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Rules and regulation - Gamergy Masters: Brawl Stars
LVP, League of Videogames Professionals
Rules and regulation
Gamergy Masters: Brawl Stars
EUROPE
LVP, League of Videogames Professionals
2019 Season
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Introduction and aim
The present document aims to regulate the tournament by the name of Gamergy Masters: Brawl
Stars (“Tournament”) held online for the region of Europe and organized by Fandroid
Entertainment SL (“LVP”, “Liga de Videojuegos Profesional”) for Supercell’s game Brawl Stars.
The contents of this document will be referred to as official rules (“Rules”), which will apply to all
teams taking part in the Tournament, as well as any other team members such as players,
managers, owners, etc.
For the purposes of this Tournament, Europe as a region comprises the following countries
members of European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and
the United Kingdom. With the exception of Spain, which has its own tournament.
Referees may be contacted through ArenaGG’s player support services for any clarifications or
conflict resolution necessary. Only the Referees’ decision will be valid and final.
Registration in the Tournament entails an agreement to follow these Rules, which remain subject
to change at any given time by decision of LVP.
1. Eligibility
Eligibility for participation in the Tournament requires players to meet the following
criteria:
1.1 Player age. All participants must be at least 16 years old before 31st May 2019. Players
who do not meet this criterion will not be considered eligible.
1.2 Residence. For the purposes of these rules and regulation, Residence means the place
where the player is living physically and legally. Only players with Residence in any of the
countries comprised within the region of Europe defined above, may take part in the
Tournament regardless of their nationality.
Regardless of their nationality, players may only participate from a country located within
Europe.
LVP will verify the Residence status of random players to assure it meets the criteria
previously stated. For this purpose, LVP may ask players to certify their Residence status
through documentary evidence. The failure to provide such evidence will bar that player
and/or team from the Tournament.
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1.3 Foreigners. A Spanish player will be allowed to be included in the lineup ( substitutes +
starters) of the team even if he/she has his/her residence in the territory of Spain.
1.4 Travel availability. For the Online Playoffs stage, players must either be in possession
of necessary documentation to travel to Spain, or check that it will be delivered before
May 24, 2019.
2. Registration and Participation.
2.1 Number of registered players. Teams must keep at all times during the Tournament
three (3) starting lineup players (“Starters”) and from none (0) to two (2) substitute
players (“Substitutes”).
2.2 Team setup. Teams must be set up at ArenaGG (watch the step-by-step video guide in
case of doubt regarding the registration process). All players must be added to their teams
and to the competition lineup. Only players in the lineup may play, regardless of whether
they are part of a team.
Once the teams have been set up, they may register directly for each Qualifier at its
separate website.
2.3 Player accounts. Each player must use their own and only account at ArenaGG and
Brawl Stars. Username and game #ID must match those registered at ArenaGG. Example
on how to obtain an USER + ID code:
In this case, the user + id code would be: Snake#2VUJCJUVO
2.4 Preregistration. LVP will publicly announce Preregistration terms through their social
media and websites. Preinsciption will be available for a limited number of teams and only
signifies the team’s willingness to participate. To participate you will have to check-in
before each Qualifier.
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2.5 Check-in. Starting one (1) hour and ten (10) minutes before and closing ten (10)
minutes before the first round of each Qualifier, teams must check-in. As an example, if a
Qualifier begins at 7.00 pm, the check-in process will start at 5.50pm and close at 6.50pm.
This check-in confirms the team’s availability to play.
The check-in process will have no quota, but when the corresponding key is created, only
1024 teams will be allowed into the competition. Teams will be allowed into the
competition based on check-in order, so teams which check in after the first 1024 will be
excluded from that competition.
2.6 Image use. By joining this Tournament, all teams and players allow LVP to use their
image (logo, photographs, interviews and videos) in promotional material.
2.7 Roster Modification. During the Qualifier stage, teams may add or replace up to 2
players in their lineup. Afterwards, no more changes will be allowed. Any team that makes
any more changes after this will be banned from later competitions but will keep all points
earned. Points belong to the teams - if a player changes teams, all points earned by that
player will be kept by the team for which the player earned them originally.
Lineups for Online Playoffs and Live Finals must be the same lineup as the one registered
for the last Qualifier in which the team played. No exceptions will be made.
2.8 Team and player names. No duplicate names will be allowed. LVP reserves the right to
refuse a team or player any name that LVP considers rude, offensive, discriminatory or
breaching of copyrights.
