This tournament is open for players from every region!
Map Pool:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Deep Embrace
Exile
Ruins of Sarnath
Vale of Pnath
The Molten Falls
Picks and Bans:
Random coin toss for entire swiss stage.
For the final tournament the higher seed will win the coin toss every match.
coin toss winner bans the first map, coin toss looser the second. Alternating picks and bans.
It will be:
Ban
Ban
Pick
Pick
Ban
Ban
Pick
Each team has to ban 2 champions. Coin toss winner bans first. The teams alternate with banning after that. The banned champions may not be picked for the entire series.
For each map, the teams will pick champions. A champion may only be picked once per map.
Coin toss winner picks first, then the coin toss loser picks two champions, the coin toss winner picks the last. After the map is over, the picked champions can be picked again on the next map.
This will be done for every map before it is played.
The order of champion picks is flipped every played map. (Map 1 coin toss winner picks first, map 2 coin toss loser picks first, map 3 coin toss winner picks first)
Swiss Stage:
All games are Bo 3
The top 8 teams afte the swiss stage qualify for the final tournament.
Server:
The teams are encouraged to find a fair server solution for the match. Alternating servers with each map is possible. If no solution can be found, please message a tournament admin with the players pings. A decision will be made based on those.
Streaming:
In principle, every game may be streamed by the players. If a stream delay is requested by one of the two players, streaming must be delayed by 45 seconds.
A streaming ban cannot be issued by either player or team.
Disconnects/Lags:
In the event of a disconnect, lags or similar by one of the players during the game, the game will be cancelled. The time played up to that point and the score must be recorded. The game is restarted with the time already elapsed and the score noted. If a player was clearly in control, control must have been re-established before the restart.
Unsportsmanlike behaviour:
Unsportsmanlike behaviour such as insults, bug abuse, totems outside the map, will be punished by the tournament admins, the penalty will be appropriate to the case. A simple offence will result in a warning, more serious offences will result in exclusion from the tournament. The most serious offences (such as homophobia, racism, etc.) will result in permanent exclusion from this and all future tournaments.Bug abuse, totems outside the map will result in a map loss. A screenshot must be submitted as evidence.Cheating will result in disqualification from this tournament and all future tournaments.
Final Tournament:
Double elimination Bo 3 for the entire Winner Bracket.
The lower bracket is also Bo 3.
The LB Final is Bo 3, the Grand Final is Bo 5 with bracket reset.
Prize money distribution:
50% first place + 3 Artisan Mouse Pads per Player
35% second place + 2 Artisan Mouse Pads per Player
15% third place + 1 Artisan Mouse Pad per Player