Tournament Rules – Globe PPGL Season 3 – Arena of Valor

PRIZE POOL

Total Prize Pool: PHP 100,000

• Champion: PHP 50,000
• 2^nd Place: PHP 25,000
• 3^rd-4^th Place: PHP 12,500

RULES

1. PLAYER AND TEAM CAPTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Players are responsible for reading tournament rules, team registration and procedures.
• Players are responsible in disseminating all information regarding the qualifiers to their team members.
• Players are responsible for adding their assigned enemy before the scheduled match.
• Team Captains are responsible in gathering their own members prior the start of the match.
• Team Captains are responsible for communicating with marshals for tournament purposes.
• Team Captains are responsible in reporting any match disputes to the marshals within ten (10) minutes of the matches finishing. Valid visual proof is necessary to validate the dispute.
  • Any disputes after the 10-minute mark will be subject to the decision of the marshal whether to pursue or not. Marshals hold the final say regarding the dispute.

2. TOURNAMENT FORMAT

• Matches will be played with a best-of-three mode, via Custom Match (5v5 Tourney) MODE.
• If the match reaches a third game (tie at 1:1); it will still be a Custom Match (5v5 Tourney) MODE.

3. ATTENDANCE

• A match can only start with a full party of five (5) players on each team.
• A team that is missing one or more players will be given a 10-minute grace period, if the respective team is still not complete, that team will be disqualified and forfeit the whole match.
• If the opposing team does not show up during the scheduled match, proof must be presented through screenshots with a timestamp.
  • Timestamps can be done by dragging the tab at the upper screen to show the time on the device.

4. CONNECTION

• If a player gets disconnected during pick and ban phase after everyone has already chosen their heroes, same picks and bans apply.
• If a player is disconnected mid-game, they must reconnect as soon as possible.
• Players are not allowed to pause the game unless instructed by Marshal/Admin and if necessary.

5. CODE OF CONDUCT

Participants must not engage in harassment or hate speech in any form. Appropriate penalties will be dealt to offenders, up to a ban from all future MET events. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Hate speech, offensive behavior, or verbal abuse related to sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, physical appearance, body size, age, or religion.
• Stalking or intimidation (physically or online).
• Spamming, raiding, hijacking, or inciting disruption of streams or social media.
• Disregarding Administrator’s directives and decisions.
• Posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”).
• Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, unwelcome sexualized comments, jokes, and sexual advances.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.

6. CHEATING

Cheating does not need be successful to qualify as a violation. Conspiring to cheat is already a violation and will lead to an automatic disqualification for all conspirators. Appropriate penalties will be dealt to offenders, up to a ban from all future MET events. Examples of cheating include, but aren’t limited to:

• Ghosting
• Account Sharing
• Piloting
• Using unauthorized third-party applications mid-game

7. DISCLAIMER

• MET holds exclusive rights to the coverage of any related matches, whereas MET may grant rights to a third-party entity.
• MET holds the right to stream any match from the tournament.
• MET and its staff are the only entities allowed to spectate a match.
• MET holds the rights to change rules as it deems fit.