Welcome to Season 5 of the Bolts Chel Challenge! Please read this information carefully. Join the LG Discord All league communication will happen via the Leaguegaming Discord, please join it today! https://discord.gg/UsnVpeN Full Rules, Eligibility, and Dates https://www.leaguegaming.com/boltsgaming/BoltsChelChallenge2023.pdf Banned Player List If your name is on the ESHL Banned Player List, you are ineligible to play unless granted an appeal. Please reference the list here: https://www.leaguegaming.com/forums/index.php?threads/eshl-lghl-banned-players-list.335551/ Important Information for the NHL 23 World Championship This event does not count as one of the 4 events you can play in. The highest-finishing North American player, who is currently not already representing an NHL club will become the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 23 World Championship representative. For exact details refer to the rules document above. Qualifier Format & Dates Please read this format carefully. Here are the key points on how the qualifiers will work: The event is similar to last season's event, except for 4 weekends of qualifiers, there are 2. If you win that weekend's qualifiers, you qualify for the LAN. The qualifiers for this event will take place over 2 separate weekends. All players will be randomly put in 1 of 4 separate double-elimination brackets. The winner of each weekend (2) will qualify for the live LAN event. The NA Bracket will be played on Xbox Series X|S. All games vs your opponent is a best-of-one (BO1). Bracket finalists are best-of-three (BO3). All rounds will have a default date and time (see below). If the bracket is caught up and both opponents wish to play earlier than the next scheduled time, they may do so. However, both opponents cannot flex to a later time (only earlier). Here are the key dates (all times are ET): Signup Weekend #1 - December 29 to January 14 Signup Weekend #2 - January 16 to January 21 Each bracket will be generated after the signup deadline for each weekend has concluded. Qualifiers - Saturday, January 14 to Sunday, January 22 Qualifier Weekend #1 - January 14 to January 15 Qualifier Weekend #2 - January 21 to January 22 Game Settings Game Mode: Online Versus Difficulty: All-Star Period Length: 4 minutes Game Type: Competitive Rules: Custom Fighting: On Penalties: On Injuries: Off Offsides: Delayed Icing: Hybrid Icing Tie Break: Continuous Overtime Control Goalie in Shootout: On Teams: Tampa Bay Lightning's current roster Music: Off Announcers: Off Position Lock: Off If you have any questions please DM on Twitter @leaguegaming (DMs are open)! Good luck to everyone!
