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VALORANT Summer

Information
Game
VALORANT
Platform
Riot Id
Day
Monday
Time
19:00
Format

4 Week swiss League

Top 8 Elimination

Location
Standings
Summary

VALORANT Summer will be split into 2 stages running for a total of 7 weeks.

During Summer, alumni will have the opportunity to compete alongside students in a mixed team format. To participate, all players must have attended the same University. If you're an Alumni and need assistance setting up your account, simply fill out this form or get in touch with alumni@nse.gg to create your mixed team.


Stage 1 - League Stage

During the league stage pairings will be decided using the Swiss system. In the first round teams will be paired randomly then in subsequent rounds teams will be paired to play a team with the same or similar number of games won. During the Swiss stage each team will play two Bo1 matches per week.


Stage 2 - Playoffs

Four to eight teams with the highest number of points in the Swiss stage will qualify for the playoff bracket, with the victorious teams advancing to the Finals.

Prize

1st Place 5x Summer Winners Jersey
2nd Place £100

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or VALORANT Esports. 

RULES SUMMARY

  • All players must have been attended the same University.
  • Mixed teams of Students and Alumni are allowed.
  • Teams must have at least 5 players. Teams may add/remove players from team between weeks.
  • If teams are more than 20 minutes late they will forfeit a map.
  • Check-in deadline is 18:30pm. Teams who don't check-in will not get games for that evening.
  • Offensive player and team names are not allowed.
  • Verbal abuse is not allowed. In particular any use of racist, sexist, homophobic or any other discriminatory language will lead disqualification of players involved.

Game Settings

  • Mode : Standard
  • Cheats : Off
  • Tournament/Competitive mode : On
  • Win by two: On

Map Pool

  • Ascent
  • Bind
  • Fracture
  • Haven
  • Lotus
  • Pearl
  • Split

Map Veto - Best of Three

The higher seeded team can elect to be Team A or Team B within the following process:

  1. Team A bans 1 map
  2. Team B bans 1 map
  3. Team A picks the map for game 1 and Team B has side choice
  4. Team B picks the map for game 2 and Team A has side choice
  5. Team B bans 1 map
  6. Team A picks the third map and Team B has side choice

Map Veto - Best of One

The higher seeded team can elect to be Team A or Team B within the following process:

Teams then Veto maps in the following order

  1. Team A bans 1 map
  2. Team B bans 2 maps
  3. Team A bans 1 map
  4. Team B bans 1 map
  5. Team A picks map out of 2 remaining maps and Team B has side choice

Players are expected to uphold the NSE Code of Conduct whilst competing in this tournament

All decisions regarding the interpretation and enforcement of these rules is at the sole discretion of the NSE Admin Team, whose decisions are final.
These rules may be amended, changed or supplemented when required by the NSE Admin Team to ensure fair play and competitive integrity.

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or VALORANT Esports. 

Date Stage
Saturday 24th June

Sign-ups close

Monday 26th June

Week 1 Swiss

Monday 3rd July

Week 2 Swiss

Monday 10th July

Week 3 Swiss

Monday 17th July

Week 4 Swiss

Monday 24th July

Quarterfinals

Monday 31st July

Semifinals

Monday 7th August

Finals

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