Competative Draft Racing League

Hello all, We are starting a monthly Competitive Draft Racing League. This will be hosted by myself- xDarkwind- as well as Deltah and bornthiswayTE786. The league will have a Circuit stage for the first three weeks of the month, followed by Playoffs on the last week of the month. There is currently a vote being held on when circuit and playoff games should be held.

• The Circuit game times poll is held here: http://strawpoll.me/5280970
• The Playoff game times poll is held here: http://strawpoll.me/5280998

Please vote on both if you're interested in joining. Teams are randomly assigned. You may sign up as either a Team Captain or as a Team Member.

Please keep in mind that if all hosts are unanimous, they may alter the format or rules of this League at any time during the Circuit stage. If they do so, all team Captains will be notified immediately. We are still accepting applications to be a Tournament Host. If you wish to be a Tournament Host, please contact one of the existing hosts either through this post or in game.

#How to Sign Up:

##As a Captain

• Captains MUST read this entire post, and may be quizzed extensively at any time prior to the tournament by Tournament Hosts on the contents of this post.
• All Captains MUST be vouched for by one or more Tournament Host(s).
• All Captains MUST have TeamSpeak 3. We will have a server available soon, and will give out details on how to connect later. TeamSpeak 3 is free and available here: https://www.teamspeak.com/downloads
• A player that desires to be a Captain should post in this thread stating they wish to be a Captain once the above conditions are fulfilled. Signups close on the last day of each month.
• Captains may be endorsed by anyone that signs up as a regular team member. Team members endorse Captains by posting their endorsement in response to the Captain's post in this thread, and stating that they endorse that Captain.
• In the event that more players desire to be a Captain than there are teams, the players with the most endorsements will be selected as Captains, and the remainder will be regular Team Members.

##As a Team Member

• Team Members MUST read this entire post, and may be quizzed prior to the tournament by Tournament Hosts on the contents of this post.
• All Team Members MUST be vouched for by either:
  • One or more Tournament Host(s)
  • One or more Team Member(s) that have already been vouched for by one or more Tournament Host(s)
  • If you wish to be part of the tournament and have not played with any of these people before, simply post in this thread stating that. One of the hosts will add you in-game and play with you. Assuming you obey the rules, they will then vouch for you and you will be admitted.
• All Team Members MUST have TeamSpeak 3. We will have a server available soon, and will give out details on how to connect later. TeamSpeak 3 is free and available here: https://www.teamspeak.com/downloads
• Once these conditions have been fulfilled, a player wishing to be a Team Member should post in this thread stating they wish to be a Team Member. Signups close on the last day of each month.

#Team Selection: Participants will be sorted into teams using Random.org’s random number generator. This will be monitored live via screen share by a 3rd party and recorded and uploaded for all to see, if they desire. Each team will consist of 4 team members and a Captain. First, each Captain will randomly be assigned a team, and then 4 team members will randomly be selected for each. In the event fewer Captains sign up than the number of teams required, Captains will each be randomly assigned a team. Then, all remaining team members will be distributed randomly to the teams. Any team that does not have a Captain assigned to it may select their own Captain from among themselves.

#Circuit:

##8 or Fewer Teams Competing There will be 2 games played each week by each team at designated times (eg, Saturday and Sunday at 7:00pst each week). This will be round-robin style. Teams that cannot field 5 members within 30 minutes of the designated time even with the aid of a substitute automatically forfeit the match. Their opponent will gain 2 circuit points, and they will gain 0. On the last week of the month, the top 4 teams will be put into a standard playoff bracket based upon circuit points.Teams will receive 2 points for a victory and 0 points for a defeat. Rule infractions in the game may result in negative points for the game as outlined later in this post. Teams will receive 1 point for a tie or a victory via rule infraction. In the event of a tie, the higher seed will be determined by one game playoff(s). In the event of a multiple way tie, there will be a bracket of single game playoffs to determine seeding order.

