Competition
Online Tournament Series
The global proving ground for competitive aviation.
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The global proving ground for competitive aviation.
The Online Tournament Series is open to competitive pilots worldwide, flown in Digital Combat Simulator (DCS). Every event runs on a standardized format: three performance trials followed by the Dogfight Bracket. The same conditions, the same rules, the same bar for every pilot on the roster.
OTS events run on a quarterly broadcast cycle. All results are published in full after each event. Standings accumulate across the season, feeding directly into Live Professional Series qualification consideration. There is nowhere to hide and no path around the standard.
If you want a performance record that means something, the OTS is where it starts.
Registration is always open. Register once, then enter every OTS.
Once. Ever. Your email, your Discord, and your DCS ID put you on the roster. Registration never closes and it is not tied to any one edition. You do not register again for the next tournament. You enter it.
When a cycle opens, entry is one click from your account. Confirm the jet you are flying this edition and sign the entry release. Your profile is already filled in from registration. That puts you in the field.
Practice on SFL servers first, then book your qualification slot when you are ready. One run per Trial is your official score. There is no picking a best run afterward. Official scoring happens only on SFL servers.
The eight best qualifiers advance to the Dogfight Bracket, flown live on event day during the broadcast. Head to head, for the cash prize. Every result joins your permanent SFL career record.
Each Trial is scored to its own published SPINS, then normalized against the field into a 0–100 display score. Speed is measured in seconds. Precision and Accuracy are measured as deviation from the defined standard. No judging panel, no subjective component.
Your three Trial scores sum to a Total Trials Score, and that total ranks the field. The ranking seeds the Dogfight Bracket: first against eighth, second against seventh, down the board. From there the bracket decides the tournament.
Dogfight sets are scored in Impact Seconds under the Unified Impact Score. Term definitions, edge cases, and tie-breakers are published in full — per-event scoring in each Trial's SPINS, aggregation and seeding in Appendix A. Read them before you fly.
Every OTS event awards a cash purse to the champion. The title is public record. So is the performance record behind it, and that record is what feeds Live Professional Series qualification consideration. The money is the consequence, not the point. The record is what follows you.
ESPN host Justin Walters calls the event from the tower with energy that matches the stakes. Alongside him, former United States Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot Rob "DAHIGI" Tomlinson breaks down every trial in real time with the precision of someone who has actually flown the aircraft. The combination gives every viewer, whether casual or deeply invested, exactly what they need to follow the competition.
Emmy Award-winning journalist Sibley Scoles anchors every OTS broadcast from the hangar set, conducting introductions, pilot spotlights, and in-depth interviews with the people who built the league and the competitors who define it. She brought the conversation between founder Tim "Monk" Miller and the audience that no one else could.
Red Bull Air Race World Champion and former Royal Australian Air Force wing commander Matt Hall joins the OTS-2 broadcast as guest analyst. A combat veteran of Iraq and the most successful air racer of the modern era, he reads the competition through the eyes of a pilot who has flown at its edge. He breaks down energy, geometry, and split-second decision-making with the authority only a champion fighter pilot brings.
Live telemetry overlays. Speed, altitude, and pilot identification rendered in real time as each sortie unfolds.
Low-altitude canyon passes with ordnance delivery against dynamic targets. The margin for error is visible from every seat.
Multi-angle coverage with a live tactical map and pilot feeds. Nothing about the fight is hidden.
Register once, enter every OTS. Meet the equipment standard, fly the run that counts, and earn your place in the Dogfight Bracket.
