General Tournament
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The official Naraka Bladepoint World Championship rules can be found here.
Player Eligibility
This tournament is open to players of any age and any user that competes on the North American servers.
Prizing
The roster size for this tournament is limited to 3. The winning team can only receive prizing for three (3) players. Players on a trio will be awarded their share of the prizing separately.
Seeding
The top 80 ranked teams out of all registrations will be accepted into the tournament. The seeding format listed below is based on the top 80 teams in order of in-game rank/rating
Team Snake Seeding
Seed numbers are distributed so as to favor the highest seed numbers by grouping them with diametrically opposed seed numbers. This will ensure higher seeded teams have a larger advantage in their games, as they will be playing with lower seeded teams.
NOTE: If there are less than 80 teams EGL Staff may adjust seeding and or amount of teams per group / match. If there is a significantly large amount of signups, EGL Staff may opt to add lobbies at their discretion.
Discord Requirement
Players will be required to join our Discord for this tournament: EGL North America. Players will remain "pending" until both approved by EGL Admins and present in the Discord.
- Your Discord Username + Naraka Username (e.g. Burns - Burns123 or Burns(Burns123))
- Your Naraka Username (e.g. Burns123)
Rosters
Minimum & Maximum Players
This tournament is for Naraka: Bladepoint Trios. Users will only be allowed to compete with teams of 2 or 3.
Player IDs
For this tournament, all players must register their Naraka Username and Naraka Player ID to their EGL Game & Social Accounts section on their EGL profile. All Player IDs on a team’s roster must be 100% valid and accurate. Spelling, spaces and characters must be exact, but do not need to be case sensitive. To find your Naraka Username go into the game and select Options > Account > Naraka Account.
The Naraka Username must have the following format: Username - Player ID (e.g. Burns - 39899956810)
Your Naraka Username is needed to determine your ranking and your seeding in the tournament. If your username is found to be incorrect or you have input an email address instead of your Naraka Username then you will be disqualified.
Substitutes
Players are not permitted to use a substitute at any point, or to let anyone else play for them. If you are unable to play during the tournament, please refrain from signing up. If you are unable to complete the tournament once starting, your team can compete without you.
Player Eligibility
Only players listed on the Match Fixture page are eligible to play in tournament matches. If a player is ineligible to play in a match they will forfeit the match. Proof must be shown to support any claims of an ineligible player playing in a match.
If a player is found to be using an ineligible account or an account was not entered into the tournament, they will forfeit the match and not be allowed to compete in the rest of the Season,and your team will have to compete without you. If you think an opponent is playing on an ineligible account, please alert an admin and post proof in the screenshots channel on the EGL Discord.
Match Settings
All matches are to be played using the following settings:
Game Rules
| Game Mode | The Herald's Trial |
| Players | 60 |
| Referees | 20 |
| Party | 3 |
| Seats | Host Seating |
| Morus Legends | On |
| Stash Statue | Off |
| Weapons Banned | None |
| Heroes Banned | Yueshan |
Seeding will be managed by admins via host seating.
Scoring and Qualification Process
November 13th, 2021 Qualifiers
- The top 10 teams out of 20 from each of the four qualifier games will move on to the Semifinals.
November 20th, 2021 Semifinals
- The top 10 teams out of 20 from each of the two semifinal games will move on to the Finals.
November 27th, 2021 Finals
- The top 6 teams will qualify for the Finale, scheduled for December 2021!
- In addition, the top 4 teams will earn an automatic spot in Season Three's Semifinals.
Each round will consist of two individual point-based games. Points are combined from both games for a final round score. The point allocations can be found below.
| Placement | Kill Multiplier | Base Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.6 | 5 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 3 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 4 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 5 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 6 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 7 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 8 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 9-10 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 11-13 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 14 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 15-20 | 1 | 0 |
| Kills = 1 points | ||
Tiebreaker
If, after two rounds, your team is tied in points based on your respective placements and kill points, ties will be broken in the following order:
- Highest total kills over both rounds, then
- Highest points in single game, then
- Highest kills in single game, then
- Most kills in the latest game, then
- Highest placement in the latest game.
