Classic Singles Tournament 2026: Rules and Infos!

Charlotte -

Hello everyone! We hope you all had a nice summer, hopefully with lots of steamy EF action~

As we announced previously this year, the tournaments staff is proud to introduce a brand new format: the Classic Singles Tournament! It will be a tournament open to any gender, where every participant competes for themself. As you will find in the usual rule list, players are expected to play potentially against any gender/genitals. More details attached below!

Tournament Format

  • 16 solo characters will compete in the tournament. For this tournament, you may use an alt account with a different gender from your chosen one for the tournament, in order to find the best match up possible for you and your partner during your games.
  • 4 rounds
  • Single elimination format. Winners advance to the next round, losers are eliminated.

Registrations

  • Registrations day will be announced in a few days. Then, as always, you can register in the appropriate EF forum thread posting your character AND your timezone. After we get to 16 players, registrations will be open for 72 hours.
  • At the end of the 3 days, we will randomly choose 16 players, regardless of their gender.
  • As in the latest tournaments, we will provide players who didn't got selected in the last ones with an extra chance in the pool of participants. Together with that, the players who made to the Hentai 2026 semifinals, will have a reduced possibility to join the tournament from the start, in order to give more newer people a chance to participate.
  • The tournament brackets will be made considering the players' time zones. Those selected will be split roughly into two time zone groups for the two halves to the draw to reduce the time difference and difficulty in scheduling.
  • For those who haven't been selected, they will be put in the reserves pool. Here, you will be called if we need to replace a player. Reserves will be called up depending on the time zone needed, and if there are more than one reserve in the appropiate part of the world, we will decide randomly who's gonna join.

To enter you must:

  • Your account must be at least 3 months old
  • You need to have played at least 10 Classic games against Human opponents.
  • You must be willing to play with or against every potential opponent or partner, even the ones you have blocked. If that could be a problem for you, please refrain from joining the tournament.
  • When casting your registration, please also consider the possibility that you might need to play against a cross-gendered character in some specific situations
  • You may enter a fresh character provided you that you are able to show a character of yours that meets the above requisites.
  • Actually be available to play for the duration of the tournament. Please do not sign up if you are going to be on vacation shortly after it starts!

Match rules

  • All games must be played in standard Classic mode . You may not use Long or Short mode, or RP mode to play.
  • As soon as you are given your opponent, you will have 3 days to set a date for the match. The match must be completed within 10 days without delays (barring any actual emergencies obviously).
  • As soon as you have a date for your match, announce it on Discord, appropriate forum post or in the DMs of a tournament organizer.

  • Match logs must be turned on.
  • All matches must be played in public with a title in the format of "Classic Singles Tournament 2026 Round X: XXXX vs YYYY"
  • All match logs must be posted in the tournament-logs thread.
  • RP is mandatory, this means typing at least a few sentences for each action you select. The goal of this tournament is to create hot & sexy matches, not watch two people click buttons!
  • The preference system for actions must be disabled
  • Skipping your turn is not allowed, unless it is for fixing a bug (in that specific case, both the players must skip their turn to prevent someone to get an unfair advantage).
  • Redrawing your actions is fine, but should be agreed on by both opponents before the game begins as to whether or not it will be allowed.
  • Mandatory Kinks: For MvM (with penis) games, anal kink must be on or off entirely for both players. In MvTF games, anal needs to be possible on the girl, as he said (male needs to set anal give and the girl needs to set anal receive)

Prizes

  • 30 coins will be awarded for every win along with prizes for first and second place
  • 300 EF coins (plus 120 for winning 4 matches) to the winner
  • 250 EF coins (plus 90 for winning 3 matches) to the runner up
  • A “2026 Classic Singles Champion” badge for your profile
  • A signature move

We really hope that you like this format, the tournament staff team is always up for questions and feedbacks! Stay tuned for the registration date 💜