Rules

VALORANT RULESET

These rules are specific to VALORANT. Please refer to the general rules for information about tournament format, substitutions, rematches and sportsmanship.

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or VALORANT Esports.

Player and Team Eligibility
Match Rules
Spirit of the Game
Spirit of the Rules

Player and Team Eligibility

1.1. Player eligibility

1.1.1. To be eligible to compete in the British Esports Student Champs, each player must have satisfy all of the following conditions:

1.1.1.1. Be registered in full-time education at an Institution of Secondary or Further Education as defined in sections 1.1 within the General Rules.

1.1.1.2. If a student, as defined in 1.1.1.1, is over 19 years of age they must be DBS checked in order to take part in the Champs.

1.1.1.3. They must have a EU account on VALORANT.

1.1.1.4. A Players account name should not be offensive and if the British Esports Student Champs considers this to be the case, that player will be required to change their name.

1.1.1.5. A Player must be aged 16+.

1.1.2. Ineligible Students

The following students are ineligible to participate:

1.1.2.1. British Esports Student Champs tournament admins

1.2. Team eligibility

1.2.1. Each team must have a designated Leader that satisfies the following conditions:

1.2.1.1. A registered staff member at the Institution that the team represents. In exceptional circumstances, a student with written permission from their school or college may be designated leader, subject to British Esports Association approval.

1.2.1.2. Able to act as representative and point of contact for BEA

1.2.1.3. Able to supervise all online interaction between Players at that Institution. This must include before and after games as well as during.

1.2.2. A team must consist of at least 5 but no more than 7 players that must be from the same Institution.

1.2.3. A player must be only on one team at once, however players may change teams throughout the season.

1.2.4. If a team splits up, the majority of the team has right to ownership of the team and any seedings/qualification spots it has earnt.

1.2.5. A team may request a name change at any point during a season. To change a team’s name, an admin must be contacted with desired change.

1.2.6. A Teams name should not be explicitly offensive and if the British Esports Student Champs considers this to be the case that team will be required to change their name.

Match Rules

2.1. Match Setup and Agent Select

2.1.1. All matches are to be played on the London server.

2.1.2. Players must use the VALORANT account associated to their British Esports Student Champs account. If this account information is not up to date it will lead to a loss of ban in the first incident with increasing penalty for repeat offence.

2.1.3. The school/college shown on the left of the match page is the “home team” and should host the lobby.

2.1.3.1. The team on the left of the match page is Team A, and the tem on the right of the match page is Team B.

2.1.4. The lobby should be set up as follows:

Mode: Standard

Options

Mode: Standard
Server: London
Allow Cheats: Off
Tournament Mode: On
Overtime Win By Two: On
Play Out All Rounds: Off

2.1.4.1. The maps should be chosen from the current map pool:

Ascent
Split
Bind
Haven
Icebox
Breeze
Fracture

2.1.4.2. BO1 Map Selection Process

Home team (team on left) bans a map from the map pool.
Away team (team on the right) bans a map from the map pool.
Home team (team on left) bans a map from the map pool.
Away team (team on the right) picks one of the remaining maps.
Home team (team on left) picks a side (Attackers/Defenders) to start on.

2.1.4.3. BO3 Map Selection Process

Home team (team on left) bans a map from the map pool.
Away team (team on the right) bans a map from the map pool.
Home team (team on left) bans a map from the map pool.
Away team (team on the right) bans a map from the map pool.
Home team (team on left) picks one of the remaining maps.
Away team (team on the right) picks one of the remaining maps.

Away team (team on the right) picks the final map.
Home team (team on left) picks a side (Attackers/Defenders) to start on.

The choice of side will go to the team that did not choose the map in which they will play on.

2.1.5. Spectators are in general allowed however either team may request that spectating is turned off or lobby only.

2.1.5.1. Team size must be 5.

2.1.6. If a Team has a coach, then that coach may be present for every Match in which the Team participates. Coaches are only allowed to communicate with players during the Agent and Map selection process for each Match, timeouts, half-times and in between Maps (if applicable).

