General Tournament

Tournament administrators and event staff reserve the right to add, remove or alter the rules below at any point throughout the duration of the tournament. Tournament administrators ultimately have the final say over all situations and issues that may occur before or during the tournament. Please respect all decisions made by staff members. Any staff-related issues can be immediately forwarded to a tournament administrator at any time. By signing up to this tournament, all participants agree that they have read and accepted the Terms of Service (ToS) and the Privacy Policy. Players must additionally be in good standing with Blizzard and Overwatch Terms of Service (ToS). This tournament is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Blizzard, and is under a community license.

Sportsmanship

Throughout the duration of the tournament, we require all teams and individuals within said teams to treat all participants and staff members of the event with respect. Any form of discrimination, sexism, racism or otherwise inappropriate behavior will be dealt with accordingly by staff members. The consequences and/or actions that follow will be based on the severity of the offense and will be decided at the staff members’ discretion.

Cheating

We have a zero tolerance policy for cheating. Players caught hacking, utilizing glitches or abusing in-game mechanics in any way will result in being permanently banned from the EGL site and all future competitions hosted on EGL or with Natter. Upon the start of this tournament, we understand that Overwatch 2 would have been released for under two (2) weeks. Due to this, any glitches with maps, heroes and gameplay will be handled on a case by case scenario

Player Eligibility

• This tournament is open to players aged 13 years or over in any region.
• Players are only allowed to be active on one team at a time.
• Any player currently signed to an Overwatch League team will not be permitted to compete, regardless of their playtime or position. Any individual who has competed in Overwatch League, but is not currently signed to any team, is free to participate without limitation.

Schedule

Thursday, October 13th and Friday, October 14th

You can optionally play Winners R1-R2 and Losers R1-R2 these days, if your opponent allows.

Saturday, October 15th

Winners R1 - 3:00PM PT / 6:00PM ET

Winners R2 & Losers R1 - 4:00PM PT / 7:00PM ET

Winners R3 & Losers R2 - 5:00PM PT / 8:00PM ET

Winners R4 & Losers R3 - 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET

Losers R4- 7:00PM PT / 10:00PM ET

Sunday, October 16th

Winners R4 & Losers R5 - 4:00PM PT / 7:00PM ET

Winners R5 & Losers R6 - 5:00PM PT / 8:00PM ET

Losers R7 - 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET

Losers R8 - 7:00PM PT / 10:00PM ET

Monday, October 17th

Winners Finals & Losers R9 - 5:00PM PT / 8:00PM ET

Losers Finals - 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET

Grand Finals - 7:00PM PT / 10:00PM ET

Rosters

Roster Size

Roster lock occurs on Tuesday, October 12th @ 7:00PM PT / 10:00PM ET.

Any changes made to your roster or player IDs after this roster lock will not be updated on the tournament roster page.

Roster Changes

You are able to freely add to your roster through this form until roster lock. However, you must always have at least three (3) members on your roster that you have originally signed up with for the entire duration of the tournament.

Any changes to your roster will not be reflected on your tournament roster page for your team.

Ringers

Ringers are defined as players added to your roster after roster lock. These must be fully approved and verified by the tournament administration team before being utilized in your matches. Any ringers will need to be conducted through Natter’s Discord.

These changes will not be reflected on your tournament roster page for your team.

Format and Match Settings

Lobby Code: To Be Added

Competitive Ruleset

• Kill Cams: Off
• Pause on Disconnect: On
• Region: US Central
• Spectators: 0 (Set to the amount needed)

All heroes will be enabled, including the new heroes being released at the start of Overwatch 2: Junkerqueen, Sojourn and Kiriko. In the case that a hero will need to be disabled for the tournament, this will be announced on Natter’s Discord.

Region: US Central

US-Central will be the default region for all matches, as this tournament is based in the North American region. The lobby may be set to another region if both teams agree. The minimum latency will not be altered for this tournament, unless both teams agree.

