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# Overwatch 6v6 Rules

**By competing in our tournaments you confirm that you agree with our rules.**

# Quick Rules

- BE/NL residency players only
- Kayzr gamertag = ingame gamertag
- All maps allowed, banning use [owdraft](http://owdraft.com/create)
- Comp lobby settings, high bandwith ON, 1 hero limit, killcam disabled
- Only lobby leader can pause (ctrl+shift+plus)
- 1 spec per team
- Control maps BO5
- Screenshots!

# 1\. Contact

Suggestions & Problems concerning rules: [jasper@kayzr.com](mailto:jasper@kayzr.com)

# 2. General
- All players need to have the Belgian or Dutch nationality.
- Because of this, we require all players to play from a Belgian or Dutch residency. If however you have a valid reason for playing from a foreign country, you can be whitelisted. In order to be whitelisted, you should send an email to [whitelist@kayzr.com](mailto:whitelist@kayzr.com), providing substantial evidence to prove your claim. Whitelisting has to be approved *BEFORE* check-in opens in order to be able to compete in the tournament.
- Every teamcaptain needs to check in at the start of EVERY round of the tournament. If that person fails to do so, you'll be automatically fully forfeited from the tournament.
- If you are AFK in your first match you will be disqualified.

**We will be very strict about these three points. Failing to comply with the above rules will result in an instant disqualification. There will be no discussion in chat about this.**

## 2.1 Chat
- Spamming & excessive memeing is not allowed.
- Links are allowed, but only to appropriate content.
- Try to keep all chats on one line.
- Flaming / Toxic behaviour is not allowed

**Admins & Moderators will mute players who don't comply to these rules.**

## 2.2 Assistance
- If you need an admin or moderator, use the create a ticket button during a match or ask for help in tournament chat for non match related questions.
- The admin or moderator will then join your match chat to discuss the problem.
- Please keep all discussions relating your match in your matchchat and open a ticket when necessary.

**Admins & Moderators will mute players who take discussion about a match to the general tournament chat.**

## 2.3 Score reporting
- Report your score between matches so that your future opponents know how far you are in your match.
- Reporting scores can be done via your current match box in the sidebar on the right by clicking on the numbers of the current score.
- Take a screenshot of every win/DC/loss and name it accordingly.

## 2.4 Incomplete teams
- If a team would end up with less players than the required team size at the beginning of a match (e.g. if one player had to leave because of circumstances), under no circumstances will we currently allow a substitute.
- However, the incomplete team can ask their opponent if they're willing to play a 4v5 (or a 2v3, and so on). Opponents are in no way obliged to accept this request and can ask the moderator to grant them the win.
- After accepting the request (either explicitly, by stating so in chat, or implicitly, by starting the match with the 1-man deficit), opponents lose their right to claim the free win. If the team with the 1-man deficit ends up winning, the opposing team will in no way be able to request the win.
- Once the match has been started we see an incomplete team as the result of a disconnect (see 2.6 for that).

## 2.5 Alternate accounts
- If you are playing with a gamertag that is different from the one provided on your profile you will be disqualified from the tournament. We will always update the gamertag on your profile before making this decision. If you connected the wrong account to your profile you can send an email to [namechange@kayzr.com](mailto:namechange@kayzr.com) to get your gamertag changed.

## 2.6 Disconnects
- If a player disconnects during a game the game can be paused (maximum duration specified further on in the rules) if the game in question allows this. Otherwise the match will continue with one player less (e.g. 2v3, 4v5)
There will be NO exceptions regardless of when the disconnect occurred.
- Leaving the match with your full team will result in a win for the other team.
- If both teams disconnect the game must be replayed immediately without a break between games. (games that allow it might use a game backup)

## 2.7 Various information
- Starting the game or joining the lobby means you accept it's match settings.

# 3\. Game Rules

- All of our rounds will be played in a BO1 format, except for the finals which will be a BO3 game with winners advantage.
- All maps are allowed and they will be picked with the help of [owdraft](http://owdraft.com/create).
- Competitive settings enabled in the custom game menu.
- High Bandwith: on
- 1 hero limit. (no heroes are disallowed)
- pausing allowed by lobby leader in case of disconnect (ctrl + shift + plus)
- Killcam must be disabled.
- Match pauses are limited to 5 minutes.

# 4\. Win conditions

- Control maps are played in a BO5 fashion. Winning thrice on the map grants you a win.
- The winner of a game is announced at the end of the map.
- In case of a draw, 1 control map will be the deciding game. This map will be played in a BO5 fashion.

# 5\. Maps

- All maps are part of the mappool, these are:
	- Temple of Anubis
	- Hanamura
	- Volskaya Industries
	- Watchpoint: Gibraltar
	- Dorado
	- Route 66
	- Nepal (CONTROL)
	- Lijiang Tower (CONTROL)
	- Ilios (CONTROL)
	- Hollywood
	- King's Row
	- Numbani
	- Eichenwalde
        - Junker
        - Blizzworld 
        - Horizon
        - Oasis

- Maps will be banned one by one until one (or three in the finals) map(s) remain. The upper team in a bracket will start the banning process.
- The remaining map(s) will be played, in the order they were picked.

# 6\. Winning, placement, advancement

*   The bracket matches are BO1 (best out of 1). The final is a BO3 with winners advantage.
*   Take a screenshot of every win/DC/loss and name it accordingly.
*   Make sure a timestamp is visible on the screenshots for validity.
*   The winner of the match moves on to the next game.
*   A disqualify means you will not receive any rewards. A forfeit means you will still get the rewards.

# 7\. Spectators

Spectators are allowed but only when the lobby has the following settings enabled:
- Comp enabled
- Max specs per team = 1
- Assign the spectator to the team he wants to spectate. (Done by right clicking on the spectator and assign to blue/red only)