🏆 $300 Skull Town 3v3 Tournament Rules

By participating in the tournament, all players agree to follow the rules below and any instructions issued by tournament staff.

Tournament staff reserves final authority over competitive rulings, disputes, penalties, and situations not specifically covered by these rules.

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1. Team & Roster Requirements

• Each team must have 3 starting players.
• Each team may register 1 substitute player.
• A player may only be registered to one team during the tournament.
• Players may not compete for multiple teams.
• A substitute cannot be a player who participated on another team that has already been eliminated.
• Once a player participates for a team, that player is considered part of that team's tournament roster.

Puerto Rico Requirement

At least 2 of the 3 active players must be from Puerto Rico.

This requirement will remain in effect unless tournament staff officially announces a change before or during the event.

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2. Substitute Rules

Teams may register a maximum of 1 substitute.

The substitute must be submitted and approved by tournament staff before the Semifinals begin.

A substitute may only enter the tournament when:

• A registered player is unable to continue playing; or
• A registered player failed to arrive for the team's earlier tournament rounds.

Substitutions are not intended for strategic roster changes between matches.

A substitute:

• Must meet all tournament eligibility requirements.
• Cannot be registered to or have played for another team in the tournament.
• Cannot be taken from a team that has already been eliminated.
• Must be approved by tournament staff before playing.

Once the Semifinals begin, no new substitute may be submitted unless tournament staff makes an exception because of an extraordinary circumstance.

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3. Tournament Format

The tournament will use a Single Elimination bracket.

Once a team loses its series, that team is eliminated from the tournament.

Standard Rounds

All tournament series before the Grand Finals will be:

Best of 3

The first team to win 2 games advances.

Grand Finals

The Grand Finals will be:

Best of 5

The first team to win 3 games becomes the tournament champion.

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4. Simultaneous Lobbies

To reduce downtime and keep the tournament moving, multiple tournament lobbies may operate at the same time.

Teams must pay attention to tournament announcements and be prepared to enter their assigned lobby when called.

Playing in different simultaneous lobbies does not change the tournament rules or match format.

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5. Map

All tournament games will be played exclusively on:

Skull Town

No other map may be selected unless tournament staff authorizes a change due to a technical or game-related problem.

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6. Legend Restrictions

The following Legend classes are prohibited:

• Recon Legends
• Controller Legends

Players may not select or intentionally play a Legend belonging to either prohibited class.

If a prohibited Legend is selected accidentally, the player must notify tournament staff immediately and follow staff instructions.

Intentionally starting or playing a match using a prohibited Legend may result in a restart, game loss, series loss, or disqualification depending on the circumstances.

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7. No Ultimates

Ultimate abilities are prohibited.

Players may not intentionally activate or use their Legend's Ultimate ability during a tournament game.

Passive and Tactical abilities are permitted unless specifically prohibited elsewhere in the rules.

If an Ultimate is activated accidentally, the player must immediately stop benefiting from it when reasonably possible and notify tournament staff.

Tournament staff will determine the appropriate penalty based on whether the Ultimate affected the game.

Repeated or intentional violations may result in a game loss, series loss, or disqualification.

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8. No Height

Players may not intentionally use high ground or elevated positions to gain a combat advantage.

This includes intentionally fighting or holding positions such as:

• Rooftops
• High ledges
• Elevated structures
• Upper areas that create a significant vertical advantage
• Other positions tournament staff determines violate the spirit of the no-height rule

Players should remain within the intended ground-level fighting areas of Skull Town.

Movement abilities may be used normally, but they cannot be used to intentionally reach or maintain prohibited high-ground positions.

Momentary or accidental elevation should be corrected immediately.

Repeated or intentional violations may result in a warning, game loss, series loss, or disqualification.

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9. Care Package Weapons

Care Package weapons are prohibited.

Players may not pick up, possess, or use weapons obtained from a Care Package.

If a Care Package weapon is picked up accidentally, the player must drop it immediately without using it against another player.

Intentionally using a prohibited weapon may result in a game loss or additional tournament penalties.

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10. Cheats, Hardware & Unfair Advantages

Any form of cheating or unfair competitive advantage is strictly prohibited.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Aimbots
• Wallhacks
• ESP
• Scripts
• Macros
• Recoil-control scripts
• Automated movement scripts
• Unauthorized third-party software
• Input manipulation software
• Titan devices/controllers
• Cronus-style devices
• Hardware or software used to modify inputs beyond normal intended gameplay
• Exploits intentionally used to gain an unfair competitive advantage

Any hardware, software, controller modification, script, configuration, or external device that tournament staff determines provides an unfair or unintended competitive advantage may be prohibited even if it is not specifically named above.

