Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - 2 Stage - Round-Robin/Single Elimination - 5v5

In terms of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 5v5 tournament, it will be broken up into two stages with the following format and ruleset:

Format details:

• All matches will be 5v5


• All matches will be played on LANified! assigned servers


• The map for each match will be agreed upon between the two teams from the tournament list. If they cannot agree one will be randomly assigned by a LANified! tournament admin.


• If your team needs a break notify a LANified! tournament admin. Breaks may not exceed 10 minutes. If your team is not ready in time your team may face disqualification from the tournament.


• Maximum 10 entrant teams

Stage 1: Round Robin

All entrant teams will be placed in a single Round Robin pool. The Round Robin set will be played out until every team has played every other team. Ranking will be determined by traditional Round Robin scoring.
-Matches between teams in Stage 1 are bo1 (Best of 1 game)
-Ties will be reported as ties, there will be no tie-breaking during the round-robin set

The top 4 teams based on ranking will proceed to Stage 2.


Stage 2: Single Elimination

The entrant teams that make it to this stage will be slotted into a Single Elimination Bracket. Traditional Single Elimination matching will occur, this includes a match for 3rd and 4th place.
-Matches between teams in Stage 2 are bo3 (Best of3 games)


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive centric rules:

• Round time limit - 1:45 (1 minute 45 seconds)


• Freeze time limit - 0:15 (15 seconds)


• Starting money - $800


• A virtual coin-toss will occur to determine who gets to pick starting sides in each match


• Matches of 30 rounds, teams switch sides after 15 rounds


• First team to reach 16 team points wins


• Ties will be reported as ties, there will be no tie-breaking during the round-robin set


• 3rd party software is not allowed, this includes utility software.

General rules:

• Teams consist of 5 players, no bots


• Ringers are not allowed


• Rosters cannot change once the tournament starts


• 3rd party textures/models/sounds are not allowed


• If a team is considered to be a poor sport they will be disqualified from the tournament by a LANified! tournament admin at their discretion.


• A match may be paused to deal with computer or other issues. If a team has player/computer problems for longer than 5 minutes they will forfeit the match.


• Cheating in a tournament will result in immediate expulsion of the team from the event without refund.

Maps:

• de_cache


• de_cbble


• de_dust2


• de_inferno


• de_mirage


• de_nuke


• de_overpass


• de_train

Textbook definitions can be found at:
Round-Robin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin
Single Elimination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-eli ... tournament

Arena List:

1. See rules

Event Summary

• Location: Lakeview Community Center
• Start: Sat, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
• End: Sun, September 20th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm