Rules

Tournament Rules

GAME SET UP 

• 5v5, Summoner’s Rift, tournament draft, no spectators.

TEAM SET UP

• An entered team is formed by players themselves. If someone does not have enough players to set up a team, Big World Internet Café will try to help him/her/them to set up one with other players if requested.
• Team match-ups for the tournament are decided solely by Big World internet café.
• Players can be swapped during games from within the teams registered substitutes. Any given player can only belong to one team and if a team has no registered substitutes they therefore can never swap players.

PLAYER ACCOUNTS

• Accounts must use the North American (NA) server 
• Players must have their account (whose summoner name is registered with us) ready to play by the allotted time or the player/team forfeits their position in the tournament.
• There is no restriction as to the level of a player’s account

STANDARD RULES

• The Basics
• Players must arrive at the internet café 15 mins earlier than the time the tournament starts (11am). Being late will result in disqualification.
• If a team member is disqualified and there are no substitute members to take their place, their team will be disqualified.
• If there is any unexpected problem in the tournament, players/teams must contact the administrators immediately. Players/teams must obey any decision made by the administrator.
• Game Set-up
• In a match-up, tournament administrators will determine who creates the custom match for teams to join. For the first two games both teams will cycle between the blue and the purple locations for Summoner’s Rift. The third game will be determined by the administrators and the teams will be informed.
• Failure to create the custom match within 5 minutes of notice will result in a penalty for the creating team. Failure to join a created match within 5 minutes of it’s creation will result in a penalty for the team who has not fully joined.
• Players who quit the game on purpose between the hero selection phase and the ending screen (unless it is an official in game surrender decided by the whole team) will be disqualified.
• Winners are decided by the League of Legends match result upon game completion, unless any unlawful conduct* takes place, in which case Big World internet café may disqualify a team or determine the match result.*(Unlawful conduct includes unnecessary violence and the disregard for tournament rules)
• Pausing
• Any player of a team has right to type “/pause” to pause the game if any player in his/her team has any technical problems. Players using this command without a proper issue existing will be disqualified.
• Players have to tell the referees the reason for any pause initiated.
• No one is allowed to resume the game until the reason for pausing is resolved and every player has informed the referee he/she is ready to continue to play.
• Cheating
• There is no third-party software allowed in this tournament other than administrative software. Players using third-party software will be disqualified.
• Any in game bugs occuring on specific champions at any time will result in the ban of said champion. As of this moment there are no such bans.
• Seating and Non-team Personnel/ Spectators
• Player locations are for players only. No spectators or non administrative personnel may enter player locations or gaming rooms during matches.

NOTE: Rules are subject to change as we finalise tournament details, keep updated here