Summer 3v3

Prizing

The tournament prize pool will be 100% crowdfunded via the Matcherino website.

Earnings will be distributed as follows:

• First Place: 45% 50%
• Second Place: 25% 30%
• Third Place: 15% 20%

85% 100% to teams; 15% to broadcast talent (talent has decided to forgo payment, so all prizes increased by 5%)

Communication and Support

All participants are required to join Technically PVP WoW Arena Discord. If we are unable to contact you through Discord, it may result in match loss, match forfeit, or disqualification.

A tournament admin will set up the matches for broadcast rounds.

Contact an admin through Discord (via the #tournament-support channel) if you require assistance.

Admins

All participants must adhere to the decisions and rules of the tournament organizers, admins, and referees. All decisions are final, except in cases where the option to appeal is clearly stated.

General Eligibility

This tournament series is open to all players with accounts on World of Warcraft “US Servers” and with accounts with Matcherino.com

Game Preparations

Please resolve any problems that might occur before a match starts. Connection or hardware problems during a match could lead to disqualification by admins. 

Rule Enforcement

The rules are a guideline and the decisions by admins may differ from them depending on the circumstances. The tournament administration may change these rules at any time without prior notice. All participants in this tournament additionally agree to adhere to the official Blizzard TOS, In-Game Code of Conduct, as well as the Social Contract. In the event of one or more of these rulesets conflicting, the rules in this document will take precedence. 

Disqualification

Technically PVP admins reserve the right to disqualify players on occasions such as, but not limited to:

• Abuse
• Deliberately causing delay
• Failure to show
• Failure to respond
• Failure to comply with instructions
• Breach of the rules

Game Account

In order to participate in the Tournament, you must have a full Blizzard Battle.net account with an active World of Warcraft subscription in your own name. You must be the same individual who has registered and owns the Battle.net account.

Timing and tardiness

Round length

A Wargame (match) is composed of engagements in a Bo5 (Best of 5) format.

Players will be given 3 minutes to prepare, declare to their admin: map selection (first map will always be Nagrand Arena), declare compositions and set up the Wargame.

Each engagement will last a maximum of 25 minutes. 

Tardiness

Please contact a tournament organizer if you are unable to communicate with your opponent.

In the case of a team being unable to join in a timely manner, the first engagement will be forfeit.

A grace period of 3 minutes will be granted after the first engagement is forfeit. If the team is still unable to participate, the second engagement will be forfeit.

If the team is unable to make the third engagement, the entire Wargame (match) is forfeit.

End of Round procedure

Each engagement (round) ends when:

Only one team remains, OR;

The time limit for the round is reached, in which case the team with the most players alive is declared the winner. Should there be a tied number of players, the team with the highest damage will be declared the winner.

Tournament admins reserve the right to request an engagement be replayed if deemed necessary.

Upon completion of each match, please submit screenshots to the Technically PVP Tournaments Discord in #match-score-submissions

Match Rules

Match Start

A tournament admin will help you set up the wargame. No additional action on your part will be necessary.

Nagrand Arena must be played as the first map of every match.

Map Selection And Composition Declaration

Teams will be allowed to select their map choices in accordance with the eligible map pool listed below. Playing a map will eliminate it from the map pool for the remainder of the match. Therefore, maps cannot be played more than once. Teams will make their selections in the following order:

The first map of each match played will always be Nagrand Arena.

The losing team of each engagement (round) will select the next map from the pool of remaining maps.

The winning team will declare and lock in their composition.

Following the winning team’s lock-in, the losing team will then declare and lock in their composition.

Teams are required to choose their map, declare compositions and prepare for the game within 3 minutes.

• In the case of a broadcasted game, please communicate this information with a tournament admin.

Following this conversation, the next Game must be started within 3 minutes.

Map Pool

• Dalaran Sewers
• Ruins of Lordaeron
• Tiger’s Peak
• Empyrean Domain
• Blade’s Edge Arena (removed from current game)
• Maldraxxus Coliseum
• Black Rook Hold Arena
• Nagrand Arena
• Hook Point
• Tol’Viron Arena
• Ashamane’s Fall
• The Robodrome
• Mugambala
• Enigma Crucible
• Nokhudon Proving Grounds

Disconnects

If a player disconnects, you are not eligible for a rematch. If you are experiencing network difficulties or other issues, please leave before the doors open. Players who intentionally quit an engagement after the doors have opened will automatically concede the engagement.

Game Restarts

A match can only be restarted with prior admin approval. Please contact an admin to receive approval. A match can be restarted as long as players leave before the doors open.

Forfeits

Participants can choose to forfeit a match if they wish. Forfeiting will result in loss of the match and possibly additional penalties, including prize reduction or removal.

Protests

The opposing player has 10 minutes to protest the report. Match protests must include match media evidence clearly showing the results of the match/series. Players are responsible for providing proof of match results in case of disputes.

No Show

If your opponent does not show up after 10 minutes, inform an admin via Discord. Failure to show may result in game loss, match loss, or disqualification.

Streaming / Broadcasting

If players wish to stream their games, they must do so with a 30 second delay and to take precautions to avoid outside assistance by their viewers. Players who are found to be sniping Technically PVP's broadcast or individual players’ streams will be disqualified from the event. Players are not allowed to use Twitch chat, Discord, or any other form of communication to give or receive advice during a match. We request you include #TechPVPTournament in your title for the duration of your broadcast.

General / Code of Conduct

Players are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful manner with Admins, Talent and other players in the game and in the Discord. Anyone found not being respectful with other people can be disqualified from competing in our tournaments.

This includes (but not limited to) sending hateful DMs in-game and via discord, aggressive behaviour, yelling, and bullying.