Terms & Conditions

PVP ESPORTS CORPORATE CHAMPIONSHIP - INDONESIA QUALIFIER

General Rules

• The PVP Esports Community Championship organizers (referred to as ‘tournament organizers’ in the remainder of this document) have the right to decide outside or even against the rulebook in special cases to guarantee fair play.
• All players must comply with the rules set by the tournament organizers. Failure to do so can result in disqualification and/or ban for future tournaments.
• Every participant must behave respectfully towards the representatives of the PVP Esports Community, press, viewers, partners and other players. This applies to in-game behaviour and in chat, messages, comments and other media.
• Participants must follow the tournament schedule determined by the tournament admins and all tournament schedules will be communicated to participants by the tournament admins.
• Every match of this competition must be played according to the rules until all games are completed and the results of these games will be published by the organizer.
• Any attempt to deceive tournament organizers or other players with false, incomplete or incorrect information can result in disqualification and/or ban from future tournaments.
• All forms of cheating in PVP Esports Community matches are prohibited and will be penalized.
• Any players participating in the PVP Esports Community Championships must use the same account(s) they registered with to play in the tournaments and the name of the account must not be changed. The tournament organizers reserve the right to ask the players for their identification documents at any time.
• Team names and logos must comply with the overall tournament rules (e.g. no vulgar names, political or inappropriate names) and the tournament organizer reserves the right to change any names or logos deemed unfit for the PVP Esports Community Championships.
• Any dispute may be directed to the tournament admins through the tournament’s communication platform. Credible evidence must be presented for the tournament admins to entertain the issue.
• Internet connection for all online competition is the participant’s personal responsibility. The organizers will not be held liable for any issues that arise from a participant’s internet connection.
• Any changes to player roster or team names must be reported seven (7) days before the competition and the changes can only be made once.
• Any unreported changes can result in disqualification and/or ban from future tournaments run the organizer.
• Participating players are expected to be available for the entire period of the tournament as required by the tournament organizers. This includes but is not limited to coming early (a day if necessary) to prepare and rehearse for the event if the competition is at a selected venue.
• Players must report (online / venue of event) fifteen (15) minutes prior to the commencement of their respective matches. Any delay may result in a walkover or disqualification.
• The team captain’s contact details will be used to receive further instructions for the tournament.
• Registration and entry into the tournament is FREE of charge. (if any parties enforce a registration fee, please inform the tournament admins via email: haidar.ali@duniagames.co.id.
• All participants must consent to be part of any promotional activities and video recordings by the tournament organizers and its partners/sponsors.
• Winning teams that qualify from the respective country qualifiers may be required to wear the team jerseys provided by the tournament organizers during the Regional Finals.

PVP Esports Corporate Championship

• All players must be full-time employees working within the same company. Interns and part-timers are strictly prohibited. Proof of employment (i.e. employee card) will be required for validation of eligibility. All players need to be minimum 16 years old to join.
• All teams will be contacted by the tournament’s organizer. Each team needs to provide Official Letter from their company that state their team is representative of the company.
• Teams must register a minimum of five (5) players and up to a maximum of six (6) players. All players participating in the games must be players registered as part of the same team.
• Any player can only register once to play in ONE team.
• Teams will compete in their respective country qualifiers and only the winner of the country qualifiers will proceed to the regional corporate championship (Subject to game titles, please refer to the respective rules and regulations for the different games).
• This tournament is meant for amateur players only. Professional esports players are not eligible to join.

1. Overall

PVP Esports Community Championship Rules

1.1. General

The tournament organizers reserve the right to make decisions outside or even against the rulebook in special cases to guarantee fairness.

1.2. Code of Conduct

Every participant has to behave respectfully towards the representatives of PVP Esports Community Championship, press, viewers, partners and other players. This applies to in-game behaviour and also in chats, messages, comments and other media.

Participants must not engage in harassment or hate speech in any form. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Hate speech, offensive behaviour, or verbal abuse related to politics, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, physical appearance, body size, age, or religion.
• Stalking or intimidation (physically or online).
• Spamming, raiding, hijacking, or inciting disruption of streams or social media.
• Posting or threatening to post other people’s personal information.
• Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, unwelcome sexualized comments, jokes, and sexual advances.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behaviour.

Violation of this Code of Conduct can result in disqualification and/or a ban from entering future competitions run by the organizers, especially in the case of repeat or extreme violations.

1.2.1. Insults and offensive behaviour

All insults that happen during a match or during a PVP Esports Community Championship competition, may be punished. This can include in-game chat of the corresponding games, messages on social media, or verbal insults between players.

Severe incidents including, but not limited to the following points, may be punished in other ways:

• Extremist statements
• Political views
• Threat of violence
• Sexual harassment
• Stalking
• Pornographic links

Only the affected parties can appeal and appeals will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the tournament organizers.

1.3. Matches, competitions, meetings

Every match of this competition must be played according to the rules until all games are completed and the results of these games published by the organizer.

Participants are not allowed to bet on matches in their own competition. Betting against yourself/your own team) will get you/your team disqualified and the betting player banned from future tournaments by the organizer.

1.4. Game / client

In general, all programs which are not part of the original game, including custom-data and modifications, are not allowed in any PVP Esports Community Championship game. External voice chat programs are allowed (e.g. Discord). Changes to the game's settings are allowed. Any program that can provide an advantage during game play or change the game itself are prohibited.

1.5. Game Coverage

The tournament organizers owns and reserve exclusive right to the coverage of all PVP Esports Community Championship matches. This includes all forms of transmission, including Livestreams. The tournament organizers can assign the coverage rights of a match or of several matches to a third party or to the actual players themselves. In this case, terms and conditions would have to be arranged with the tournament organizers before the match.

