Sinfonian Series Season 2

Rocket League Sinfonian Series - Rules

1. Teams
- Teams will have 1 team captain with 2 players, a total of 3 players on a team.
- Teams must be able to complete their games each week.
- Roster are locked and cannot be changed after week 1 of series
- If a team needs a sub, they must contact a player from the Reserve List as a fill in for each game.
- Teams must report if a roster switch is needed. If a player has dropped from the series, they must contact an admin or mod to have a new player fill in.
- If the team captain were to drop or be banned, a new team captain will be elected by the admins/mods and a new player will be assigned to the team.
- There will be two groups of 5 teams. Group A consists of teams with all 3 players or 2 out of 3 players that are veteran RLSS players. Group B consists of teams with 1 to 0 players that are veteran RLSS players.

2. Matches
- Teams will be required to play 1 game per week, one team will have a bye each week.
- 10 rounds, 4 games per week, 10 weeks series, 11th week break, 12th week playoffs and finals
- Games are preferred to be played on stream time Sundays, 8pm Est - 11pm Est.
- If teams cannot meet on Sunday, then teams must meet during the week to vs each other.
- Team captains will be required to work with the other team captains on locking in a time for their games the week prior to their match. i.e. Week 0 - assign times, Week 1 - play games and assign for Week 2, etc.
- Games are not locked until a streamer can stream/record their games.
- If teams can meet on sunday, their times will be assigned by admin. If teams cannot meet on sundays, follow rules 3,4, and 5 of 2. Matches.
- In case of an emergency and a player cannot make assigned times, games may be postponed with the approval of an admin/mod.
- If game can not be postponed, please follow rule 4 of 1. Teams.
- No two matches may be held at the same time. i.e. Team2 vs Team4 and Team3 vs Team5 at the same time, Wed. 8pm EST.
- The bottom seed team for both Group A and Group B, at the end of the season play, will be eliminated from playoffs. Seeds #1-4 for both Group A and Group B will move on to playoffs.
- All players are required to be available to play on the 12th week Saturday and Sunday Playoffs, Semi-finals, and Finals. If a player is unavailable, the team may pick up a player from reserve list. If the winning team has a sub in, then the sub will collect the winning prize instead of the player that was filled in for.

3. Game Rules
- Each round will be a "best of 3" during season, "best of 5" during playoffs, and "best of 7" for championship matches.
- Matches will be created by the streamer - room will be rlss and password will be oasaaslls.
- Games will be held in map Champions Field (any weather/time)
- Games will be 5:00 minutes, Unlimited score.
- Players must be ready to play 15 minutes prior to game time.
- Players will join the team they are assigned to and may not leave/switch teams anytime during the round.
- Players may not use any hacks/mods during season.
- Players must use their actual, or close to, gamertag/screenname/handle/etc.
- Inappropriate names are auto banned.
- Players that are streamers MAY NOT stream their own perspective but are allowed to host the PMASGN channel when the games are being streamed.
- Players must use sportsmanlike conduct during matches
- Players must refrain from using any foul language in game chat. 1st time warning, 2nd time banned from game, 3rd time auto banned.
- Players must refrain from personally targeting another player, streamer, commentator, viewer of anything for race, religion, ethnicity, etc. in game chat. Auto Banned if subjected to
- If a player were to DC (Disconnect) within the first 30 seconds on game, match will be reset.
- If a player were to DC after the first 30 seconds, player may attempt to rejoin the game.
- If DCed player is unable to rejoin, 1) If the match is tied, game reset. 2) If the Team with a DCed player is winning, game reset. or 3) If the Team with DCed player is losing, team must continue to tie the game for reset, play man down for the rest of the game, or Forfeit that game.
- If DCed player continues to struggle to join the next game, team has a choice to play man down or forfeit the round.
- Players are to stay in game lobby after games and must not leave. If player leaves after match may result in a game forfeited.

4. Streamers/Commentators
- Streamers must accept times of Teams' requests. If no Streamer is available, Teams must find another time to play.
- Streamers are required to have all material for stream and be prepared to coordinate everything in stream.
- Streamers must be trained by Randomize before being allowed to stream for RLSS.
- Commentators must be trained by Randomize before being allowed to commentate for RLSS.
- Commentators and Streamers must refrain from using any foul language. 1st time warning, 2nd time banned from round, 3rd time auto banned.
- Commentators must refrain from personally targeting another player, streamer, commentator, viewer of anything for race, religion, ethnicity, etc. Auto Banned if subjected to.
- Commentators will only commentate about game, players, matches, series, tournament, or anything PMASGN affiliated.
- Commentators must apply for games they want to commentate and be approved by admin/mod
- Up to 2 commentators are allowed in-game and up to 4 commentators are allowed out of game