Take Your Best Shot

Overview

The tournament is for 32 teams but we will keep registration open and if we reach 64 teams we will increase the field accordingly (and so on). All rounds will be played best of 3 matches, single elimination. The winner of the tournament gets to pit thier skills again CLG in the bonus round for another great prize!

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for this tournament you must be a registered member of MOBAFire with a League of Legends NA account. Players must have a valid address (no PO Box) in the US or Canada.

Game Rules

Game Type: Custom Match | Draft Mode

Team Size: 5v5

Mirror picks: Not Allowed.

Bans: 6 (3 per team) 1-2-2-1-1-2*

Picks: 1-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-2*

Champions & Items: All champions and items ARE permitted.

Winning Condition: Best of 3.

Bonus Round: Win the tournament and play vs CLG for the bonus prize. This round is best of 3.

You will be given from 9am Tuesday to 11:59pm Sunday to complete and report each round.

Note: 1 and 2 refer to which team has first pick/ban, not the number of bans/picks. Whoever has first pick/ban is considered "1". If team 1 has first pick then this means "Team 1 picks, Team 2 picks, Team 2 picks again, Team 1, Team 1 again, Team 2".

Team Requirements:

Each team must have a unique name.

Each team must have 5 players all level 30 on North American servers.

Every player's ELO must be accurately reported by Team captains during registration. Misrepresentation of any single player's ELO will results in expulsion and loss of any or all prizes.

All team members must accept the tournament invitation before the registration cutoff deadline is reached, or your team will be disqualified. Captains automatically accept when they register the team.

All players and the team must be registered on MOBAFire.com to participate.

All players must have a valid paypal account to recieve cash prizes. Players are responsible for all paypal fees.

Each team may have one reserve player on the bench. This is not mandatory but no substitutions may be made after registration closes other than the named reserve player. Team captains are responsible for notifying admins via PM of your reserve player if your team has one.

Substitution for the reserve player can only be made prior to starting a match and must be announced. Only 5 players are eligable for prizes.

Team Captains are obligated to take screenshots and report match results within 1 hour of completing the match. If results are not submitted in a timely manner your team will be disqualified.

Scheduling:

Each round lasts 1 week.

Opponents are announced on Tuesdays. Team captains should contact each other to schedule match times. Matches with no agreed match time by Midnight PST on Fridays, will have a scheduled match time of 12:00pm (noon) PST Saturday. All 3 matches must be played in succession if not otherwise scheduled.

All matches must be complete and reported by 11:59PM PST on Sunday.

Incomplete matches will result in a draw which will be settled by MOBAFire staff flipping a coin to decide a winner.

You must complete your match and report the results before the end time, or your team may not be able to advance to the next round. If you were unable to post results on time due to actions of your opponent, report the actions promptly.

Matches:

Both teams must have all (5) players in Custom game lobby within 15 minutes of arranged time or the first game is forfeit. If the a team is 30 minutes late the entire match is forfeit.

Any team without 5 players will be disqualified if the opposing team posts a forfeit win.

Before champion picks Team captains have to decide on banned champions (1-2-2-1-1-2).

After banning teams decide on their champion picks (1-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-2).

Swapping champions with teammates is allowed AFTER all picks.

We recommend that the captains speak on behalf of the teams to keep it simple. We also highly recommend you do this on MOBAFire.com or you take screenshots of each stage of the process in the event of a dispute later on.

Match length is limited to 2 hours, at which point the team with the most kills wins.

Surrender is allowed after 20 minutes.

Match results must be screenshoted and posted in the appropriate forum topic after every match*.

Post Match:

When you have completed a match, return to the tournament page and click the "Report Win" or "Report Loss" buttons. Any disputes will be settled by screeshots of the in-game match results screen. We ask that everyone also report their match results in the forum using the following format:

Round: _______

Winning Team: _______

Forfeit Win: Yes or No (If "Yes" provide an explanation.)

Screenshots: Post results screenshot, this will help ensure quick resolution of any disputes.

Forfeits, Disqualifications, Disputes:

If you have any concerns or claims against an opponent you must raise them immediately by PMing the admins, Matt or FlashJ.

Any disputes must be submitted with evidence to the Admins as soon as possible. If no evidence is provided, we cannot act on a claim.

Any player or team found to be breaking the rules set out above (including eligibility requirements) may be disqualified from this tournament and/or banned from taking part in any future tournaments. Prizes may also be revoked.

MOBAFire reserves the right to refuse entry to any tournament to any individual(s) for any reason or to alter the tournament in any way at our sole discretion.

Results screenshots must be complete shots of the entire in-game results screen including chat area. No partial screenshots will be accepted. Screenshots must not be modified in any way and must be clear of any visual artifacts, including those caused from high levels of compression. Any questionable obstruction will be disregarded immediately, any tampering will be dealt with severely.

By joining the tournament you allow posting of score screen shots containing your in-game summoner name and post-match statistics.