ARG Tournament Rules

7/24/2019 ARG Tournament Rules

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ARG Tournament Rules

By participating in any Draft 5 v 5 League of Legends Tournament held by Atomic Rez Gaming

you accept and shall abide by these tournament rules. Failure to abide by these rules will result in

sanctions.

Note that these rules coexist with the server /community rules a breach of Server rules during

is a breach of Tournament Rules

These rules were constituted to create a fair, friendly and enjoyable tournament for everyone.

Participation

To participate in ARG Draft 5 v 5 Tournaments all players must be able to communicate with

each other on an effective platform. The official communication platform for ARG is TeamSpeak. All

players must have a working microphone/headset, failure to use a microphone will be removed from

the tournament. Furthermore, participants must register on the corresponding Battlefy date to be

verified and the Riot events page to receive prizing.

Each player must be:

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Lvl 30 and in possession of 16+ champions.

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Must be at least 16 years of age.

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Not be using a VPN

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Have a minimum of 10 solo queue games for the season thus far (season 6)

Joining ARG TeamSpeak

1.

Download the TeamSpeak Cilent @ https://www.teamspeak.com/downloads

2.

Join The Atomic Rez Gaming Server : Teamspeak IP: vs26.tserverhq.com:7434

3.

Create your identity, but your nickname must follow the specified format (Rank) (In game name)

(Prefer role). E.g. G5 Nicki Jg/Sup

4.

Move to the channel titled “Join for 5v5 Draft Daily Tournament” below TeamSpeak.

5.

Once verified on battlefy by the Tournament Host, the Tournament Host will move you to the “

Tournament Verified “ room.

6.

Then you will be moved to your associated tier bracket until you have been selected for a team by

your captain.

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Signing up on Battlefy

In order to be verified for the tournament you must be sign up on the Battlefy link

corresponding to the date of the tournament. Failure to do that will result in your removal from the

tournament lobby and into the late/sub room.

For Battlefy, the required information is mandatory

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In game Name

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Server (Should be North America)

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Current Rank

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Highest Rank Achieved

Failure to place the accurate information will result in sanctions

Registering for Riot Event Page

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Log onto the League of Legends website - http://na.leagueoflegends.com/

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Go to Community, then Community Events - http://events.na.leagueoflegends.com/

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Register for all brackets pertaining to ARG tournaments.

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Once you have been placed on a team, register for all other brackets or you will not receive any

prizes from RIOT.

Late Arrivals

“Not everything will go according to our plans, the key variable is called life” – Dr. Nicho

The early bird catches the worm and since there are only 130 people allowed in the tournament

they may be instances of late birds. However, they may still be an opportunity for you to play and

furthermore, receive prizing. Follow the steps outline and be patient.

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Make sure your identity lines up with tournament rules

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Join the Late/Sub Room

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After drafting is completed and teams are ready to commence battle on the rift the

Tournament Host will move you to the Priority Sub Room.

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Participants who enter the Priority Sub Room are given Priority Substitution Rights

into a game base on their rank and the rank lost from the team. Therefore, if a team

needs a substitute for a Silver 4 player who needed to be replaced, any player

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between Bronze 1 – Silver 2 in the Priority Sub Room may be substituted into the

team.

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However, if there is a Silver 4 player and a silver 3 player in the priority sub room.

The Tournament would make a decision based on the role of missing teammate and

the substitute’s ability to play that role. Participants may receive a Priority SubToken if an error on the Tournament’s Host Side results in their inability to play in

the tournament.

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Be ready and available as at any moment a spot may be open.

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Be Patient, if selected register for the associated bracket.

Many people leave before the opportunity arises.

~ It is not recommended to play a game when you are waiting to fill in for a team.

~ If you are busy, we will pick the next available player for the team.

~ You are not guaranteed to play if you are a substitute.

~ There will be future events so you can always try to be early next time.

Substitutions

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Substitutions can and will be made by Tournament Host alone.

