GOTN – Season 2 – NORTH AMERICA

FPSCHALLENGE TOURNAMENT & SEASON RULES

1. FORMATS

Tournaments:

• Bo1, Double Elimination, Finals Bo3
• No third place decider

Ladder:

• Bo3

Quick Cups:

• Bo1, Single Elimination, Bo3 Finals

Season:

• Group play, Map of the Week (MOTW) format - see Discord for map list

GENERAL RULES:

• DO NOT be TOXIC. These tournaments are friendly games among the community. Insults, racism, and general toxicity will not be tolerated.
• Teams require a minimum of 5 players to register.
• Team tags required AND player in-game names MUST match FPS Challenge.
• Captain MUST report map score (example: 13-5 for tournaments; for season, map wins will be reported as 1-0).
• ANTI-LAG WILL BE ON.
• FPS AC will be run at all times for every match.

2. MAP POOL

• Toujane
• Burgundy
• Dawnville
• Carentan
• Breakout
• Matmata
• Trainstation_bhg
• Railyard_mjr
• Vallente

3. MAP DETERMINATION

Bo1:

• Ban x2, Ban x2, Bash, Loser pick side.
• (Lower Seed Ban x2, Higher Seed Ban x2 - Bash, winner gets map pick or side - Loser opposite).

Bo3:

• Lower Seed BAN x2 > Higher Seed BAN x2 > Lower Seed PICK > Higher Seed PICK (Away side pick) > Bash, winner gets map pick or side (Loser picks opposite).
• (Higher seed value closer = 1, Lower seed = 16)

For season play:

• Maps are set per week in a MOTW format. See Discord for map layouts.

4. GAMESERVER DETERMINATION

• Gentleman's Agreement on servers.
• CHI, DFW, KC servers only if GA not determined.
• If agreement not reached, bash for map and server (Bo3 bash once).

5. GAMEPLAY

• Each match is 5v5 on the current PAM (zPAM 4) with the shotgun rebalance turned ON. set_smoke_type 2.
• 250 FPS cap (NO 333).
• Glitches/jumps are allowed so as long as the player can reach them on their own and with no more than 250FPS.
• All players must record.
• Teams must field 5 rostered players in the designated server NLT 20 minutes from match start time. If they are unable to field 5 players in the server, the opposing team can choose to continue waiting or receive a FFW.
• Timeouts are authorized one per half for strategizing, player substitutions (1 per map), or disconnects/technical difficulties.

6. CHEATING ALLEGATIONS

• Teams are allowed to dispute opposing players.
• Teams must make cheating disputes within 10 minutes of match completion.
• Cheating disputes will be handled by a select group of community leaders/admins that will form a non-bias anti-cheat council and will consist of a demo review, admin AC review, and player interviews if necessary.
• If a player is confirmed via AC to be hacking or cheating, matches will be overturned and players will be banned or suspended from FPS Challenge events.

7. STREAMING AND BROADCAST

• Streaming on any platform is encouraged and all players are authorized to do so.
• Streamers MUST have at least a 60 second delay.