1. Can I sign up? I'm <Division #> but the rules say I must be below <Division #>! I mean, it's so close, I can, right?
Sorry, you must meet the rule's requirement to join each tournament. This means that if January's tournament says no to anyone above Gold 5, Gold 4 is not allowed! If you drop down all the way to Gold 5 and stay there during sign up, scheduling, and the tournament, then yes, technically you may sign up. The requirement rule may change with each tournament so please check before signing up!
2. Where do I sign up?
Under Current Tourney, find the tournament you want to join and sign up your team.
2.1 When will sign ups open/close?
Sign ups will open most likely as soon as riot has approved of them. This will usually be 1 to 2 weeks after the last tournament has ended.
Sign ups will close around 1 week before the tourney starts.
Sign ups will close around 1 week before the tourney starts.
2.2 Why do we have so much time in between closing and tournament?
One week is not that big of a time to practice, but any longer and it will probably become a bit too long of a wait and problems may arise. The one week is mostly for you to contact everyone on your team and figure out practice/roles/communications for those that did not have a premade team.
3. What are the prizes?
Prizes are as follows:
1st 3600 RP + Triumphant Ryze
2nd 2400 RP
3rd 1600 RP
4th 800 RP
Per player of the winning teams.
We may have special prizes. Note the rules page for that
1st 3600 RP + Triumphant Ryze
2nd 2400 RP
3rd 1600 RP
4th 800 RP
Per player of the winning teams.
We may have special prizes. Note the rules page for that
3.1 So it's 3600 for my whole team?
No. Each one of you gets 3600 + skin/2400/1600/800
4. Oh boy! I won! When do I get prizes??
You will get your prizes once I fill out all of the required things and submit it to Riot. Fastest I've seen is within an hour, and usually it is within 24 hours.
5. Hey <Summoner> Cheated! You should count it as a loss!
Give me proof and I will. No proof means I can't do anything about it.
6. I signed up but my name isn't on the schedule! What should I do?
You could contact me through the contact form but make sure it isn't one of these cases.
- You do not meet the requirement (Not a certain rank)
- You misspelled your summoner name and I could not find you
- We simply could not put you on a team because not enough or too many people signed up to make a whole team.
- You signed up too late
- We had a team limit (8, 16, 32, etc) but you signed up too late and we couldn't fit you
- You signed up alone when a team was required
7. Sorry, but I can no longer get the prize for some reason, can you give it to <Summoner> instead?
No, I won't give your prize to anyone else, that's for you and you only. Sorry to hear that it's going to waste.
8. When are teams/brackets being posted?
About 24 hours after sign ups are taken down. It may take a few days depending on my schedule, but you can usually count on 24 hours.
8.1 Next tournament?
I'll announce it as soon as I find a opening in my schedule. I want to make this monthly but that may always change.
8.2 Sign ups?
Probably 2 to 3 weeks before the actual tournament. 1 to 2 weeks after the last tournament.
9. When are the tournament games being played?
It may differ per tourney, check the rules page.
9.1 Time zone?
EST (UTC -05:00)/EDT(UTC -04:00)
A.k.a East Coast Time
A.k.a East Coast Time
10. What server is this in?
Mainly, it will be in NA server. If you move here during the tournament you may join (Preferably during the signups too). I've been getting a lot of messages from EU players, but to do that I need to get myself some level 30 EU account to manage things from so that's going to take a while. If I get enough people asking about EU, I will do it. But until then, it will probably stay 100% NA.
11. Do you have any way of me finding a team?
No, sorry :(. But if anyone does, let me know. Seriously, that'd be so helpful to have.
11.1 Do you have a team speak server for us?
No I do not. You will have to figure out comms with your own team. Curse voice and skype are good places to start at.
12. What if my team mate goes MIA before a game?
This one is very tricky. By rule, substitute players are allowed. You may choose to wait the existing time I set to see if your player shows up or use your official substitute player if you signed up as a team.
If you choose to ask for a sub, you may ask any of the existing players in the tournament or find another player that meet the tournament specific requirement and use them if the tournament did not require you to sign up with a sub. If a sub is required, you should try to use those substitute players.
Starting with the February tournament, I will allow teams to sign up up to 2 subs with their team in case this happens. Please note that subs are not given prizes.
If you choose to ask for a sub, you may ask any of the existing players in the tournament or find another player that meet the tournament specific requirement and use them if the tournament did not require you to sign up with a sub. If a sub is required, you should try to use those substitute players.
Starting with the February tournament, I will allow teams to sign up up to 2 subs with their team in case this happens. Please note that subs are not given prizes.
13. My team mate can't play anymore!
Contact me and we will decide what to do after we talk to you. In most cases if I can confirm that said player can no longer play in the tournament, I will allow you to find a replacement player. This does not mean you can bring along that challenger friend you know from another team so you can have him on your team. Changing teams is not allowed.
13.1 I'm not premade and a team member is not responding to me on league! What do I do?
If there is no response from a certain player and I can confirm it (no response to me either), we'll treat him as being unable to play and allow you to find a replacement player under the same restrictions. You may start doing this usually 2 to 3 days before the actual tournament but please contact me earlier.