GMR
1. General
1.1 The tournament is an open two day tournament to all players playing on Europe’s Server.
1.2 Commitments
1.2.1 By attending the tournament participants agree without reservations to comply with the rules and regulations as well as the decisions made by the referees of the tournament. The application of these rules and regulations is at the sole discretion of the referees. Any decisions made may overrule the following rules and regulations to maintain the spirit of competition. Participants have to obey the instructions made by the referees at all times.
1.2.2 Every participant acknowledges the right of Gamers.com.mt to modify these rules and regulations at any given time and without prior notice.
1.2.3 Every participant is asked to maintain an adequate level of respect and friendliness with the other participants and the referees. Insults and unfair or disrespectful behaviour towards the referees and the other participants won't be tolerated and will be punished, an immediate disqualification and/or a temporary ban from the tournament.
1.2.4 Every participant has to stay ready and available for the duration of the tournament or until his elimination from the tournament. Longer absence needs to be approved by the referees in order to avoid any sort of punishment.
1.3 Game Account
1.3.1 Every participant is required to list the Hearthstone EU Battletag in his profile when registering (nickname#number e.g. ThePlayer#234) which is used to participate in the tournament in their profile. Real-ID emails won't be accepted and may result in an immediate disqualification from the tournament.
1.3.2 Every participant is responsible for updating his game account if he decides to use a new game account for participation. It is forbidden to use a game account that is different from the one listed in the profile. Violations may result in an immediate disqualification from the tournament.
1.3.3 The use of multiple accounts for the same tournament is prohibited and will result in a disqualification from the tournament.
1.3.4 By attending the tournament all participants agree to their game accounts being visible to third parties.
1.3.5 All cards are eligible to be used during the tournament until no such notice is given from gamers.com.mt
2. Competition Format
2.1.1 The tournament is played with a group stage and double elimination pool system in a best-of-three (Bo3) mode. 2.1.2 Each player will play a minimum of 3 games. After the 3 games in the group stage, the top two players in each group will qualify for the double-elimination stage up to the final. The brackets in the double-elimination stage are not randomly seeded. If you came first in your group, you will play against a player who came second in his group, and vice versa. If you came first in group A, you will play the player who came 2nd in group B, etc. 2.1.3 The final is played in a best-of-three (Bo5) mode. The player coming from the Loser Bracket has to win 2 (Bo5) Matches to be claimed winner while the player coming from the Winner Bracket has to win only 1 (Bo5) Match to be claimed the Winner. 2.1.4 If a player does not show for the game or forfeits during the game, he/she loses the game with the maximum score of 3-0. 2.1.5 It is the responsibility of the players to keep up their played matches and advise administration appropriately. Three points will be awarded for a win and zero points for a loss in the group stage. In the event of ties in point standings, the following sequence will be used to determine who advances to the elimination stage, and who wins his group: 1. Points earned from matches won. 2. Result of head to head game. 3. Game difference: Net Games = matches won against matches lost. 4. If two players still tied, a Bo3 match will be played to determine the winner.
2.1.6 Players need to prepare decks before the tournament date. Players must submit four classes to play while registering for the tournament. Before each match, a coin toss will be done and the loser must ban an opponent’s class while the winner does the same afterwards. The players must play that game (Bo3 or Bo5) with only the remaining 3 classes.
2.1.7 Once both opponents are seated and bans are ready, each player has 5 minutes to sort out last minute changes to a class and start. Between a match and another players are only allowed 30 seconds to start and aren't allowed to leave the duelling room at any cost. Should a player leave the room one must contact a referee immediately and should one have a valid reason to do so he also must contact a referee first since a forfeit loss can be awarded should the referee agree so. Winners of a round (i.e. 1 match in Bo3 or Bo5) must change classes, while the loser can play any class. This means that during a Bo5, in order to win, one must win with all three classes.
2.1.8 During the match one cannot talk to no one except his opponent or a match referee. Failure in doing so one can be disqualified from the tournament if the referee thinks so.
2.1.9 Players are allowed to bring their own pen and paper and own notes to write things before/during & after their matches. The use of deck trackers and similar programs are not recommended and a player may request the opponent to switch it off for the duration of the game if he so wishes. If the opponent fails to comply administration needs to be notified and appropriate action will be taken.
3. Match Regulations
3.1 Deck Setup
3.1.1 Each participant is allowed to have more than one deck for each hero.
3.1.2 Each participant will be asked to list 4 classes he will be using during the tournament when registering. For each class one can use different decks but cannot change the specific classes throughout the tournament.
3.1.2 If a participant loses a game within a Bo3 match, the participant has to pick an other hero deck for the next game while the other participant must play with the very same deck again.
3.1.3 If during the deciding match of a set (general score of 1-1), both players lose (ex: both heroes have 2 HP each and one player uses Hellfire), the match will be remade with both players using the same deck.
- For the other possible scores in a set (0-0, 1-0, 0-1, etc), if both players lose a match according to the situation described above, the general score for the set will be unchanged
3.2 Match Results
After finishing a match both participants have to report the score to a referee immediately.
3.3 Disconnects
3.3.1 If a participant disconnects and he is not able to reconnect to the game, the disconnect will be treated as a loss for the one who lost the connection, unless both participants agree to a rematch. The participant that did not disconnect has to wait two (2) minutes in the current game to give his opponent the chance to reconnect to the game.
3.3.2 In case of a rematch the participants have to choose the same deck again.
3.4 Communication
In order to get in contact with your opponent, participants must add each other to their friend list in the game. Account details (Battletag: nickname#number) can be found on this page.
3.5 Default Wins
Under the following circumstances a participant is allowed to claim a default win contacting a referee:-
The opponent didn't show up or didn't accept the friend-invite until 5 minutes after the match had been created_at on this page. Under certain circumstances the referees are allowed to increase/decrease the deadline of 5 minutes.
The opponent has entered an invalid and/or different game account in the profile than the game was played with. Referees are allowed to set a deadline for the participant to change the game account accordingly.
3.6 Bugs
If a bug occurs in the game, both participants should immediately get in touch with a referee. The referee decides how to proceed.
4. Cheats & Bans
4.1 The use of cheats is strictly forbidden and will result in an immediate disqualification from the tournament
4.2 It is forbidden to watch video streams and/or to listen to shoutcasts of your own matches while the match is still underway.
4.3 Gamers.com.mt reserves the right to ban participants from the tournament because they have been banned from other leagues or tournaments for cheating or unfair behaviour.