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Here are the formats, guidelines of the selection process based on the guidelines provided by the E-Palarong Pambansa.
Tournament Format
● Bracket Style [Davao Esports only]:
○ Qualifiers: Single Elimination best-of-three series
○ Playoffs: Single Elimination best-of-three series
● Match Check-In: 15 minutes
● Participants that miss the check-in timer due to a technical issue must contact an Admin
directly through the Match Chat or Discord or personally. After this additional 5 minutes grace period,
the match will not be reset even if an Admin is contacted.
● Streaming
○ Streaming for this tournament is not prohibited.
○ Players and/or Casters are not required but are suggested to have a delay on
their stream.
Game Settings
● Game Mode: 5v5 Tournament Draft
● Map: Summoner’s Rift
● Pauses
○ Qualifiers: A team may only pause once in the entire game for about 3 minutes due to technical issues.
○ Playoffs: Allowed only for technical issues and will last for no longer than 5 minutes. Only one pause is allowed per team.
■ Players may be required to present evidence upon admin request.
■ Repeating technical issues from the same team may result in
disqualification.
● A coin toss will be conducted to determine the playing sides, with the winning team being
granted the option to choose their preferred side.
Additional Rules
● No coaches or spectators will be allowed in beside the players once the match has started.
● Players may enter the room in any order
● Picks and Bans will be handled exclusively in-game. Usage of 3rd party
programs/websites for Picks and Bans is not allowed.
● Picks and Bans do not follow Major League format, players are allowed to pick
champions without any specific role order or player order.
● Champions who have not been available on the live service for more than 1 week will be
automatically restricted. Champions that have undergone reworks will be subject to the
officials’ discretion. Any champion may be disabled at any point at the discretion of
officials. A list of restricted champions will be provided to all teams before the event
Players
● A player, or team, that has participated in the Pacific Championship Series in the last six
months is not eligible to compete.
● Teams or players who have been found to be participants in the competition mentioned
above will be disqualified.
● If a team does not attend the agreed-upon match date then the team that shows up to
play the match will be declared the winner.
● If both teams cannot agree on a time to play in the window provided by E-Palarong
Pambansa then both teams will acquire a loss.
Tournament Platform Rules
● Applicability of Rules
○ You acknowledge your acceptance of these rules by
■ Signing or accepting a player participation form for this Tournament.
■ Registering and participating in any game that is part of this Tournament.
○ If you (or your parent or legal guardian) do not accept these rules OR you do not
meet the Tournament Eligibility Rules listed under Tournament Eligibility, you may
not participate in this Tournament.
○ The tournament administration team has the sole discretion to override the terms
of this rule set or create new terms at any time.
● Participation Requirements
○ Registration: Players must complete registration before the start of the
tournament in order to participate in the tournament. It is recommended that
players register well in advance of the start time of the tournament in the case of
additional requirements and/or technical errors.
○ Additional registration fields, if requested, are required for this tournament.
Players who do not fill in all the registration fields may be disqualified from the
event at the discretion of the tournament administration team.
● Player Behavior and Names
○ Players must not use racist, sexist, hate-speech, or otherwise inappropriate
language or behavior.
○ Player names must not include derogatory or inappropriate words.
○ Unsportsmanlike behavior or player names may result in a forfeit of a
Game/Match, or Ban from the tournament.
○ Whether or not an incident violates the rules of the tournament is solely up to the
discretion of the tournament administration team.
● Disqualification
○ The violation of any of the conditions in the rule sets may result in disqualification
from the tournament as determined by the tournament administration team.
○ Any form of cheating, including bug and exploit abuse, may result in a Ban from
the tournament.
○ Use of any third-party software that performs multiple key presses (macros) or
gives players extra information not normally provided by the game client are
strictly forbidden.
○ Cheating, use of restricted third-party software. A Match Issue must be submitted
immediately, along with proof, screenshot, or video, of the cheating. For all
cheating claims, the burden of proof is on the accuser.
○ The team is responsible for any latency issues (lag) faced by players, the match
will carry on regardless.
○ E-Palarong Pambansa reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise, update,
change, modify, add to, supplement, or delete certain terms of the Official Rules
for any reason. Such changes will be effective with or without prior notice.
Please note that this guideline has been modified for Davao Esports Selection process purposes only.