1.6. Internal Texts

All texts written in either protest or support tickets, or written by the tournament organizer to members of a certain league or tournament, cannot be published without the permission of the tournament organizers.

2. Fraud/deception

2.1. Deception

Any attempt to deceive tournament organizers or other players with wrong or fake statements, information or data can result in disqualification and/or ban from future tournaments run by the organizer.

2.2. Cheating

All forms of cheating in PVP Esports Community Championship matches are prohibited and will be penalized by the tournament organizers. Players found cheating outside of the PVP Esports Community Championship may also result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

If it becomes known to the tournament organizers that any form of cheating was used to the advantage of a player or a team during a match, the tournament organizers reserves the right to disqualify and/or ban them from future tournaments run by the organizer.  Any player risks being barred or completely excluded from a specific league or from all leagues if they partake in cheating. This also includes their team.

2.2.1. Cheat Sharing

Contributing to the distribution of cheats in any way is not allowed in the PVP Esports Community Championship. This includes but is not limited to referring to the name, website or logo of cheats.

Violating this rule can result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

2.2.2. Examples of Cheating

• Screen Spying / Sniping: Looking at or trying to look at screen other than your own is prohibited (Includes other participants and public) and may result in disqualification.
• Deliberate Disconnection:  Disconnecting from the game on purpose for improper or unclear reasons is prohibited and may result in disqualification.
• Glitch: Creating or exploiting games bug intentionally to gain advantage over your opponent is prohibited and may result in disqualification.
• Macro / Scripting: Binding multiple actions to a key is prohibited. Players are only allowed to modify or tweak their hotkeys. Any modifications made to the gameplay or tools apart from Steam and DOTA 2 is strictly prohibited and may result in disqualification. 

2.3. Match-Fixing/betting fraud

Engaging in any action which is not limited to violence that improperly influences the outcome of a game or match by any means can result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

2.4. Doping

Any kind of doping is prohibited and can result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

2.4.1. Prescribed medication

If players have an active prescription, proof must be submitted to the tournament organizers before the tournament. They may still be subject to a doping test, but a positive result for the prescribed substance will be disregarded.

2.4.2. Doping Sanctions

Mild cases of doping will be punished with a warning. Severe cases (i.e. use of drugs containing performance enhancing substances such as Adderall) can result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

2.5. Competition manipulation and bribery

Bribing or attempting to bribe a referee or organizer or trying to manipulate the competition can result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

3. Registration

3.1. Player

Any players participating in the PVP Esports Community Championship must use the same account they registered with to play in the tournaments and the name of the account should not be changed. Any representative reserve the right to ask the players for identification documents at any time. Please inform the organizers of any change of players within 3 days after registration. (Last minute changes will not be entertained)

3.1.1. Multi-Accounts

Even if a player has multiple accounts in any participating game, they must use the account that has been registered. Switching to another account in between games or matches can result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and/or a ban from future tournaments run by the organizers.

3.1.2. Nicknames, Team Names and URL Aliases

The tournament organizers reserve the right to edit nicknames, if they fail to comply with the tournament rules. Any nicknames/team names/aliases that are purely commercial (e.g. product names), defamatory, pejorative, offensive, vulgar, obscene, anti-Semitic, inciting hatred, or offending against good manners are forbidden. Using alternative spelling, gibberish or wrong spelling in order to avoid the requirements mentioned above is illegal. The tournament organizers reserve the right to change the name where necessary.

3.1.4. Country

A player's country must be set to their country of residence. Deliberately faking the country of residence is punishable.

3.2. Teams

A team's name has to be unique and will be at a first come first serve basis, but the PVP Esports Community Championship reserves the right to refuse teams with names that are too similar to established e-sports teams (e.g. a team registers with the name EVOS or Bigetron).

The team logo must represent the team and have some reference to the team's name or to the team's short handle. Copyrighted logos, or logos which are offensive in any manner will not be accepted.

3.2.1. Team names

Team are not allowed to change their name at any time. Any changes must be communicated to the tournament organizer for approval before the team takes part in any official PVP Esports Community Championship match.

Changing a team's name in order to fool other teams is prohibited. Extremely long names, or consistent changing of team names is prohibited and can result in punishment.

3.2.2. Players in team

A player may only register once in the PVP Esports Campus or Corporate Championship. Any player will not be allowed to compete in both campus or corporate team once and an open qualifiers team. Proof of identification such as an employee or student card will be needed. All players need to be minimum 16 years old to join.

3.2.3. Punctuality

If any team is not ready within 15 minutes of the designated time, their opponent can take a default win by contacting the tournament organizer.

4. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Rules and Regulation

4.1. Player Eligibility

• Players involved in MPL Season of 2020 are not allowed to join.
• Refer to general rules for more information.

4.2. Equipment

• Players are required to use their own mobile device and mobile data.
• The mobile application to be used is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, developed by Moonton.

4.3. Tournament Format

• Double Elimination.
• All matches will be BO1 except for semifinal which will be BO3 and final will be BO5.
• Only one (1) team from each country will proceed to regional corporate finals.

4.4. Technical Issues

• Each team is given a maximum pause time of five (5) minutes if a player disconnects.
• In the event of server crash, players will enter the game again with the same draft.
• The tournament organizer will not bear any responsibility for any losses resultant from lag on the player’s end. Players are advised to check if the network is stable before the start of the game.

4.5. Result Reporting

• If required, winning screenshot must be submitted by winning team.
• Any disputes in score should be submitted to the tournament organizer within 10 minutes once the match ended.