£1875 - Counter-Strike: Source (5v5) Rules
CLUK 21 CSS Rules – Version 1
Please note - Clan Leaders will be required to attend a meeting with the tournament managers at 12noon on the Friday of the LAN.
General Rules (1)
-Cheating (1.1)
Any cheats, for example: aimbots, wallhacks, ESP, anti-smoke, anti-flashbang etc. are all strictly forbidden.
Abusing bugs (including map, game and engine bugs) is classed as cheating
-Voice Comms (1.2)
All voice communication programs are allowed.
Talking when dead is allowed.
-Dual Clanning / Cup Tie (1.3)
A player may only play for one CSS team during the LAN event. A player may change teams between the online event and the LAN competition but once at the LAN teams are locked for the main event unless express permission is given by the admins.
-Time (1.4)
All times stated in these rules are in current UK time
-Admins (1.5)
Admins for the event are:
-IRC Channel (1.6)
Each team must have 1 player in the LAN IRC channel #cluk.css
Tournament Structure (2)
All teams will be placed into a group stage consisting of 4 groups of 4-6 teams.
The top 2 from each group will progress into the main double elimination event.
The remaining 16 teams will progress to an Enemy Down ran second-chance double elimination bracket.
Team placement in both brackets will be determined by group performance.
Map List (3)
de_dust2
de_inferno
de_train
de_nuke
de_contra
de_cpl_mill
Server Settings (4)
- ZBlock will be on all tournament servers and matches are self administered.
Zb_doorfix will be enabled
Zb_teamcash will be enabled
Sv_pure will be set to 2
Sv_consistency will be set to 1
Sv_secure will be set to 1
Team Registration (5)
Teams must register for the event on the CLUK site and specify a captain who will attend briefing at the event and be responsible for the team inside games.
-Team Names and Tag (5.1)
CLUK reserve the right to disallow any team name or tag that is deemed offensive or unsuitable
Teams are asked to keep the same tag throughout the event
-Player Names (5.2)
CLUK reserve the right to disallow any player name that is deemed offensive or unsuitable.
Players are asked to keep the same name throughout the event.
-Rosters (5.3)
Rosters may have any number of players on but one player may not be on more than 1 roster.
-Team Leader (5.4)
Teams must specify a team leader/captain to attend briefing and be the point of contact between CLUK Admins and the team. A contact phone number will be requested at the event for match announcements and reminders.
Match Format (6)
-MR15 (6.1)
Games will use the standard MR15, 1.45, $800 startmoney rule set.
-Config (6.2)
The match config can be downloaded HERE:
-Group Stage Format (6.3)
Teams will play every other team in their group and gain 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
Games will be played for the full 30 rounds. If a group is tied on points it will go to round difference and then head to head score. If it is still tied it will go on score against the next placed team.
-Knockout Stage (6.4)
Knockout games will be first to 16 rounds with a knife round to decide who picks sides.
-Overtime (6.5)
If a game goes to overtime teams will play MR3, 10k start money and stay on the same team for the first OT.
-Defaults (6.6)
Defaults in the group stage will be recorded as D-0 and carry +8 round difference.
Pre-Match (7)
-No Show (7.1)
Teams are classed as being no-show if after 15minutes of the start time they don’t have a minimum of 4 players on the server.
-Knife Round(7.2)
The use of Smoke Grenades and Flashbangs during the knife round is ALLOWED.
If there are players still alive at the end of the round, the team with the most players alive wins. If there an even number of players left alive on each team, you restart and play knives again.
-Warmup (7.3)
During warmup players can “rcon exec warmup.cfg” for 16k startmoney and 0 freezetime.
-Server password (7.4)
The server password will be handed out in #CLUK.css on the internal irc server
-Rcon password (7.5)
The rcon password will be handed out to team captains in the tournament briefing
-Rescheduling (7.6)
Games cannot be rescheduled as the servers are used for several tasks and as such only have specific time slots for each gametype.
During the Match (8)
-Blocking Doors (8.1)
Blocking moveable doorways with objects is not acceptable. Doors are meant to open.
-Substituting players (8.2)
Players can be substituted mid game but at no point can there be 6 players from one team on the server at once.
-Player PC Failure (8.3)
If a players PC fails you may pause the game as per the pausing rule below
-Server Failure (8.4)
If the server fails during match play the game will be restarted where it left off with 10k startmoney unless less than 3 rounds have been played. If less than 3 completed rounds have passed (freezetime in 4th) the game will be completely restarted.
-Pausing (8.5)
For pausing the server we would ask clans to exercise a little common sense please - pausing is for when people have either internet problems or pc problems and need to reboot - it is NOT for when a member needs to go for a "break" - pausing is not for this reason.
