League Rules

General Rules

These are the general rules which count for each cup. We will try to make the rules complete and up to date but this may not always be the case. If you want to participate in a cup, you and your team should agree with these rules. These rules are a guideline. Admins can make decisions which may differ from the rules, this depends on the circumstances. If you have any questions, you can contact the *admin team*.

- You must have a registered team, with the required amount of members.

Each team or/and participant should abide by the rules. Everyone who doesn’t can be excluded from the cup by an admin. The admins have the rights to make decisions which may be different from the original rules, however this depends on the circumstances.

Each player must join their teams before the cup has started. Players in those teams need to be set as 'Playing' and any other players set as 'Not Playing' if those players are playing for another team. Substitutes can join the team during the cup however they cannot join if they have played in the current cup for another team.

You can only sign out the team of a cup you are set as playing in

We reserve the right of disqualifying players or teams before and during a cup.

• Not showing up for a match (full team). +- 15 minutes after start of the match.
• Inappropriate behaviour from each team member or flaming
• Using tags, pictures or team names of teams or communities, which you are not part of.
• Using inadequately team-names or pictures.
• Playing with too similar or equal nicknames
• Using players on a different account than their main one if not approved by admin.
• Trying to deceive an admin.
• Ghosting, Cheating and/or Glitching

• Not showing up for a match (single member). This does not count for when a member is timed out. +- 15 minutes after the start of the cup.
• Inappropriate behaviour or flaming
• Cheating and/or Glitching
• Using tags, pictures or team names of teams or communities, which you are not part of.
• Using inadequately nicknames or pictures.

If you notice the enemy team doing one of these things, make a screenshot or save the replay so you can show to an admin. If the admin does NOT have proof than he cannot disqualify or exclude a team or a member from the cup. If a member is disqualified from the cup, the team can use an other player from the team to bring him/her in. If the team does not have a reserve player, they can ask a player who is not in the team to play for them. If you ask for a player who is not in the team to play, please let an admin know from this. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SCREENSHOTS OR REPLAYS FROM ENEMY FAULTS.

A Player which is on parole has to put $e34on parole behind his nickname during every match of a cup in his on parole period. If he has not, it will count as a major rule break. If a player on parole breaks a rule during his on parole period, the penalty will be doubled!

The results should be sent to the website automatically during each match. However make sure you have a screenshot of the result with the in-game clock, should you need to contact an admin to report an incorrectly transmitted score.

Default wins are only distributed if a player or team doesn’t show within 15 minutes of the match being assigned. An admin will make sure that this result will be entered as a ‘Default win’. If your team does not show up you will get a penalty point.

A game can be paused by request of the enemy team by clicking the dedicated "pause" button above the "start veto" button in our plugin or with the ingame vote. One of the reasons can be that one person is having ping issues or having problems with snapshot.
A game must be paused when a player has timed out! Playing versus a team with a player less is not allowed! If the disconnected player does not come back in a time limit from around 10 minutes the admins can decide to give a default win.
Abusing a pause without sufficient reason will be punished.

At least one player from each team should take one or multiple screenshots. These screenshots can be used to prove to an admin the correct score, or the faults that an other player has done. Replays may also be used.

Players are not allowed to use the stormwoman skin or any other skin which is different from the original one. A painted skin is allowed.
Example from other skins: Stormwoman, Smurf skin, minecraft skin, etc…

The money will not be payed out if:

• there is suspicion of payers or teams breaking the rules.
• members of the team act anappropriately.
• the team is disqualified.
• a player does not enter a tournament with his main account.
• you do not contact us after 4 weeks (league@paragon-esports .com)
• there are less than 8 teams (Elite: 16) signed up for the Cup - only on Cups with non-dynamic prize payouts

According to these rules admins have the final word on whether cash prizes are rewarded or not. Most Cups are using the dynamic Prize Money system. The prizes shown on the Cup Overview page are based on the amount of teams that have signed up for the cup. If a team does not show up it will not take part in the final calculation of the prizes at the end of the Cup.

You are only allowed to play with one account in all of our tournaments. Use of another account is permitted only if approved by an admin.

Elite cup rules

Each team has the right for a warm-up. As soon as the both team members are all ready, by pressing the f6 button, will the match be started.

