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Funcom Tournament Rules
These rules and all the points included in them imply that each participant of the tournaments (before registering for any event), which are held on the Funcom project and the servers of the same name, has read and agreed to them. The final word remains with the tournament administrators. If something is not explicitly prohibited by the rules, it does not mean that it is allowed. It is expected that players will be guided by common sense, not cheat and will be polite to their opponents. These rules may change and will be supplemented. Not knowing the rules does not exempt you from possible consequences and sanctions if you violate these rules.

Registration on tournament (meaning all kinds of FFG events, SFG which are officially announced in the Funcom group, hereinafter referred to as a tournament or equivalent event).

1. Any participant or team registering for the tournament accepts these rules by default
2. All participants are obliged to comply with these rules and adhere to the rules of the tournament.
3. Registration of players takes place in the official Funcom group, on the declared discussion or announcement.
4. All players are required to provide their permanent steam accounts to register on event, or the most frequently used one. Alternative accounts are prohibited and will be banned upon detection, and the player will be excluded from the tournament. The minimum allowed size of a team to participate in the Tournament is four (4) participants; maximum — six (6) members (except in cases of specialized tournaments involving teams of not 4 participants — 2x2, 1x1 tournaments and others). A team cannot register for the tournament if it has less than four participants. Squads are freezed, this mean that the new members cannot be added to the team; the exception is when the team size falls below the minimum required number of 4 people. In this case, you can add one new member with the approval of the administrator. Independent replacements are not allowed. The contact information of each team should be available to other teams and administrators.
5. Participants are required to indicate their permanent nicknames, or the nickname's under they are known in the Left 4 Dead 2 community in the registration form. Each player must have his team tag in his name throughout the match.
6. The registration form is filled out by the team captain and indicates all the necessary data: links and nicknames of the players.
7. Teams are required to have two spare players. The registration form should be separated by the line "spare players" for the main and spare players.
8. If the team has previously participated in any tournaments, then specify in which and the date of participation in these tournaments.
9. When team deciding to register on tournament / event, the player accepts responsibility and agrees to come on the all events, participate in all games, connect to the server without delay, at a predetermined time, patiently wait for the start of the game and fulfill all the requirements of the organizers.
10. Team captains are obliged to notify in advance (one day in advance) about the replacement of a player, in case of replacement.

Rules for tournament games


11. Only registered players can participate in tournament games.
12. A team (at least one player) that does not show up or is late for the game for more than half an hour is disqualified.
13. During tournament games, the rules of Funcom servers apply.
14. During the games, it is forbidden to leave the server until the end of the tournament game. Disconnect out of the server (to reсonnect) to fix technical problems with the game is not a violation.
15. During tournament games, prohibited to use any third-party software or programs that give an advantage in the game. Configs and binds are not programs and are therefore allowed.
16. It is forbidden during the games:
- Insults, provocations, intentional toxic behavior with and without the use of rude words.
- Clogging of voice or text chat (using a microphone as a way to spam a voice chat if it is phonetic, voice distorting programs, turning on music in voice chat, annoying sounds, any intentional rude behavior in voice or text chat against the administration and any players
- Any advertisement.
- Any offensive sprays, nudity, pornography, religious, political or extremist images.
- Non-constructive criticism of: players, administration, servers (their settings), tournaments, games, tournament rules.
- Trolling, provocations, biting.
- Impersonating another existing player, for example, by copying nicknames/avatars
- DDOS of servers is prohibited
- In case of unsportsmanlike behavior of one of the teams (kicking opponents or streamers, sending spam, pausing without warning, trolling, etc.), the affected team / players / organizers / streamers/ and any tournament participants file a protest after the game to the main admins. If the offending team is found guilty, it may receive a penalty in the form of points deduction, which will result in a loss in the match or even disqualification from the tournament. The team of the main tournament administrators reserves the right to determine the severity of violation.
- Unnecessary conversations during the match are prohibited.
- Any form of communication unrelated to the match may later be regarded as distracting;
- the offending team may receive a warning even if it has not done anything obviously offensive.
- If the team leaves the match before it ends, the offending team will receive a penalty in the form of a loss in the match, and the result will be recorded as 1:0 in favor of the other team
- However, a team can apply to end the match if it has clearly lost without any chance of winning. In this case, it is necessary to take a screenshot, from which it can be clearly understood that both teams agreed to end the match at this place;
- the score and the composition of both teams should also be visible in the screenshot.

Cheats and abuse of server vulnerabilities or game mechanics

17. Cheats are prohibited. Anyone noticed using cheats on any server will be permanently banned on Funcom, with a very small chance of getting unban in the future. And the inability to participate in tournaments.


Everything listed below is considered a cheat:
- Automated Jump and Punch Rock
- Automated bannyhop
- Aimbot
- Any script/macro that moves the cursor for you (scripts for turning 180 degrees, scripts for flying a hunter on the ceiling) (except left&right arrows, they are allowed)
- Any script/macro that presses buttons for you (auto-m1, double-click button on the mouse)
- Wallhack (the ability to see through walls)
- DDOS servers are prohibited
- Modication of game sounds (zombies, weapons)
- Modication of models/textures
- Fake lags
- Speedhack
- Teleportation
- Anything that gives you an unfair advantage over other players. If you are not sure about something, it is considered a cheat or not, it is better to ask an admins before using it.
- Players cannot change the cl_interp setting. Only lerp — 0 is allowed. It is allowed to change only the appearance of the sight. Any other modifications to the appearance of the game are not allowed (Exceptions - HudSight or CrosshairX).
- It is forbidden to stay in the shelter for the entire time while the Tank is alive. Survivors can enter the shelter one at a time and only to take ammunition. The following maps are exceptions to this rule: Dead Center map 1, Dark Carnival map 1, No Mercy map 1, Parish map 1, Death Toll map 1, Hard Rain map 2, Blood Harvest map 1 and map 3.
- It is forbidden to block the ascent or descent of the stairs to the enemy team (both survivors and infected).

