DOTA 2

Description:
Dota 2 is a video game developed by Valve Corporation. The game is based on the  Defense of the Ancients customised map, produced by the community of players of  Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Each player handles a Hero that is part of a team of 5 whose mission is to destroy the ancient enemy.

Type of competition: 5v5

Winner of the match: the team that completely destroys the rival’s nexus or which forces the rival to surrender.

Length of the series: BO1. It will be decided depending on the participants.
The semi-final and finals will be held at BO3

Restrictions: there are currently no restrictions on objects or heroes. At the referee’s discretion, restrictions can be added during the tournament.

Matchmaking

A private online room with a password, without cheats and hints, bots or penalising any team and the following characteristics

Location: Luxemburg

Cheats and bots: turned off

Version: Tournament and normal clash

Game mode: Capitan Mode

Initial team: Random

No penalisation of either side

Disconnection

If any player is disconnected, the game must be stopped and the player then try to reconnect in the 5 minutes that the game allows to reconnect.

If the game has been going for more than 20 minutes and the player does not reconnect after those 5 minutes, the match will continue playing 4v5.

If the reconnection cannot be made due to network problems, the organisation must be contacted to take a decision.

Foul play

The following actions will be considered as foul play:

(1) The use of any cheats and hints and/or map pirating program.

(2) A wilful break of the connection.

(3) The use of any configuration that exceeds the permitted and standard configuration.

(4) Clearly allowing the rival to win.

(5) Unsportsmanlike or, in general, disruptive (for example shouting), inappropriate behaviour and/or unprofessional actions aimed at another player (even within the match itself). The use of an in-game error that the referees have branded as unfair.

(6) If any player is discovered to be involved in foul play, that player, at the sole discretion of the referees, may receive a warning, forfeit the match or, in extreme cases, they will be disqualified from the tournament.

(7) During the event, the referees may establish other actions to punish foul play.

(8) Any “unnecessary talking” during the fight. “Unnecessary talking” is considered any type of talking that is due to the following cases:

(a) greeting messages between players.

(b) a sign of defeat (for example: gg, GG, or any other message that the referee may use to decide the winner).

(c) talking between the players that does not breach the unsportsmanlike behaviour clause.

(d) any message that the referees deems to be part of the game.

In an offline tournament, if a referees decides that the external conditions (press, team leader, player, spectator, etc.) offer or have offered an unfair advantage to a player, the latter may be given a warning or automatically loose the fight, at the sole discretion of the referee.

Final clauses: The aforementioned rules may be amended in the following cases:

(1) if the referees of the tournament, at their sole discretion, decide to adopt the latest patch of version of each official game;

(2) if the referees of the tournament, at their sole discretion, decide to change the configuration and the required options of the game to use the most updated version of the game;

(3) if the referees of the tournament, at their sole discretion, decide to use a new protection program against trainers and//or other protection features against trainers;

(4) if the referees of the tournament, at their sole discretion, decide to change the configuration of the game and/or other operations due to the differences between the online tournaments and the offline tournaments.

Observations:

The organisation is not responsible for the equipment provided by the participants.

The general regulations will apply along with these rules.

In any event, the organiser’s decision takes precedence over the rules.