How do I Signup?   

·       Create an account over at http://rivalesports.com/

·       Create a team for Battlerite   

·       Invite a partner to your team   

·       Hit the “Signup” button next to the tournament you’d like to participate in!   

Match Settings   

·       Match Type: Private   

·       Map: Decided by the teams during a pick/ban phase

·       Win Score: 5 (Best of 9 rounds)   

·       Round Time: 2 Minutes   

·       Team Size: 3v3   

·       Server: US Southeast (Note: You will have to set the server in your options. Located in Options -> Regions, check only  US Southeast.)

·       All games will be first to 5 round wins. The Grand Finals will be first to 5 round wins, best of 3 maps. A bracket reset may occur if the lower bracket finalist beats the upper bracket finalist in the Grand Finals.

·       Individual team compositions cannot contain duplicate champions/heroes/bloodlines.

Note: If both teams have a more favorable server than US Southeast and mutually agree to change, you may bypass the default server. However, if all participants do not agree you will be defaulted to US Southeast.

Map Ban Phase

 The map ban phase takes place before the champion pick phase, and will be performed by both teams in the private lobby before the match start. The team seeded lower in the tournament standings bans first, then the opposing team. Teams will continue to ban back and forth until the same number of maps remain as the maximum number of games possible for that match. For every match except the finals, this will be one map. For the Grand Finals, there will be a pool of three (3) maps. If there is a "pool" of maps remaining, the higher seeded team will pick the first map, and continue to the Champ Ban phase. Once a map is played, it is removed from the pool. After each game has concluded, the losing team will pick the next map from the remaining maps in the pool. We encourage screenshots of the process be taken before the first map start to assist in resolving any disputes regarding the map pick phase before playing the map as you will be unable to recover the chat logs after the map is played.

 Champion Pick Phase

The champion pick phase takes place after the map ban phase and will be done in the private match lobby chat. A champion being selected by one team does not make the champ unavailable to the other. The lower seeded team will always start the picking process for the first map of a match. In a best of 3 maps format from the second map onward, the losing team will start the picking process.  The pick phase will proceed as follows:

1st Team: Pick first (1st) champion
2nd Team: Pick first (1st) champion
1st Team: Pick second (2nd) champion
2nd Team: Pick second (2nd) champion, then third (3rd) champion
1st Team: Pick third (3rd) champion

We encourage screenshots of the process be taken before the first map start to assist in resolving any disputes regarding the champion pick phase BEFORE playing the first map as you will be unable to recover the chat logs after the map is played.

Rules

1.     You are free to change your team composition throughout a "best of" series. You are not limited to one composition per series.

2.     Substitutes: You must have your substitute on your team roster before the tournament begins, and we highly recommend you have a substitute on the occasion you need it. In addition to being on your roster, the substitute player must not be actively competing or have competed in the tournament on another roster. Should we discover that the substituting player is obscuring their identity in any way to circumvent this rule, the entire team will be subject to swift and immediate disqualification.

3.     Only Rival Esports staff or approved spectators are allowed to spectate a match.

4.     We expect teams to conduct themselves professionally while in games both on and off stream.  Teams are here to compete and not to insult, attack, intentionally irritate, or present otherwise unsportsmanlike conduct as defined at the discretion of Rival Esports staff.

Note: Though we have allowed a certain amount of discretion on the part of Rival Esports Managers to make exceptions for the ease and integrity of competition, as of 6/29/2017 this will no longer be the case. We urge players to pay close attention to the rules and follow them carefully, as any violations will be met with the unerring and impartial consequences as bestowed by the word of this document.

Disqualification

Disqualification (DQ) removes a team from the competition. This includes a forfeiture of all claims to prizes and rewards. A disqualification can occur for any reason named in this document thus far, in addition to the following reasons:

·       Non-attendance

·       Not checking in

·       Disqualification timer (see timed DQ rules)

·       Participation in multiple tournaments

·       Intentional delays of competition

·       Falsification of scores

Timed disqualification occurs when a team is absent a predetermined amount of time. These amount of time varies per round as shown below.

Round 1 and 2 (First tournament match, applies to matches generated in Round 2) - Minimum 10 minute wait, then 5 minute DQ warning.

Round 3+ - DQs should no longer be necessary, but will be handled by administrative staff in cooperation with participants.

Support

Be sure to add our Discord: http://www.discord.gg/rival  -- Our Moderators and Tournament Support staff will be more than willing to assist you with any issues you may have! Please have the same name on our website/Battlerite. This is to avoid confusion and help other players contact you if need be. You can navigate over to our FAQ page that will answer a vast majority of your questions: http://rivalesports.com/faq.php -- You must take screenshots with the results of a match. They will be required to solve any misreporting of scores. False reporting of scores and or cheating will result in bans from future tournament.

Prize

1st Place - $210

2nd Place - $90