Tournament Rules – Weeknight Showdown

WEEKNIGHT SHOWDOWN RULES

Weeknight Showdown PH Tournament is a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament run by MET for the Philippines region only.

 

Playoffs Rules and Format

• Modified double elimination format. Each game is a best-of-3 match, except for the grand finals which is best-of-5.
• Marshals will host each playoff game.
• All group stage matches will be streamed.
• The lower bracket finals and grand finals will be played in the Mineski studio on December 22.
• Teams are responsible for securing a stable internet connection for their matches during the rest of the playoff stages.
• Side choosing is done by coin toss. Coin toss is done by the admin on Discord. Results of the coin toss will be posted in the official Discord channel.
  • First coin toss will be done before game one, and another coin toss will be made after the game 2 if a third game is needed. For the grand finals, a third coin toss will be made after game 4 if a fifth game is needed.
• Pauses can be requested and it will be executed by the match referee. Each team has a maximum pause time of 5 minutes per game.
• If a game experiences a critical bug at any point during the match that significantly alters game stats or gameplay mechanics, or the external environmental conditions become untenable then a restart may occur. MET officials must determine that the bug is critical and verifiable.
  • If players believe they have experienced a critical bug, they must alert a referee in a timely fashion and request for a pause.
• Each team captain shall verify that every player on his/her team has finalized their intended game settings.
• Discord shall be used as the communication tool for the playoffs between team representatives and the MET tournament marshals.
  • Each team must have a representative present at the Weeknight Showdown Discord Channel.
  • The representative must change his/her Discord nickname to show which team he/she represents.
  • The team representative must be present on Discord at least 1 hour before their scheduled match.
• Any dispute may be directed to the tournament admins via Discord.

 

Tournaments Streams

• Teams will be asked to act gracefully when the game is streamed, no vulgar words, taunting or spamming is allowed. Any dispute should be directed to the tournament admins directly for any issues. Any teams that is found not following this rule with concrete proof will be disqualified immediately regardless if the game is streamed or not.

 

Extreme Technical Difficulties

 

• In the event of a technical difficulty which leads the tournament officials to declare a restart, they may instead award a game victory to a team. If a game has been played for more than 5 minutes on the game clock (00:05:00), tournament officials, at their sole discretion, may determine that a team cannot avoid defeat to a degree of reasonable certainty.

• The following criteria may be used in the determination of reasonable certainty:

• The teams total net worth differences must exceed 800 x minute of the game. For example, 20 minutes in to the game, Team A holds a net worth of 20,000 while Team B’s net worth at 38,000. Difference in net worth is 18,000. 800 x 20 minute = 16,000. The difference in net worth of 18,000 is greater than 16,000, hence Team B is deemed victory.

• In the situation where the difference in net worth is less than 800 x minute, the game has to be remade.

 

 

Conduct

• • Players / teams must be responsible of each members actions. Any member within a team that violates the player conduct will be disqualified from entering further qualifiers and the current qualifier that the teams is participating at.

 

• Players must be able to commit to the time / schedule mentioned in the tournament platform and may not agree to a time that both team is suitable to be playing at .

 

• Players may not use any outside force to influence the outcome of the game. Severe punishments such as disqualification will be imposed and will also be banned from further tournaments run by the organizers.
• Teams are advised to be humble and to be strict with each other on enforcing these rules for smooth flow of the tournament.

 

 

• General Conduct

 

• • Competitors and team members must respect other players.
  • Team members shall not make any indecent, impolite or insulting actions or gestures towards other team members, or official staff.
  • No team member shall maliciously commit any act that negatively affects the contest during the contest period.
  • Post-Contest Etiquette: MET officials will confirm and record the contest results. The referee shall declare the winner based on the contest results. The team must obey the referee’s decision.

 

• Behavior during competition
  • Unfair Gaming: dishonesty, deception or other unfair practices will be punished by MET officials.
    Fair Play: All teams should practice good sportsmanship throughout the entire tournament, try their best in the competition, and avoid anything that may damage the principle of fair play.

 

• The following are considered Illegal and will be punished:
  • Creating/Exploiting Bugs
  • Account Sharing/Piloting
  • Deliberate Disconnection: Deliberately disconnecting for improper or unclear reasons is prohibited and will be punished.
  • Cheating: Using any kind of device or third-party program to cheat, or using any resembling means to cheat.

 

• Other acts, conduct or behavior that violates the rules and integrity standards:
  • Team members shall not use obscene, offensive, vulgar, rude, threatening, abusive, libelous or defamatory language to attack or offend others; they shall also not use incendiary, inciting or discriminatory language in the game zone, during the contest, on social media, or in any public area nearby (Eg: during livestreams or interviews).
  • Team members shall not make any indecent, impolite or insulting actions or gestures towards other team members, fans or official staff.
  • No team member shall touch or use other methods to interfere with the lighting, cameras or other broadcasting devices. Team members shall not stand on the chairs, tables or other items used in the broadcasting. Team members must follow the instructions given by all MET  personnel.
  • It is forbidden to insult MET officials, other team members or audience members. Team members and special guests (if present) must be polite to all individuals participating in the contest.
  • Competitors and coaches are forbidden from taking any banned substances including but not limited to stimulants, sedatives or inhibitory drugs. Staff are obliged to report any individual or team who violates this rule to the Organizing Committee.
  • Players will refrain from the use of vulgar language during the entire competition. All rules of conduct also apply to chatting through the game console.
  • Players are expected to compete in a professional manner. Throwing a match, halting play without cause, or showing a flagrant lack of effort will be construed as a violation of player conduct, and will result in match penalties, forfeit and disqualification from the league.
  • Unauthorized publishing of malicious, false or leaked Information: if a team/team member releases information they have been told not to, then the team/team member will be subject to punishment.
  • No team member shall provide gifts or cash to any team member, coach, manager, referee, MET official, employee of the contest organizing company or person related to another MET team for the promise or demand of defeating or being defeated by a team.
  • No team member shall refuse or ignore instructions or decisions by MET officials.
  • MET has the right to apply penalties, disqualify and dismiss any registered player from the League, at their discretion, at any stage of the league, for any reason, with no prior warning to the players.

 

Disclaimer

1. Participation is at your own risk. PARTICIPANTS must follow the rules, use caution, and take care of PARTICIPANT’S own health. ORGANIZERS are not liable for any losses in relation to the event, directly or indirect, for example in case of a canceled event, electrical failure or similar. No person or persons shall hold MET liable.
2. Each participation is a binding contract to abide by the rules or the ORGANIZERS will reserve the right to ban the participant.
3. ORGANIZERS reserves the rights to without further notice change the rules.
4. Each PARTICIPANT must follow the instructions from ORGANIZERS.