RULES FOR

PADULA 2022 DOTA 2 COMPETITION

1. General
a. Teams must strictly follow the guidelines of the DOTA 2 Competition.
b. Team members must be a bona fide student of Cronasia Foundation College,
Inc. enrolled in 1st semester A.Y 2023 - 2024.
c. Team members must be of the same Department they are representing.

2. Registration
a. Departments must have a maximum of 2 team competitors.
b. Teams must register 5 member’s compulsory and + 1 optional substitute player.
c. Teams must use a team name of their respective Department. (e.g. Blazing
Wolves - 1)
d. Team members must use their last name in game name.

3. Tournaments Streams
a. Tournament streams will be delayed approximately 5 minutes to avoid player
sniping.
b. Teams that are found to be abusing the tournament streams will be disqualified
immediately and will be denied tournament winnings for this action or any action
that is abusive.
c. 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 are found not
following this rule with concrete proof will be disqualified immediately regardless
if the game is streamed or not.

4. Conduct
a. As explained in the above section, players / teams must be responsible of each
member’s 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.
b. 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.
c. Players may not use force outside the game to influence the outcome of the
game. Severe punishments such as disqualification will be imposed and will also
be investigated by the Prefect of Discipline and be given appropriate sanctions if
probable cause is found.
d. Betting is strictly forbidden between teams and will not be tolerated.
e. Agreeing on losing on purpose will also be considered as a disqualification act if
found out by the facilitator.
f. Teams are advised to be humble and to be strict with each other on enforcing
these rules for smooth flow of the tournament.
g. Any dispute may be directed to the tournament facilitator.

5. General Tournament Rules

a. Players must obey the Dota 2 User Agreement

b. Players and teams should set official player and team names in the game client
mentioned int section 2.a and 2.b.

c. All players should be officially registered for the team they are representing.
d. Players are forbidden to leave the playing area without administrator’s
permission until the end of a match.
e. Players have to hand over to admin all their pads, phones and other electronic
devices until the match is over.
f. Each team optional to bring along at least 1 set of keyboard, mouse, mousepad,
in-earphones, and full-size headphones (for mic).
 g. After the start of a match, only players, administration and staff, approved by
organizers, are allowed to stay in the playing area.
h. During the matches, players have to keep the stage tables clean from food,
drinks, trash, etc.
i. Downloading of any 3rd party application files that may affect the gameplay of
Dota 2 is strictly prohibited without authorization of an admin. Players can only
launch Steam, DOTA 2, and peripheral drivers on tournament computers. No
config of any sort may be added into the game before the start of a match.
j. All players have to wear team uniform (Optional) or proper attire during the
games. For bottom, only long pants. For shoes, sandals or slippers are not
allowed. General appearance of a player must be decent.

6. Disciplinary punishments and fines

a. For breaking the rules of these Regulations there are disciplinary punishments
and fines.
b. Failure to follow the schedule timing. Teams will be penalized in this order:
i. 5 Minutes: Disqualified from the match (Free win to the opponent)
c. Failure to follow the dress codes for the event
i. 1st Warning: Will be asked to change to an appropriate attire.
ii. 2nd Warning: Purposely not wearing according to the dress codes (the
team will be disqualified from the match)
d. Breaks for participants between maps during whole event are 10 minutes
maximum, teams have to be ready to start the draft by that time.
e. Players, coaches, managers or any other department representatives are
prohibited to make bets (using real or virtual money, even Dota 2 items or any
other game skins). — Default loss and disqualification.
f. Sabotaging the match, unauthorized quit. — Default loss and disqualification.
g. Insulting opponents, provocation
i. Warning
ii. Repeating the offense - Default loss
h. Insulting organizers and facilitator. — Default loss
i. Using side programs affecting game process — Default loss and disqualification.
j. Launching any applications on tournament computers apart from those
mentioned in 5.i.
k. If a punishment is not described in the ruleset, the facilitator may use any
sanction or fine, depending on the situation and the regulations.

