RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Registration and participation
   1. Teams can be consisting of 5 members and 1 reserved player.
   2. This tournament is open for all except MX Employees and Promoters.
   3. Each team must commit to the time that has been set beforehand by the organizers.
   4. Team names/player names that are found to be offensive/vulgar will not be tolerated by the organizers and a request of name change is allowed before the competition, teams that are found not following this will be disqualified immediately.
   5. If organizers found out that players/teams are employees or promoters of mx automatic disqualified and replace with the lower team.
2. Tournament Streams
   1. Teams are not allowed to stream snipe the stream during the match.
   2. Teams that are found to be abusing the tournament streams will be disqualifies immediately and will be denied tournament winnings for this action or any action that is abusive.
   3. Teams will be asked to act gracefully when the game is streamed, no vulgar words, taunting or spamming is allowed. Any dispute should be directed to the tournament admins directly for any issues. Any teams that is found not following this rule will be disqualified immediately regardless if the game is streamed or not.
3. Conduct
   1. As explained in the above section, players/teams must be responsible for each member’s actions. Any member within a team that violates the player conduct will be disqualified from entering further qualifiers and the current qualifier that the teams are participating at.
   2. Players must be able to commit to the time/schedule mentioned in the tournament platform and may not agree to a time that both teams are suitable to be playing at.
   3. Players may not use fore outside the game to influence the outcome of the game. Severe punishments such as disqualification will be imposed and will also banned from further tournaments run by the organizers.
   4. Betting is strictly forbidden between teams and will not be tolerated.
   5. Agreeing on losing on purpose will also be considered as a disqualification act if found out by the organizers.
   6. Teams are advised to be humble and to be strict the each other on enforcing these rules for smooth flow of the tournament.
   7. Any dispute may be directed to the tournament admins via email, messenger or call.
   8. Teams that are found not following these conduct rules will be disqualified immediately.
   9. Participants of previous tournament are not allowed to join in this tournament.
4. Tournament Bracket
   1. First 32 teams.
   2. All matches will be played online.
   3. The tournament is in single elimination mode.
   4. Teams will be posted on MemoXpress Official FB page.
   5. Top 8 teams participating have a distinguishing uncopyrighted team logo.
5. Match Rule
   1. Match starts – The team on the top of the bracket will have the choice for which side they play. For best-of-three series, a coin toss will be made. The winner of the coin toss will have the choice for which side they play on the first game of the best-of-three series. The other team will choose sides on the second game.
   2. Match ends – The first team to destroy the opposing team’s base wins, the first team to surrender loses or teams that are found not following the rules disqualified. The captain of the winning team must submit the screenshot result in messenger with the hero icon (not avatar icon). In the case there’s no updates after some time, kindly notify the marshals about it.
6. Pre-match preparation
   1. Schedule changes – the organizers reserve the right to reschedule, make changes to the dates of tournament or alter the schedule in any other way or form. All teams will be informed of any changes made by organizers at one.
   2. Early online – teams must online and check group chat made by organizers before for preparation for every round/game they participate in the tournament.
   3. Preparation time – players are free to prepare after their check in. However, the players must enter the lobby at the agreed match time schedule.
   4. Match starting time – in the most optimal situation, any problems faced by the players should be solved during the set preparation time. The match should be started at the schedule time. Match may be delayed if organizers deem it to be necessary. If the reason for the delay is due to player fault, the organizers reserve the right to penalize the player or team accordingly.
   5. In- game lobby – the organizers will create the in-game lobby for matches that are to be livestreamed. The players should follow the instructions from organizers on how to enter the in-game lobby. Teams must enter the lobby 15 minutes before the actual game for check ping.
   6. Technical support – organizers will provide technical assistance during matches hosted by them preparation to solve any problems that may occur.
7. Match Preparation
   1. Pick/Ban Process – All the top 8 teams will go through the coin toss process to determine their picks and bans. The referee/marshal will ensure both teams are ready to enter the pick/ban phase after players from both teams have entered the in-game lobby. Once both teams are ready, the referee will inform the in-game lobby admin to start the game.
      1. Game setting
         1. Map: Tournament Mode (5v5)
         2. Game type: Draft Pick
      2. Pick/ban phase and pick priority
         1. Game restrictions – If there is presence of a known bug in any device, hero, skin, emblem or any skill, or any other reason determined by organizers, the organizers may add in a restriction at any time before or during the match.
         2. Pick process
            1. Best of 1 – team that is in upper bracket of a match has pick priority.
            2. Organizer will be the one to create a lobby. Players/Teams are not allowed to create a lobby for the match.
            3. Best of 3 – First game – Coin toss, 2nd game alternate pick priority, third game alternate.
            4. Best of 5 – First game – Coin toss, 2nd game alternate pick priority, third game alternate, fourth game alternate pick priority, 5th game new coin toss.

