The Plays NA Weekly is a 64-team, single elimination tournament held every Saturday from 11AM PDT / 2PM EDT. Sign your team up for your chance to win at least $120!

• Date: Saturday 25th June 2016
• Event Start: 19:00 (UTC+1)
• Entry Fee: NONE
• Prize: $172.36
• Format: BO1 / BO3 Single Elimination, BO5 Final

Make sure you check the rules of this tournament before signing up, and if you've any questions please contact us via the Support tab

• Platform: PC
• Single elimination bracket
• 1 Hero limit
• No capture point maps
• Best-of-one (BO1) until Quarterfinals, then best-of-three (BO3) until finals which are best-of-five (BO5)
• Scoring: Stopwatch

Game Settings

• Region: North America
• Mode: Custom Game
• Map rotation: Paused
• Map order: Sinlge map
• Return to lobby:
• Control: After a game
• Payload: After a mirror match
• Hero selection limit: 1 per team
• Disable kill cam: On

* All other settings are default

Communication

• At least one member of each team must be present on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/014ipE5EQZbySafwo

Broadcasting

• If your match is selected to be broadcast, you must invite the broadcast team to your game lobby
• Pre-approved broadcasters reserve the right to live broadcast any match
• Players must not live broadcast their matches
• If you wish to become a pre-approved broadcaster, please email contacttheplays@gmail.com at least 48 hours prior to tournament day

Map Pool & Veto Process

• Map Pool (No capture point maps):
• Dorado
• Hollywood
• Ilios
• King’s Row
• Lijiang Tower
• Nepal
• Numbani
• Route 66
• Watchpoint: Gibraltar
• BO1 Veto Process
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Remaining map is played, Team A chooses side
• BO3 Veto Process
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A picks map one, Team B chooses side
• Team B picks map two, Team A chooses side
• Remaining map is played as decider, loser of map two picks side
• BO5 Veto Process
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B removes one map
• Team A picks map one, Team B chooses side
• Team B picks map two, Team A chooses side
• Team A picks map three, Team B chooses side
• Team B picks map four, Team A chooses side
• Remaining map is played as decider, loser of map four picks side

Scoring & No-shows

• If both teams successfully complete the map, the team who completed it quicker will win. If both teams fail to complete the map, the team who reached the farthest checkpoint the quickest, will be the winner. If either team fail to reach a checkpoint, the map is a draw
• If your opponent is not ready to play 15 minutes after the start time, contact a tournament admin with sufficient evidence to process the forfeit win
• At least one member of each team should take screenshots displaying who won the match in case of a dispute

Technical issues

• Teams should call out in the server when a technical issue occurs
• The game should be re-made if a player runs into any technical difficulties within 1 minute
• If both teams agree, the game may be re-made if a player runs into any technical difficulties after 1 minute
• Should a technical issue persist and a substitute player is not available, the affected team may continue with no less than 5 players or forfeit the match

Conduct & Cheating

• Players are expected to display the utmost respect to other players and tournament staff
• Discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated
• Third party applications which give you a clear advantage over your opponent are strictly prohibited
• Players who are found to be breaking any of the above rules will be subject to relevant punishment, at the tournament admin’s discretion.
• Verbal warning
• Match forfeit
• Tournament ban

* By signing up to this tournament you confirm you have read and understood these rules

Captains can report their team's score.

If you need any assistance with this tournament, please contact us via Discord.