Rules for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at UGX 2013

1. General Rules & Regulations

It is a 5 vs. 5 team tournament. Each team head must present 1 (One) representative. He is responsible for his team and will be responsible of all communication with the Referees.

Each person attending the tournament must have read and accepted the rules and regulations. Ignoring it cannot be a reason put forward in case of an issue or dispute.

Players are responsible for any hardware that is not installed/provided by NETRONiX. Teams are not allowed to rotate their players in between matches. Players are allowed to bring their own drivers for gaming gear (e.g. mouse, keyboard, headset etc.)

NETRONiX Tournament Committee reserves the right to modify the rules and regulations from time to time without notice, to protect the integrity and smooth flow of the tournament.

2. Rules

The tournament will be played on Promod ( the latest one). 5 (Five) second Bomb Plant time 7 (Seven) second Bomb Defuse time

45 (Forty-five) second Bomb timer 1:45 minute Round time mr12 (Total 24 rounds) 2.2 Each match (until semis) will consist of one map. Map selection will be made through coin toss method. Prior to each match the team captain of the facing teams meets up with the Referee. A coin toss is made, loser gets to remove a map first from the map list, and then the other team removes a map, until one map is left. That map will be played.

3. Coin toss
Winner of coin toss removes a map Loser of coin toss removes a map Winner of coin toss removes a map Loser of coin toss removes a map Remaining map is played Winner selects the side

4. Map Pool

mp_backlot mp_crash mp_crossfire mp_citystreets mp_strike

5. Matches & Warm Up

Every match has 15 (Fifteen) minutes of warm up time followed by 45 (Forty five) minutes of match time. The warm up time can be used to warm up in game or to install gear. No player will be granted more time than the 15 (Fifteen) minutes set aside for preparation. All matches are played using knockout_mr12_pb (Max Round 12). Each team has 1 (One) timeout per match Tactical time outs are allowed, but will replace a technical timeout (e.g. a player crashes, drops etc.) A timeout is a total of 5 (Five) minutes.

6. Points System - Group Play

3 Points for a WIN 1 Point for a TIE 0 Points for a LOSS No show or late arrival of a team will automatically lead to a loss; in case that both teams are late the match will be considered as a draw.

7. Equality of Points after the Group Matches

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings: 1. Head to Head (The Winner of the match between the two teams advances).

2. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played amongst the teams in question. 3. Superior round difference from the group matches played amongst the teams in question.

Higher number of rounds scored in the group matches played amongst the teams in question.

8. Server, Network or Electrical Failure

If server, network or electrical failure occurs the match is to be resumed and each team keeps the amount of points they had won. A failure happening during the first round leads to restart of the entire match. A player or team causing intentional failures are banned from the match (e.g. deliberate restart of the PC, deliberate disconnecting from the game etc.)

9. Fair Play
It is forbidden to insult, abuse or manhandle a Player or a Referee, or do damage to property that belong to others. It is forbidden to do damage the property of NETRONiX. The notion of fair play is up to the Referee's assessment. Lack of fair play can lead to penalties (Including Disqualification of the Team). If a player is caught cheating the entire team will be instantly banned from the tournament.

10. Penalties & Disqualification

If rules are broken, Tournament Referees may apply penalties according to their judgment and discretion.

Penalties that can be applied are the following: 1. Warning 2. 3 (Three) Round loss or more 3. Default loss 4. Banning a player/team from the venue 5. Disqualification of a player/team from the entire tournament

Disqualifications are applied by the Tournament Referee of COD 4 and will void all rights for the entire team to participate further in the tournament.