- It happens frequently that one of these tournaments interferes with a local dinner time. While it generally is expected that one simply plans their moment to dine around this tournament, sometimes that is simply not possible. If this is the case, then the captains of the two teams who are about to start a match could decide to take a moment to eat. The captains are expected to agree on a time when the match is going to be played, as well are they expected to inform Tournament Admin . The maximum dine time allowed is 30 minutes.



Special Situations No Show - If a team does not have five registered players that are ready to play within 15 minutes of their match being posted, this is called a no show. Whenever this is the case please send the report using the "Report Win" tab on the tournament page using the following format: Title: DOTAFire EU/NA/SEA Round <RoundNumber> - <YourTeam> vs. <Opponent> | NO SHOW

Content: The content should contain a screenshot that clearly shows the five team members of the captain's team in the game lobby with the timer being at 30 minutes or lower (lobby timers start at 45:00, so 15 minutes should have passed). Also it must be clearly visible that the other captain has been contacted repeatedly.



Forfeit prior to commence. Whenever this is the case please send the report in a private message on - Sometimes it happens that part of a team cannot show up, or decides to forfeit the matchto commence. Whenever this is the case please send the report in aon DOTAFire using the following format:



Title: DOTAFire EU/NA/SEA Round <RoundNumber> - <YourTeam> vs. <Opponent> | FORFEIT

Content: The content should contain a screenshot that clearly shows the opposing team forfeiting the match.







Not Played



Note that an admin may also flag a match as not played whenever it takes too long for them to receive a report. Once this is done, it's unlikely that they will be able to revert it. - On a very rare occasion it might happen that neither team shows up in a playable condition. Whenever this is the case, please contact a Tournament Admin directly through a private message and report that neither team is able to play.Note that an admin may also flag a match as not played whenever it takes too long for them to receive a report. Once this is done, it's unlikely that they will be able to revert it.