Classic. Maps are changed after every two sets.
Games are held on either an EU or NA server, depending on the locations of the two players.
The initial matches of Phase Two were conducted on March 19th, 2022 (Day 3). Unfortunately, due to an emergency involving Jasper's inability to stream, Matches 4, 5, and 6 are not available in any archives, as they were hosted in the Dev Stream voice channel of the discord. Starting from Round 1 onwards, matches were held off-stream due to scheduling issues, with plans for only the semifinals and finals to be hosted on-stream.
=== Competitors===
*Mika 
*Accurate 
*Mono 
*Wiser 
*SkittlePlays 
*Meiyol 
*Zeraden 
*Sprite 
*Sarai 
*Mango 
*TouchofMidas 
*FolfyKore 
*Lancey 
*Wreckitrabbit 
*Crimson 
*Arcadeant 
*Tater 
*Guts 
Redemption
*Viggo ()
*Redekbo ()
*Phyxies ()
*Chamber () ()
Replacement
*Itss , for Wiser
*Vega (), for Tater
*Aqua (), for Guts
*Vlitzy (), for Wreckitrabbit
*Ceno , for Vega
*Luisisbored , for Meiyol (no-show)
*Ronin () , for Meiyol
Quit/Disqualified
*Ducky (Disqualified), replaced by a redemption slot
*Tater (), replaced by Vega
*Guts (), replaced by Aqua
*Arcadeant (), decided to return
*Wiser (), replaced by Itss
*Wreckitrabbit (), replaced by Vlitzy
*Vega () (Removed), replaced by Ceno
* Meiyol () (Inactivity), replaced by Ronin
===Bracket===
===Standings===
Finalists
*1st: SkittlePlays () (100k robux prize)
*2nd: Crimson () (50k robux prize)
Semifinalists
*3rd: Redekbo () (25k robux prize)
*4th: Sprite ()
Lost Round 3
*5th: Mika () (5-6)
*6th: Aqua () (4-6)
*7th: Phyxies () (3-6)
*8th: Chamber () () (0-6)
Lost Round 2
*9th/10th: Mono () (5-6)
*9th/10th:Viggo () (5-6)
*11th/12th: Lancey () (4-6)
*11th/12th: Ceno (no team) (4-6)
*13th: Itss (no team) (2-6)
*14th~16th: Vlitzy () (1-6)
*14th~16th: Arcadeant () (1-6)
*14th~16th: FolfyKore () (1-6)
Lost Round 1
* 17th~19th: Ronin () (5-6)
*17th~19th: Zeraden () (5-6)
*17th~19th: Mango () (5-6)
*20th: TouchofMidas () (3-6)
*21st: Sarai () (2-6)
*22nd: Accurate () (1-6)
Quit Round 1
*23rd~28th: Meiyol (), inactive
*23rd~28th: Vega (), removed
*23rd~28th: Wreckitrabbit (), quit
*23rd~28th: Wiser (), quit
*23rd~28th: Tater (), quit
*23rd~28th: Guts (), quit
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