National PUBG League Legal Tournament Ruleset Foreword The purpose of this document is to create a fun and fair environment for competitors. This document specifies the rules that all entities involved in the National PUBG League are bound to. This includes but is not limited to Team Owners, Captains and Competitors, extending to all employees representing a Team that have involvement within the league. Battlefy takes competitive integrity extremely seriously, and therefore reserves the right to alter or otherwise make changes or decisions outside of the bounds specified within this document in cases where deemed necessary. Sincerely, Event Administration Team
Table of Contents 1. Definitions 2. Roster Management a. Eligible Regions b. Roster Lock c. Substitutes d. Obligation of Participation 3. Participation Agreement a. Participation Agreement b. Player Behavior and Names 4. Official League Portal 5. League Administration 6. Tournament Format a. Qualifier Format b. Schedule 7. Tournament Settings a. Maps b. Server Settings c. Game Version 8. Points System a. Points by Placement b. Kill Points 9. Core Tournament Rules a. Player Replays b. Streaming c. Bans by PUBG d. Anti-Cheat e. 3rd Party / External Software / Modification of the PUBG Game f. Abuse of Bugs g. Match Start h. Mid-Match i. End of Match
1. Definitions Admin - The members of the administration team that will be responsible for ensuring the smooth execution of the tournament. Their responsibilities include but are not limited to providing support for players with questions, observing in-game, and delivering judgements on player conflicts. Committee - Management of the league is fulfilled by the League Committee, henceforth referred to as Committee. The Committee is formed by Battlefy (League Operators), OGN (Organizers) and PUBG Corp. representatives. Captain - The Player on a team that is responsible for finalizing the roster of a Squad. They should be categorized as such on the team listing on Battlefy. NPL - National PUBG League, the official PUBG League for North America, henceforth referred to as NPL. NPLC - National PUBG League Contenders, the official PUBG Contenders League for North America, henceforth referred to as NPLC. Organizer - The organization of the league is maintained by OGN, in partnership with the League Operators, Battlefy. Player - Each person participating in the Qualifier as a competitor. Preseason - The closed offline competition that will determine the classification of teams in the NPL. Qualifier - The open online qualifications for the NPL Preseason. Squad - The group of 4 Players that will be playing on the same team for the duration of the Qualifiers and Preseason.
2. Roster Management a. Eligible Regions Teams should ensure that the Squads they have formed are in accordance with the strictly enforced regional locks placed on rosters. Defined as follows; 3 out of the 4 roster Players must have legal permanent residence or citizenship status of an eligible country, listed below. One out of the four Players is allowed to compete from a region outside of these bounds. List of Eligible Countries: - United States of America - Canada b. Roster Lock By 8:59pm Pacific / 11:59pm Eastern on Sunday December 9th, 2018, rosters will lock and no changes are allowed. Captains of each team will need to select the 4 players that will be playing for the entire duration of the competition prior to this Roster Lock time. Changes in the roster from that point onwards are forbidden. To select your 4 players, the Captain of the team must go onto the portal and select the 4 players that they wish to use in the tournament. c. Substitutions Substitutions will not be allowed for the entire duration of the Qualifier and the Preseason. This means that the same 4 Players will need to play for the same team for the entire Qualifier and the Preseason. d. Obligation of Participation Upon entry into this event, each Player and relating Team are bound to compete in all official tournament matches. Repeat violations of this rule may result in ejection from the event. This is up to the discretion of the Committee. In addition to this, each and relating team agree to follow this document s rules to the best of their ability. Understanding that violations may result in punishments against both the offending Player and team. This may include ejection and/or temporary/permanent bans from the event.
3. Participation Agreement a. Participation Agreement All Players must be 18 years of age by February 1, 2019. The Committee reserves the right at any point during the play of this competition to request verification of any individual or team entity. Players are required to compete using their verified real account. Using alternative or fake accounts is a breach in the conditions of this event and may result in ejection. b. Player Behavior and Names Any racist, sexist, hate-speech, or otherwise inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. Players that do not follow this rule may be disqualified or banned from the competition. Player names must not include derogatory or otherwise inappropriate words. In addition, Players and Player names should not be advertising any gambling-related activity. Whether or not a Player s behavior or username qualifies as inappropriate is solely up to the discretion of the tournament admins.
4. Official League Portal Official League Portal The NPL s official site is https://battlefy.com/leagues/npl All the information that Players and teams require, will be posted on the site as well as the Discord channel (https://discord.gg/vwc9uwa). Information on the site is considered to be read in 24 hours after it was posted. Any news, posted on other resources, partner-sites, etc. is not official and information posted on these resources can be different from official announcements. The Committee is not responsible for such external information.
5. League Administration League Administration The Committee will utilize admins to act on their behalf. These admins are responsible for handling any / all match-related issues that occur before, during and immediately after a match has taken place. The admin's responsibilities include server management, monitoring team lineups, announcing the beginning of a match and above all else, ensuring the competitive integrity of the event.
