The Solstice Series 2017 [2v2]

Server Guidelines

• Default server for games is NA Western.  
  
• If both players wish to negotiate, they must both mutually agree AND inform an admin for approval. Then,  they may alternate servers .  NA Western should be the first server in such a situation. e.g. if both players wish to play on NA Western and NA Eastern, they must mutually both agree and first game hosted on NA Western, 2nd game hosted on NA Eastern etc, 
• However if both teams can mutually agree to play on a certain server for all their games, they may do so.  Please keep the admin updated.

Format :

• BO3 Single Elimination for all sets; BO5 for Finals
  
• Finals and both Semi-Finals are to be casted; caster will choose at random a set to cast from the start of tournament
  
• Seeding will be either based on current ladder rankings OR randomly seeded.
  
• Players please report 10 minutes before start time to the channel and remember to check-in.  Walkovers or replacements in 15 mins past start time
  

Map Pool :

• Crystal Pools
  
• Fields of Death
  
• Sludge City
  
• Overgrown Facility
  
• Snowy Mesa
  
• Distant Planes
• Katherine Square 

Important guidelines :

• If you cannot contact your opponents for 15 minutes, please notify an admin.  

• Breaks in between games (in a series) should last no longer than 3 minutes unless there is a really valid and important reason, of which upon mutual agreement with the other team, should not take up longer than 10 mins.

• If a player drops, the game must be recovered 10 seconds before the drop.

• If a player pauses, they must state the reason, and not take longer than 3 mins. The person must ask if all players are ready and receive responses from all players before resuming.

• Please report your scores on challonge(brackets) after the match. For any conflicts, please contact an admin.

• Teams who wish to ladder during the tournament in order to practice and warm up, MUST leave the game immediately in order to expedite the tournament process when the opposing team is ready to play. Players who fail to return within 5 minutes of being messaged in a match will be disqualified.
  

• All replays must be saved and be produced/sent to an admin when required.  If your team and opponents thought your games were very exciting and intense and you were not casted, you can have the option of sending the replay(s) to Anansi (caster) and it will be casted at another time or if there is an appropriate moment to do so.

• ALL team information should be locked in BEFORE the check-ins start 2 hours before start of tournament.