NSE Valorant Summer Series

RULES SUMMARY

• All players must have been students during the 2019/20 academic year from the same university. 
• Teams must have at least 5 players. 
• If teams are more than 20 minutes late they will forfeit a map.
• Check-in deadline is 12:30pm. 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.
• All games should be played on the servers provided. Complete server settings can be found in the full rules

Game Settings

Mode : Standard
Cheats : Off

Map Veto - Best of One

The home 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

Map Veto - Best of Three

The home team can elect to be Team A or Team B within the following 2 stage process:

Stage 1

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" final remaining map and Team A has side choice

Teams then play first 2 maps. If score is tied after 2 maps the pick ban for third map is done as follows:

1. The Team with the highest Round win differential after the first two games in the Best-of-3 series bans one map.
2. The opposing Team bans one map.
3. The Team with the highest Round win differential after the first two games then picks final map (they may not choose a map they have won earlier in the match),

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.