BGMI Masters Series (BGMS) Season 3 Format Explained: Everything You Need To Know

BGMI Masters Series (BGMS) Season 3 will begin in a few days. In the run-up to the tournament, Nodwin Gaming has announced the format of the game. Starting on July 19, 2024, the tournament will consist of a few stages that the players will have to cross to make it to the finals. 

BGMS Season 3 will follow the 10-point system. The tournament will be streamed live on Nodwin Gaming's YouTube channel and Star Sports Network from 7 PM Onwards.

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BGMS Season 3 Format Explained

The whole tournament is divided into four stages: Opening Week, League Week, Playoffs, and Grand Finals. BGMS 2024 will end on August 11, 2024. Here is the format of the competition. 

Opening Week - July 19 to 21

The first stage of the game is the Opening Week and all the 24 teams will compete in a total of six matches and each team will get to play four matches. After this, 18 teams will move ahead to the League Stage and the rest of the teams will get eliminated. 

However, here's the twist. Two out of the six eliminated teams will also move to the League Stage because of fan voting. 

League Week - July 22 to August 4

20 teams will compete in the League Week and will play two matches a day except for Sunday. On the last day of the League Week teams will play three matches. The stage is also divided into two Survival and Domination. 

Interestingly, the top four teams will make it directly to the finals and the rest of the teams will head to the Playoffs stage. 

Playoffs - August 6 and 7

The Playoffs will be just two days long and the teams will compete in the competition. They will get to play six matches and 12 teams will qualify for the finals. The rest of the teams will get eliminated. 

Finals - August 9 to 11

The finals of BGMS 2024 will take place from August 9 to August 11, 2024 and 16 teams will compete to win a major chunk of the prize pool. These teams will play a total of nine games.

BGMS Season 3 Qualified and Invited Teams

1. Team XSpark
2. Entity Gaming
3. MOGO Esports
4. Team Limra
5. Carnival Gaming
6. Reckoning Esports
7. Gods Reign
8. Team Tamilas
9. Global Esports
10. Orangutan Gaming
11. Team Forever
12. Gujarat Tigers
13. Team Soul
14. FS Esports
15. Raven Esports
16. WSB Gaming
17. Team GodLike
18. Team 8Bit
19. Revenant Esports
20. Team Zero

One team has qualified from the OneBlade Cup and three teams have TVS Raider Battle:

1. Sarkar Gaming (OneBlade Cup)
2. Carpediem (TVS Raider Battle)
3. Red Devils (TVS Raider Battle)
4. Vasista Esports (TVS Raider Battle)

Bounty System and Impact Player System

Nodwin is known for adding spice to BGMI. The Bounty System is going to be implemented in the League Stage and the top 4 teams will carry a Bounty on themselves. The team that eliminates the bounty team will get awarded 10 points. 

This year, Nodwin Gaming has introduced the Impact Player system. This will be implemented in the League Stage where the IGL will select a player from their team and every finish they take, will be counted as two points and not one.