Rules

For general rules of the tournament please visit - https://hub.esportswales.org/rules

DOTA 2 SPECIFIC RULES  

1. Game Format: 5 v 5
2.  Determining a winner
   1. The first team to destroy the opponent’s Ancient.
   2. If “GG” is called by either team in All Chat, the countdown timer shall not be
      canceled, and it will count as a concession to the other team.
   3. In the case of a dispute, the referee shall decide
3. .Tiebreakers
   If several participants are tied by win-loss difference at the end of a group stage, their
   ranking order will be decided as described below. Only the matches between the tied teams will
   be taken into consideration.
   1. Head-to-head result, if not applicable;
   2. Fastest Time;
   3. Coin-toss
   4. In the case of a three-way-tie or five-way-tie, after each resolved tie, the process is repeated for
      the remaining tied participants.
   5. In special cases, the Referee can rule in a different way to determine the order of an unsolved
      tie (i.e. coin toss).

CONFIGURATION OF MATCHES

1. Side Selection
   1. Selection priority is determined by the Lobby Setting - Automatic (Coin Toss)
2. Settings for the Match
   - Game Mode: Captain mode
   - Server: Europe West.
   - Selection Priority: Automatic (Coin Toss)
   - Enable cheats: Disabled
   - Fill empty slots with bots: Disabled
   - All chat: Enabled (It can be used only in pause for information, chat wheels and
   tipping).
   - Version: Tournament
   - Broadcasting & Observing: Enabled (Observers and broadcasters to manually
   set 6 minutes in-game delay and 4 minutes delay on the streaming software).
   - Spectator: Enabled (Only for broadcast & observer(s))