Official Lanwar Left 4 Dead Tourney Rules v1.1

 

Tournament Overview

Event:  Lanwar

Tourney Times: Saturday 2:00pm to 8pm

           

Location: Louisville, KY

Bracket Type: Single elimination

 

Game Notes

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.

 

Rosters

All team rosters are established during the registration period prior to the start of the event. Changes to team rosters may take place during the registration period. Teams are required to have the minimum number of members required to play a match to be considered. For MML, the minimum number of players is FOUR (4) per team.

 

Game Start Times

Brackets and match start times will be available and updated throughout the tournament by the Admins. If you have questions, contact the tourney admin for more information.

 

Players should ensure that they are in the dedicated server on time and ready to begin. Game times will be posted in the Hall. Teams have Ten (10) minutes after the agreed upon (or default) time to join the server. After Ten (10) minutes have passed, both teams must have the minimum allowable amount (4) players each in the server. Forcing a team to wait for players is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike. If a team is unable to field at least the minimum number of players within ten (10) minutes of the start time, they will forfeit the match. If needed, players should have their input devices reset and systems rebooted before their start times.

 

Team Make Up

·         Each team must have a team captain. 

·         Only the team captain can register a team, modify a team, or remove a team from the on-line tourney signups.

·         Team captains must ensure that all players on their team have read and follow these rules.

·         Each team must have 5 players.

·         Each team can have 2 alternates. 

·         The entire team roster must be picked in advance before tourney sign-ups are closed.

·         Players can only play on one team.

·         Alternates cannot be on another team or an alternate for another team.

·         Teams must have a unique name.

·         Tourney staff may not compete in the tourney.

 

Tournament Procedure

·         All players should be connected to the appropriate tourney server before their match starts. 

·         Each team captain MUST REPORT to the TOURNEY ADMIN on-time for each of their matches.  You will have FIVE MINUTES to report.  If after 5 minutes the team captain is not at the tourney desk, your team will be disqualified.

·         If team captains cannot decide who will be CT or T first, a coin toss will decide who is counter-terrorist and who is terrorist.

·         Team captains must report their win or loss.

·         Tourney matches will not be held up due to personal computer problems. 

·         If a player on your team is unable to play, the team can choose to play with four people.

·         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, they must forfeit out of one of the tournaments.

·         The tournament bracket is seeded randomly by the Lanwar Tourney staff.

·         After a player has died, the player must not communicate to other players on their team until the entire team has died.

·         All team members must already be in the appropriate tournament server at the match start time.

·         Any complaints with the match must be voiced calmly and professionally to the Tourney Director IMMEDIATELY.  If you don’t voice it then, you will have missed your chance to notify the tournament staff.  All complaints will ruled upon by the Tourney Director promptly.  The Tourney Director’s decision is final. 

·         Any team caught cheating or even pretending to cheat will be disqualified.  This includes, but not limited to, wallhacks, aimbots, crash scripts, etc.

·         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.

 

Miscellaneous

·         By playing in this tournament all players agree to abide by these rules.

·         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.

·         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.

·         All team players must be polite to the other teams, spectators, sponsors, press and ESPECIALLY the Staff and Burden’s wife and children.  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 about how the projectors are being handled or any other problem, take your complaint directly and politely to Burden.

·         All players must be available for post tournament awards ceremonies, photographs, interviews etc.

·         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. 

·         No alcohol or drugs

·         No smoking

·         No vulgar apparel

·         You must sign Event Registration form to participate in the tournament.

 

How to yourself get kicked out of the tournament

You will be kicked out of the tournament or possibly banned from Lanwar events if you do any of the following:

 

·         Supply false information about yourself, your team, etc.

·         Attempt to tamper with the tournament, tournament servers, tournament games, network, power or any other component of the Lanwar event or tourney.

·         Use any vulgar language or inappropriate behavior.

·         Have anyone play on your team that was not registered for the tourney.

