# Dota 2 5v5 Rules (nog updaten)

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

# Quick Rules

- BE/NL residency players only
- Kayzr gamertag = ingame gamertag
- Coin flip winner chooses either side or picking order
- Draft type will be Captains Mode
- Upper team creates lobby with [these](https://i.imgur.com/o6JfzHS.png) settings
- Screenshots!

# 1. Contact
Suggestions & Problems concerning rules: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

# 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 [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]), 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 [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) 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.
- A Coinflip will decide who picks what: the upper team calls it. The team who wins the coinflip chooses either side (radiant/dire) or picking order (first/last). The other team can then choose the other.
- In a BO3 format, the other team can choose side or picking order for game 2 first. Game 3 will be decided by a new coinflip.
- In a 5v5 tournament, the draft type will be Captains Mode. All pick rules from Captains Mode will be applicable to the match.
- The upper team creates a lobby with following settings:

- GAME MODE - Captains Mode

- LOBBY PASSWORD - any (communicate with other team)

- SERVER LOCATION - Luxembourg

- STARTING TEAM - depends on coinflip result (= first pick team: radiant or dire side)

- PENALTY-RADIANT - None, unless stated otherwise by an Admin

- PENALTY-DIRE - None, unless stated otherwise by an Admin

- SERIES TYPE - No series

- Enable cheats - No

- Fill empty slots with bots - No

- BOT DIFFICULTY - free choice

- SPECTATORS - Enabled

- DOTA TV DELAY - 2 minutes

# 4. Example
1. Team A calls heads. Coinflip is done in lobby and it is tails.
2. Team B won the coinflip and wants last pick. Team A chooses Radiant side.
3. Team A wins the game.
4. For Game 2, Team A can choose first. They want first pick. Team B chooses Dire side.
5. Team B wins the game.
6. For game 3, Team A calls a coinflip again. Team B wins the coin flip and choose last pick. Team A select Radiant side.

# 5. Win conditions
- Destroying the enemy ancient.
- A surrender by the enemy team (gg).

# 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.
- Telling the Admin that you forfeit = forfeiting the entire tournament!
- Telling a team you forfeit = you give all wins to the team (so 2-0 with BO3).