RULES SUMMARY

This is a summary of rules that are the most common.

• All players must be current students from the same university. 
• Teams should wait for all players to join the match before choosing sides.
• Teams must have at least 3 players. If teams are more than 15 minutes late they will forfeit a match.
• Check-in deadline is 6:30pm. Teams who don't check-in will not get games for that evening.
• Offensive IGNs 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 be suspended for the remainder of the season (minimum of 3 weeks, carried over to the following season).

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

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

GAME SETTINGS

All games will be played with the following game settings:

• Default Arena: Beckwick Park Night
• Team Size: 3v3
• Bot Difficulty: No Bots
• Mutators: None
• Match Time: 5 Minutes
• Joinable By: Name/Password
• Name: NSE<match id>
• Password: NSE
• Example: Lobby - NSE54732, Pass - NSE
• Server: Europe

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.
• If a team does not have a match during a round, the students on that team are not allowed to compete on a different team.
• For example, if the first team does not have a match but the second team does, no players who would normally represent the first team are eligible to play for the second team.

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.