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Dota 2 Summer

Information
Game
Dota 2
Platform
Steam
Day
Sunday
Time
19:00
Format

4 Weeks Swiss League
Top 4 Elimination

Location
Standings
Summary

Dota Summer League will be split into 2 stages running for a total of 6 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

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.
  • All games will be played using the following settings:
    • GAME MODE - Captains Mode
    • SERVER LOCATION - Luxembourg
    • SELECTION PRIORITY - Automatic
    • STARTING TEAM - Random
    • PENALTY-RADIANT - No penalty
    • PENALTY-DIRE - No penalty
    • ENABLE CHEAT - No
    • FILL EMPTY SLOTS WITH BOTS - No
    • SPECTATORS - Enabled
    • DOTA TV DELAY - 5 minutes
  • 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 6:30pm. Teams who don't check-in will not get games for that evening.
  • Offensive Steam Profile 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.
  • Teams may have a coach in comms but they are not allowed to live spectate using coach slot.

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.

Date Stage
Friday 30th June

Sign-ups close

Sunday 2nd July

Week 1 Swiss

Sunday 9th July

Week 2 Swiss

Sunday 16th July

Week 3 Swiss

Sunday 23rd July

Week 4 Swiss
Sunday 30th July

Playoffs Start / Week 5 Swiss (overflow)

Sunday 6th August

Playoffs

Sunday 13th August

Playoffs (overflow)

 

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