1.       Registration

a.       Your Gamertag must be valid.

b.      Your email must be one that you check regularly.

                                                               i.      Email is used to send you notifications when you have a match to play or a challenge to accept.

c.       Each person can only have one account with us.

                                                               i.      If your gamertag changes, you can change it by going to your profile and clicking ‘Change Gamertag’.

d.      By registering, you are agreeing to all rules stated on this page.

2.       Teams

a.       Once registered, you can create a team if you aren’t already on one.

b.      Before creating a team, make sure all members are registered.

c.       By creating the team, you will be the manager.

                                                               i.      Managers can kick any other teammate from the team.

                                                             ii.      Managers can invite new players to join the team.

                                                            iii.      Managers can challenge other teams to matches.

                                                           iv.      Managers can accept/decline incoming challenges.

                                                             v.      Managers can submit match results.

d.      Profanity or offensive language is not allowed in the team name, team motto, or team image.

e.      Be as specific as possible in your team’s ‘availability’ and keep it up to date.

3.       Ladder Play

a.       The ladder rates teams based on an ELO rating system. This is the system they use in professional Chess.

                                                               i.      Basically, the higher the team you beat is ranked, the more your rating will improve if you beat them.

                                                             ii.      Likewise, if you get beat by a team who is rated much lower than you, your rating will plummet.

                                                            iii.      Each match, the most your rating can go up or down is 50 points.

                                                           iv.      All teams and player start off with a rating of 1000.

                                                             v.      Your health bar in the bottom right corner represents your rating.

                                                           vi.      Friendly matches DO NOT count towards your wins/losses or your ratings. It’s just a way to have fun, make friends, and learn new techniques.

b.      Matches

                                                               i.      When you want to play a team, have your team manager go to their team page and click the ‘Challenge!’ link.

1.       This will let you select your match options such as Game Mode, Map, etc…

                                                             ii.      Once filled out and submitted, the other team will receive an email that they are being challenged.

                                                            iii.      They can then accept or decline your challenge. When they do either, your team manager will get an email.

                                                           iv.      If accepted, both team managers should friend each other on XBOX LIVE.

                                                             v.      When the time comes to play your match, the team who was challenged will create a lobby and invite the other team.

                                                           vi.      Each team gets 10 minutes to join the lobby.

                                                          vii.      Teams can only use players on their 6-player teams.

                                                        viii.      Teams cannot switch players in the middle of a match.

                                                           ix.      If a player is disconnected, he can rejoin at any time.

                                                             x.      All players must be in game chat while in the lobby.

1.       Once the match begins, you can get in parties.

                                                           xi.      No trashtalking.

                                                          xii.      No yelling.

                                                        xiii.      No t-bagging.

                                                        xiv.      No shortcuts or glitches.

1.       This includes any shortcut that isn’t supposed to be in the level.

a.       If you have to ask if it’s allowed, chances are it’s NOT.

2.       Basically, play the level how  you think VALVe intended.

3.       No crouch glitch.

4.       No Jesus Spots.

5.       Instant kills are allowed and encouraged.

6.       No trash talking at all. Poor sportsmanship won’t be tolerated whatsoever!

7.       No scratching/provoking Witches with SI.

a.       VALVe already tried to fix this so they obviously didn’t want it to be part of the game.

                                                         xv.      No spamming votes.

                                                        xvi.      No modding.

                                                      xvii.      All rules under ‘Additional Rules’ for that much must be followed. All rules on this page must be followed unless the ‘Additional Rules’ state otherwise.

c.       Results

                                                               i.      The team managers will have 24 hours after the match begins to submit the results.

                                                             ii.      If either team breaks any of the rules stated here, they lose the match.

                                                            iii.      Get proof of the victory in case we need it.

1.       Picture or video is fine. It’s easy to keep your phone by you and take a picture with that.

2.       If there is any dispute about the match results, we’ll ask for the proof.