Tournament order:

After you have submitted an application for participation, and your application has been accepted, you have become a participant in the tournament. The tournament takes place in several stages:

1. Registration is the period during which participants can submit applications, and the administration can approve or reject them.

2. In Progress (Ongoing) - this period comes immediately after registration closes. In this period the matches are set and the exact dates and times of each of the matches are already available. During this period, all matches are played, including the superfinal.

3. Summing up - this period of the tournament comes when the superfinal is played. The duration of the stage is 72 hours. It’s intended for the administration to make decisions on existing complaints.

4. Completed - this stage of the tournament begins when the 'Summing up' stage passes. At this stage, the prize fund is paid out to the winner(s). Please note: if the winner is banned at the time of the payout, his prize will be canceled!

More detail:

— Tournament grid is shown on the tournament page - see the page of the specific tournament (options: Double Elimination, Single Elimination, Round-robin).

— Only one round is played every day. You play one match per day - for Arena Season series tournaments, and in one-day cup series tournaments, all matches are played on the same day.

— Tournament matches are played in the format set in the tournament - see the page of a specific tournament (possible formats: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5). The match mode is also set for each specific tournament (possible modes: Arena, Assault, Siege, Skirmish, Slash, Duel, Classic Duel)

— Reserve: if you see yourself under the heading ‘Reserve', it means that you will not participate until some participant is removed (for exploiting, inappropriate behavior, etc.), then you can be appointed instead. The bet is returned to all reserve users if they were not involved in the tournament (if the user was transferred from the reserve to the participants, the bet isn’t returned to him).

If you are a participant, please read below how to participate in a tournament match:

1. On the personal account page - specify your Paladins  nickname and select the region (Don't forget to click the 'Save changes' button below). Your nickname on the site must match the in-game nickname!

2. On the tournament page, in the ‘In Progress (Ongoing)’ period, pay attention to the ‘Matches’ block - Find yourself in it and the date with the time - this will be the start time of the match. If there is no such block, most likely, the tournament is still at the stage of registration of applications, wait for the specified start date of the tournament;

3. Click on the line with your nickname (in the ‘Matches' block) to go to the lobby page. You must be on the lobby page 10 minutes before the start of the match;

4.Ожидайте, когда наступит время начала матча, и матч перейдет в стадию "Матч запускается";

5. Decide with your opponent, which of you will create a match in the game itself, and who will join the created match; You will have 10 minutes (from the moment when the lobbies on the site receive the ‘Match starts’ stage - that is, from the start of the match in the tournament) to create and launch a lobby in the game!

  • If you are a matchmaker:
    1. Press ‘Play’
    2. Find and select ‘Custom’ right tab in the middle of the screen
    3. Press green button ‘Create’ in the bottom left
    4. On the map selection screen: select the mode and map that are specified in the tournament parameters (see the tournament page). Please note: the site will check what parameters you have specified - if a match was created with the wrong parameters, the site will cancel the lobby. Settings of the lobby that should be changed:
      • Name - enter the match ID, it is indicated on the lobby page;
      • Password - specify any password, which you will then tell the rest of the participants in the match;
      • Team size - specify the team size specified in the tournament settings;
      • Observers - on; Observer password - leave blank.
    5. You have created a lobby! Now tell the name of the lobby to other participants and the region in which you created the game lobby, and the password; 
    6. Important! You must be on the same side (right or left) both in the lobby on the site and in the lobby in the game itself! Otherwise, the match will be cancelled; 
    7. Wait for all participants to join the lobby you created; 
    8. Click on ‘Start the game’.
  • If your opponent creates a match:
    1. Press ‘Play’;
    2. Find and select ‘Custom’ right tab in the middle of the screen;
    3. In the match table find a match with the name corresponding to the lobby ID on the site;
    4. press join;
    5. Enter the password that the creator of the match gave you.
    6. You have joined the lobby! Let the match creator know that you are ready to play;
    7. Important! You must be on the same side (right or left) both in the lobby on the website and in the lobby in the game itself!

6. Play! The site will automatically find the game you created on Paladins servers and moved the match to the ‘Match started’ stage.

7. When the match is over, on the lobby page, you will see the match data (there may be a delay of 10-15 minutes):

Rules

1. The participant of the tournament, who didn’t show up for any match in the tournament, automatically receives a ban for a day. The terms of the bans are summed up - if you didn’t show up, for example, for 2 tournaments, you will get a ban for 2 days. An automatic ban for non-appearance in the tournament is issued at the time of the transition of the tournament to the ‘Completed’ stage;

2. Don't be late for tournament matches! Watch carefully on the tournament page - on what date and time your match takes place, take a slot on the match page at least 5 minutes before it starts;

3. The entire match must be recorded. Don't know how? Take a look here. The record is stored by you throughout the entire tournament + 5 days after its completion. Pay attention! You need to start recording from the moment when the lobby on the site changes the status from ‘Waiting for players’ / ‘Waiting for the start of the match’ to ‘The match is starting’ and until the moment when the lobby on the site receives the status ‘Match is over'. The entry should include not only the gameplay, but also the lobby on the site, where the entire lobby page and chat are necessarily visible!

4. If you have any suspicions of unfair play on the part of an opponent, use the opportunity to ‘Report player’ on the tournament page: 

Fill out the form and the administration will consider the complaint or contact you. Please note what should be contained in the complaint (otherwise your complaint may be rejected and restrictive measures applied to you)! The text of the complaint should contain: a brief composition of the violation, a link to your match record with timecodes and a description of what we should pay attention to. Insults in the complaint are unacceptable - this can also lead to restrictive measures!

5. If you encounter any difficulties, use the feedback form:

6. The use of bugs and/or errors is strictly prohibited;

7. Hate speech and discriminatory language is inappropriate, as is any obscene or disruptive language. Threatening or harassing another player is always unacceptable. Violating any of these expectations will result in account restrictions.

The opponent didn’t come to the match. What should I do?

If your opponent shows up at the site lobby but does not enter the game lobby - two scenarios are possible: your opponent does not create a game lobby or your opponent does not join the lobby you have created. In the first case, you can create a lobby yourself.

Во втором: создайте жалобу на соперника, прикрепите ссылку на запись экрана, на которой видно, что соперник получил от вас данные об игровом лобби, но не присоединяется в течении всего времени, пока лобби на сайте не сменит статус на "Матч завершен: результаты определены случайным образом". Обратите внимание, важно: на записи не просто должно быть видно, что вы передали доступы к созданному лобби и что в лобби нет соперника, но также должна быть зафиксирована смена статуса с "Матч начался" на "Матч завершен: результаты определены случайным образом". Это нужно для того, чтобы мы могли знать наверняка, что соперник действительно не явился до самой отмены матча. Если вы оформили жалобу правильно, и администрация подтвердит факт отсутствия вашего соперника - в турнире будут пересмотрены результаты.