MECH ACADEMY
A Mechabellum coach & student league. Experienced coaches mentor rising players through a regular season of individual competition, then the best get drafted into teams for live playoff broadcasts.
What is Mechacademy?
Mechacademy is a learning-focused Mechabellum tournament built around coaching and mentorship. Experienced coaches work with rising players throughout the season, reviewing replays, drilling strategy, and building game plans together. It's a community event designed to grow the player base and help everyone improve.
Coaches Mentor Students
Coaches are free agents who help any player who wants coaching. Build a relationship during the regular season, because the coaches who know you best are the ones who will draft you for the playoffs.
Swiss-Format Regular Season
5 weeks of weekly Bo3 matches. You're paired against players with a similar record, so no more stomps and no more mismatched timezones. Track your record on the leaderboard and earn your spot.
Draft & Team Playoffs
Top performers from each skill bracket get drafted into teams by coaches. Semifinals and finals are played live on stream in a best-of-5 format, with the full team in voice and everything on the line.
Everyone Can Stream & Cast
Mechacademy is built to promote community streamers and creators. All regular season matches are open for anyone to spectate, stream, and cast. Tag #mechacademy on YouTube or Twitch and your content gets featured on the site automatically.
Stream Matches Live
The full schedule is public, so you can line up any match and cast it live on your channel. There's no exclusivity: multiple streamers can cover the same game. Coaches are encouraged to stream their students' matches.
Auto-Fetch Content
Any YouTube video or Twitch VOD tagged #mechacademy gets automatically pulled into the Media hub. Your content, your channel. We just help people find it.
Replay Library
Players upload replays after every match. The entire season becomes a learning resource where you can study openings, review decisions, and learn from the community's best games.
Create & Share
Content goes beyond live casting. Break down a replay, record and share your coaching sessions, or publish a guide or analysis. Anyone can create, and every piece helps players learn.
Schedule
Ready to Compete?
Sign up as a player to compete in the Swiss-format regular season, or register as a coach to mentor rising talent. No player cap, everyone who registers gets in.
- ✓ 5 weeks of weekly Bo3 matches, self-scheduled
- ✓ Open & Advanced brackets assigned by MMR
- ✓ Free-agent coaches mentor you throughout the season
- ✓ Top performers get drafted into playoff teams
- ✓ Playoffs broadcast live on Saturdays at 11am EST
Community Media
VODs, streams, and coaching content from the #mechacademy community.
Tournament Rules
Everything you need to know before registering. Read the full rules for details on format, scheduling, conduct, and more.
What is different from Season 2?
Season 9 is an individual Swiss league instead of pre-made teams. Everyone competes for themselves, coaches are free agents who help anyone, and teams only form at the live draft. The playoffs keep the S2 spirit: a Bo5 with a full-team Game 5 decider, and Games 1-4 played without live coaching.
Why is this Season 9 and not Season 3?
We renumbered to line up with Mechabellum's in-game season. Mechabellum is currently in its 9th in-game season, so Mechacademy Season 9 runs alongside it. The last Mechacademy season was Season 2.
What do I register as?
Player or Coach. Players compete in the regular season. Coaches are free agents who mentor anyone.
How are brackets determined?
After registration closes, all players are split into the Open and Advanced brackets by MMR median.
How does scheduling work?
Each week you see your opponent on the site. Both players pick available time slots, the system finds overlap.
What about coaching during matches?
No live coaching during regular season Bo3 matches. The one exception is Game 5 of a playoff series, where the whole team is in voice and coaches the player in real time. The rest of the time, coaches help during practice, not during games.
How do playoffs work?
Coaches draft 8 Open + 8 Advanced players into 4 teams. Teams play Bo5 semifinals and finals, broadcast live. If a series reaches 2-2, each team blind-picks a student for the Game 5 decider.
Can I stream my matches?
Yes! Everyone is encouraged to stream. Tag #mechacademy on YouTube or Twitch and your VOD gets featured.
Join us on
Discord
Mechacademy is partnered with The DeJENNerates, the official community home of the tournament. Get announcements, find practice partners, and connect with coaches and other players.
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