ADCAPEX DOTA CIRCUIT

APEX DOTA CIRCUIT / ELIGIBILITY

League Rules

ADC · PARTICIPATION POLICY

Participants

  1. All signups will be through the Apex Dota Circuit Sign Up Form for the current season, and all signups will be reviewed by an Admin. Players and Captains must be calibrated and submit a screenshot of their MMR with the current date and time of submission.
  2. Only individual signups will be accepted.
  3. Each signup must be used using your main account. This account cannot be shared with any other player during the season. Any and all smurf accounts must be listed in the player statement section on the sign up form, and if not done so will lead to punishment by the Admin.
  4. Players must use their steam name and discord ID when signing up for the league.
  5. Accounts must have 1000 games played and atleast 500 wins on the account during sign up.
  6. All players signing up must be atleast Ancient 1 - 3850 MMR - at the time of sign up. Anyone who falls below that rank will not be allowed to play in the next season, regardless if you played in a previous season.
  7. If any players are accused of sandbagging it will be up to the Admin to make a judgement, which could consist of MMR adjustment during draft or even a season ban or longer depending on the offense.
  8. All participants must keep their profiles public during the season. If there is non-compliance then it should be reported to an Admin and appropriate action will be taken.
  9. All players and captains are expected to play 1 series every week. If you miss more than 3 weeks then you will be replaced on your team. Before signing up please read the format and rules and make sure that you are available to play. There are no standin or free agent sign ups, only active players and captains.
  10. Any suspicious accounts can be removed at the Admins discretion.
  11. If any player leaves or abandons their team it will be an automatic 3 season ban.

Captains

  1. Captains are encouraged to have atleast a season worth of captaining before signing up as a captain, however this is not a requirement.
  2. Captains are responsible for drafting and organizing their teams which includes inviting everyone to a team discord. They are also responsible for reporting any match results as well as scheduling their teams matches outside of the set day to play.
  3. Captains are their teams primary contact source and they must be the ones to talk to other team captains or an Admin should a problem arise.
  4. Captains also are not allowed to kick players from the team, if there is any problems with any players it must be brought to an Admins attention and steps to resolve the issue will be taken from there.
  5. If a team is missing any players for a series then they must use a stand-in. If more than 2 players will be missing then the team must forfeit said series.
  6. Captains must list the dotabuffs of the stand-in and the player they are standing in for in the designated discord channel. All stand-ins must be approved either by the other team captain or by an Admin. An Admin has the final say and can overrule a captains declining of a stand-in.

Stand-ins

  1. All stand-ins should be as close to the actual players MMR as possible. Stand-in cannot exceed 150 MMR more than the player they are standing in for unless approved by the opposing team captain. Examples of stand-ins include : Player 1 - 5000 MMR , Stand-in - 4950 MMR (Allowed) , Player 1 - 5000 MMR , Stand-in - 5300 MMR (Not Allowed) , Player 1 - 5000 MMR , Stand-in - 5150 MMR (Allowed).
  2. The approved MMR for stand-in rule above includes a players CURRENT MMR, not their draft MMR.
  3. If any stand-in that was not approved of by the opposing team captain or an Admin was used in a series then an Admin can award a forfeit to the other team for that series.
  4. Any banned players will not be eligible to be used as a stand-in until their ban is over.
  5. If a team disbands, any player that was not banned will be eligible to be used as a stand-in for that season.

Replacements

  1. Replacement player will be issued to a team should one of their players quit or be removed due to toxicity. The replacement will be either the same MMR or lower depending on availability and who the Admin was able to find at the time. The team cannot reject the replacement that the Admin has chosen.

Other

  1. All participants should join the League Discord Server to receive important news / updates about the league and future seasons and or playoffs. It also makes it easy for captains to find you after a new seasons draft is completed.
  2. All participants must have either a paypal or venmo account to collect their share of the winnings should they be on the winning team for the season. Failure to have one of these, can result in forfeiture of winnings.

Conduct

  1. Arguments and flaming are bound to happen during series and the length of the season, however if it persists and violates the set standards for the league then there will be a punishment by the Admin which can range from missing games to a whole ban.
  2. No hate speech or cyber bullying.
  3. Any GG call during series should be done only by the Captain, if it is not done by them then it is not a real GG and the game should continue to be played as usual. However if a player or team is constantly calling out fake GG's, then the player or the team as a whole will receive a punishment that is deemed just at the Admins discretion.

Clause

  1. If any other situation arises that is not in the rules mentioned above then it will be reviewed at the time by an Admin and that Admin reserves the right to make any decision they deem necessary. All decisions are final.
  2. Tournament format is subject to change at the Admins discretion depending on number of teams formulated after sign ups are finished.