3v3 Ugri's Challenge

1. General

1. Tournament

1. Day 1 : Swiss System

Participation is free and opened to any player.
Check in is required & opened 30 minutes before the open-qualifiers starts

Schedule:
Day 1 : October 6th 2018, 17:00 CET

Official Battle.net Channel on Northrend is: Clan ESL

2. Final Round

The 4 to 6 final teams play a Single Elimination tournament. Matches are played BO3 until the Grand Final which is played in BO5

Schedule:
Day 2 : October 7th 2018, 17:00 CET

2. Participants

Everybody who owns a legal copy of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, is able to use NetEase and Battle.net and is not qualified for upcoming WGL competition yet, is allowed to participate in the WGL Winter Western Qualifiers and will be called participant in the following.

All teams must have exactly 3 players. Teams must be registered before the start of the tournament.

3. Administration

The headadmins are:

- dur0
- Ugrilainen

The referees are:
- Ember
- Greenfield
- Vampy
- Woker

4. Commitments

1. Every participant has to own a legal copy of WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne to participate

2. Every participant agrees to be available during the days in which the cup takes place.

3. Participants agree without reservations to comply with the rules and regulations as well as the decisions made by the referees. The application of these rules and regulations is at the sole discretion of the referees. Any decisions made may overrule the following rules and regulations to maintain the spirit of competition. Participants have to obey the instructions made by the referees at all times.

4. Every participant acknowledges the right of the head admins to modify these rules and regulations at any given time and without prior notice.

5. Every participant is asked to maintain an adequate level of respect and friendliness with the other participants and the referees. Insults and unfair or disrespectful behaviour towards the referees and the other participants won't be tolerated and might be punished with a warning or an immediate disqualification.

6. Every participant has to stay ready and available for the duration of the competition or until his elimination from the tournament. Longer absence needs to be approved by the referees in order to avoid any sort of punishment.

7. Participants need to be at least 14 years old.

5. Game Account

1. Every participant is required to list the Battle.net WarCraft III account that is used to participate in their profile.

2. Every participant is responsible for updating his game account if he decides to use a new game account for participation. It is forbidden to use a game account that is different from the one listed in the profile. Violations may result in an immediate disqualification.

3. The use of multiple accounts for the same tournament is prohibited and will result in a disqualification

4. All participants agree to their game accounts being visible to third parties.

2. Competition Format

a. Day 1

1. The Swiss system will be used, all teams will play a series of 5 matches against opponents of the same ranking.

2. A team is eliminated after two losses.

3. All games are played BO1

4. Seedings are based on an elaborated admin decision prior to the event to ensure that top participants won't face each other in the first round of the tournament. After the first round, matches are drawn automatically.
5. It's not possible to face one team more than once.
6. The 4 best teams will qualify for the final stage of the tournament. In case of unbreakable tie, up to 6 teams will be allowed in the final round.
7. If there is an unbreakable tie involving more than six teams, an extra round will be played between the tied teams

b. Final stage

1. The Final round is a Single Elimination tournament

1. Early rounds are Best-of-3

2. The Grandfinal is Best-of-5

2. Seedings will be made from the rankings of Day 1 c. Prize Pool

1. Four teams are rewarded

2. The prize pool is crowdfunded

3. Match Regulations

1. Game Settings

1. All games are played on Battle.net

2. The match settings have to meet the following requirements:
   - Game Speed: Fast
   - Lock Teams: Yes
   - Random Races: No
   - Random Hero: No
   - Observers: Full Observer
   - Visibility: Default
   - Handicap: 100%

3. If the game is broadcasted, the casters are permitted to force the players to use red and blue as player colors. The player mentioned first in the grid has to pick red.

2. Hosting

1. Games will be hosted by one of the referees

2. Games will be hosted on the hostbot that provides the fairest conditions to both participants. Referees have the authority to determine a hostbot.

