Paladins India Staff reserves the right to change or modify the rules without notice. It is the responsibility of the players and members to keep themselves updated. Any changes made will however be announced via change log at the bottom of this post.
Nationality:
This tournament is available for Indian Nationals only.
Game:
Games must be played on SEA server with majority of players having ping <170.
Format:
Stage 1: Round Robin Groups
Match Format: Best of 3
Stage 2: Single Elimination Knock Outs
Match Format: Best of 5
Decider Matches for 3rd and 4th place
Match Format: Best of 5
Any disconnection/crash allows for map restart before the objective has been taken for round 1. Any requests later will not be entertained.
Players must keep the same draft (i.e. same bans, same people playing same champs, same picking order) if restart is requested.
Games will be played with Best of 3 format and Best of 5 for Semifinals and Finals.
The map rotation will be decided based on the picking and banning method as described below:
The higher seed has choice of first map ban
The lower seed has choice of second map ban
The higher seed has choice of first map pick and first pick or second pick on the
After Game 1, the lower seed has choice of second map pick and first pick or pick on the map
The loser of Game 2 has choice of third map pick and first pick or second pick map
The loser of each game forward will have choice of map and first pick or second pick on the map until the series has been completed.
Each team is allowed 1 pause for a map, cannot exceed more than 5 minutes and must inform their team and opponent’s captain and wait for his reply before resuming.
Pauses are allowed only when:
One (1) or more players have disconnected from the Game due to any form of network disconnect or computer crash.
One (1) or more players are experiencing technical malfunctions related to hardware or software problems.
One (1) or more players are experiencing severe illness.
There will be 10 minutes delay between maps at most.
Both team captains must take a screenshot of the round end score board showing the stats of all players and submit it to the mods.
Teams:
A team must register 5 players minimum. 5 main and 2 subs are allowed. (In case 5 players are not present at match start team will be disqualified)
5 players must be present for the entire duration specified or else the team is disqualified.
Subs other than the registered 2 aren’t allowed.
Each player must also display well-mannered behavior throughout the entire duration of the Paladins Qualifiers. This includes before, during, or after the series. Good behavior is expected in all public areas of interaction which include but are not limited to Facebook, and the in-game Paladins Client.
Cheating is prohibited and will lead to permanent ban from future tournaments.
Intentionally losing the game will lead to permanent ban from future tournaments.
Going idle will lead to permanent ban from future tournaments.
Players must use their main account.
Teams must decide 1 captain to be responsible for communication between moderators and team.
Teams must decide 1 backup captain in case he is unavailable.
Maps:
Ice Mines
Frozen Guard
Serpent Beach
Frog Isle
Fish Market
Stone Keep
Jaguar Falls
Timber Mill
Brightmarsh