Order of tournament games

18. All games are scheduled! The schedule of games will be formed based on the number of participants for one or two games per day.
19. The schedule is published in the steam Funcom group in the day of registration on tournament of the last team (8 or 16, maybe more, the information will be in the appropriate topic), the dates and times of the tournament games are announced. All games will be held at a strictly scheduled time and date.
20. Teams and all participants are obliged to familiarize themselves with the schedule in advance and postpone all business, come to the games and play them. Failure to appear is fraught with disqualification of the team.
21. The transfer of games is possible only on the same day, no more than two hours from the appointed time. And only once per tournament. If you are not sure that you will be able to play on the date / time indicated in the schedule, you need to find a replacement or refuse to participate in the tournament.
22. The Best of 3 Definition rule will be applied in the games. Therefore, the time of one game day for one team can take up to 5 or more hours.
22.1 Behavior of players at the match:
- Survivors are required to kill both bosses, that is, it is necessary to kill the Tank and the Witch. If this rule is violated, depending on the situation, the organizer either assigns a replay of the round, or puts a minus on points (from 100-500 points) at its discretion.
- If a player disconnects (the client crashes, the lights are turned off, reconnect to fix the game client's bug), a pause is automatically set or a command is sent to the chat and the match is suspended.
- The match will resume when all the players are ready. If a player is disconnected or crashes, players need to pause the game, with the command!pause;
- The game cannot continue until the disconnected player is ready to join the server. This situation cannot be considered a reason to replay the round, even if the discount resulted in the death of a survivor, suicide of a tank or something similar.
- After the pause ends, the match should continue as usual. There will be exceptions to this rule.
- If a game error leads to the unexpected death of a survivor, the round must be replayed if the affected team deems it necessary. If death or loss of performance is caused by a player's mistake (examples: jumping before falling; moving and jumping in the No Mercy 4 elevator during the ascent), the round will not be replayed.
- Excessive pause during the match is not allowed (10 or more). The reason for the pause must be explained to the opposing team as soon as possible.


- If a player cannot continue the game for any reason, it is necessary to make a substitution within 10 minutes, otherwise the team that does not have a player will be considered the loser due to inability to continue the match in full.

Cheating checks and player identification

23. At the entrance of tournament games, during the games, as well as before or after them, any participant of the Funcom tournament can be checked for compliance with the rules of the tournament. Only the organizers of the Funcom tournament can carry out the check. Participants of the tournament can apply for verification, for verification, a prerequisite is in advance (that is, from the moment of registration of teams for the tournament) a created application in the topic "Complaints about players"rus "Жалобы на игроков". Valid reasons are needed to initiate the verification, without appropriate evidence of violation of the rules of the tournament, provision of proofs, demos, screenshots, video materials and other proofs, the verification will not be carried out. At the same time, the tournament organizers themselves can conduct an inspection at any time at their own discretion and without publicly disclosing the reasons that led into this inspection.
24. Any technical or other means may be used for verification. The requirement to turn on and demonstrate the screen with the game in discord, start streaming on steam, twich, youtube and any other services, programs, sites, etc. Therefore, in order to successfully participate in the tournament, each player needs to have knowledge of how to run a stream, have at least programs for discord, steam, twich, youtube services and be ready to demonstrate the game screen or have alternative ways to do the same.
25. The requirement to turn on the microphone and talk into it is mandatory by default.
26. Failure to cooperate with the organizers and any obstruction of verification is regarded as a violation of the rules of the tournament, which entails disqualification from the tournament.
27. All players are required to write demos of all games throughout the tournament. Demos must be uploaded to file sharing sites and sent to administrators.

Prize money

28. Upon receipt of prize money by the winners of tournaments, events (FFG, SFG games), various contests, the winners are required to write a comment (review) in the announcement of this game or event.
29. Money is transferred to the card number or by phone number (mobile bank) to the team captain. If there is none, then the administrator can appoint it himself. We do not transfer money to Banks that have restricted transfers.
30. The player who, according to the rules, is entitled to prize money is obliged to agree on the transfer issue by adding main admin(21) in steam friends. It is necessary to write in the personal account your card number or phone number (mobile bank), the bank in which this card was received, the country and city of the bank, the recipient's full name. After receiving, follow paragraph 28 of the rules.

Match broadcast

31. Teams cannot refuse to broadcast.
32. The broadcast is carried out by designated streamers about which there will be information in the announcement of tournament. If you want to stream the tournament, you need to contact the main admins and coordinate this issue with them.

Sanctions and punishment of the player/team.


33. The determination of the severity of the violation of a specific paragraph of the rules is entrusted to the administrators of the servers of the Funcom project. Administrators can both individually and collectively with other administrators determine the severity of the violation and determine the punishment based on it. Punishments can be different, from the removal of points per round, and full or partial disqualification of the team. The withdrawal of points for a round is made after the completion of a particular match, and if a team or individual players have violated a certain rule or certain points of the rules, then the withdrawal of points may as a consequence lead to a loss in the entire match. Therefore, it is not recommended to commit even minor violations, as this may lead to the withdrawal of points and further lose in the match. Ignorance of the rules is not a reason for the cancellation of punishment and as a consequence of the application of punishment against any of the participants of the tournament (in any other Funcom events, these rules apply by default).