These are some of the most commonly referred to rules as well as the most important ones. A link to the full rule-set for ROTW 16 is in the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Frqed_HWQyGazXRE04eW6s6HOmzJa2hOxF9oTnFvPlc/edit?usp=sharing
1. NO PRESS ACCOUNT MAY BE USED AT ANY POINT DURING THE TOURNAMENT
2. Moderators and admins are NOT responsible for recording games and they will NOT record games. This responsibility falls on the TEAM MEMBERS who are participating in that match.
3. The finals are a best-of-five. This means that a team MUST win 3 games in the series to be declared the winner.
4. Team composition for ROTW 16 in Asia is 5v5
5. NO CVs are allowed in ROTW 16
6. Ship composition in ROTW 16 is 0 CV, 1 BB (Unique Nation Rule)
7. Atlantico, Borodino, Orkan, Haarlem, DZP, and Tone are BANNED
8. A maximum of 2 premium ships are allowed on a team.
9. Black ships WILL count as a premium ship.
10. Unique nation rule will be implemented
11. Under a unique nation rule, only one ship from EACH nation may be used. This means that Icarus and Warspite CANNOT be on the same team since they are both British ships!!!
12. In a match, the Home team (the team that is listed on the TOP of a matchup in Toornament) has the right to lock in their ships after the Away team (the team that is listed on the BOTTOM of a matchup in Toornament)
13. Once ALL of the members in the Away team have locked in their ship selections, they are NOT allowed to change their ships at ALL
14. A restart may be requested if:
1. A player fails to load/disconnects.
2. Ship Composition is incorrect.
3. A team is dropped against the wrong team.
4. Only one restart request is allowed per team per match.