Official Lanwar Battlefield 2 Rules
v1.2
Tournament Overview
Event: Million Man LAN 5
Tourney Times: TBD
Location:
Game Version: Battlefield 2 Version 1.22
Bracket Type: Single elimination
Revision
1.0 Initial Version (adapted from LW20 BF1942 Rules)
1.1 Updated rules to reflect latest event (29), latest game
patch (1.12), and new map list.
1.2 Updated rules to reflect latest event (31), latest game
patch (1.22), and new map list.
General Note
If changes are made to the rules after a team has signed up
for a tournament, team captains will be notified via email.
This tournament is being held in the “BYOC” section of the
event. As such, it is a
play-at-your-own-risk tournament. If any
prospective player feels uncomfortable about participating in the tournament,
it is their responsibility to decide whether or not to join the
tournament. It is not the responsibility
of the staff to accommodate every whim and preference of each individual
participant. Basically... it's our
tournament... if you don't like how we do things, start your own tournament.
How to Register
You must first register for the event to obtain a seat. You can only register for the event on-line
at the links above. After you have paid
on-line, your seat will be turned red, you then will be able to register for
the tournament.
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The morning of the event, if not
before, the tournament roll-call time (RCT) will be posted and/or
announced.
Team Make Up
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Each team must have a team
captain.
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Only the team captain can register a
team, modify a team, or remove a team from the on-line tourney signups.
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Team captains must ensure that all
players on their team have read and follow these rules.
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Each team consists of nine (9)
players. Teams may play with as few as
six (6) players.
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Each team may have two (2) alternates.
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The entire team roster must be picked
in advance on-line before tourney sign-ups are closed.
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Players can sign up and play for only
one team.
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Alternates can sign up and play for
only one team.
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Teams must have a unique name.
Match Procedure
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All games will be played in conquest
mode. The goal of conquest mode is to
have more team tickets than your opponent at the end of the game. These tickets are a pool of lives shared by
everyone on the same team. The main
method of reducing your opponent's tickets is by holding more control points on
the map than they hold. Every death
suffered by a team will count against their team's tickets. ***
NOTE *** Team kills, suicides,
and accidental deaths COUNT AGAINST YOUR TEAM'S TICKETS. A team will win each game by either having
more tickets than their opponent at the end of the game's time, or by reducing
their opponent's tickets to zero, and hence having more than them... duh. Tie-games will not be replayed.
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A match consists of the best of
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If game 3 is necessary, the team with
the most combined tickets from game 1 and game 2 will choose their side for
game 3. In the event of equal ticket
totals for game 1 and game 2, a coin toss will determine which team chooses
their side for game 3. The winner of
game 3 will win the match, regardless of final combined points.
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Each team will be responsible for
taking screenshots of the final scoreboard of each game.
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Everyone must use the default skins and
models.
Tournament Procedure
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All players must arrive, check in, and
have their system set up and ready to play before (RCT), Saturday
afternoon.
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Team captains must report to the lobby
at (RCT) for roll-call. Those who
do not attend roll-call will be disqualified.
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The tournament bracket will be set up
by a random draw during or immediately following roll-call and will only
include those teams who reported for roll-call.
Matchup, server, and password announcements will be made once the
bracket has been established; these announcements may require a follow-up
meeting TBA.
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All players should be connected to the
appropriate official tournament server before their match starts.
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Each team captain MUST REPORT to the
Tournament Administrator on-time for each of their matches. You will have five (5)minutes to report. If after five (5) minutes the team captain
has not reported to the Tournament Administrator, that team will be
disqualified.
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Each team must have the minimum
players connected to the appropriate server at the announced start time. A grace period of up to five (5) minutes from
the match start time will be granted, as necessary, to accommodate late team
members. The duration of this period is
at the sole discretion of the Tournament Administrator.
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Team captains must report their win or
loss to the Tournament Administrator after each game.
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Tournament games will not be
discounted, delayed, replayed, or rescheduled due to problems arising from a
player's computer system. If a player on
your team is unable to play, an alternate can be substituted or the team can
choose to play with less people. Should
a player be forced to leave the game FOR ANY REASON, only that player will be
allowed to rejoin that particular game.
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Substitution of a regular team member
for a team alternate is allowed before a match at the discretion of the team.
Substitution of a regular team member for a team alternate is not allowed once
a match has started. Players
experiencing problems with their system during a match are allowed to withdraw
from the match or use a substitute system to continue.
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We will make attempts to prevent
matches from coinciding for players playing in more than one tournament. If a player has two matches at the same time,
their team must use an alternate, play at a disadvantage, or forfeit out of the
tournament.
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Any complaints with the match must be
voiced calmly and professionally to the Tournament Administrator IMMEDIATELY. If you don’t voice it then, you will have
missed your chance to notify the tournament staff. All complaints will be ruled upon by the
Tournament Administrator promptly. The
Tournament Administrator's decision is final.
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Any team, team member, team alternate,
team fan, team groupie, etc. caught cheating or even pretending to cheat will
result in that team being disqualified.
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Match times will only be moved because
of an internal problem with the tournament.
