2. Tournament rules







2.1 Race

• No race swapping – You play as the race you signed up as

2.2 Server & Settings

• All games must be played on the european Battle.net server. Unless both players agree on something elese.
• Each game must be played in Faster mode.
• Every player must set their status to Busy while ingame
• Make sure to always be in the chat room “Fragbite"

2.3 Maplist

• Bel'Shir Vestige
• Derelict Watcher
• Neo Planet S
• Newkirk Precinct
• Red City
• Star Station
• Whirlwind

3. Map choosing

3.1 Map choosing for a best-of-three (BO3) match

For this type of match format both players must respect the following procedure:




• Player B removes one of the 7 maps;
• Player A removes one of the 6 remaining maps;
• Player B removes one of the 5 remaining maps;
• Player A removes one of the 4 remaining maps;
• Player B picks the first map to be played on;
• Player A picks the second map to be played on;
• The last map will be, if needed, played as the third map









The first match is played on the map which is selected by Player A at step 5 of this procedure.

3.2 Map choosing for a best-of-five (BO5) match

For this type of match format both players must respect the following procedure:
• Player B removes one of the 7 maps;
• Player A removes one of the 6 remaining maps;
• Player B picks one of the 5 remaining maps, will be played as 1st map;
• Player A picks one of the 4 remaining maps, will be played as 2nd map;
• Player B picks one of the 3 remaining maps, will be played as 3rd map;
• Player A picks one of the remaining 2 maps, will be played as fourth map;
• The last map will be, if needed, played as fifth map.

4. During a match

4.2 Match stopped

Players are not expected to leave an official game in progress unless it is authorized by the

match format or it has been expressly authorized by the tournament officials.

4.3 Match interrupted

If a match is involuntary interrupted (player’s PC crash, server crash, power outage, network

issues, etc.) the tournament officials may decide to replay the match according to the following

rules:


• If the problem occurs in the first five minutes of the game and nothing important have occured
• If the match is interrupted because of a server issue then the admin in charge will make a decision based on the information that is aviable.

4.4 Pausing a match

In order to unpause the match, only the player that requested the pause may unpause the game.

5. After the match

5.1 Investigation request

When a player suspects that they are being a victim of rule violations during a match, players

are compelled not to stop the game by any means and to properly finish it. Once the match is over, the player may officially ask for an investigation to tournament officials. It is strongly

advised to provide valuable information that may help the tournament director in his investigation.

Unjustified and repetitive use of this right may be sanctioned. You can request a conflict after the game but only five minutes after the game in question have ended.

6. Other rules and violations

6.1 Forbidden software installation

Players are forbidden from bringing, installing, downloading or using any external software

or hardware that interacts in-game. It is also forbidden any form of modification that would alter the game or allow a player to execute, automatically, more than one in-game action. Players are not to use any configuration files, unless expressly authorized by a tournament official.

6.1 Forbidden in-game actions

The following actions are strictly prohibited during a game and will result in round loss (the

amount is determined by the tournament director) which will be deducted at the end of the match, and a warning:




• Any form of script is forbidden;
  
  
• In game chatting should be as limited as possible.
  
  
• Any custom (game) files.
  
  

6.2 Sanctions

A player may be cautioned and receive warnings if he/she commits any of the

following offences:




• Refuses to follow tournament officials’ instructions;
• Arrives late at his convocation schedule;
• Shows dissent by word or action;
• Uses insulting language and/or gestures;
• Is guilty of unsporting behavior.



Player may receive a sanction if he/she commits any of the following offences:




• Receives more than one warning;
• Is guilty of violent conduct;
• Uses any unlawful or unfair proceedings;
• Mislead or dupe any tournament official.



A player may lose a match or multiple matches if they find themselves in one of the following situations:




• If a player is not ready within 15 minutes after the official match should’ve begin, the player in
  
  question will forfeit the first match as follows:
  
  If the match is in a best-of-three/five format then the player will forfeit the map in
  
  question.
  
  
• If a player is not ready within 20 minutes after the official match should’ve begin, the player in
  
  question will forfeit the game.
  
  
• You have 5 minutes between maps in a Bo3 / Bo5-series to prepare yourself.
  
  

6.3 Sent off

After studying of a sanction by the competition manager and the tournament director, a

sanctioned player may be subject to additional sanctions such as multiple default loss,

disqualification of the players, and banishment of next year’s competition.

A disqualified player will automatically lose all his next matches by default and loses all

rights and prizes that would have been awarded. In a group stage, the previous matches’ results

within the group are cancelled and are also lost by default. All points won or lost are backwardly redistributed.