EIZO CUP Rules
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1. General
1.1 Tournament
The EIZO CUP is a monthly 16-team tournament lasting 2 days. Eight teams will be invited, while eight more will be identified through a two day qualifier.
1.2 Participants & Teams
Everybody who has access to the Dota 2 Beta is allowed to participate in the EIZO CUP and will be called "participant" in the following. Participants joining a team in order to fulfill the minimum required amount of team members will be called a "team" in the following.
1.3 Administration
1.3.1 Everybody who is authorized by Freaks 4U Gaming to administrate the EIZO CUP based on its rules and regulations will be called an "admin" or “referee" in the following, the collectivity of all admins will be called the "administration". A list of the current referees can be found here.
1.3.2 A referee is allowed to ignore or overrule any of the following rules in order to make the competition as fair as possible.
1.4 Commitments
1.4.1 By attending the EIZO CUP participants acknowledge without limitation to comply with the rules and regulations of the EIZO CUP and especially with the decisions made by the referees.
1.4.2 Every participant acknowledges the right for Freaks 4U Gaming to modify the rules and regulations for adjustments at any time without notice.
1.4.3 Every participant has to show the needed respect towards other participants and referees. Insults and unfair or disrespectful behaviour towards referees and other participants are not tolerated and will be punished.
1.4.4 Every participant must always have the newest version of steam and Dota 2 installed and has to check for updates in time before each match. Patching is not a valid reason to delay a match under normal circumstances.
1.5 Communication
1.5.1 The primary communication platform for the qualifier stage are the match comments. Referees can be contacted via the support system.
1.5.2 The primary communication platform for the main tournament (16 teams remaining) is skype. Make sure you setup a skype contact in your team profile so the tournament administration can contact you. This member has to be available in skype as much as possible until the team gets eliminated from the EIZO CUP
2. Competition Format
2.1 Team Selection
2.1.1 8 teams get directly invited to the main tournament and will be contacted about it by an admin.
2.1.2 All other teams are allowed to sign up for the qualifier at eizo-cup.com. Eight of them will reach the main tournament.
2.2 Qualifier Stage
2.2.1 Up to 256 teams can take part in the qualifier. Schedule, and signup information will be announced in the news on joindota.com.
2.2.2 All teams play in a single elimination format until only eight of them are left. That means a team is eliminated once it loses one match.
2.2.3 The first three rounds of the qualifier are best of one (bo1). That means a match consists of only one game.
2.2.4 The final two rounds (top 32, top 16) of the qualifier are best of three (bo3). That means: The two opposing teams play against each other until one team has two wins.
2.3 Main tournament
2.3.1 The 16 teams play in a single elimination format until only eight of them are left. That means a team is eliminated once it loses one match. The teams who win three matches reach the grand final.
2.3.2 All matches of the main stage are best of three (bo3).
3. Teams & Players
3.1 Team Size
A Team has to consist of at least five and at most ten participants. Those persons will be called "team members" or "members" of the team in the following.
3.2 Registration
3.2.1 To sign up for the EIZO CUP, each team has to fulfill all requirements the tournament platform forces.
3.2.2 All teams who reach the main tournament of the EIZO CUP have to provide the administration the following information upon request:
full names of all members
steam accounts of all members
primary nicknames of all team members
secondary nicknames (optional)
nationality of all members
identity of the captain and optionally of the manager
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