Officially the rule is that a clan has 7 minutes IN TOTAL to pause. This could be one long pause or many smaller pauses. After this the opposition clan has the right to insist that play goes on, however, if you do not have a game after, or are not in a huge hurry, we would ask you to wait if players seem to have genuine problems.
If you do have games after, or are in a hurry for some other reason, you are within your rights to play on after the collective 7 minutes are up.
The game can ONLY be paused at the end of the round, or during the 'freezetime' of the next round.-Planting/Defusing bomb
-Known Bugs (8.6)
Abusing any commonly known bugs will result in a standard infraction outlined below.
--Obstruction (8.6.1)
The Terrorist team are not permitted to deliberately obstruct access to the bomb in an effort to prevent CT's from defusing. For example, covering the bomb with chairs/barrels.
--Illegal Defuse / Illegal Plant (8.6.2)
The bomb may only be planted in locations that are accessible by regular jumping. Using team-mates to boost and plant the bomb in an inaccessible location is illegal. Planting the bomb in any area that is classified as a map bug is also illegal.
The fountain on bombsite A on de_inferno is considered a map bug and planting in the fountain is illegal.
CT's may not attempt to defuse the bomb if it is out of sight. Defusing/fake defusing the bomb through a solid object is illegal. Please note that being able to see ONLY the red flashing glow is still illegal. You must be able to see any part of the bomb itself.
Breaching any Bomb Plant/Defuse rules will result in the automatic loss of 2 rounds with more at the admins discretion of the state of play at the time of the defuse, lost rounds will be awarded to the opposing team. Repeatedly breaching this may result in the automatic loss of the match.
-Boosting (8.7)
Certain boosts are illegal and will result in a standard infraction at the admins discretion.
--Flash boost is illegal
--Ladder boost is legal
--Standing boost is legal
--Running is illegal
Post Match (9)
-Reporting Score (9.1)
Please submit the score on the intranet and in the IRC channel as soon as possible after the event.
-Conflicting (9.2)
If you want to conflict a game please inform the admins in the IRC channel directly after the game and also go over and speak to an admin in person.
Client Rules (10)
-Rates (10.1)
The server will enforce rates. If you have a problem with the enforced values please speak to an admin in person.
-Custom Content (10.2)
Custom skins are strictly disallowed. The only alteration to the game allowed are GUIs and HUD changes. If you are in any doubt ask an admin. Ignorance is not an excuse.
-DXLevel (10.3)
DXLevel must be at least version 8.0
-Quick Ducking (10.4)
Quick ducking is legal
-Bunnyhopping (10.5)
Bunnyhopping is legal aslong as both teams agree to it before the game begins. If either team disagrees or the issue is not raised then bunnyhopping is illegal and disallowed.
-Grenades Skybox (10.6)
Bouncing grenades of the skybox is legal
Punishment for infractions (11)
-Standard infraction during match play (11.1)
Any action which results in a standard infraction means 2 rounds will be deducted and awarded to the opposition team. More rounds and further action taken is at the admins discretion.
-Ignorance is no excuse (11.2)
Saying you did not know is no excuse.
-Discussion on interpretation of rules (11.3)
You may discuss the interpretation of the rule but the final decision is down to the admins and being clever will gain you no points.
-Appeals (11.4)
If you wish to appeal a decision please ask to speak to the tournament manager and explain your case in a calm and logical manner. Getting in anybody’s face will probably result in a rematch on de_carpark and expulsion from the event.
-Refunds if disqualified (11.5)
You pay for entrance to the LAN and not for entrance to the event. You will not be refunded if you break rules and are thrown out of the event.
-Infractions not mentioned in the rules (11.6)
If something is left out from the rules and is picked up on by players the admins can make a ruling and add to these rules as and when they see fit. The admin word is final and doing something which gains an unfair advantage that isn’t in the rules doesn’t make it any fairer and is still liable to punishment.
-Other league/lans rules (11.7)
Other league or LAN rules are for those leagues and LANs. They do not carry any weight at this event. Quoting them will get you nowhere.
Finally (14) [an intentional jump]
-Admin Discretion (14.1)
Admins reserve the right to remove any player or clan at any time. If a clan or user is the source of numerous complaints they will be asked to leave the competition. We try to be a friendly community and we don't want the minority spoiling it.
-Prizes (14.2)
All prize winners should be aware that it can take up to 20 working days to receive prizes. This is to account for bank clearing systems, postal services and other circumstances which are out with our control. Prizes will be paid to team captains unless otherwise stated.