7. Lobby Details
a. All matches are created by the facilitator, no later than 10 minutes before the
series starts. Passwords to the lobby will be shared with teams.

b. Lobby Settings
i. Game Mode: Captains Mode
ii. Server Location: Singapore
iii. Lobby Visibility: Public
iv. Check rule 7.d below
v. Enable Cheats: OFF
vi. All Chat: ON
vii. Fill Empty Slots with Bots: OFF
viii. Spectators: Enable
ix. Dota TV Delay: 5 minutes
c. Teams and players must be in the lobby 5 minutes before start to decide
sides/first pick. Pre ban/picks are done 30 mins before the match schedule.

d. Choosing Side and Pick. Choosing Side or Pick is made by manual coin toss.
i. Best of One
1. First Map - Coin Toss Winner chooses pick or side / opponent
chooses from the remaining options.
ii. Best of Three
1. First Map - Coin Toss Winner chooses pick or side / opponent
chooses from the remaining options.
 2. Coin toss loser chooses pick or side / opponent chooses from the
remaining options.
3. 3rd map - new coin toss; winner chooses pick or side / opponent
chooses from the remaining options.
e. Spectators are not allowed in the lobby. Managers and other teams’ players are
not allowed to be in the lobby. Only official casters are allowed to be in game
lobby.
f. Pauses are not allowed except for technical reasons or sudden health issues.
The team that pauses has to write in all chat the reason for the pause.
g. Total game duration – The game lasts until the winner is known. The winner is
the team which destroys enemies Ancient or forces them to surrender.
h. Each team captain shall verify that every player on his/her team has finalized
their intended game settings. Please resolve any problems that might occur
before a match starts. Starting to play the match means that you agree with the
pre-match situation.

8. Bracketing
a. Platform - Challonge
b. Format – Two Stage Tournament
i. Round Robin (8 Teams qualify for next stage)
ii. Double Elimination
c. Series Type
i. Stage 1
1. Round Robin (Group A and B)
ii. Stage 2
1. Round 1 to Semi-Finals – Best of 1
2. Grand Finals – Best of 3
d. No team with the same department representing must face in round 1.
 Game Schedule

Stage 1 – Group Stage Round Robin BO1 Day 1

Game 1 Team 2a vs Team 5a

8:00
Game 2 Team 2b vs Team 5b
Game 3 Team 3a vs Team 4a
9:00
Game 4 Team 3b vs Team 4b
Game 5 Team 5a vs Team 3a
10:00
Game 6 Team 5b vs Team 3b
Game 7 Team 1a vs Team 2a
11:00
Game 8 Team 1b vs Team 2b
Game 9 Team 3a vs Team 1a
12:00
Game 10 Team 3b vs Team 1b
Game 11 Team 4a vs Team 5a
13:00
Game 12 Team 4b vs Team 5b
Game 13 Team 1a vs Team 4a
14:00
Game 14 Team 1b vs Team 4b
Game 15 Team 2a vs Team 3a
15:00
Game 16 Team 2b vs Team 3b
Game 17 Team 4a vs Team 2a
16:00
Game 18 Team 4b vs Team 2b
Game 19 Team 5a vs Team 1a
17:00
Game 20 Team 5b vs Team 1b

Stage 2 – Double Elimination BO1 Day 2

Game 1 8:00 1st in Group A vs 2nd in Group B

Game 2 9:00 1st in Group B vs 2nd in Group A
Game 3 10:00 4th in Group B vs 3rd in Group A
Game 4 11:00 4th in Group A vs 3rd in Group B
Game 5 12:00 Winner of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 2
Game 6 13:00 Winner of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 1
Game 7 14:00 Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6
Game 8 15:00 Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2
Game 9 16:00 Winner of Game 7 vs Loser of Game 8

Stage 2 – Double Elimination Grand Finals BO3 Day 3

Game 10 8:00 Winner of Game 8 vs Winner of Game 9