To challenge participants: Please note that by participating in any World of Tanks tournament or eSports event, you agree to abide by any and all rule sets, tournament regulations, and official rulings.
To team captains: Please ensure you have read and fully understand the challenge rules. Note that team captains are held responsible for the conduct of any of their team members. Team captains are also responsible to ensure their tank lineup does not violate any of the tournament regulations.
Team names
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Team names violating any game/forum rules, may result in immediate disqualification.
Participation Requirements
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All participants must log in to World of Tanks at least once before being able to register for the challenge.
There is no maximum number of teams; all teams that fit the registration criteria may participate.
A team must have at least 5, and no more than 8 members to be eligible for acceptance in the challenge.
Disputes
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Disputes that do not fall under the following guidelines or fail to include the following information may be immediately disregarded by the tournament staff.
Disputes may be filed for the following reasons:unsportsmanlike conduct (profanity, vulgar acts or statements, team or personal insults, etc.), racism, disrespect of an official/streamer/caster, violation of general or specific tournament rules, collusion, violation of forum or game rules.
Disputes must be emailed to tournaments@wargamingamerica.com
The email subject/title must include the name of the event followed by the word “Dispute” for which you are filing a dispute (ex. El Alamein Challenge Dispute, etc.)
Disputes may only be filed by your team’s captain.
Disputes are due on the same day as the battle in question.
Opposing team captains will be alerted of the pending dispute once a dispute is filed.
A dispute rebuttal must be submitted by noon (12:00 PM) PST, prior to the start of the following round.
A resolution will be communicated with both involved team captains at least two hours prior to the start of the following round.
Publicizing disputes, prior to their resolution, is subject to penalties including, but not limited to:
Disregarding of the dispute
Immediate team disqualification
Removal of offending player from the event
Disputes must include the following:
In-game name of the player submitting the dispute
Name of the challenge the team is participating in
Names of both teams involved in the round
Reason for dispute: e.g. “I would like to report the team for using a tank that was not allowed, the StuG III.”
A replay of the match(es) in question
Remakes & Server Issues
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If server issues arise, the battle will be rescheduled by the admin and the two teams will not be disqualified
Rescheduled battles will take place during the next available off day, or immediately if no off day is available
Other Warnings and Disqualifications
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Keep in mind that all penalties may take into account the severity of the violation, resulting in more or less severe actions.
Teams can receive a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct such as excessive use of foul language, griefing, racism, profanity, rude acts, vulgar acts, acts of belligerence, and disrespect of an official, streamer or caster.
Teams may immediately be disqualified for breaking any of the tier/point limits, or other rules on the tournament pages.
Team can receive a warning for other reasons decided by the tournament administration.
All warnings are final. A second warning for any other infraction of the rule-set is grounds for immediate removal pending an investigation by the tournament administration.
Teams can receive a disqualification if they intentionally use any prohibited bugs, exploits, hacks or are found to be utilizing unfair methods of competition by the tournament administration.
The tournament administration may adjust these rules during circumstances including, but not limited to, the following:
Tournament schedule does not allow adequate time for appropriate resolutions
A team violates any forum or game rules
A team member receives forum or game bans
Challenge Settings
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Standard Challenge Settings
Game Mode: 5-vs.-5
Team Size: 8; 5 participants and 3 reserve players
Substitutions: Players may be substituted freely between battles within a round, but must be on the roster as of the start of the tournament
Victory conditions: The first team to win 3 battles will be the winner and will be qualified to continue onto the next round
Battle duration: Each battle will last a maximum of 15 minutes; if there is not a winner within the time limit, the battle will be considered a draw
Intentional draws: If a team captain suspects intentional draws to prevent both teams from advancing, a dispute may be filed
Round must last at least 8 battles before this particular dispute will be considered
Breaks: There will be a 2 minute break between battles within a round
Off Days: Except where otherwise noted, there will be one off day between each round to allow for disputes and investigation of rule violations
Schedule: The Challenge schedule will be created at the close of registration, once the final team count has been determined
Restrictions: There are no restrictions placed on tanks, equipment, consumables or ammo aside from the specified tier limits for the Challenge
Variable Challenge Settings
The below settings may change with each individual Challenge and will be announced with the start of registration.
Map(s)
Tier limits
Prizes
Before the Round
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Players are recommended to be online 15 minutes before the start of the round.
Three reserve players are an available option to replace team members that do not show up for the challenge.
If a team does not show up and ready for the battle by the scheduled time they will forfeit.
If a team cannot provide 5 players for the battle, they may still attempt to win the battle with what they have.
During the Round
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In case of an in-game dispute, ensure that replays are being saved to your replays folder.
If replays are not enabled at the time of the disputable incident, take a screenshot so that it may be reviewed as part of the dispute process.
GeneralDirection
Dec 29 2011
