1. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE AND RULES

a. Tournament schedule will be posted in the respective tournament page.

b. Teams are expected to be in the lobby at the designated time. Maximum 15 Minutes waiting time.

c. If one team is not ready at designated time after the allowed waiting time (15 minutes), their opponent can take a default win by contacting an admin and having him checking the lobby.

d. If BOTH TEAMS AGREE, they can delay for another maximum of 10 minutes (after the allowed 15 minutes waiting time). After the 10 minutes, whoever has the most players in their team will take a default win and must report to an admin.

e. In order to keep the tournament on schedule, teams may not wait more than 15 minutes (or 10 minutes extra if both teams agree) from the designated time, or both teams may get disqualified.

f. Teams may not remake after the 1st creep wave has spawned or after 1st blood has been spilled.

g. All results must be reported to the respective admins right after the match via tournament chat room

2. SPECIFIC GAME RULES

a. The software used is DOTA 2 (Steam version).

b. The Game Mode used is Captains Draft (CD), Tournament Version.

c. Games will be played on the SG server.

d. Game Format is Best Of 1 and Grand Finals will be Best Of 3

e. The first team to destroy the opposing team’s ancient (main building) wins, or all players on a team intentionally disconnects.

f. Each person attending the tournament must have read and accepted the rules and regulations. Ignoring it cannot be a reason put forward in case of an issue or dispute.

3. INGAME RULES

a. If any player disconnects during a match, the game will be paused (default is F9) until the player has reconnected. Pausing without justifiable reasons will be penalized.

b. A maximum 10-minute total pause time in respect for disconnects will be allotted for each team per match. After that grace period, the game is to be resumed regardless of the circumstance.

c. An opposing team is REQUIRED to pause in the event that all players on the opposing team unintentionally disconnects. Failure to do so may lead to disqualification. The action to be taken will be in the discretion of the marshal.

d. In the case of a server crash, the game can be continued from the latest save. The person who hosted the lobby for the match will have the option (game setup option) to load from a save file when they host again. The save file is generated every minute in the background.

e. In the unlikely event that the reload does not work, the game will be replayed with the same exact hero picks and lane movements until the first creep wave of the Radiant and Dire side meets.

4. CONDUCT

a. Players will conduct themselves in a reasonable manner, maintaining a friendly and polite demeanor to spectators, competitors as well as your own teammates (Please try not to RAGE ).

b. Players will refrain from the use of vulgar language during the entire competition. All rules of conduct also apply to chatting through the game console.

c. Players are expected to compete in a professional manner. Throwing a match, halting play without cause, or showing a flagrant lack of effort will be construed as a violation of player conduct, and will result in match penalties, forfeit and disqualification from the tournament.

d. The Organizer have the right to apply penalties, disqualify and dismiss any registered player from the tournament, at their discretion, at any stage of the tournament, for any reason, with no prior warning to the players.

5. PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS

a. If any of the above rules, regulations, terms and/or conditions are broken/not met, Tournament admins may apply penalties according to their judgment and discretion.

b. Penalties that can be applied are the following:

• Warning.

• Default loss.

• Disqualification of a player/team from the entire tournament.

• Blacklisted from our future tournaments.

c. Disqualifications are applied by the tournament officials, be it the admins or organizers, and will void all rights for the entire team to participate further in the tournament.


6. ADMIN RIGHTS

Admin may over rules all rules based on the situation. Admin decision is final after the appeal process.