You've all got this emailed to you, but I'll copy it in here too.



Tomorrow is, of course, the first day of the tournament, so this is just a final email to say thank for signing up and a quick reminder of the rules and match protocol.

First of all, team captains MUST be on skype and MUST be in their group's chat. Skype is the primary out of game communication channel, so if you do not have it or are not in your group's chat you WILL NOT be able to get your passwords to be able to play the game. My skype account name is tomobedlam1987 and I need you to have added me by the end of today.

Second, we're allowing teams to make last minute roster changes today, but at 2200 GMT I'll be locking rosters down.

Match structure

Pre-match (30-15 min):
-Contact the admin of your group 30 minutes before the game is due to start. If you do not show up by the time the match is to start, you have a 15 min leeway, you forfeit does not show up. If neither team shows up once we'll try to rearrange, if you both miss a second time, then we will forfeit both matches for both teams. Contacting the admin is important for two things - making sure everyone is there on time, and to receive the lobby password.

Teams will be alternating sides in their two games, e.g. if one team was Radiant first, they'll be Dire for the second match.

When everyone is in the lobby and the admin has received confirmation from both sides, they will start the game.

-In case of a disconnect by a player, we'll allow 5 minutes of pause time. Allow players to rejoin, rejoined player notifies in allchat that he is okay, and then the opposing team unpauses. If a team consistently disconnects while losing over multiple matches, you'll be DQ.
-If a game crashes midgame due to servers or internet or whatnot - hope that the minute auto-save feature is working, and we'll load game from there.