2.1.7. Once both teams have joined the lobby and stated they are ready, they may start the pick/ban phase.

2.1.8. New agents may not be used until they have been available in Ranked for at least one week.

2.1.9. Agents which have been reworked may not be used until a week has passed since patch date.

Penalties

3.2.1. Any person found to have engaged in or attempted to engage in any act that British Esports Student Champs believes, in its sole and absolute discretion, constitutes unfair play, will be subject to penalty. The nature and extent of the penalties imposed due to such acts shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the British Esports Student Champs.

3.2.2. If any team or player is suspected of breaking any rules, admins should be informed by the Leader. At this point they may ask for screenshots or other evidence of misconduct.

3.2.3. Upon discovery of any team member committing any violations of the rules listed above, the British Esports Student Champs may, without limitation issue the following penalties:

3.2.3.1. Loss of a ban. In this instance, the offending team must select “None” in place of their first ban.

3.2.3.2. Issue of a warning on the record of that team.

3.2.3.3. Forfeit of a match.

3.2.3.4. Temporary suspension of a player. If this results in <5 players on the team, the team will become ineligible (according to 1.4.2) unless a substitute is brought in.

3.2.3.5. Permanent ban of a player.

3.2.3.6. Deduction of points or seeding for the current or next tournament. Penalties are carried over with the majority of the offending team for the full academic year.

3.2.3.7. Disqualification of team from a tournament

3.2.3.8. Disqualification of team from the British Esports Student Champs

Spirit of the rules

4.1. These rules may be amended, modified or supplemented by the British Esports Student Champs, from time to time, in order to ensure fair play and integrity of the British Esports Student Champs.

4.2. All decisions regarding the interpretation of these rules lie solely with the British Esports Student Champs, the decisions of which are final.

Glossary

5.1. Institution.

A school or college as defined in sections 1.1 And 1.2.

5.2. Player

A student who plays esports in the British Esports Student Champs.

5.3. Admins

Also known as tournament admins, referees, umpires. Admins will create fixtures, calculate results, make sure that players adhere to the Rules and Code of Conduct, hand out penalties.

5.4. Leader

A Leader is an adult member of staff that represents an Institution. A Leader is responsible for supervising online interactions between players, checking-in an Institutions teams, reporting match results to the tournament system. One Leader must be responsible for multiple teams.

5.5. Team

A team is a group of players. A team represents its Institution in the British Esports Student Champs.

5.6. Check-in

The process of reporting a team’s arrival and commitment to play in that week’s matches. Check-in takes place the day before fixtures on the tournament website. Only a Leader must check a team in.

5.7. Agents

Agents are player-controlled characters. Each agent possesses unique abilities and attributes. Players select what agent to play at the start of the match.

5.8. Abilities

Each character gets an ability they can use for free each round, and others must be purchased at the shop during the buy phase. Each agent has a variety of abilities.

5.9. Buy Phase

The period in which players can purchase new guns, weapons, and abilities at the start of each round with an in-game currency system. Players have a finite amount of in-game currency depending on previous rounds.

5.10. Lobby

Lobbies are menu screens where players must set up the upcoming game session, change their settings, and talk to each other. In many games, players return to the lobby at the end of each session. In some, players joining a session that has already started are placed in the lobby until the start of the next. As lobbies consume very few resources they are sometimes additionally used as a “holding pen” for players while waiting for the next match. Opposing teams must be invited to the lobby for the match to proceed.

5.11. Disconnect

Also known as DC. Disconnect refers to an Internet shortage that removes a player from a game or a player intentionally leaving a game.

5.12. Casting

Commentating an esports match. Commentators are known as casters. This is short for shoutcasters, the original term used to refer to esports commentators which has been shortened over time.

5.13. Seeding

The process of preliminarily ranking teams in a tournament bracket to ensure the most fair outcome. Each team is a seed.