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RULES SUMMARY
- All players must be current students from the same university.
- 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 6:30pm. 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 to a minimum 3-week suspension.
- All games should be played on the servers provided. Complete server settings can be found in the full rules.
- Custom player models are not allowed.
- The following in-game overlays are authorised, all others are forbidden:
- cl_showpos 1
- cl_showfps 1
- net_graph 1
- cl_showdemooverlay 1 / -1
- Using pause during a round is forbidden (freezetime and once a round has been concluded does not count as during).
- Teams are allowed four 30 second tactical pauses per map. Teams may also pause to resolve technical issues.
- Teams may use coach spectator slot on the server. Coaches must be from the same university as players.
- Jump + Throw grenade binds are allowed.
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Map Veto - Best of Three
The Home Team (team on left) can elect to be Team A or Team B within the following process:
- Team A bans 1 map
- Team B bans 1 map
- Team A picks the map for game 1 and Team B has side choice
- Team B picks the map for game 2 and Team A has side choice
- Team B bans 1 map
- Team A picks the third map and Team B has side choice
Map Veto - Best of One
The Home Team (team on left) can elect to be Team A or Team B within the following process:
- Starting with Team A, teams take turns to veto one map until only one map remains.
- Choice of side starting side will be determined by a knife round.
Players are expected to uphold the NSE Code of Conduct whilst competing in this tournament.
All matches will be run using the current active duty map pool.
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.
