BLESS
BARRACKS
BLESS · COMPETITIVE
Pro-Amateur Series crest — blue shield with stars, Spartan helmet, and red SERIES banner
Theater · Pro-Amateur · EST. AUGUST 15, 2019

Pro-Amateur Series.

Official rostered teams. Coaches. 4 starters and 4 back-ups. Brackets balanced so legacies can grow.

“Teams are legacies. We never delete them — we sundown them, and we revive them.”

FOUNDED
2019
ROSTER SHAPE
4 + 4
TEAMS
LEGACIES
What this is

Official teams. Real rosters. Long arc.

Pro-Am is the rostered side of competitive Bless, and it predates Bless — Bronson Kuhn launched it on August 15, 2019. Every team is registered, has a coach (or its president IS the coach), four starters, and four back-ups. The back-up requirement isn't a suggestion — it's how we keep brackets balanced.

We keep every team that's ever been created. If no one wants to wear the colors anymore, the team is sundowned into the history books. It can always be revived. That's the contract: teams are legacies.

Above the teams sits a Prime Minister, a Field Marshal who owns the series, and Mayors who run the moving parts — scheduling, streaming, conflict, refereeing. The officers who host the work are explained on the roles & medals reference.

The Chain · At A Glance

Top to bottom. Real-time fill.

Every dot is a seat. Filled dots are held by a Spartan. Empty dots are recruiting.

Chain not yet stamped. Founder seeds blueprint from /command.
Every Seat · Explained

Who they are. What they do. How you get there.

HIGH COMMAND

Prime Minister · Pro-Am

High Command
OPEN · APPLY

Runs the entire Pro-Amateur Series. The standard, the schedule, and the succession answer to this seat.

Day In The Life
  • ⌖Sets the season cadence — when brackets open, when finals run.
  • ⌖Confirms every Field Marshal and reviews every coach mark.
  • ⌖Owns the public-facing voice of competitive Bless.
  • ⌖Settles disputes the Mayor of Refereeing can't.
How You Earn This Seat

Promoted from Field Marshal after a season of clean stewardship. Confirmed by the President.

FIELD MARSHAL

Governor · Pro-Am Series

Field Marshal
OPEN · APPLY

Owns the rostered teams. Coaches answer here. The bracket bends to their structure.

Day In The Life
  • ⌖Approves every team president and verifies coach + 4 starters + 4 backups.
  • ⌖Keeps bracket sizes equal so the season isn't lopsided.
  • ⌖Decides when a team is sundowned and when it's revived.
  • ⌖Drafts the Pro-Am ruleset with the Mayor of Refereeing.
How You Earn This Seat

Promoted from Battalion Commander after running a Mayor seat through a full season.

BATTALION COMMANDER

Mayor · Scheduling

Battalion Commander
OPEN · APPLY

Owns when scrims and official matches run. The clock-keeper of the league.

Day In The Life
  • ⌖Publishes the weekly scrim grid every Sunday night.
  • ⌖Coordinates with team presidents on availability windows.
  • ⌖Books finals and majors with refereeing and streaming.
  • ⌖Reschedules around conflicts without dropping a beat.
How You Earn This Seat

Promoted from a Scrim-Hosting Warrant Officer with a record of zero-drama scheduling.

BATTALION COMMANDER

Mayor · Streaming

Battalion Commander
OPEN · APPLY

Broadcast, VOD capture, stream presentation. The face of Pro-Am to the public.

Day In The Life
  • ⌖Runs spectator cameras, overlays, and caster lineups for every official match.
  • ⌖Captures and archives every VOD for refereeing review.
  • ⌖Builds the Pro-Am highlight pipeline with the content team.
  • ⌖Trains Warrant Officers in streaming ops.
How You Earn This Seat

Promoted from a Streaming-Ops Warrant Officer who's run a full season of casts.

BATTALION COMMANDER

Mayor · Conflict Resolution

Battalion Commander
OPEN · APPLY

Handles disputes between teams and players before they reach the Governor.

Day In The Life
  • ⌖First responder for any player-vs-player or team-vs-team friction.
  • ⌖Maintains a quiet, off-the-record mediation channel in Discord.
  • ⌖Escalates to refereeing only when a formal ruling is required.
  • ⌖Files a quarterly tension report for the Prime Minister.
How You Earn This Seat

Promoted from a Conflict-Triage Warrant Officer with a documented mediation record.

BATTALION COMMANDER

Mayor · Refereeing

Battalion Commander
OPEN · APPLY

Rules enforcement, malfunctions, replays, and the coach review board.

Day In The Life
  • ⌖Calls malfunctions and manages replays in real time.
  • ⌖Chairs the coach review board when coach marks accumulate.
  • ⌖Maintains the published Pro-Am ruleset.
  • ⌖Trains Warrant Officers as bracket referees.
How You Earn This Seat

Promoted from a Refereeing Warrant Officer after a full season of clean rulings.

Team Structure

What a Pro-Am team looks like.

01
Org / Team President

Runs an entire team and its mechanisms. President of their team.

02
Coach (required)

Or the president can be the coach. Must assure the team won't impede the community's 8s. When a coach can't fill a roster, our Warrant Officers fill it — and the coach gets a mark.

03
Active 8s Roster (4 players)

A starting four. Every player requires a back-up.

04
Back-Up Roster (4 players)

Required. We maintain an equal number so tournament brackets aren't lopsided.

The Coach Mark · Contract
When a coach can't assure a full team, our Warrant Officers will try to fill it out, but the coach gets a mark. Eventually the refs will discuss if that coach is allowed to continue coaching. Of course the president can fire/hire whoever he wants, but we hold the right to say if a coach is harmful to our community. We will keep every team that is ever created and fill the rosters. If no one wants to be apart of the team, we'll sundown it into the history books — but it can always be revived. Teams are legacies.
How To Join

Three steps to a roster seat.

  1. 01
    Join the community.

    Sit in customs, post in Discord, show up on Casual 8s nights. We won't draft a stranger.

  2. 02
    Declare for tryouts.

    When a team president opens a tryout window, sign up. Bring CSR proof and a recent VOD.

  3. 03
    Earn the seat.

    Tryout games are scouted by the coach and the Field Marshal. Offers come within the week.

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Bronson Kuhn, founder of the Pro-Amateur Series
In Memoriam

Bronson Kuhn founded the Pro-Amateur Series on August 15, 2019 — a training ground built so people had a reason to keep playing.

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