Official Event Rules League of Legends 5v5 Tournament

General&GameSettings:
MaxTeams:16 CompetitionMethod:5vs.5 Mapsallowed:SummonersRift Mode:TournamentDraft TournamentMode:DoubleElimination Bansperteam:3 GameLength:Untilthewinnerisdetermined GameWinner:Theteamwhocompletelydestroystheiropponentsnexusorforcestheir opponenttosurrender. ChampionSelection:Draftmodewillbeused.Playersmayonlyselectchampionsthat areunlockedviaanymeans.Playersneedtohaveaminimumof14champions availablefordraftmode. Restrictions:Therearenoitem/championrestrictionsatthistime.Atthediscretionof theHeadAdmin,restrictionsmaybeadded. MatchSetup:ToporHomeTeamCaptainwillcreatematchesandprovidegame names/passwordstobothteams.

DraftRules:
DraftOptions:Tournamentwillbeusingthedraftmodefeature.Teamwillonlyhave5 members,subscanbeusedbutmayonlyplayforoneteamthroughoutthetournament. DraftOrder:Theteamwiththebetterranking(orlistedasthehometeam)willhavethe choicetoselecttheirsideasblue(firstpick)orpurple(secondpick).Inamultiplegame series,theloserofagamewillreceivefirstpickforthenextgame.

Draftmodeproceedsinasnakedraftformatasfollows:
BlueTeam=A; PurpleTeam = B Bans:ABABAB Picks:ABBAABBAAB

Tournament Structure
The first round of the tournament will be Double Elimination, best of 3. With Grand Finals being best of 5. With a maximum of 4 pools. Random seeding. Teams that win in their respective pools, advance to the next stage of the tournament. *Tournament Bracket Sample Group X Eliminations

*Note Bracket is reset to 0 if loser side wins.

Official Event Rules League of Legends 5v5 Tournament

StoppageofPlay:
Aplayer,whoisexperiencingtechnicalissues,onanyteammaycallforagamerestart priortofirstbloodwithinthefirst5minutesofthegame(i.e.beforethetimershows5:00). Theplayermustbeexperiencingahardwaremalfunction(e.g.monitor,peripheral,etc),a physicaldisruption(e.g.faninterference,tableorchairbreakage),orconfiguration issues(e.g.runes,masteries,orsummonerspellsarenotproperlyapplied).Theplayer mustdeclaretheissue toatournamentadministratorandthen intentionallydisconnect. Oncetheplayerdisconnects,thegameisconsiderednulland voidandshouldberestarted unlessatournamentadministratordeterminesthatthe conductrepresentsunfairplay. Ifanunintentionaldisconnectionoccurswithin5minutesfromthestartofthematch& beforefirstbloodORaplayersclientcrashesorfailstoloadafterchampionselection, thenthematchmustberestarted.Otherwiseiftheunintentionaldisconnectionoccurs afterthosemilestones,thegamewillcontinueasnormal.Thecrashedplayermay reconnectintothegameassoonastheyareable. Ifaplayerintentionallydisconnectswithoutspecifyingareason,thenthegamewill continueasnormal. Ifaservercrashoccurs,thenthetournamentdirectororheadrefereewilldecideeither between (a)restartingthegame (b)awardingthegametooneoftheteams.Asa guideline,agamevictorywillonlybe awardedinasituationwhereoneteamwasonthe vergeofcertaindefeat. (e.g.Anexuswasabouttobedestroyed).

Unfairplay:
Thefollowingactionswillbeconsideredunfairplay: 1. Theuseofanycheatprogramand/ormaphackprogram. 2. Anintentionaldisconnectionwithoutaproperandexplicitlystatedreason 3. Theuseofanysettingsexceedingthestandardandpermittedsettings 4. Intentionallyallowinganopponenttowinagame. 5. Unsportsmanlikeordisruptivebehaviorsuchasinappropriateand/orunprofessional actionsdirectedtowardsanotherplayerortournamentofficial. 6. Theuseofagamebugthatisdeterminedbytheboardofrefereesasbeingunfair. 7. Theuseofanineligibleplayer(akaringing) Upondiscoveryofanyplayercommittinganyviolationsregardedasunfairplay,theoffending player,atthesolediscretionofthetournamentdirectororagroupofreferees,mayreceivea warning,aforfeitloss,disqualifiedfromthetournament.Duringthecourseoftheevent,the tournamentdirectororgroupofrefereesmaydetermineotheractionstoembodyunfairplay.

RuleChanges:
TheAdministratorsreservethe rightto modifythe rulesas needed.This includeschangesdue tosoftwareupdatesorreleases,eventorganizerdecisionsandallotherchangesdeemed necessarytorunasuccessfultournament.Playersareresponsibletochecktherulesona regularbasisandpriortotheeventtoensuretheyareincompletecompliance.Playersmust understandthatruleslistedareguidelinestoensurefairandcompetitiveplayandaresubjectto interpretationbytheadministratorsbasedonthespiritofthegame.