This tournament is for amateurs to be played as a 1v1 on the map “Howling Abyss”. The tournament will be BO3 (Best of 3)
Winner of the match is responsible for reporting the match.
Every participant should take screenshots of their win. In case that both participants are sending in different match results or in a dispute, you are then required to prove your victory.
Administration
Everybody who is authorized by the organizer to administer the tournament based on its rules and regulations will be called an “admin” in the following, the collection of all admins will be called the “administration”. The interpretation of any rule and its consequences and execution are at the sole discretion of the administration.
Participants and Commitment
Only real persons with a valid League of Legends Account are allowed to participate in the tournament and will be called “participant” in the following. Additionally, every participant must fulfil the following conditions:
Participants must be at least 16 years old when playing in the tournament
By participating in the tournament participants acknowledge without limitation to comply with the rules and regulations and with the statements and decisions made by the administration.
Every participant acknowledges the right for the administration to modify the rules and regulations for adjustments at any time without notice and if necessary, overrule those to ensure fair play and integrity throughout each tournament.
Every participant has to show the needed respect towards admins and other participants. Insults and unfair or disrespectful behavior towards anyone are not tolerated and will be punished.
Every participant must always have the newest version of League of Legends installed and has to check for updates in time before each match. Unless a new version comes out right before the match, patching is not a valid reason to delay it.
Every participant must be registered on the official tournament website and have their correct League of Legends Account entered.
Every participant has to try to win every round at every stage of the tournament. Purposely losing for any reason is strictly forbidden.
Vulgar, racist, sexist or otherwise offensive participant names are forbidden.
Every participant acknowledges the right for the administration to edit participants’ names if names are deemed unfit for display.
Every participant in the tournament consents to the collected footage of photo and audio material displaying or voicing them during the tournament to be stored and used for announcements, website content and other publications by the organizer restricted and unlimited in terms of time and place.
Communication
All communication between participants and the administration has to be held in English or Welsh at any time and at any stage of the tournament. The administration may be only contacted in person at the event or via the official event Discord. This helps admins to coordinate as a team and work faster on issues than with the help of other platforms. Any other form of communication may be ignored.
Rescheduling / Postponing
Participants cannot postpone or reschedule matches to another date or time without the consent of the administration.
Punctuality
If one participant is not ready to start a match 10 minutes after the official match time, this participant may be subject to disqualification or a match loss. If a participant does not join the match in time as described, the opponent may claim a default win by communicating with a tournament admin. Each participant is obliged to obtain necessary evidence to the claim, which is then to be approved by an admin. Admins may extend the punctuality deadline in exceptional circumstances to get the match played.
Before the Match
Availability: All participants must be available in League of Legends, the Discord and on the tournament website, as long they are actively participating.
Contacting the Opponent: Contacting the opponent must be done in person or through the tournament discord channels.
Game Mode
Each 1v1 must be played in a Custom Lobby with the following settings:
Map: Howling Abyss
Team Size: 1
Name: “Participant A” vs. “Participant B”
Password: Choose a password and share it with your opponent
Game Type: Blind Pick
Allow Spectators: Lobby Only
Bans:
Both participants have to write three bans in the lobby. Players will alternate sides with the initial blue banning first. The Ban order is the following:
Team 1 – 1st ban
Team 2 – 2nd & 3rd ban
Team 1 – 4th & 5th ban
Team 2 – 6th ban
Bans have to be written in the chat before the lobby starts.
Win Condition
Each match is decided by a list of win conditions as described in the following:
Get First blood
Get a creep score of 100 (100 cs)
Destroy the first middle tower
A match is decided in the following cases:
One of the winning conditions is fulfilled
An admin declared a winner of the match
During the match
Match Area
Disconnects: If a participant disconnects during the champion selection, the lobby has to be recreated. As soon as the loading screen appears the match will count and must be continued.
Bug Abuse: Abusing a bug is strictly forbidden.
Cheating: The usage of any tool which manipulates the game is strictly forbidden
After the Match
Reporting the score: Each participant must report the correct result in the Discord channel or on the respective match page immediately after the match has finished. In case one participant reports no score or a wrong score, the other participant must alert an admin as soon as possible and provide evidence for the result of the match. If neither participant reports the same correct score within 90 minutes of the start of the match, the administration may close the match without a winner.
Protests
Protests regarding a match has to be brought to the attention of an admin and not later than 15 minutes after the match has finished. The protest must contain all necessary evidence (screenshots, replay etc.). If no sufficient evidence is provided the protest will be discarded.
Rule violation and punishment
The punishment for any rule violation includes but is not limited to:
Disqualification from the qualifier
Disqualification from the tournament series
Disqualification from future tournaments
Prize Money Reduction
Rule Violation in other Tournaments: organizer reserves its right to punish participants for heavy rule violations in external League of Legends tournaments
Tournament Format
The tournament is played as a 1v1 on “Howling Abyss”. The tournament will be BO3 (Best of 3). Based on registration numbers, entrants will be placed into separate pools where they will compete in a round robin tournament before moving on to one of four double elimination brackets.
Signup & Check in
64 participants will be able to sign up. This number is subject to change. Players will be expected to arrive at least 30 minutes before their designated time of play to ensure there are no delays. Failure to do this may result in disqualification.
Players are expected to be completely prepared at least 10 minutes before their designated pool time and checked in with a bracket admin. Communication between players will be handled through discord, players are expected to have discord names that reflect their username they registered with and use ingame. Players must be prepared to play at the exact time their pool begins. Any updates, changes to settings, peripheral issues etc are the responsibility of the player. Any tournament delays that are a result of players being unprepared or late may result in disqualification.
Schedule
The exact schedule will be posted on the tournament website, social channels and in Discord at a later date, based on registration numbers.
Match Times
The official match times will be published at a later date. In case the number of participants changes, the bracket and match times will be adjusted accordingly and announced on the tournament page.
If at least one participant of a match has not yet been determined at the official match time due to a delay in a previous round, the match time will be adjusted accordingly.