KCS - Valorant

Kadena Championship Series - Valorant

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Par Kadena Esports
Online, Kadena Air Base
Règles
1. Participant MUST be servicemember, civilian, retiree, veteran or dependent who are stationed at ANY duty station or living in OKINAWA, JAPAN.

2. Maximum Teams: 16
Maximum Players on a Team: 6 (5 players + 1 sub)

3. MATCH TIMES
3.1. Match Times
Each game will be played at a time within the Tournament Window, each Saturday as stated in the description with outcomes posted in the Kadena Esports discord NLT than 1300 each Monday.

3.2. Rescheduling / Postponing
Being in the military we understand that matches either need to be postponed or rescheduled to another date or time unless. Rescheduling/postponing is ONLY approved if both teams accept. Otherwise, failure to play the schedule game will result in a match forfeit.

3.3. Punctuality
Please keep a lookout for match start times to be posted in the Kadena Esports discord prior to each Saturday.

Matches can't be delayed for any reason unless the previous match ran for longer than planned.

If one Team is not ready to start at the official match time, the Admins in their sole discretion may disqualify the Team from the match or the Tournament. Admins may extend the punctuality deadline in exceptional circumstances to get the match played at its sole discretion.

4. BEFORE THE MATCH
4.1. Check-In
All Team Captains can join the Kadena Esports discord server and check in with Tournament/Admin staff. All Participants must be available at the time the Tournament stage starts.

4.2. Map Selection
4.2.1. Map Pool:

The map pool consists of Bind, Haven, Pearl, Ascent, Icebox, Breeze, and Fracture.

Map Selection Process for Best-of-Three Matches:

Map bans will take place on mapban.gg for each game. The better-seeded (highest team in the bracket on each bracket team is Team A. Team A starts the process and the map for the Match will be selected according to the following procedure:

Team A bans 1 Map
Team B bans 1 Map
Team A picks Map 1
Team B picks side for Map 1
Team B picks Map 2
Team A picks side for Map 2
Team A bans 1 map
Team B bans 1 map
Map 3 is only Map remaining
Team A picks side for Map 3

5. DURING THE MATCH
5.1. Streams
5.1.1. Each Participant may live stream the entirety of their Tournament games unless being hosted on the main Kadena Esports Twitch! **MINIMUM 2 MIN DELAY IS REQUIRED**


5.2. Match Start & Restarts
5.2.1. From the time a match begins, Participants are prohibited from intentionally disconnecting from the game. If a Participant or Team disconnects intentionally after the game has started, the game will continue with the remaining players and will not be restarted.

5.2.2. A Team may request a match restart if the fairness of the game is seriously compromised by an issue outside of the players control. Matters that may lead to the match being restarted include but are not limited to:

enemy players using 3rd party tools or software in breach of Riot's Terms of Service; or
if the game crashes for all players.

5.2.3. All restart requests need to be flagged to the Admin team before a restart can be actioned. Evidence to support the request must be shared and the decision on the restart will be at the sole discretion of the Admin.

5.3. Breach of Terms of Use
If Participants are found guilty of Bug Abuse or in breach of Riot's Terms of Service, they may face consequences including automatic disqualification. All punishment will be at the sole discretion of the Administration.

6. AFTER THE MATCH
6.1. Reporting the score
Each Team Captain must submit a screenshot of each game’s score into the Kadena Esports discord in the "Valorant Scores" channel. This MUST BE DONE within 10 minutes when the game finishes. This evidence must be a screenshot of the end game leaderboard. Tournament staff will be monitoring the games but will still require scores to be submitted by each Team Captain.

6.2. Protests
Protest against any other sort of rule violation by another player can only be reported with video evidence. The protest must include a specific timestamp when the violation took place, the name of the player who committed the violation, as well as a clear description of what happened. Protests that either lack evidence or details such as timestamp and description will be discarded. All protests must be sent to an Admin via the Kadena Esports discord.

7. RULE VIOLATION AND PUNISHMENT
7.1. Possible Punishments
The punishments for any rule violations include but are not limited to:

Loss of one match
Disqualification from the Tournament
Disqualification from future tournaments
Punishments shall be at the Administration’s sole discretion.