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League of Legends 1v1 Tournament Rules
League of Legends Rules
This tournament is for amateurs to be played as a 1v1 on the map “Summoners Rift”. The tournament will be BO3 (Best of 3) until top 8 where the games will then be a BO5 for the 1v1 Pro Bracket.
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
- Participants must be citizens, or residents for at least 6 months, of the country’s qualifier
- Participants must not participate in the current LCS, LEC, LCK or other professional league
- 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 French 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: Summoners Rift
- 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
- Side Choice: The first player mentioned on the match (page) is playing on the blue side [Team 1] for game 1. The player mentioned second on the match (page) is playing on the red side [Team 2]. The players have to swap their side in each following game. Players may opt to Rock Paper Scissors for the 3rd (BO3) or 5th (BO5) match to determine side.
- 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
- It is not allowed to kill minions which belong to other lanes than the midlane nor creeps which belong in the jungle.
- 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
All matches will take place in person at Red Bull AdrenaLAN in Toronto, ON. The tournament is played as a 1v1 on “Summoners Rift”. The tournament will be BO3 (Best of 3) until top 8 where the games will then be a BO5. 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
128 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 website, social channels and in Discord at a later date, based on registration numbers. Tentative schedule is a 10:00 AM check in, with the tournament beginning at 11 AM.
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.
Prizes
- The prizes of each tournament are as follows:
- 1v1 Total Prizing – $1500
- 1st - $750
- 2nd - $375
- 3rd - $225
- 4th - $150
League of Legends 5v5 Tournament
SIGNING UP
In order to be eligible for a tournament, you must first have a valid team. The team captain is the only player entitled to enroll a team in a tournament. It is that person’s responsibility to make sure that every member of his team is:
- Tournament eligible
- Residentially eligible
- In compliance with the age restriction
- Only on one team in this tournament (however they can be on multiple teams as long as they are not enrolled in the same tournament)
- Your Username must match your in game name! No exceptions.
- Every player listed in a given team will be considered a member regardless of whether or not they have played in a game to date, therefore every player must be eligible at all times. If a player fails to comply with any of the above criteria, the whole team will be subject to disqualification.
To register his or her team, a captain is required to log on to the tournament platform and follow the enrollment procedure.
ADJUSTMENT OF TEAM ROSTER
The team roster is the full list of players on a team enrolled in a given tournament. The minimum size of a team roster is five and the maximum is nine including substitutes (some tournaments might have different limits).
Adding New Players: Unless a tournament is locked for changes, a teams without a full roster can fill any empty spots between rounds, i.e. after the end of the current round and before the creation of the following round with the generation of the new Tournament Code. New invited players must not have been playing in, or be currently enrolled in the same tournament.
Removing Players: The kick option will be disabled at the end of the registration phase and it will not be possible to kick any team members until the end of the current tournament.
SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS
A team may use any of the players on their roster as their starting lineup for each game. Players can only substitute a player from their roster to play in a game that has already been started if there is a game restart under the following conditions:
- Player has hardware difficulties
- Player has technical / electricity difficulties
- Player has internet difficulties
- Under an admin’s discretion
- If there is a game restart, all players that started the game must stay on apart from the player or players that suffered the above-mentioned problems. If there are any unauthorized changes, admins can disqualify the team.
In tournament participants are required to display fair play, sporting conduct and knowledge of all the procedures.
GAME START TIME
Once a captain receives information about their next game from admins, they will be responsible for scheduling a game with the opposing team. The game may be played at any time before the official game start time. If the game has not been played before the official game start time both teams are expected to show up and be ready to play by the ‘official start time’.
We recommend that teams be online 10 minutes prior to the official start time in order to provide enough time to enter the custom game lobby, deal with any issues that might arise and get ready. Fewer than five members on a team will not constitute a valid team. If a game is played 4 v 5 or similar, the team without a full roster will be disqualified regardless of the match outcome.
If a valid team is not in the lobby 10 minutes after the match start time, a no-show will be automatically assigned to the team not ready to play. Your full team of five must stay in the lobby until that time. If both the teams fail to show up in time with 5 members and be ready to play 10 minutes past the match start time, a double no-show will be assigned.
GAME PAUSES
The game pause is an option available in tournaments to handle major difficulties that cannot be resolved during the game. Game Pause is only available in tournaments with the game type “Tournament Draft”.
Teams may only pause the game if:
- There is a major issue to solve
- There are no fights underway
- After the game is paused, the opposing team must be notified for the reasons of the pause
- Any disputes should be handled between the teams during the pause
- If there is any kind of unfair conduct, teams must make a screenshot and, after the game is over, alert an adjudicator in command of their round
- After a game in which there was a pause, all the players that played the game must stay logged in for 10 minutes after the game’s end to help the admin understand what happened
- It is up to the admin to examine the evidence provided, and then to either validate the game result, restart the game, or disqualify a team (for improper pause usage). The team captain, whenever possible, is responsible to gather evidence of the issue as proof for the admin.
DISQUALIFICATIONS
All of the following may result in disqualification upon the admins discretion:
- Any team accused and proved to be using any hacks, cheats giving them an unfair advantage in the game.
- Any team displaying poor sportsmanship or not following the Summoner’s Code
- Any team member using language that is obscene, foul, vulgar, insulting, threatening, abusive, libelous, slanderous, defamatory or otherwise offensive or objectionable; or promote or incite hatred or discriminatory conduct, in or near the match area, at any time.
- Playing without a full roster of five players
- Account Sharing: Summoners using the original roster’s summoner account with a different player playing
- Collusion: Intentionally feeding/throwing the game for the purpose of the other team winning
- Making use of any bugs, bots etc.
- Smurfing of any kind will be disqualified and banned from the discord server.
- The adjudicator has discretion over any matters not listed above. Full uncropped game screenshots or stream footage must be provided to validate disqualification claims. If disqualified, a team forfeits its right to all prizes.
These rules are subject to change, if changes are made all team captains will be notified. If you believe a team is breaking any rule(s) please notify an admin as soon as possible.
Captains are responsible for reporting their team's score.