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Captains can request a substitution but cannot request a particular player. The decision on the

appropriate substitute will be determined by the Tournament Host.

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If there is a player who is AFK after the pause reaches the 10 minute mark, you will be forced to

play 4v5 or forfeit at the 20 minute mark via the surrender option if your team so desires.

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You WILL only obtain a substitute player if a player has left or is unable to play due to lag or real

life issues or is portraying negative behavior before it reaches the 5 minute mark and first blood

has not be taken.

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If a team has a substitute player they must create a new game.

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You are not required to keep the same picks/bans if you have received a substitute when you

require the remake of the game.



Pre-Game

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The appointed match does not required creation by players as it has already be

constructed through battlefy. All matches created are Summoner’s Rift, 5 v 5 Tournament

Draft.

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Once brackets are seeded and started by the Tournament Hosts each team will receive a

code on battlefy for their specified match. To join the match lobby this code must be entered in

the ‘Tournament Code’ Section of the ‘Custom’ Option of the League of Legend’s Game Client,

which appears once you click ‘ Play ‘

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There is a maximum of 10 minutes waiting time before the designated match must

begin. Once a player enters the lobby that signifies they are ready to begin. However, the

captain of each team must respond R in the game lobby to beginning the match. Captains must

remember once they say ‘R‘, the individual with the power to start the game can start.

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If a teammate is AFK for more than four minutes during the waiting time, a substitute

can be attained.

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No individuals other than designated streamers, organizers or sanction staff should be

in the spectator’s lobby during waiting time for the game. Individuals who have been given

permission to spectate should inform both teams of their presence. Your friends are free to use

the spectate feature in game to spectate the match through you.

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During champion select if your teammate disconnects, the game can be restarted.

However, all bans and picks up to the point must be maintained. If your teammate selected your

champion to trade with you and disconnects, the game must be remade and unless the enemy

team allows for you guys to make the swap the champions will remain in possession of the

player who locked it in.

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If a substitute is attained the game can be remade however, as mention in the

Substitution Subsection of Participation, the bans must be kept constant.

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Games will not be restarted due to wrong runes or masteries.

Any player who is substituted during prized rounds forfeits their prizing. E.g. Player 3 is sub out due to

being idle/ failing to join the lobby for over 10 minutes in match lobby in the Finals will not receive any

prizes despite earlier participation.

Any problems during the Pre-game should be directed towards the Tournament Host.



In-Game

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Each team is awarded a total of 10 minutes pause time with only 3 pauses available.

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A pause can be used at any time outside of combat for any reason pertaining to in-gameor out-of-game issues. E.g. Player 3 keyboard disconnected, or player 4 had to go turn the

chicken. However, note that once 10 minutes has been used up the game must be resumed

even if two pauses are still available.

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A Pause cannot be used while players are in Combat. Combat can be seen as

fights between enemy teams 1 v 1s and team fights (more than one player from any

team in combat with anyone)

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When resuming a match both team must state they are ready by stating ‘ R ‘, and this

should be done mainly by the captains of each team unless they are unable to for any practical

reason.

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If a member disconnects within the first 5 minutes of the game and before first blood

has be taken, and has not returned since then the game can be remade in its entirety after

receiving a substitute for that individual. Please seek the Tournament Host if this issue occurs.

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The use of cross chat is allowed, however, to preserve and maintain a healthy

experience we forbid the use of any statements which the opposing team may find offensive.

More detailed references would be made in the Participant’s Behavior & Attitude Section.

Post-Game

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Once the game has been completed, the responsibility of updating the score lies with

the captain of the winning team. Only he should update the score on battlefy. Issues updating

battlefy will be dealt with by the Tournament Host.

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Issues pertaining to teammates should be reported at this point and not during the

game.

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If you have lose a match in the top 8 it is ok to leave TeamSpeak, however, if you lose a

game the semifinals then you also have a 3rd/4th place match which is also RP prized. If you leave

the TeamSpeak server for a considerable amount of time a substitute will be appointed to your

team in your absence.



