Interstellar League Rules

Maps

Games will be played on US-East servers unless both teams agree to switch the region the series will be played on. These maps may be used in league play, with the standard/day variant. Players may reach a mutual agreement to play on any, not listed, map (such as Badlands or ARCtagon) if they so wish. If there is any disagreement, the match will default to being played on a standard map listed below:

‣ DFH Stadium

‣ Urban Central

‣ Mannfield

‣ Beckwith Park

‣ ‍Champions Field

‣ ‍Utopia Coliseum

Leaving/Disconnecting

If a player leaves or disconnects during the middle of a game, the game will continue by default. Players may reach an agreement to restart a game in the interest of sportsmanship, on the condition that doing so does not cause a significant delay in the league. This differs from the “Disputes” section, which details when an entire team leaves at once. If an entire team leaves at once, the match is stopped to initiate a dispute.

Disputes

Leaving the match to initiate a dispute stops a series. This rule overrides Section 3 (“Leaving / Disconnecting”), provided that a Moderator, Administrator, or another staff member is brought in to solve the dispute and also the opposing team is alerted during the game of the action you are about to do. All disputes and/or claims must be immediately communicated to a League Moderator or staff member as soon as an issue is discovered. Failure to do so nullifies all rights and privileges, and action may not be taken by staff members. Playing through a game or series implies consent, so we encourage you to request a Moderator as soon as possible.

Reporting

After finishing a series against an opposing team, screenshots of the post match scoreboard for each game must be provided in the #game-results channel. Be sure to include which teams were playing and to include their respective colors during the series (Orange or Blue). Failure to include both of these will result in the match being replayed.

An acceptable format to post game results is below:

Blue: Team Name

Orange: Team Name

Substitution Policy

The maximum substitutes allowed per team is two. For a substitute to be valid, they must be registered prior to the league matches starting or in other words, they must be on the smash.gg roster for your team in the qualifiers. Substitutes may be used in between games, but not in the middle of a game. Substitutes may not be used past the semi-finals of league play.

Smurf Accounts

For the benefit of our stream and for fairness in competition, we ask competitors to not use lower-ranked accounts or “smurfs”, lie about their skill, and/or pretend to be someone else in order to gain more favorable seeding or any sort of advantage in a league setting. This also goes for those who attempt to face higher-seeded entrants earlier on just to cause a mess of the league and unfairly punish those who obeyed this rule. If you do need to be on an alternate account for whatever reason, please let a League Moderator know and why. We’re here to promote a competitive yet friendly environment for all of our competitors and community members, and attempting to deceive league organizers (League Moderators, Management, and any other member of staff) is an attempt to ruin that environment. Please be considerate when signing up for our league.

False Information

Displaying or entering false information of a league game or series is not permissible. Denying a win for another team or purposefully halting the league flow through the abuse of the "dispute scores" feature on smash.gg or any other method is strictly forbidden. We want our events to flow smoothly and breaking these rules does not help. Please be considerate of the people these acts affects.

Toxicity

Toxicity is not permitted during or before matches. This is different from "banter", the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks. Toxicity includes but is not limited to repeated spamming of quick chats, clear harassment toward the opponent(s), and hateful speech toward others. This kind of behavior is frowned upon in Interstellar due to the fact that we are a community looking to have fun competing, but at the same time gaining experience through the competitions. If toxicity is seen due to the match being streamed, someone reporting toxicity with evidence, or a league moderator seeing behavior as such, repercussions will follow. It is at the staff member's discretion on which repercussion is to follow and the duration of the repercussion.