If a team or player, upon being asked to do so by LVP, does not change their team or
player name, LVP reserves the right to change the name or ban the team or player
immediately.
2.9 Team or player name change at ArenaGG. Once registered in any tournament the
change of player or team name will be blocked by the rest of the competition.
2.10 Secondary accounts (smurfs). Each player may play for one team only. If a player is
found out to be using multiple accounts, the player and/or the player’s team will be
banned from the Tournament immediately.
2.11 Player account restrictions.There are no restrictions or requirements regarding
account level, rank, power or skins. About brawlers, in the Qualifiers phase only Rosa will
not be able to be used, and for the phase of Online Playoffs Bibi will be disabled.
2.12 Team logos. During Qualifiers, teams will not be required to have a logo. Team logos
will be required in the Online Playoffs stage and onwards.
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2.13 Sponsorship. LVP reserves the right to ban any sponsorship of: alcoholic beverages,
tobacco, medication, weaponry, pornography, gambling, products or services in direct
competition with LVP or Supercell, and any other product or service forbidden by law.
3. Equipment and software
3.1 Player responsibility. Regarding Qualifiers and Online Playoffs, equipment protection
and functioning will be the responsibility only of teams and players, who will also be held
responsible for:
● Stability of hardware
● Stability of Internet connection.
● Battery state and charge.
● Updating the game and ensuring its compatibility with the device in use.
4. Tournament format
4.1 Terms definition.
4.1.1 Game/Match. A single tournament instance in which individuals or teams
play until one of them becomes the winner. E.g.: a game in Gem Grab mode.
4.1.2 Set. A number of games in the same mode, which are played until one team
wins a majority of those games. E.g.: winning two or three games in Gem grab
mode (Bo3).
4.1.3 Series. A number of sets played until one team wins a majority of the total
number of sets. E.g.: winning three sets out of five played in different game modes
(Bo5).
4.2 Calendar dates.
4.2.1 Dates and times for Qualifiers
Registration dates for Qualifiers
Qualifier Opening Close
nd
1 22 April 1st May
2 4th May 8th May
3 11th May 15th May
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Dates and times for Qualifiers
Qualifier Round Teams Date Time (CEST)
nd
1 1024 2 May 7.00 pm
2 512 2nd May 7.30 pm
3 256 2nd May 8.00 pm
4 128 2nd May 8.30 pm
5 64 2nd May 9.00 pm
1
6 32 3rd May 7.00 pm
7 16 3rd May 7.30 pm
8 8 3rd May 8.00 pm
9 4 3rd May 8.30 pm
10 2 3rd May 9.00 pm
1 1024 9th May 7.00 pm
2 512 9th May 7.30 pm
3 256 9th May 8.00 pm
4 128 9th May 8.30 pm
5 64 9th May 9.00 pm
2
6 32 10th May 7.00 pm
7 16 10th May 7.30 pm
8 8 10th May 8.00 pm
9 4 10th May 8.30 pm
10 2 10th May 9.00 pm
1 1024 16th May 7.00 pm
2 512 16th May 7.30 pm
3 256 16th May 8.00 pm
4 128 16th May 8.30 pm
5 64 16th May 9.00 pm
3
6 32 17th May 7.00 pm
7 16 17th May 7.30 pm
8 8 17th May 8.00 pm
9 4 17th May 8.30 pm
10 2 17th May 9.00 pm
LVP reserves the right to change these dates. Any such changes will be notified in
as much advance as possible.
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4.2.2 Dates and times for Online Playoffs
Dates and times for Online Playoffs
Stage Series Date Time (CEST)
th
A May 27 7:00 pm
B May 27th 7:45 pm
Quarter finals
C May 27th 8:30 pm
D May 27th 9:15 pm
E May 28th 7:00 pm
Semi-finals
F May 28th 7:45 pm
Final G May 28th 8:30 pm
4.3 Stage details.
4.3.1 Qualifiers
● Number of qualifiers: 3
● Registration quota per competition: 1024 teams
● Players per team: 3 players per team
● Competition format: Single elimination
● Series format: Best of 3 games (Bo3)
● Map and mode order:
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4.3.4 Assignment of points for playoffs qualification. At the end of each Qualifier,
teams will be awarded points based on their final position within the rank, as
shown by the following table:
Competition 1 Competition 2 Competition 3
1st 2200 3200 4200
2nd 1600 2400 3200
3rd - 4th 1100 1650 2200
5th - 8th 700 1050 1400
9th -16th 400 600 800
17th - 32th 200 300 400
33th - 64th 100 150 200
At the end of all 3 Qualifiers, the points earned by each team will be added up.