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The winning captain of 1st

/2nd

and 3rd

/4th

matches MUST submit a screenshot of the

end match summary page to the Tournament Host. This responsibility lies with the participants

and not the host. It is in the best interest of the participant to make sure that the screenshot is a

valid screenshot.

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Participants of the 1st

/2nd

and the 3rd

/4th

place matches must remain within theirTeamSpeak team chats until the Tournament Host allows them to leave as issues pertaining to

their names may present themselves and the correct names are required for submission for

prizing.

Participant’s Behavior & Attitude

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All participants upon joining ARG Tournament will and shall abide by THE SUMMONER’S

CODE - http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/get-started/summoners-

code/ - and TERMS OF USE - http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/legal/termsofuse

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Therefore, the staff at ARG will not tolerate any form of negative behaviors or attitudes

towards any participant or member of the tournament, this includes but not limited to:

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Racism

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Sexism

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Excessive Profanity ( There are many words to express one’s feelings than the constant

use of curse words)

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Trash talking

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Rage Quitting•

Trolling

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Flaming

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Refusal to communicate

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Players reported for any of the following will be investigated and those who are found

to be portraying any of these behaviors will be dealt with accordingly. Sanctions towards such

behaviors are listed in the subsection Sanctions.

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Anyone found attempting to tarnish the integrity of the tournament by creating an

unfair environment will be dealt with according. Attempts to tarnish the integrity of the

tournament are seen through the means of smurfing and account sharing.

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To preserve and maintain a fair and competitive environment for everyone use

of Smurf accounts are prohibited. Lying about your highest rank account is also

accounted for, e.g. Stating you are Silver 3 (S3) when in fact you are Plat 5 (P5). If you

are unable to play on your main account speak with the Tournament Host to find a

solution and abide by it.

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According to RIOT’s League of Legends term of Use, account sharing is forbidden

as thus anyone caught account sharing will be penalized accordingly

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Anyone using a VPN will be seen as attempting to cheat, thus will not be

allowed into the tournament.

Sanctions

This section explains the associated sanctions towards designated actions describe in the tables below.

These sanctions can be overruled by the officiating Tournament Host at their discretion towards the

severity of the action.

BEHAVIOURAL & ATTITUDE SANCTIONS

Key: * - Signifies the maximum sanction

~ - Signifies a greater sanction can be imposed

Action 1st Time Offense 2nd Time Offense Future Offense

Abusive Language Verbal Warning 1 Tourney Ban ~ 3 Tourney Ban

Racism/Sexism Permanent Ban*

Rage Quitting 1 Tourney Ban 3 Tourney Ban ~ 1 Month Ban

Trolling Verbal Warning 1 Tourny Ban ~ 3 Tourney Ban Smurfing Permanent Ban*

Account Sharing 3 Tourney Ban Permanent Ban*

Falsifying information 1 Tourney Ban 3 Tourney Ban Permanent Ban*

Tournament Disruption SanctionsAssociated Sanctions towards intentional actions to disrupt or sabotage the proceedings of the

tournament.

Action 1st

Time Offense 2nd

Time Offense Future Offense

Spamming of Chat Warning Kick from server ~ 30 mins – 1hr Ban

Posting of

Inappropriate Links

Warning Kick from server ~ 30 mins – 1 hr Ban

Delaying Tournament

Start during Drafting

Kick from the channel Removal from

Tournament

1 Tourney Ban

Playing of Loud

disruptive music

Kick from channel Removal from the

Tournament

1 Tourney Ban



Suspicious accounts will be removed from the tournament, pending investigation to maintain the

integrity of the tournament. Investigations will take no more than one day, however this can be overrule

due to the nature of suspicion.

Only participating teams and organizers dealing with issues are allowed in the team channels during the

tournament, if you are not part of the team you are not allowed to go into their channel duringtournament times.

Rules are subject to change to clarify any problems. Tournament Host will use resources available

and/or their discretion in placing sanctions on individuals who have be found to be in breach of

tournament rules.

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