Rules
MARVEL RIVALS RULES
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1. 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 satisfied 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 and 1.2 within the General Rules.
1.1.1.2. They must have a EU account on Marvel Rivals.
1.1.1.3. A Player must be aged 12+ to compete.
1.1.1.4. Refer to ‘Overall Rules’ for general eligibility also.
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 approval.
1.2.1.2. Must act as representative and point of contact for British Esports.
1.2.1.3. Must supervise all online interaction between Players at that Institution. This can include before and after games as well as during.
1.2.1.4. The leader cannot participate, only supervise.
1.2.2. A team must consist of between 6 and no more than 8 players that must be from the same Institution.
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 must 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.
1.2.7. A team must meet the requirement of 60% female or marginalised gender participation, meaning that a minimum of three players on the roster must identify as female or a marginalised gender.
2. Match Rules
2.1. Match Setup and Hero Select
2.1.1. All games must be played on the European server.
2.1.2. Players must use the NetEase Games account (IGN) linked to their British Esports Student Champs profile / roster. If this account information is not up to date it will lead to a rule strike (please see section 2.6 or 3.6 in General Rules for more information on Rule Strikes).
2.1.3. All players must stay in their chosen role for the duration of the map. Role swaps are only permitted in between maps.
2.1.4 Plays on your roster can be subbed in and out ONLY between maps. During the map players must adhere to 2.1.3.
2.2. Map choice
2.2.1 The school/college shown on the left of the match page is the “home team” and should host the lobby.
2.2.1.1 The “Home” team gets a choice of Domination map, then the loser of each of the subsequent maps chooses the next map (in regards map choice after a Map Draw, see 2.2.4.1). Winners choose the starting side (attack or defence).
2.2.2. Maps must be chosen from the maps below.
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Game Mode |
Map Choices ( Select 1 per game mode) |
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Map 1 |
Domination |
Birnin T'Challa |
Hell’s Heaven |
Royal Palace |
Hellfire Gala: Krakoa |
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Map 2 |
Convoy |
Midtown |
Spider-Islands |
Yggdrasill Path |
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Map 3 |
Convergance |
Symbiotic Surface |
Shin-Shibuya |
Hall of Djalia |
Central Park |
2.2.3. Fixtures will be Best of 3. First to win 2 maps.
2.2.4. In the event of a map draw, the map is agreed as ‘drawn’ and both teams continue on to the next map.
2.2.4.1. In the case of a Map Draw, the Team that selected the previous map selects the next map.
2.2.4.2 If the overall fixture still is tied at the end, a tiebreaker must be played, with Convoy maps (not previously played) serving as tiebreakers.
2.3 Game settings
2.3.1 The designated “Home Team” will be expected to set up the Lobby. Lobby should be set to “Invite Only” - teams will need to add at least one player of the opposing team to their custom match. Or set the lobby to "Lock Room" and create a name and password for the lobby that would be communicated to the opposition team leader via message on the Student Champs website.
2.3.2 Set up as follows:
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Mode: Custom Match
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Spectators: Spectators are not allowed unless agreed upon by both teams for streaming purposes only.
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If both teams agree to stream, the lobby needs to be set to “friends only” for Spectators, and the spectator must sit in the designated spectator role.
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If both teams do not agree to stream, the lobby needs to be set to “No Spectators” in the room settings so that there is no room for error.
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Match Voice Chat: Disabled
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Side Selection: The “Home Team” will select either “Team A” or “Team B” side for Game 1. Sides will swap after each match.
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Map Selection: The “Home Team” will select the first map in the series from the eligible list of “Domination” maps. Teams will then alternate map selection for each game until the completion of the series selecting eligible maps from the following game modes:
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Game 1: Domination
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Game 2: Convoy
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Game 3 (If needed): Convergence
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Please use the "competitive" format of the maps and enable hero bans.
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Stoppage of Play:
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Each team is permitted one “Pause” per match in the event of a disconnection or hardware/software malfunction.
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Pauses may last no longer than 5 minutes regardless of the status of the originally impacted player.
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Teams are required to ensure both sides are “Ready” in the chat prior to lifting the pause.
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Teams that use an unauthorized pause will be considered to be using an exploitable bug and will forfeit that game.
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Remake Procedure: In the event of a server crash that impacts all twelve players, the game may be remade. Picks and bans must stay consistent with the previous iteration of the game, and the rest of the game will be played out in full.
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In the event that a team is down players but are continuing to play, a player may switch roles after a round (ie: when swapping to defense on a Domination point after completing the attack round).
2.3.3 Map lobby settings.
Select the map that is being played in that game from the map selection tab in the bottom right hand corner of the lobby.
3. Penalties
3.1. 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. 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.
3.3. 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:
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Loss of a ban. In this instance, the offending team must select “None” in place of their first ban.
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Issue of a warning on the record of that team.
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Forfeit of a match.
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Temporary suspension of a player. If this results in <5 players on the team, the team will become ineligible (according to 1.2.2) unless a substitute is brought in.
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Permanent ban of a player.
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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.
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Disqualification of team from a tournament
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Disqualification of team from the British Esports Student Champs
4. 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 the 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.
This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by NetEase, or Marvel Rivals esports.