##More than 8 Teams Competing If more than 8 teams compete, teams will be sorted into groups, which will play round-robins or double round robins, depending on group size. There will be 2 games played each week by each team at designated times (eg, Saturday and Sunday at 7:00pst each week). Teams that cannot field 5 members within 30 minutes of the designated time even with the aid of a substitute automatically forfeit the match. Their opponent will gain 2 circuit points, and they will gain 0. On the last week of the month, the top teams in each group will be put into a standard playoff bracket based upon circuit points. A total of 4 teams will make playoffs if there are between 9-15 teams competing. If 16 or more teams are competing, the top 6 teams will make playoffs instead, with the lowest two seeds being wildcards. The top two seeds will receive a first round bye. Teams will receive 2 points for a victory and 0 points for a defeat. Rule infractions in the game may result in negative points for the game as outlined later in this post. Teams will receive 1 point for a tie or a victory via rule infraction. In the event of a tie, the higher seed will be determined by one game playoff(s). In the event of a multiple way tie, there will be a bracket of single game playoffs to determine seeding order.

#Substitutions: A team may request a single substitute per game, in the event that a single player is not able to play for a given day. This substitute must be approved by a Tournament Host and may not be a member of the tournament. Teams may not make substitutions during playoffs.

#Playoffs:

The playoffs will be in the following format: ##15 teams or fewer competing:

------------Round 1: Match 1: Seed 1 v Seed 4 Match 2: Seed 2 v Seed 3

------------Round 2: Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2

Round 1 matches will be played on the last Saturday of the month. Round 2 matches will be played on the last Sunday of the month. Round 1 matches are Best of 3. Round 2 matches are Best of 5.

##16 or more teams competing:

---------------Round 1: Match 1: Seed 3 v Seed 6 Match 2: Seed 4 v Seed 5 --------------Round 2: Match 3: Seed 1 v Winner Match 2 Match 4: Seed 2 v Winner Match 1 --------------Round 3: Match 5: Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4 Round 1 and 2 matches are best of 3, and will be played on the last Saturday of the month. Round 3 matches will be played on the last Sunday of the month, and are best of 5.

##Special Playoff Rules

• Ties are not allowed in playoffs. Instead, a team must win the game by 2 points. That is, 10-9 would not win, the game would continue until one team was ahead by 2 points AND had at least 10 points scored.
• All playoff matches will be monitored by one or more Tournament Hosts.
• The team with the higher seed in each match will choose which side they want in games 1, 3, and 5 (if applicable), and the team with the lower seed will choose which side they want in games 2 and 4 (if applicable).
• Any Tournament Host that makes the playoffs will have no authority as a Tournament Host for the duration of the playoffs.
• The Rules and Format of this Tournament may not be changed during the playoffs.
• Substitutes are not allowed during the playoffs. If a team cannot field 5 members within 30 minutes of the designated start time, they forfeit the match. If a team begins a series with 5 members, but does not have 5 members within 15 minutes of the game lobby for a second, third, fourth, or fifth game being created, they forfeit the remaining games in the match. If a team loses a member in the middle of a game and they cannot reconnect within their 15 mintues of pause time, they may either continue as a 4v5 or forfeit, at their discretion.

##Prizes The winning team will receive 1 mystery skin for each player.