Players found intentionally cheating may be immediately disqualified from the tournament.

Tournament staff may request clips, recordings, screenshots, POV footage, or other evidence when investigating a player.

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11. Exploits & Competitive Integrity

Players may not intentionally exploit:

• Map bugs
• Out-of-bounds locations
• Unintended hiding spots
• Glitches
• Broken game mechanics
• Other unintended interactions that provide an unfair advantage

Stream sniping, ghosting, teaming with opponents, intentionally providing information to another team, or manipulating tournament results is prohibited.

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12. Disconnects

If a player disconnects because of a legitimate technical issue, only the first qualifying disconnect may result in a game reset.

Each match will receive a maximum of one disconnect-related restart, subject to tournament staff approval.

After that restart has been used, additional individual disconnects will normally not cause another reset, and the game must continue.

Players must notify tournament staff immediately when a disconnect occurs.

Tournament staff will determine whether the disconnect qualifies for a restart.

Intentional disconnects, rage quitting, or attempts to force a restart may result in penalties or disqualification.

If there is a server-wide failure, lobby crash, or technical issue affecting multiple players, tournament staff may authorize an additional restart when necessary.

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13. Discord & Voice Chat

All participating players must be present in the ms_edeel Discord server.

When their match is being organized, players must join the tournament voice channel assigned by staff.

Teams must remain available in Discord so tournament staff can communicate important instructions.

Failure to join the required voice channel or respond to tournament staff within a reasonable period may result in a forfeit.

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14. Lobby Codes

Tournament lobby codes will not be posted publicly.

The lobby code for each matchup will be sent directly to the team captain through Discord DM.

The captain is responsible for providing the necessary lobby information to their registered teammates.

Players may not intentionally share tournament lobby codes with unauthorized individuals.

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15. Match Readiness

Teams are responsible for being ready when their matchup is called.

Players should:

• Be online.
• Be inside the ms_edeel Discord server.
• Be available in the appropriate voice channel.
• Have Apex Legends ready.
• Respond to tournament staff.
• Join their assigned lobby promptly.

Excessive delays may result in penalties or a tournament forfeit.

Tournament staff will determine how much additional time, if any, is reasonable based on the circumstances.

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16. Support, Disputes & Tickets

Any tournament dispute, rule question, technical issue, or complaint must be submitted through the:

#support-dudas

channel in the ms_edeel Discord server.

Players should open a ticket and provide as much evidence as possible, including:

• Screenshots
• Video clips
• Player POV
• Match information
• Team names
• Relevant timestamps

Public arguments or disputes in tournament channels will not replace the official ticket process.

Tournament staff may refuse disputes submitted without sufficient information or submitted excessively late.

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17. Match Evidence

Tournament staff may request gameplay evidence from any participant when investigating a dispute or suspected violation.

Players are strongly encouraged to record their tournament matches whenever possible.

Failure to provide requested evidence does not automatically prove a violation, but tournament staff may consider all available information when making a ruling.

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18. Sportsmanship

Players are expected to maintain reasonable competitive conduct.

The following behavior may result in penalties:

• Harassment
• Threats
• Excessive toxicity
• Discriminatory behavior
• Intentionally disrupting tournament operations
• Repeated refusal to follow staff instructions

Competitive trash talk may be tolerated within reasonable limits, but tournament staff reserves the right to intervene when conduct becomes disruptive or inappropriate.

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19. Prize

The tournament prize is:

🥇 1st Place — $300

The winning team will receive the tournament prize after the final results have been confirmed.

Teams or players disqualified for cheating, fraud, roster violations, or serious tournament rule violations may lose eligibility for the prize.

Prize distribution details will be communicated to the winning team by tournament staff.

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20. Tournament Staff & Final Decisions

Tournament staff has final authority regarding:

• Match results
• Restarts
• Disconnects
• Rule violations
• Player eligibility
• Substitute eligibility
• Roster disputes
• Technical issues
• Exploit rulings
• Penalties
• Disqualifications
• Situations not explicitly covered by these rules

Staff may issue warnings, game losses, series losses, forfeits, or disqualifications depending on the severity and circumstances of a violation.

Rules may be clarified or adjusted when necessary to protect the competitive integrity of the tournament.

Any major tournament-wide rule change will be communicated to participating teams through the ms_edeel Discord server.