6. Tournament Format a. Qualifier Format The Qualifier will be played online on Battlefy. There will be 3 rounds of competition. Round 1 will have 4 games, Round 2 will have 8 games, and Round 3 (the final round) will have 8 games. Teams will compete for placement points and points per kill. At the end of Round 1 and Round 2, the top 8 of teams of each lobby based on cumulative points will advance to the next round. Round 1 lobbies might have over or under 16 teams each due to the irregular number of teams. From Round 2 onwards, all lobbies will have 16 teams. Both Round 2 and Round 3 (the final round) of the competition will be 8 games, played 4 games on the 1st day and 4 games on the 2nd day. The top 24 teams remaining in the Qualifier will advance to the Preseason where they will play against 8 invited teams for a total of 32 teams. b. Schedule The Qualifier will start on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. The schedule will be as follows: Date Check-In Start Time Tournament Start Time Round 1 - Wed. Dec-12 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST 5:00pm PST / 8:00pm EST Round 2 Day 1 - Thu. Dec-13 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST 5:00pm PST / 8:00pm EST Round 2 Day 2 - Fri. Dec-14 N/A 5:00pm PST / 8:00pm EST Round 3 Day 1 - Sat. Dec-15 1:00pm PST / 4:00pm EST 2:00pm PST / 5:00pm EST Round 3 Day 2 - Sun. Dec-16 N/A 2:00pm PST / 5:00pm EST Check-in will last for 60 minutes. Any member of the team can check-in for the team by going to these links for the following rounds and click on Check In on the right side: Round 1: https://battlefy.com/national-pubg-league/national-pubg-league-qualifier-round- 1/5c00d7f6b06aae03a9f1c5c9/info?infoTab=details Round 2: https://battlefy.com/national-pubg-league/national-pubg-league-qualifier-round- 2/5c00da2417555a16d3994369/info?infoTab=details Round 3: https://battlefy.com/national-pubg-league/national-pubg-league-qualifier-round- 3/5c00daadf4a2b9176e47ef13/info?infoTab=details
7. Tournament Settings a. Maps Round 1: Erangel, Erangel, Miramar, Miramar Round 2 Day 1: Erangel, Erangel, Miramar, Miramar Round 2 Day 2: Erangel, Erangel, Miramar, Miramar Round 3 Day 1: Erangel, Erangel, Miramar, Miramar Round 3 Day 2: Erangel, Erangel, Miramar, Miramar b. Server Settings Server Mode: Esports Mode Server region: NA Team: Squad 4P Player camera restriction: First person only (FPP) Map option: Sunny Red zone: Off Convert dead Player to observer: Off Public spectating: Off Killer spectating: Off Flare gun care package: Off Flare gun: 0x Level 3 helmet: 0x Costumes: 0x Crossbow: 0.1x Assault rifles: 1.5x Sniper rifles: 1.3x DMR rifles: 1.3x Circle Number Delay Wait Move DPS Shrink Spread 1 90 300 300 0.4 0.35 0.5 0 2 0 140 140 0.6 0.57 0.56 0 3 0 90 140 1 0.6 0.56 0 4 0 80 140 3 0.6 0.56 1 5 0 70 110 5 0.65 0.56 0 6 0 70 100 7 0.65 0.56 0 7 0 70 80 10 0.65 0.56 0 8 0 60 60 15 0.65 0.56 1 9 0 30 120 20 0.001 10 0 Land Ratio c. Game Version All live matches will be played on the latest patch available from PUBG Corp.
8. Points System a. Points by Placement 1. 400 points 2. 330 points 3. 280 points 4. 240 points 5. 210 points 6. 180 points 7. 150 points 8. 120 points 9. 100 points 10. 80 points 11. 60 points 12. 40 points 13. 30 points 14. 20 points 15. 10 points 16. 0 points b. Kill Points For every kill that a Player obtains, the corresponding Team will receive 16 points.
9. Core Tournament Rules a. Player Replays All Players must have the Replay function enabled. To do this, go to Settings > Gameplay > and make sure Replay is Enabled. Players should save all the games during the Qualifier (the most recent 20) by locking them in the replays section of the game. These replays must be kept for at least 10 days after the last day of the Qualifier. b. Streaming All players may stream from their own perspective. Every stream must be set on an 8-minute delay and players found to be using less than 8-minutes will be disqualified from their current game and asked to fix the delay ASAP or risk disqualification from the entire tournament. c. Bans by PUBG All Players participating in the NPL Qualifiers must have no bans issued by PUBG or any alternate accounts that are banned. If there is conclusive evidence of a player with ownership of an account that is banned, that player may be immediately disqualified. d. Anti-Cheat PUBG Corp., OGN, and Battlefy are still considering the use of anti-cheat in this competition such as MOSS (https://nohope.eu/) The information surrounding this ruling will be released at a later time. e. 3rd Party / External Software / Modification of the PUBG Game Use of any third-party software that interferes or modifies the game is strictly forbidden and will result in instant disqualification. Use of 3rd party apps to alter the game s appearance, UI, or files, is strictly forbidden. This includes but is not limited to Reshade, SweetFX and VibranceGUI. Use of wallhacks, speedhacks, aimbots or any other manipulations of the game are also strictly prohibited. If there is conclusive evidence of a Player hacking, then they will be banned from the competition immediately and their account names handed over to PUBG Corp. f. Abuse of Bugs Intentionally utilizing any bug or unintended feature within the game is considered cheating and will result in disqualification. g. Match Start Each team will have 10 minutes to join the lobby. In 10 minutes, the game will start automatically and each Player that failed to join on time will forfeit their spot within the match. Teams who were not able to join on time will receive 0 points for that match. h. Mid-Match In case of disconnection of any Player during the match, the team may continue playing with the roster that is still in the game, even if the disconnected Player cannot return to the game.
Restart of the server can be initialized only by admins in extreme circumstances. This action requires approval from the Committee and will traditionally only be used when a matter outside of the control of admins / teams / Players affect the outcome of a match. Players are strictly prohibited to provide access to gaming accounts and lobby passwords to 3rd persons, not registered for the tournament. i. End of Match In the case of teams finding an error in points results after a match, they should notify admins immediately and be able to provide a replay of the match.