After 5 weeks of hard-fought battles, the season's 8 best teams will fight once more in these season finals.

• Date: Thursday 23rd February 2017
• Event Start: 18:00 (UTC+0)
• Entry Fee: NONE
• Prize: $830
• Format: BO3 Double Elimination (BO1 Lower Bracket), BO5 Final

Make sure you check the rules of this tournament. If you've any questions please contact us via the Support tab

Results:

• The winning team's captain has to enter the result on the related match page.
• In the event of disputes, teams are highly advised to take screenshots to better communicate their claim to the admins.

Maps & Format

• First map of each round is preselected, the loser of the previous map chooses the next map. The other team chooses their side.
• All upper-bracket rounds are best-of-three (BO3).
• All lower-bracket rounds are best-of-one (BO1).
• The team on the left-hand side of the fixture attacks first on preselected maps. Team who didn’t pick subsequent maps will choose side.
• Grand Final will feature 2 BO3 matches. In order to win, the upper-bracket finalist only needs to win 1 BO3. Lower-bracket finalist must win both BO3s.

Match settings

• Game Mode: Custom Game
• Custom Game Settings:
• Rule Set: Competitive
• Map Rotation: Paused
• Map Order: Single Map
• Return to Lobby: Payload  = After a mirror match ; Control (King of the Hill) = After a game
• Hero selection limit: 1 Per Team
• Control Game Mode Format: Best of 5
• Disable kill cam: On
• High Bandwidth: On
• All other settings as default

Ingame problems, pausing, disqualifications:

• Pausing
• You may NOT pause the match during a teamfight
• You may NOT use the pause functions for a tactical break
• Teams can pause for up to 4 minutes per map
• A team may not pause more than 3 times during 1 map

• Remakes (back to lobby):
• Teams can go back to lobby to reset the map ONLY if the game has not gone on for longer than 15 seconds after the spawns opened up - the issue needs to be announced immediately and the reason must be mentioned
• Otherwise the Pause function must be used
• First usage of known exploits or bugs will result in a forfeit of the current game. A second usage of known exploits or bugs will result in disqualification and potentially bans from participating in further tournaments.
• A formal complaint regarding behaviour and/or bugs needs to occur no more than 15 minutes after the game ended, otherwise the matter will be considered as closed
• Admins will reserve the right to disqualify a team based on their behaviour at their sole discretion if something noteworthy is brought to their attention

Payment

Teams should claim their prize winnings within 7 days of the tournament completing. They should do so by emailing invoicing@nofiltergaming.com confirming their team name and position, and also which PayPal email address to send the cash prize to.

Cash prizes will be paid only via PayPal.

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