The 8 teams with the best total scores will move on to the Online Playoffs stage.
4.3.2 Online Playoffs
● Qualified teams: 8 teams
● Players per team: 3 players per team
● Competition format: Single elimination
● Series format: Best of 5 sets, each seat being a best of 3 games
● Map and mode order:
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● Team distribution: The 8 highest-scoring teams, ordered from highest to
lowest score will play against each other, distributed as shown by the
following diagram:
5. Matching process
5.1 Role of Referees. Referees are LVP members responsible for judgment of any issue,
question and situation happening before, during and right after each game. Referees’
decisions are final and not open to debate or change once they have been made.
5.2 Game build. Each game will be played using the latest build available for the game.
5.3 Series confirmation. Once the competition bracket has been created, teams may
check at ArenaGG the time scheduled for their series and what other team they will be
playing against, all in the games tab within their player profile and the competition
bracket.
5.4 Attendance and courtesy wait. Players may log into the game sheet chat at ArenaGG
within 5 minutes counting from the start time scheduled for that series. Once those 5
minutes are over, the rival may declare their victory on the basis of “Rival’s failure to
attend.”
5.5 Game room creation and game start. Players are responsible for the creation of game
rooms. Teams must reach an agreement on which team will create the room. Otherwise,
the first team available will create the room. Here follows a guide on room creation and
rival and ally addition:
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1.To play Brawl Stars 3v3, go
to the main menu and click
on “Friendly game > Create”
in the bottom, right half of
the screen.
2. This menu will show up.
3. Choose the game mode as
instructed by the ArenaGG
menu.
4. Immediately afterwards,
choose the game map as
instructed by the ArenaGG
menu.
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5. Click on the “Friends” tab.
6.1 Once the “Friends” tab
opens, a code will show up in
the bottom half. This is the
code to be shared with allies
and rivals in the ArenaGG
chat.
6.2 If a rival provides you with
a code, enter said code in
“Join with code”.
7. Only the game’s host will
be able to place the incoming
players in teams. The host will
be responsible for the player’s
proper distribution in their
respective teams.
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8. When all players are in
their respective teams, click
on the “ready” box.
5.6 Full teams. Games may start only if all members of all teams have joined. Teams will
lose the entire given series if they fail to have all its members join the game before the end
of a courtesy wait.
5.7 Brawler ban.
● No Brawlers will be banned during the Qualifiers stage. Only Brawlers restricted by
Rule 2.11 will not be available.
● During the Online Playoffs stage, the team that loses a game of a set will be
allowed to ban one brawler for the remainder of the set, before selections and
with a time limit of 30 seconds. All brawlers will be available again in the next set.
5.8 Brawlers selection.
● During the Qualifiers stage, Teams are free to choose their Brawlers at the time
they wish before starting the game.
● During the Online Playoffs stage, teams select their brawlers before the game bye
the ArenaGG chat or means indicated by the Referee. And it will be done under
the following system:
Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Game 1 Team A Team B Team A Team B Team A
Game 2 Team B Team A Team B Team A Team B
Game 3 Team A Team B Team A Team B Team A
In each game in a maximum of 1 minute selections will be done as follows:
1. Team A → Selects 1 Brawler
2. Team B → Selects 2 Brawlers
3. Team A → Selects 2 Brawlers
4. Team B → Selects 1 Brawler
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5.9 Duplicate characters.
● During the Qualifiers stage, no duplicate characters will be allowed within the
same team.
● During the Online Playoffs stage, no duplicate characters will be allowed on the
same team or opposing teams.
5.10 Draws. If a draw occurs in the first or second game of a set or series, one more game
will be played repeating map, mode and brawlers. In case of repeat a draw each team will
get a victory point for the set or series.
In the case of being the third game of a set or series, one more game will be played
repeating mode, map and brawlers until until get a result.
5.11 Series. All series in the Tournament comprising more than one game. There will be a
limit of 5 minutes between games to start the next, in the case of absence of a team, the
opponent can claim the match.
5.12 Results report. At the end of each game, it is of high importance to make a
screenshot of the end of the game, so that its results might be checked. At the end of all
games, the team must make a report of all pictures and the game’s results clicking on the
box available for this purpose on the game sheet.
A 10-minute timeframe, starting from the latest time stated on the game sheet as limit for
results or resolution time, will be available to report any errors regarding game results.
Afterwards, players are assumed to accept the results as accurate and right.
