General FortLAN & Tournament Rules

We reserve the right to change, modify or adapt all rules as deemed appropriate by FORTLAN in order to uphold and maintain a spirit of overall fairness and good sportsmanship.

Once the sign-up deadline has been reached, no participant can expect to be allowed in to that given tournament or event, no matter how much they beg or plead.

FortLAN staff also reserve the right to make judgement on cases that are not specifically supported or detailed in tournament rules, or in some extremely rare cases go against these rules, to preserve fair play and sportsmanship.

If any provision of the rules shall be invalid or impracticable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining part of these rules. In lieu of any invalid or impracticable provision, an appropriate provision shall apply which will be nearest to the intent of the meaning and purpose of the original rule.

All players and/or teams are to uphold the spirit of fair play at all times.

Unsportsmanlike conduct of any type, including but not limited to: thievery or vandalization of other participants property; racist, sexist and/or homophobic slurs or otherwise abusive remarks; threats or acts of violence; any abuse of rules or policy; and any other type of physical or verbal conduct deemed inappropriate by FORTLAN staff will not be tolerated and is subject to punishments including forfeits, expulsions, bans or any other actions deemed appropriate by FORTLAN.

FORTLAN is not responsible for, nor do they agree to enforce, any additional agreements or provisions that have been agreed on informally between any amount of players and/or teams.

Any correspondence, disputes, or other types of discussion with FORTLAN staff is strictly confidential. The publication of such material without written consent is forbidden.

The FORTLAN staff is to be respected at all times. The FORTLAN staff members running any tournament or event have the final say in anything related to that tournament or event, period. Any disrespect of the staff is forfeit to the violator being removed from the current and any future FORTLAN events at FORTLAN’s discretion.

TEAM FORTRESS 2

The deadline to sign up will be 30 minutes before the tournament starts.

Teams will be randomly assigned from the list of participants at the time that the sign-up deadline is reached.

This will be a single-elimination tournament.

The winning team for each round, up until the final round, will be the team that gets the best of 2 out of 3 on the single given map for that round.

The winning team from the final round will be determined by the team that wins the most rounds on 2 out of the 3 different maps given for that round.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

The deadline for signing up for this tournament will be 45 minutes before the tournament is scheduled to start.

There will be no random teams for this tournament. Teams will be expected to have been formed at the time of sign-up.

Teams can consist of 5-6 players. In the case of a 6 person team, one member will have to be designated as a ‘sub’. The sub will have to be declared before the start of the tournament.

If a team does not have 5 present players at the start of their round, they will have 15 minutes for their sub to ready up. In the event the team did not declare a sub, or if the sub is otherwise unavailable, the team will be disqualified from the tournament.

Any player participating in the tournament must have at least 16 champions available, NOT INCLUDING free week champions.

This will be a double-elimination tournament.

At the start of a round, there will be a coin flip between the captains of the two participating teams to determine which team gets top and which team gets bottom.

There will be one match per round. The winner of the one match moves on.

HEROES OF THE STORM

The deadline for signing up for this tournament will be 30 minutes before the tournament is scheduled to start.

Teams will be randomly assigned from the list of participants at the time that the sign-up deadline is reached.

Teams can consist of 5 players.

This will be a double-elimination tournament.

At the start of a round, there will be a coin flip between the captains of the two participating teams to determine which team gets top and which team gets bottom.

There will be one match per round. The winner of the one match moves on.

The final round will consist of 3 matches. The team with 2 out of 3 wins will be the victor.

HearthStone

The deadline for signing up for this tournament will be 30 minutes before the tournament is scheduled to start.

There is no restrictions on particular cards or decks that can or cannot be used.

This will be a single-elimination tournament.

Each round in the tournament will consist of 3 matches. The player that wins 2 out of 3 matches will move on to the next round.

Each player is to have 3 decks at the ready to use per round. If a given deck Wins in that round, it cannot be used again until the next round begins (if the player in question moves on.) If a deck loses in that round, it can be used again in that round.

The player can change the decks they have at the ready freely between rounds; decks cannot be changed out during a round, in-between matches.

GLOBAL OFFENSIVE

The deadline for signing up for this tournament will be 45 minutes before the tournament is scheduled to start.

There will be no random teams for this tournament. Teams will be expected to have been formed at the time of sign-up.

This will be a double-elimination tournament.

At the beginning of a round, the team will play a knife to determine which side will start as Terrorists and which side will start as Counter-Terrorists.

Each round in the tournament until the Finals will already have a pre-determined map assigned to it.

By participating in any FORTLAN tournaments or events, the participant agrees that (s)he understands and accepts these rules.

Last but not least, the most important rule of them all: HAVE FUN!