Teams are able to change 1 player during a match. This is only possible at the end of a map. Always contact an admin when the lineup is changed during a match.

Currently all cups are organized in an Double-Elimination System which means if you lose your first match you have a second chance to win the cup.

As soon as you are in a matchserver every team needs to press the Veto-Button on the right side of the screen (checkered flag). If there are any problems during the map veto please call an admin by pressing the "call admin" button.

If any player has an disconnect please instantly press on the right side the Button with the red flag and than on starting a Pause vote. Everyone has to press F1 in this case. The game continues as soon everyone pressed F6. It is not allowed to change the Attacking order during an Pause.

Combo cup rules

Each team has the right for a warm-up. As soon as the both team members are all ready, by pressing the f6 buttom, will the match be started.

Teams are able to change 1 player during a match. This is only possible at the end of a map. Always contact an admin when the lineup is changed during a match.

Currently all cups are organized in an Double-Elimination System which means if you loose your first match you have a second chance to win the cup.

As soon as you are in the matchserver, every team needs to press on the Veto-Button on the right side of the screen, than an automatic veto is starting, the server will skip automatically to the vetoed maps. If there is any problem during the veto call instantly an Admin by pressing the "call Admin" button.

A Combo match can only be paused by a vote. This vote can be found in the ESC-Menu if you go to Scriptsettings and find "Pause the game". To pause the game you have to check both checkboxes, to unpause just the first one. When pausing a game always call an admin.

The first three cups of the series will be seeded based on the results of the previous combo series. The fourth cup up to the grand final will be seeded based on the results of the current series.

You can only be a player/substitute in one of the teams that are in the top 12. However, you can also be a player/substitute in a newly created team, but this team will get no points for the current series.

The following rules apply to all teams which are in the top 12 of the series ranking before the start of the eighth cup:

After the eighth cup of the series only team members who joined the team before the eighth cup are allowed to play in further cups and the grand final. Each team is allowed a maximum of four players and only these players are allowed to play the further cups and the grand final. If you have more than four players in your team please inform an admin about which ones are playing the further cups. Once a team member has left a team they cannot rejoin.

SpeedBall cup rules

Each team has the right for a warm-up. As soon as the both team members are all ready, by pressing the f6 buttom, will the match be started.

Teams are able to change 1 player during a match. This is only possible at the end of a map. Always contact an admin when the lineup is changed during a match.

Currently all cups are organized in an Double-Elimination System which means if you loose your first match you have a second chance to win the cup.

As soon as you are in the matchserver, every team needs to press on the Veto-Button on the right side of the screen, than an automatic veto is starting, the server will skip automatically to the vetoed maps. If there is any problem during the veto call instantly an Admin by pressing the "call Admin" button.

A SpeedBall match can only be paused by a vote (clicking the pause widget). It is only allowed to pause a SpeedBall game if the opponent team have captured less than 50% of the pole or if your team is in the lead and you have the ball, otherwise you have to wait until the next round begins. A pause automatically restarts the round. If this rule get broken an admin must be called and the opponent team gets automatically the point.

Chase cup rules

Each team has the right for a warm-up. As soon as the both team members are all ready, by pressing the f6 buttom, will the match be started.

Teams are able to change 1 player during a match. This is only possible at the end of a map. Always contact an admin when the lineup is changed during a match.

Currently all cups are organized in an Double-Elimination System which means if you loose your first match you have a second chance to win the cup.

As soon as you are in the matchserver, every team needs to press on the Veto-Button on the right side of the screen, then an automatic veto is starting, the server will skip automatically to the vetoed maps. If there is any problem during the veto call instantly an Admin by pressing the "call Admin" button.

If any player has an disconnect please instantly press on the right side the Button with the red flag and than on starting a Pause vote. Everyone has to press F1 in this case. The game continues as soon everyone pressed F6. It is not allowed to change the Attacking order during an Pause.

You can use any route to reach the next checkpoint - however, you must complete checkpoints in the intended order.

The round is won if a team manages to build up a relay gap of 3 points to the opposing team, or whenever a player of either team finishes 5 laps. A map ends whenever either team wins 3 rounds.