• Pick Priority
  1. Draft Pick – the pick/ban will follow the default sequence set in the game.
  2. Wrong Pick – If a team has picked/banned a hero by mistake, the game will still be continued. There will be no remakes due to wrong pick/ban.
  3. Swapping Heroes – If there is a mistake due to player negligence when swapping heroes, the match will still continue. Exchanging devices is not allowed under any circumstance. Pick priority will only be applied to the grand finals team who are from the upper bracket. They will have the pick priority coming into the grand finals.
  4. Game starts after pick/ban phase – The game will immediately start after the pick/ban phase unless there are other instructions from the referee/Marshall. MDC staff will remove any irrelevant items from the game zone. Players are not allowed to leave the game in between the period after pick/ban phase is complete until the game starts.
  5. Connection Problem – If a problem occurs during game loading due to the presence of a bug, disconnection or other errors and a player fails to join the match after the game has started, then the game must be paused until all 10 players are connected to the game (this is only valid for hosted matches). For matches where there are no referees present, it is the player’s responsibility to ensure that their data connection is good.

1. In game – Pauses are allowed during officially-hosted team fights if it is a critical error such as:
   1. More than 3 players disconnect/crashes during the game.
   2. Both team’s devices are unplayable.

• Maximum of 5 minutes’ game pause game per squad.

1. In the case of a server crash, the game can be continued from a new draft but has to be the same lineup.
2. 1-2 marshal will be present in the official-hosted game as observers to pause the game if necessary.

8. Tournament Conducts
   1. Please come prepared on the time mentioned by the admins.
   2. Teams must follow any instructions from the admins.
   3. Players are to conduct themselves appropriately during the tournament time frame when interacting with admins or other players.
   4. For any accusations/report, proofs must be submitted (e.g an opponent team forfeiting their match – a screenshot of the conversation must be attached) for the marshals to determine the legibility of it.
9. Penalties
   1. Failure to follow the schedule timing. Teams will be penalized in this order:
   2. 10 Minutes Late: Disqualified from the match (Free win to the opponent)
      1. Failure to report to the admins in case of emergencies (not able to attend) or player change /Team name changes / Logo changes:
         1. Warning Team Changes: Team will lose pick priority for the whole tournament
      2. Players Misconduct:
         1. Warning of Player Misconduct: Team will lose pick priority for the whole tournament/Default loss.

• The examples of player misconduct:
  1. Being rude/inappropriate/using vulgar words when dealing about tournaments.
  2. Submitting false match results.
  3. Providing no proof of opponents forfeiting their matches.
  4. Certain issues can be discussed with the admin in case of relevant cases that we may dismiss based on discussion and proof of said issue.

*THIS PUNISHMENTS IS FOR THE ORGANIZATION MANAGING THE PLAYERS AND THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES. TEAMS WHO OWN THIS PLAYER WILL BE FOLLOWING THE RULES STATED HERE AND MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO SHORTEN / BANISH THE PUNISHMENT ONTO SAID PLAYER, THE MANAGEMENT WHO DIRECTLY MANAGES THE PLAYERS WILL NOT BE UNBAN FROM THE LIST IF THEY HAVE RECRUITED NEW PLAYERS TO THE TEAM. NEW PLAYERS WILL EXPERIENCE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES BY JOINING THE BANNED ORGANIZATION*

Disclaimer

1. Participation is at your own risk. PARTICIPANTS must follow the rules, use caution, and take care of PARTICIPANT’S own health. ORGANIZERS are not liable for any losses in relation to the event, directly or indirectly, for example in the case of a canceled event, electrical failure or similar. No person or persons shall hold MET Events SDN BHD liable.
2. Each participation is a binding contract to abide by the rules or the ORGANIZERS will reserve the right to ban the participant.
3. ORGANIZERS reserves the rights to without further notice change the rules.
4. Each PARTICIPANT must follow the instructions from ORGANIZERS, and authorities, such as the security personnel, police, fire brigade, etc.