Overwatch 2 Women & Non-Binary NSE Winter Cup

RULES SUMMARY

• All players must be current students
• Teams must consist of players from "playing entity". For this event a playing entity is either a individual university or a agreement between 2 universities to compete together. 
• All players must be women (cis or trans) or non-binary.
• All games are on the European region
• 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 match.
• Check in deadline is 12:30pm. Teams who don't check in will not get games for that evening.
• Lobby settings
  • Competitive rules on
  • Kill cam disabled
  • Skins disabled
• 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.

In addition to NSE rules all players must comply with Overwatch 2 terms of service at all times including, but not limited to, any account sharing policies.

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

MAP POOL

All maps picked must be picked from the following map pool.

Control: Ilios, Lijiang Tower, Nepal
Hybrid: Blizzard World, King's Row, Midtown
Escort: Junkertown, Rialto, Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Flashpoint*: New Junk City, Suravasa​
Clash*: Hanaoka, Throna of Anubis
Push: Esperança, New Queen Street, Runasapi

BEST OF THREE

The home team can pick to be Team A or B for the first map.

• Team A picks the mode for the first map
• Team B picks the first map
• After each game, the loser of the previous map chooses the mode and map
  • Each mode can only be played once per match
• In the case of a tie, a 4th flashpoint or clash map will be played.

*In Bo3 matches, teams may not select Flashpoint and Clash, only one of these modes can be played in a match.

BEST OF FIVE/SEVEN

The home team can pick to be Team A or B for the first map.

• Team A picks a control map
• After each game, the loser of the previous map chooses the mode and map
  • Each mode can only be played once per match

PAUSE RULES

Teams are allowed to pause for technical or rule issues.

• Teams should request a pause using all chat, at which point the lobby leader should pause as soon as possible.
• Once a game is paused, the team that initiated the pause should make the other team aware of the reason for the pause and give an estimate of the length of the pause.
• If the pause is longer than 5 minutes, please contact an admin.
• Both teams should be notified before unpausing to check they are also ready.

SUBSTITUTION RULES

• Teams may add/remove players from the team between weeks.
• Teams may play with any players listed on their roster.
• In bo3 and bo5 matches, teams may substitute players between games.
• Players may be added to teams at any point as long as it does not cause a delay to round starting.
• Players may not play for more than one team in a single tournament night.

All decisions regarding the interpretation and enforcement of these rules are 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.