RULES AND GUIDELINES

If you have any questions or issues, please contact an admin WELL IN ADVANCE or as soon as possible.This tournament is open to players who identify as female.All members need to have an ESL account before the actual starting time of the tournament. The account has to have a picture that identifies the person. It also needs to be connected to your battle.net account. Please make sure that your ESL-nick, your battle.net-nick and your TeamSpeak-nick are identical. If you need help with changing your nick, please contact an admin WELL IN ADVANCE.All members have to be on our TeamSpeak voice chat server during all of their matches, from the beginning of the tournament until the end. Server details for TeamSpeak will be e-mailed to all participants on the day of the cup.Unless otherwise stated at the beginning of the cup by the admins, the tournament is played with double elimination. The upper bracket is played in Best of 3's, Lower bracket is Best of 1. The final are double Bo3's, with a 1 set advantage to the upper bracket winner.The first map is chosen by ESL, after that it is losers choice. The first map will be visible by clicking on the “vs” icon in your current match-up. The map pool is the battle.net map pool of the current season.Matches have to start in-time, after 15 minutes an opponent can ask the admins in the ingame-channel for a default win if the opponent is not ready to play.No observers allowed besides ESL admins and casters. Casters must have a 90 sec delay.All players have to fill in the score immediately after the match and / or verify it.The tournament is played on the EU-server. If both players are from another server, they are free to choose that server.Players must always upload replays to ESL after their matches! Failure to do so may result in penalties.For detailed rules on conduct and penalties, please go to Global Rules