DOTA 2 - 01

· Major penalties are given for major incidents such as deliberately deceiving admins, failing to show up for matches, repeated rule-breaking, and any activities will violate the General Code of Conduct

· All broadcasting rights of the Tournament are owned by the tournament organizers

· All matches in the Tournament should start as stated on the website, no changes to the time can be requested. All Teams and Players in a match should be on the server or in the game lobby and ready to go at the latest 15 minutes before the match is to start

· When cheating is uncovered, The Team will be disqualified from the current Tournament. The use of the following programs will result in a cheat ban: Multihacks, Wallhack, Aimbot, Coloured Models, NoRecoil, No-Flash and Sound changes. These are only examples, other programs or methods may be considered cheats as well as - using different players account.

· Just in case any team is unable to make it to the final venue, the next best contender will replace that team

· In case of any dispute, Organizers decision will be final and binding for all

· Admins and judges have the right to change the ruleset at any given time without notice to the participants.

BEFORE THE GAME

· The team must be ready to play at least 10 minutes before the match starts. Exceptions may occur if the opposing team is still in an ongoing match. If so, the match must be started as soon as the given team is ready.

· Sides and First pick

1. The teams must decide among themselves which team is to pick aside. The team that does not pick a side can choose which team begins the picking phase or whether to use random selection.

2. If the two teams can’t decide on who will choose sides etc, a coin toss is allowed, but in such cases, an Admin must be contacted to do the toss.

3. During the second round of a Bo3, it will be the opposite of what was decided in round one.

4. In the third round of a Bo3, the sides and first pick will be decided by an admin with a coin toss.

· If a team needs to pause the game, the opposing team shall be notified before the pause is initiated. (Exception: If a player is disconnected, no notification is required). A team can only pause the match by a total of 10 minutes. If a team needs to pause the game for more than 10 minutes, an Admin must be contacted immediately.

· Spam and bad manners are not tolerated in the chat.

· Once a team has signed up for the tournament, changing nicknames and clan tags is strictly forbidden.

· If a team are to forfeit the match, GG or similar expression must be used before the team then disconnects from the server.

· After the match has ended the Captains of both teams must report the result to the Admins.