Ugri's FFA Challenge

1. General

1. Tournament

1. Round 1

Participation requires registration in advance with the admin team.

Check in is required & opened 30 minutes before the games start. If a player fails to check in in due time, admins have the right to replace him to avoid forfeits and no-shows.
1st round : June 12th 2020, 18:00 CEST (3 matches) 1st round : June 12th 2020, 20:00 CET (3 matches) Final : June 12th 2020, 22:00

Schedule:

1. Final

The 6 winners of the first round will meet in the Final.

All games have a duration cap of 90 minutes during which a winner will be decided. If a game is not over within 90 minutes, the winner will be the player having the most points except when this player had already be eliminated from the game.

b. Participants

Everybody who owns a legal copy of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne / Reforged, is allowed to participate in the tournament after registering with a Head Admin.

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

1. Administration

The headadmins / referees are:

• Hightac

• RoboGoblin

• Ugrilainen

1. 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 tournament 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 behavior 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.

1. 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

1. Six players 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 easy to distinguish color. Colors of choice are Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, Orange.

2. Hosting

1. Games will be hostedon EU servers

2. 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

3. Referees are only allowed to start matches if all participants are ready

4. 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

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

6. 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:

4. * Rockslide
5. *Neon City
6. * Silverpine Forrest
7. * Thunderlake

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

2. Maps are determined by the admin team

8. Match Results

1. After finishing a match, the winner has to report his victory.
   
   

9. 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.
   4. Coverage
   

1. No observers are permitted, even if all 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. B2W 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 in gamebugs. 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

e. Private messaging is not allowed f. Feeding is not allowed (donating voluntarily Xp and/or items to an opponent in order to help him win the game)

g. discussions must be in English.

1. 5. Rule Violation & Punishment
   

1. Any breach of the rules may be punished with a default loss or a disqualification. 6. Legal Process

1. Legal proceedings are not permitted