 

Game Specific Rules

 

Match:                         One complete campaign

Match Winner:               The highest scoring team at the end of the campaign

Competition Method:      4 vs. 4

Half time:                      The period of time between maps 2 and 3

Infected:                        Zombie team

Survivors:                      Human team

Campaigns:                   No Mercy, Blood Harvest, Death Toll, Dead Air

Rounds:                        10 rounds total, 2 per map

Maps:                           5

Victory Condition:          Highest scoring team at the end of the campaign

Configuration File:          Competitive Standard (all health packs removed, tanks spawn every map, etc.)

 

 Side Selection:

 

·         Teams will flip a coin to determine who will play as Infected or Survivor

·         At the end of each map, teams will be swapped and teams will start the new map as the faction they played as last (IE if Team 1 played as Infected first on Map 1, Team 1 will now play as Survivor first on Map 2)

·         In the event of overtime, each team will play as the opposite faction that they played while starting the first map

 

Tournament Guidelines:

 

·         Any intentional abuse of "pause" by a player on the server will be result in disciplinary action to be decided by an administrator

·         Once a half is deemed LIVE, teams are NOT allowed to restart the match, unless a player drops from the server within the first minute of play. If the server is reset after the first minute all rounds played before the crash will count toward the final score.  In the event of a tank spawning and immediately falling off the roof before the player has even taken control on No Mercy finale the round should be replayed for the team that is infected.

 

 

 

 

Violations:

 

The following is a list of illegal spots during match play:

 

·         The vents behind the elevator on the 28th floor of No Mercy 4 are illegal.

·         Camping vents while a tank is active is illegal.

·         On No Mercy 3, if a tank is active, going in the bathroom in the restaurant and camping on top of the stalls is illegal.

 

The following is not allowed during live match play:

 

·         Skipping any crescendo event without triggering it is illegal.

·         Blocking the path of the survivors with a car or a tree or any other moveable object which prevents them from advancing is illegal.

·         Any method of circumventing the infected spawn timer is illegal.

·         Being in a position that is not reachable by regular zombies as a survivor is illegal.

·         Camping anywhere the infected cannot attack you is illegal.

·         Bunny hopping with the hunter to increase damage pounces is illegal

 

The Unexpected and Unforeseen

In the event of a server crash, Team Captains should take immediate screen captures of the leader boards.

 

In the event that a match, or matches, run longer than expected, there will be a minimum thirty (30) minute break between a team's matches.

 

Examples:

  • Switch, server, backbone etc. goes down -- Our Fault, restart per above
  • Your PC crashes – Sorry, play on
  • Your network cable is bad – Sorry, play on
  • Power failures will be inspected to determine fault. 
  • If you plug into the wrong jack after we tell you where to plug in at, sorry.
  • If your power strip is bad, sorry. 
  • If our power system fail, its our fault. 

 

Players Required To Start The Match

All matches are to be played with a minimum of four (4) players per team. No team shall have more than five (5) players in a server. If a team does not have the required minimum of four (4) players at match start time. No team will be allowed to play with less than the required minimum number of players unless the match has already started and a player has dropped.

 

Cheating and Game Violations

 

Cheating.

Cheating in any form is considered a violation of the rules and will result in immediate player and/or team termination. Cheating / Hacking is considered any manipulation of server configurations, client configurations, models, skins, weapons, sounds, or anything that alters the predetermined settings listed within the rules. This includes aim bots, wall hacks, speed hacks, ESP hacks, or any third party program not deemed legal by the LANWAR Tourney Admins. Officials have the final word on what is deemed a cheat or hack.

 

Personal PC's

Players will play the tournament on their own BYOC computer. In the event of a cheating challenge, a player must allow a tournament administrator or other Lanwar Staff Member to inspect the PC used in the tournament.

 

Rule Changes.

Tournament Admins reserve the right to change these rules as necessary with proper notification.

 

By taking the time to read the rules, you have helped ensure the tournament runs smooth for everyone.

Thanks,

 

Troy Schwartz (Burden)             

burden@lanwar.com                  

Event Organizer