5.13 Mistaken selection. If a team selects a map or mode not instructed by ArenaGG,
the opposing team must not accept and must inform them that the ArenaGG mode and
map must be played, if they continue to insist on playing in that mode and/or map, send a
ticket to support services and mark the game as “In conflict.”
5.14 Substitutions. Substitutions of players may be made between games or sets, as long
as players are registered in the team's lineup at ArenaGG.
6. Prizes
The champion team of Gamergy Masters: Brawl Stars Europe will travel, all expenses paid,
to the live finals at Gamergy 2019, which will be held on 23rd June 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
All expenses of 3 players will be paid fully by LVP. Before the trip takes place, teams will be
informed of its conditions. Extra team members will not have their expenses paid.
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At Gamergy, the representative for Europe will join 1 representative for Spain, 1
representative for Latin America, and 1 representative for GGSeries. All will compete in
the live finals for a prize pool of €15,000, distributed as follows:
● 1st place: € 8000
● 2nd place: € 4000
● 3rd and 4th place: € 1500 each team.
6.1 Prize collection. Prizes will be subject to all applicable taxes stated by law. One of the
following procedures will be chosen, depending on the team:
(a) If the team is a registered company or part of it, an invoice will be required in
order to make the payment. The company to be able to collect the invoice will be
asked to send documentation to prove their tax residence, the ownership of a
bank account and a form with their data that the LVP will send previously.
(b) If the team is not a registered company or part of one, no payments will be
made to a sole player in behalf of the entire team, and a platform of the LVP will
be used for the individual payment of the prizes to each player. The instructions
will be sent by email to each player on the team. Each player will be asked for the
official tax identification document of their country and the accreditation of the
ownership of a bank account (if you do not have these two requirements you will
not be able to collect the prize).
6.2 Requirements for minors. Players who are 16 or 17 years old will need to obtain
written parental or guardian consent for travelling, image rights transfers and prize
collection.
6.3 Expiration of the prizes. The winning players / teams of the prizes will have a period of
90 days from the end of the Tournament (June 23, 2019) to present the documentation
required for the payment thereof. Finalized that period if the documentation has not been
received, the prizes may not be claimed. Deadline: September 23, 2019.
6.4 No affiliated teams. In the live finals there can't be two or more classified teams that
belong or affiliated to the same company, organization or owner. In case this happens the
classified team will be the one with the highest score in the overall table of the Qualifying
Tournaments, and if the score is the same, the legal representatives will be contacted to
make a choice. The team not classified by this rule will give the opportunity to the next
place in the competition of their region.
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7. Code of conduct
7.1 Forbidden conducts and actions. The following actions are completely forbidden and
will result in fines at the Referees’ discretion.
(a) Collusion. Any agreement made or action taken by 2 or more players or teams
to create disadvantages for rivals or benefit from a result.
(b) Hacking. Any change or alteration to the game client.
(c) Exploitation. The intentional use of any error or bug within the game to try to
gain an advantage over other players.
(d) Account Sharing. To play using another player’s account.
(e) Obscenity and discrimination. The use of obscene, vile, rude, insulting,
threatening, abusive, slanderous or defamatory language.
(f) Harassment. Systematic, hostile, repeated acts that aim to isolate or shut out
an individual or harm their dignity.
(i) Discrimination and belittling. To harm the dignity or integrity of a country,
person or group of persons through derogatory, discriminatory or belittling words
or actions on the basis of race, skin color, ethnicity, national or social origin,
gender, language, religion, sexual orientation, political or any other kind of views,
financial status, birth or any other status.
(j) Negative statements. To make, publish or support any statement or action that
harms or aims to harm or go against the interests of LVP or Supercell.
(k) Criminal activity. Involvement in any activity forbidden by any law, statute or
common treaty.
(l) Bribery. Any offer of gifts to a player, manager, referee, LVP or Supercell
employee or any other individual involved in any way in the Tournament in
exchange of services that bring about an advantage in the tournament’s results.
(m) Deceit. To lie to the Referees or to provide them with false evidence
7.2 Confidentiality. Team members are not allowed to reveal confidential information
provided by LVP through any media or means of communication.
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7.3 Infractions. Upon the discovery that a team member has violated any of the rules
stated above, LVP may, with no authority limitation, issue fines at LVP’s own discretion.
7.4 Publishing rights. LVP holds the right to make public the fines issued to given teams.
7.5 Player investigation. If a Referee contacts a team member for a investigation, the
team member must tell the truth at all times.
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