Tournament Rules Roster Rules: All teams who intend to play must post their official rosters by Monday April 18th @ 11:59PM. Rosters must have between 6 and 10 players. There are no positional restrictions; anyone on your team can play any position. Players may only play on one roster, if multiple teams place a player on their roster the player will decide which team to play for on or before the deadline. If a player is on multiple rosters after the deadline he will be forced to choose and the other team will be given a chance to fill the empty roster spot however it will count as their one roster replacement. *BE CAUTIOUS* Second tags are absolutely not permitted. If a player is proven to be playing on 2 tags, or if any tag recovering is proven at all the players involved and the teams involved will be removed from the tournament. No refunds will be given in any removal due to breaking the rules. Once the roster deadline passes teams can add players up until they reach the 10 man roster limit, and can make 1 additional replacement if they started with 9 or more players. In order to be eligible for a roster replacement a player has to be taken off the roster, that player must message NugeTV and Tris10 confirming that they no longer wish to play. No refund will be given to that player. The replacement cannot be on any tournament roster, and cannot have previously been removed from another team, must be a new player. The replacement must pay a $15 buy-in that will be added to the prize pool. Roster Replacements can occur only during the regular season when all of the above requirements are met. Buy-Ins and Prizes: All teams must buy-in at $120 for an 8 man roster, each additional player is also an additional $15. The official deadline for payments to be in is Saturday April 23rd at 11:59PM If your buy-in is not in by the deadline you will be able to complete the payments before your teams first game is scheduled, if your teams buy-in is not completed before a game the game will be a forfeit. No refunds will be issued after a teams first scheduled game. The Prize Pool will be dependent upon the size of the tournament; however 23% of the money collected will be going to Tris & LG to cover any costs incurred by LG due to hosting the tournament and to cover the costs of the new systems that Tris is creating to make the tournament the best that it can be. The remaining 77% will be paid out to the teams that advance farthest in the playoffs using these parameters. 3rd place receives 10% of the prize pool 2nd place receives 25% of the prize pool 1st place receives 65% of the prize pool Regular Season League Structure: Every Team will play 2 games against each team in the league (One Home/One Away). These games will be played back to back in a home and home format to keep the season as short as possible. Games will all be scheduled on April 24th by the league and can be moved through reschedules if necessary. Availability needs to be sent to NugeTV, dmerch, ImJeff, and F5 Penguin by April 20th at 11:59PM. Teams will be awarded 2 points for a win, 0 points for any loss. The Top 16 teams at the end of the regular season will make the playoffs. Tiebreakers (added June 23rd to reflect previous seasons tiebreakers): 1st H2H record, 2nd H2H Goal Differential, 3rd Total Goal Differential, 4th Goals Against Game Times can be 8PM, 9PM, 10PM, 11PM, 12AM, 1AM and 2AM EST any day of the week. The regular season will run from April 24th until June 30th. Reschedule Information: Postseason Structure: The Top 16 teams will be placed in a standard bracket (1v16, 2v15, etc.) with no re-seeding. All Series will be Best of 7s (Home-Home-Away-Away-Home-Away-Home) Teams must PM their availability to NugeTV, ImJeff, dMerch and F5 Penguin for each playoff series before Saturday @ 2:59PM on the Saturday that falls in the window for those playoff games. The tournament committee will schedule the games for the teams in compliance with the availability sent. If a team fails to send their availability before Saturday @ 2:59PM the only availability that will be considered is the team in the series that managed to send theirs in on time. The Finals will take place in a 3/3/1 format (3 games over 2 nights, then game 7 on the 3rd night) and teams must make themselves available to play over any night during this week only, availability will still be considered but not strictly used for the finals. Round 1: July 2nd-July 8th Round 2: July 9th-July 15th Round 3: July 16th-July 22nd Finals/Consolation: July 23rd-July 29th Game Night Procedures: Challenge should be sent if Home Team is ready and the Away Team shows up in the challenge menu. The Home Team will receive an additional 5 minutes beyond the scheduled start to send a challenge. If no challenge is sent by then, and proof is provided, the Away Team may claim a forfeit The Away Team has until 5 minutes after the start time to accept the challenge. If the Challenge is late they will be given 5 minutes from when the challenge is sent. If the away team is not in the Dressing Room available to challenge by 5 minutes after the scheduled start time the home team has the right to call a forfeit if they provide sufficient proof. Game Play Rules: All games must be 6v6 Teams may only use players on their rosters Goalies cannot fight players "to bring CPU on ice". In the event a goalie accidentally fights a player the team responsible must take a penalty. Once the penalty is over, whether or not the team at fault got scored on both teams must wind-down time until the player serving the penalty is able to play. Play only resumes when it’s 6v6 “all human players”. This 2min power-play is the sole time where a CPU will be present in the tournament and any production or result from the CPU will count 100%. Anything deemed as “game breaking” or “glitching” similar to the ghost poke in NHL13 will be investigated and appropriate action will be taken to prevent it from being used. Lag Out Procedures: If a lagout occurs, the following procedure applies: play continues as normal until the NEXT WHISTLE. At this time, both teams quit out of the game. EVERYTHING that occurs between the lagout and that whistle counts (i.e. if a goal is scored). Note: If a goalie lags out it is that team's responsibility to force a whistle the next time they touch the puck (if said team takes a delay of game penalty by flipping the puck over the glass in the process of getting a whistle, THAT penalty will not be enforced). There is to be NO quitting out of the game mid-play. Upon restart of the game, time will be wound down to replicate the game situation (any leftover PP time from the lagout game must be accounted for in the new game) at the time the previous game was ended. The player that lagged out must take a penalty (if the goalie lagged out, any skater may be chosen to serve the penalty) at this time. Reporting a Score and Stats: All Stats that are used in the LGHL must be kept for Pro Series as well Winning Team is responsible for stats Screenshots of the Game Stats, Player Stats, and Box Score must all be taken and your team is required to check that the stats are accurate for the previous week before Sunday at 11:59AM If screenshots are not taken or stats are not entered your team will be punished: 1st offense: Team Owner Suspended for next series 2nd offense: Team docked 1 point from standings 3rd offense+: Team docked 1 point from standings + All team members will receive a penalty/fine if they wish to participate in future pro series (have to pay more than buy-in to play) FORFEITS: If a team forfeits more than 10 games all team members will be forced to pay a penalty/fine if they wish to participate in future pro series events (have to pay more than buy-in to play)
Typing this in a new post for those who wont read the full rules. FULL LGHL STATS MUST BE KEPT. WINNING TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE YOUR TEAM WILL BE PUNISHED IF YOU DONT DO IT I'm done yelling, have a nice day.
I want a chat box to chirp AssCrack17 Also, I could be wrong but I feel like January 1st start date is incorrect.
But on a side note 23 percent is a little much on a prize pool that's already bad enough wouldn't ya think?
Not addressed in the rules but make sure you enter your lineups before the game, makes taking stats much easier.
An example of what stats should look like when finished: http://www.leaguegaming.com/forums/...ge=game&gameid=219164&leagueid=37&seasonid=23