We will not move your match time because you forgot to use the bathroom
ahead of time, or because you need to go to McDonalds because your mommy forgot
to spoon feed you that morning.
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All necessary patches (See game version
above) must be installed on each player’s machine before the tourney. See the Tournament Administrator no later
than roll call if one of your teammates is not running the current
version. Lack of proper updates,
patches, or versions constitutes a personal problem and will not delay a game,
a match, or the tournament.
Miscellaneous
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By playing in this tournament all
players agree to abide by the published rules.
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Each player gives full rights for
Lanwar, Inc. and its sponsors to use the player’s name, likeness, photographs,
video, or electronic communication for all advertising or promotion purposes
without the consent of the player.
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This tournament is on a BYOC
network. You must bring your own
computer, monitor, mouse, keyboard, 10/100 Ethernet card, 25+ft Ethernet cable,
power strip AND HEADPHONES.
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All team players must be polite to the
other teams, spectators, sponsors, press and the Lanwar Volunteer Staff. BE
WARNED: Lanwar has a zero tolerance for inappropriate behavior. If a player on any team acts inappropriately,
their team will warned. If it happens
again, your team will be disqualified from the tournament. If it happens a third time, your team will be
escorted out of the event and the entire team will be banned from all future
events without a refund. If you have a
complaint about the tournament staff or any other problem, take your complaint
directly and politely to Burden.
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All players must be available for post
tournament awards ceremonies, photographs, interviews, etc.
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The projector volume will be on during
the tournament. It will be kept at a
medium level. If you are concerned about
the volume of the projector and how it will affect your teams play, then you MUST get high quality CLOSED EAR
headphones. The projector volume
will not be adjusted down. When
polled... 80% of Lanwar attendees preferred the projector sound level at a
medium or higher level.
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No alcohol or drugs.
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No smoking.
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No vulgar apparel.
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You must sign an Event Registration
form to participate in the tournament.
Cheating and “Exploiting”
Cheating does not really need to be defined. Any attempt to
gain an unfair advantage is cheating. This includes modifying the game files,
running memory resident cheats, or anything else beyond the normal scope of the
game.
“Exploiting” refers to utilizing a bug in the game itself to
gain an advantage. This may take the form of setting a variable to a value that
gives an unexpected result, using a “hole” in the map to gain access to an area
that was not expected etc. Anything
beyond what the programmers intended is considered a bug, and using a bug to
gain an advantage is considered an exploit.
Because of the difficulty of defining what is a bug, is it
being exploited, that something is just “a little odd', or is it something that
has been accepted by the community as part of the game (such as bunny-hopping
in the Quake series of games). Any team
that intends to use anything that MAY be considered an exploit must verify that
it is acceptable with a Tournament Administrator BEFORE the match
commences. Basically, if your team uses
a tactic that might be considered “shady”, “gray”, or “questionable”... you're
better off to not use it, but you are welcome to privately ask the Tournament
Administrator about it and its legality.
How to get yourself kicked out of the
tournament (and possibly banned from future events)
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Supply false information about
yourself, your team, etc.
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Attempt to tamper with the tournament,
tournament servers, tournament games, network, power or any other component of
the Lanwar event or tourney.
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Use any vulgar language or
inappropriate behavior.
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Have anyone play on your team that was
not registered for the tourney.
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All rules of conduct also apply to
chatting through the game console.
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Throwing a match, halting play without
cause, or showing a flagrant lack of effort can be construed as a violation of
player conduct, and result in match forfeit by the Tournament Administrator.
Tournament Map List
|
Round 1 |
Opening Round |
Dragon Valley |
|
Round 2 |
Quarter-Finals |
Dalian Plant |
|
Round 3 |
Semi-Finals |
Daqing Oilfields |
|
Round 4 |
Finals |
Strike at Karkand |
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maplist.con
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mapList.append
Dragon_Valley gpm_cq 16
mapList.append Dalian_plant gpm_cq 16
mapList.append Daqing_oilfields gpm_cq 16
mapList.append Strike_at_Karkand gpm_cq 16
NOTE: Byes will be distributed accordingly for the first
round if there are not enough teams to fill out the bracket. This could mean all teams get a bye past the
first round. This decision will be made
after roll call and brackets are established.
Server Settings
Listed below are the settings which the tourney admins have
changed from the default settings. So
basically, if it's not listed below, leave the setting as is. We have left the “ugly”/technical setting
labels in place to make it easier for any teams trying to configure their own
server for practice before the event.
Good luck to all.
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serversettings.con
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sv.serverName "Lanwar 29 Official Server"
sv.password "revealed to teams before match"
sv.maxPlayers 20
sv.startDelay 30
sv.ticketRatio 150
sv.timeLimit 900
sv.tkPunishEnabled 0
sv.votingEnabled 0
sv.autoRecord 1
sv.useGlobalRank 0
sv.useGlobalUnlocks 0
sv.voipQuality 5
By taking the time to read the rules, you have helped ensure
the tournament runs smoothly for everyone.
Thanks,
Troy Schwartz (Burden)
Event Organizer
Mathis Sneed (Platypi ¥ JurassicFido)
jurassicfido@ragingplatypi.com
Tournament Administrator