Cross Platform - PC AND CONSOLE ONLY

This includes all platforms on which Overwatch 2 is playable.

Series

Tournament lobbies will be played in a custom game with specifically set competitive settings. Every round prior to the Grand Finals is a BO3 (FT2). Grand Finals is BO5 (FT3).

Seeding

Seeding will be based on the average team SR inputted. Higher ELO teams may be hand seeded based on past tournament results. Please join Natter’s Discord server to keep up to date about changes & updates for our tournament.

Matches

Server Issues

In the event of server issues arising, tournaments may be postponed or canceled depending on the severity of the issue. If the tournament is canceled, it will be announced on Natter’s Twitter and Natter’s Discord server. The tournament page will also be adjusted to reflect this outcome.

Match Pauses

Each team has ten (10) minutes of pause time per match. They are able to use them in five minute intervals, however they’d like, throughout the match. If a team utilizes pause time past the ten minute mark, the opposing team may gain a match point or you may be forced to forfeit the match.

Match Interruptions

If a player joins the lobby mid-round, the lobby must immediately be paused and the spectator must be removed immediately

Disconnections

Any disconnection from the match will begin a 5 minute timer for that player to join back. The game will be paused for this duration of time. If the player is unable to join back within those 5 minutes, their team can either choose to either utilize any remaining pause time, continue play 4v5 or forfeit the map. Teams will be unable to substitute anyone in mid-map.

Incorrect Match Settings

Before each match round begins, both teams must verify that the match settings are correct. By indicating that you are ready to begin the match, that means that the teams are okay with the match settings and the map selected.

No Shows

A team has ten (10) minutes to show up and be ready to begin their match. Failure to do so will result in a forfeit. If this delay is longer than 10 minutes and the team either doesn’t have five in lobby or isn’t ready to begin, please report the no-show through the Match Fixture by clicking the ‘Opponent No Show’ button.

If you reported a no-show and the opposing team disputes it, please be prepared to provide video or photo evidence.

Forfeits

In order for a forfeit to be processed, there must be sufficient proof of their accusation. No forfeit will occur if there is no proof or if the map/match is completed.

Teams may/will forfeit a map/match for the following reason:

• A team completely leaving or ending a match prior to its completion, and then failing to provide valid proof of the accusation against the opposing team.
• Utilizing pause time over the allotted time.

Reporting

Failure to complete a match or report the scores within 1 hour of receiving the match fixtures will result in disqualification for both teams due to inactivity.

Match Result

Both teams are responsible for reporting the result of a match. This can be done by clicking on the match fixture link found on the Match Fixture page.

Tournament brackets will be updated automatically once both teams have reported the match.

In the instance that only one team reports the match result, the result will automatically be confirmed after five (5) minutes. If you contact support through your match chat, this timer will cancel. If you need assistance in anything other than the reported match, please utilize Natter's Discord.

Disputed Result

In the instance that both teams report conflicting results, the match will be placed into dispute and will be handled by a member of staff.

Evidence

We strongly recommend that you obtain photo or video evidence showing the outcome of every match, along with any match issues.

All video evidence should be uploaded to an external website, such as YouTube. Photographic evidence should be uploaded to an external website such as Imgur, Photobucket or Imageshack.

Spectators & Streaming

Spectators

• Team staff and substitute players are allowed to spectate, but they must be locked to viewing their team only.
• If the match is being streamed, and there are not enough spectator slots for production staff, excess team staff or substitute players may be asked to leave.
• Production and tournament staff members are allowed to freely join and leave any lobby.

Streaming

• Streaming and recording matches is allowed without limitation.
• Any individual streaming their tournament is highly advised to have a stream delay of at least 90 seconds to prevent stream-sniping.

Production

Lobbies will be hosted by a production member. Lobbies will be hosted by a member of production staff. Teams that are having their next match streamed will be formally announced and contacted through Natter's Discord.

Matches that are streamed will be unable to begin until the production team is ready to start.