Game Session Setup
The top 80 ranked teams out of all participants will be accepted into the tournament. The next 20 teams after seeding is complete will be added to a pending participants list in the EGL NA Discord. Please keep an eye on the trios-pending-participants channel for your chance to be added into the tournament. Make sure to play on the trio ladder and increase your rank as high as possible when registration ends! In the event of a tie in rank, Killing points will be used to differentiate players, and those with more Killing points will be seeded higher.
Please join the Discord Server: EGL North America, and visit the game-role-setup channel to obtain your Naraka Bladepoint role. You will gain access to a list of channels and be given an additional role if seeded into the tournament.
30 minutes prior to the start of the quarterfinals of Season One, the lobby name and password will be distributed in the EGL North America discord server in the lobby-info channel of the EGL North America Discord.
Rules In-Game
Players are to follow the rules stated below - if to be found, that any participant is not following the rules, your match score as a team for that round, will be void and any other punishment will be stated:
- The use of VPN and/or Hacks is strictly forbidden - you will be banned from EGL if found to be using a VPN.
- The use of in game glitches.
- Players need to use the default hero face, default clothing, default hairstyle, default weapons and hook locks appearance, and are not allowed to carry high recognition ornaments or modify their skin color. Meanwhile, emoticons and character movements other than pranayama, worshipping and greeting are not allowed. Any violations can result in a forfeit of the specific game score or result in disqualification.
Any claims of the above happening must be submitted in video form and show all players usernames involved in the incident. Proof must be submitted in the team channel. We will not accept screenshots in this case.
Matches
Server Issues
In the event of server issues arising, tournaments may be postponed or cancelled depending on the severity of the issue.
If the tournament is cancelled it will be announced on the EGL_NA twitter page and EGL - North America server. The tournament title will also be adjusted to reflect this outcome.
Forfeits
Players will forfeit a round for the following reasons:
- Using any form of glitch or voids within the game.
- Not being present on time for the match.
- If 2 or more players drop mid-game or do not continue with the 2nd round of qualifiers they will be disqualified from the season.
- NO additions will be made if teams drop after Qualifier round 1.
Match Delay
There will be no match delaying allowed for the Morus Cups and any no show will be counted as a forfeit.
Ping
Players may be subject to disqualification for extremely high ping, signified by a red bar. The decision for disqualification will be subject to Admin consideration.
As this is a Custom Lobby game, an admin will be hosting the games. This will be from an NA server. Any issues with the host must be brought up to the admins BEFORE the match starts.
Reporting
Match Result
All teams are responsible for saving the result of a match. This can be done by taking a screenshot. While all EGL admins will have access to the results of the match following its conclusion, we ask that all participants manually save the results so as to avoid any discrepencies.
Evidence
In the event of a dispute, the player that has disputed will be asked to provide proof of their accusation. Please see the Evidence Policy section below to find out what evidence is required.
If the disputing player is unable to provide valid evidence for the reason that they disputed, then the player will be removed from the tournament and will also receive a suspension due to disputing without valid reason/proof.
No Shows
There will be no leniency for no shows. Players must be on the EGL NA Discord 30 minutes prior to the match, and in the lobby before the match begins. Failure to do so will result in a forfeit.
Cheating
We have a zero tolerance policy for cheating. Players caught cheating, glitching or abusing in-game mechanics in any way will be permanently banned from the EGL site and all future competitions.
Evidence Policy
We strongly recommend that you obtain photo or video evidence showing the outcome of every match.
Evidence Requirements
If asked to provide evidence for the outcome of a match, all video and photographic evidence must clearly show the match score, time, players in the lobby and, if necessary, evidence of the rule violation of the opposing player.
Evidence that does not meet the above criteria will not be considered.
Uploading Evidence
All video evidence should be uploaded to an external website such as YouTube or posted in the screenshots channel on the Discord. Photographic evidence should be uploaded to the screenshots channel as well.
Evidence that has been faked or tampered with in any way will not be accepted as valid. Anyone found to be providing fake proof will be permanently banned from competing on the website.
Support
Support
If you have a problem with your match, please click on the 'Contact Support' button found on the Match Fixture page. You can view and respond to all of your support tickets here.
Abusive Behaviour
Abusive behaviour towards staff members that are called into a match dispute will not be tolerated. The individual user violating this rule will be subject to a site-wide ban.