#Game Rules

• This game is a 5v5 on Summoner's Rift
• Champ Select is in Tournament Draft mode
• First team to score 10 points wins
  • If both teams score their 9th point within 15 seconds of each other, and neither team achieves 10 points prior to both having 9, the game is declared a tie. This rule does not apply to playoffs.
  • Getting killed by the enemy fountain laser grants 1 point.
  • If the laser shows up to hit you, you are granted 1 point, regardless of anything else. Laser=Point.
  • You can only get 1 point per time you are alive. Getting hit multiple times by the fountain laser before dying will not give additional points, and your point will not be scored until you are dead.
  • Clones (such as Leblanc passive, wukong clone, or Shaco ult) and after-death revives (such as Yorick ult and Sion passive) do NOT count.
  • Revive effects (such as Zilean ult, Anivia passive, and Aatrox passive) DO count.
  • Bloblets from Zac may score as normal. He may still only score one point per time he is alives. Reviving from his passive does not count as a separate time alive.
• You are not allowed to kill jungle monsters
• You are not allowed to kill Lane minions
• You are not allowed to leach EXP from minions that are dying in lane. That is, if minions are dying you may not be in EXP range of them.
• The Teleport and Cleanse summoner spells are not allowed.
• You may pass through mid lane assuming there are no enemy minions nearby.
• You may not hide in the side lane bushes.
• You MAY NOT run away from combat to your inner or outer turrets. You MAY run from combat into your inhibitor or Nexus turrets.
• Twisted Fate, Tahm Kench, Pantheon, Nocturne and Shen may not use their ultimates to enter to enemy base. They MAY use their ults to other locations.
• Bard is permanently banned from the game.
• Mejai's Soulstealer, Sword of the Occult, Banner of Command, Zz'rot Portal, Elixir of Ruin, and Guardian Angel are not allowed.
• You may defend your base from enemy minions. You may walk up to the edge of the steps in order to farm minions and gain EXP. However, you may not leave the base to farm for any reason, even as a melee champion.
• You are not allowed to attack Turrets, Inhibitors, or the enemy Nexus.
• While you may not assist your minions by enhancing them, killing enemy minions that are not attacking your inhibitor turret or in your base, or attacking enemy structures, if your minions destroy an enemy inhibitor prior to the conclusion of the game either through normal point scoring or through an infraction ending, you win the game.
• Players are allowed to swap between roles freely. That is, there are no defined positions, and anyone may perform any legal task at any time.
• There must be two running attempts in which a champion enters the enemy base between 0:00-10:00, 10:01-20:00, and each 10 minute window thereafter, as long as the game continues. That is, one or more champion(s) from each team MUST reach the enemy base a total of 2 times every ten minutes
• Both team captains must agree upon the outcome of the game, whether it be a tie, a victory for either team, or an ended game due to rule infractions. *A team is allocated 15 minutes of pause time. They may use this time however they wish. Unless a host explicitly says otherwise, they may not exceed this time. Exceeding this amount of time while paused will result in forfeiting the game.
• Teams may not pause while:
  • Any fight is occurring
  • Any player is in the enemy base
• Once a pause occurs, you must IMMEDIATELY notify a Host. The host will join your TeamSpeak in order to ascertain the cause of the pause, and may issue loss of bans for illegitimate pauses.
• You may not resume from a pause until cleared by a Host. The host will perform a Ready Check prior to giving the OK. The person that originally paused the game should then unpause.

#Punishments for Offenses:

Whatever offense occurs should be negated in the most holistic way possible. All team captains MUST read these guidelines prior to their first game.

• Getting exp from jungle creeps is neutralized by the enemy team taking the same camp(s) on the opposite side. If a single player takes more than 1 entire camp or more than 5 individual monsters, the game will immediately end. The offending team will lose 1 circuit point, and their opponent will gain 1 circuit point.
• Getting exp from minions is neutralized by the offending player dying intentionally to the enemy team. If an enemy gains more than one level, they must die twice. More levels than 2 from leaching will result in the end of the game. In this event, the offending team will lose 1 circuit point, and their opponent will gain 1 circuit point.
• A player that buys a banned item must sell it immediately. If they gain any kills or assists while in possession of this item, they must intentionally feed a number of kills equal to the sum of these assists and kills. If they score a point while in possession of an illegal item the point does not count. If any player is in possession of an illegal item for 5 cumulative minutes during the game, the game immediately ends. In this event the offending team will lose 1 circuit point, and their opponent will gain 1 circuit point.
• If a player attacks an enemy Inhibitor tower, inner, or outer tower, their team immediately loses 1 point. If a player destroys an inhibitor or attacks 2 or more towers, the game will end immediately. In this event the offending team will lose 1 circuit point, and their opponent will gain 1 circuit point.
• If a player attacks a Nexus tower or the Nexus, the game ends immediately. In this event the offending team will lose 1 circuit point, and their opponent will gain 1 circuit point.
• If a player takes an illegal summoner spell, they may not use it. Using Teleport or Cleanse will result in -1 game point immediately. 3 uses of an illegal summoner spell will end the game immediately. In this event the offending team will lose 1 circuit point, and their opponent will gain 1 circuit point.
• If Bard is selected in champion select, the draft should be restarted. The team that selected Bard loses 1 ban in the next select. If a team selects Bard in 4 consecutive champ selects, they forfeit the game, and the other team gains 2 points for the victory.
• In the event both team captains cannot agree upon the outcome of a game due to accusation(s) of trolling, and no tournament host observed the game, both teams will receive 0 circuit points for the game.
• Tournament hosts that are participating in a game do not count as tournament hosts for that game.
• A tournament host must rule on the outcome of all playoff games. This ruling overrides that of team captains.
• A tournament host that observed a circuit game may rule upon the outcome of that game in the event that both captains do not agree on the result.