3. If players host their own match without knowledge or permission of an official referee, the result will not be accepted and the game has to be replayed

4. Referees are only allowed to start matches if both participants are ready

5. Referees and players have to make sure that the correct map is hosted. A protest after the match has been played for more than one minute is void

6. If one of the participants experiences temporary difficulties during a match, he has to communicate this to his opponent by taking a timeout.

7. If the problem is not fixable without leaving the game, it’s up to the referee to decide on how to proceed

3. Map Pool & Map Voting

1. The map pool contains the following maps:

2. • Typhoon
     
   • Thunder Lake LV
   • Ruins of Stratholme
   • Market Square
   • Gnollwood
   • Mur'gul Oasis LV
   • Upper Kingdom

3. Players have to decide on a race before the veto process starts

4. Map vetoes will be made before the match starts

5. For a Best-Of-1, both participants alternately eliminate one map until only one remains (A-B-A-B-A-B). The remaining map will be played. The participant mentioned first in the grid starts with the procedure

6. For a Best-Of-3, both participants alternately eliminate one map until only three remains (A-B-A-B). The participant mentioned first in the grid picks the first map. Afterwards, the loser of the match prior determines the map.

7. For a Best-Of-5, both participants alternately eliminate one map until only five remains (A-B). The participant mentioned first in the grid picks the first map. Afterwards, the loser of the match prior determines the map.

8. A map may only be played once during each match

9. Vetoes and Picks must be told to the official broadcasters if asked
   
   

4. Match Results

1. After finishing a match, the loser has to confirm their loss
   
   

5. Disconnects

1. In the event of a disconnect during the first four minutes of the match, the game will be restarted if there was no contact yet between the participants. The participants have to call a referee if the problem occurs frequently.

2. If a participant disconnects after the fourth minute has passed, it is up to his opponent whether the match will be restarted or not. A referee needs to be informed no matter the decision!

3. If the disconnected participant was clearly winning the match, the replay needs to be send to a referee who will then decide whether the match has to be restarted or not. 

4. In case of a rematch the participants have to choose the same races they picked in the initial match. If a participant chose random races, he has to pick the race which he eventually ended up playing as in the initial match.
   
   

6. Default Wins

Under the following circumstances a participant is allowed to claim a default win by contacting a referee.

- His opponent didn't show up until 15 minutes after the match had been created. Under certain circumstances and in order to ensure fair play, the referees are allowed to increase/decrease the deadline of 15 minutes.

- His opponent has entered an invalid and/or different game account in his profile than the one he entered the game with. Referees are allowed to set a deadline for the participant to change his game account accordingly.

4. Coverage

1. No observers are permitted, even if both participants agree.

2. Referees, official broadcasting partners (video streams) and coverage partners are always allowed to observe a match

3. Video streams have to set up with a delay of at least three minutes.

4. Players are allowed to stream their own games

5. Official Streamers’ list:

1. tbd

5. Cheats & Bans

1. The use of cheats, hacks, third-party tools, smurfing or any violations against rule 5.b are strictly forbidden and will result in a disqualification

2. It is forbidden to watch or to listen to any sort of broadcast of your own matches while the match is still underway. 

3. The head admins reserves the right to ban participants from the tournament because they have been banned from other leagues or tournaments for cheating or unfair behavior. Any kind of unmannered behavior (insulting, profanity etc.) will cause ban as per referee's decision at any stage of tournament.

4. Technical lose can be given for abusing ingamebugs. Decisions are made by the head admins.

For example:

- infinite invulnerability (during teleportation and cancellation of teleport to a moving

Tree of Life)
- staff of the Goblin Zeppelin by the hero with this hero jumping inside of zeppelin

5. The player has the right to take a break in the game for up to 5 minutes. If the pause is prolonged, the opponent has the right to call for the techwin by referee's decision. Players who have qualified for the final may take a break for 15 minutes before the first game. The following breaks between games are no more than 5 minutes.
   
   

5. Rule Violation & Punishment

1. Any breach of the rules may be punished with a default loss or a disqualification.

7. Legal Process

1. Legal proceedings are not permitted