MLIGCTF ZP II
1. League Rules             
These rules should now be considered official. Later changes are possible, but any major rule changes will be announced in the forums and on the main news page as well.
1.1 League Format             
The Second edition of Major League ZeroPing Instagib Capture the Flag, hereafter referred to as MLIGZP II, will be a season format and feature a single-elimination playoff round. There will be one (1) divisions, containing Eight (8) teams. The season portion of MLIGZP II will see each team have one (1) match with every other team in The division for a total of seven (7) matches.
1.2 League Point Format             
Each match consists of two maps and no tiebreaker. Teams will be awarded three (3) points for each map win, one (1) point for each map loss and zero (0) points for each map forfeit. The four (4) teams with the most points at the end of the regular season in each division will advance to the playoffs. In the event of a tie, the team who has recorded the most game wins (not map wins) will advance. Should both teams have an equal number of game wins, the team that won the head-to-head matchup between both teams will advance. If the teams had split, the team with the better capture ratio in the head to head matchup will advance. If one of the teams had forfeited a map during the head to head, it will be considered an 8-0 loss for the purposes of calculating capture differential. If the teams are still tied in capture ratio in their head to head matchup, the team with the least number of forfeit losses will advance. If both teams have an equal number of forfeit losses, they will play a one map tiebreaker on a map determined by the admins.
1.3 Playoff Format             
The playoffs will feature a single elimination bracket between the Six (6) top teams. The quarter-final and semi-final matches will feature a best-of-three format and the finals will feature a best-of-five format. The Top two (2) teams will get a first round Bye.

TieBreaker Maps:
Playoffs Round 1: CTF-RainbaseCE
Playoffs Round 2: CTF-Sprinta
Finals: CTF-Duku
2. Match Rules             
15 minutes for all players to be in the server after designated match time. If you do not field 5 players for your team before the 15 minutes it up you will forfeit the map. No exceptions. If you forfeit map 1 you will immediately begin map 2 and have another 15 minutes to get 5 players into the server. If you cannot field 5 players you will forfeit the map.
2.1 Map Selection             
A team can chose any map from the map list each week. But can not chose a map more then once.

The Map list will be reset for the playoffs. All TB maps will be preset By the admins.
2.2 Maplist             
TBD
2.3 Color Choice             
During all matches, the team that has not chosen the map to be played is allowed to choose color. During the playoffs, the choice of color for the tiebreaker maps is granted to the higher seeded team.
2.4 Match Scheduling             
All matches are prescheduled by the MLIGZP staff and times will be posted on the MLIGZP website. If a team cannot field an adequate lineup (5 legal players) at match time, they will be subject to a forfeit loss. The specific rules for a forfeit loss due to a lack of players are enumerated under sections 2.4a through 2.4e.
2.4a Forfeit Loss - Double Forfeit             
If neither team can field a team of five (5) players fifteen (15) minutes after the designated start match time or arrival of an admin, whichever is later, both teams receive a forfeit loss for both maps, neither team receiving any points.
2.4b Forfeit Loss - 15 Minutes             
If Team B cannot field a team of five (5) members fifteen (15) minutes after Team A has provided five (5) members, provided that it is after the designated match start time or arrival of an admin, whichever is later, Team B forfeits their map pick and Team A receives points for the win.
2.4d Forfeit Loss - Between Maps             
If neither team can field a team of five (5) players within ten (10) minutes of the completion of a map, provided an admin is present, both teams receive a forfeit loss for the next map, neither team receiving any points
2.4e Forfeit Loss - Between Maps             
If, between maps, Team B cannot field a team of five (5) members ten (10) minutes after Team A has fielded five (5) members, provided an admin is present and all five (5) members of Team A signal their presence, Team B forfeits the map and Team A is awarded points for a map win.
2.5 Connections             
MLIGZP II is an open ping event, and as such, nearly all connections are accepted and legal. However, a person cannot be on a LAN (local-area network) with the server. Any players found to be in violation of this rule will be suspended from league play until further notice.
2.6 Fair Ping            
North American Servers! This is ZP after all
2.7 Servers             
The admins are responsible for having at least one MLIGZP II-sanctioned server available for each match, that meets the Server Settings requirements (see next section). PM your match admin if you don't have a server preference (that you can set).


If you have a specific server preference AND you have admin to it, let the match admin know. As long as it meets the server requirements, and people have no trouble connecting to it, it should be allowed.
2.8 Server Settings             
20 minute map
10 Caps
Mapvote with all MLIGZP II maps (correct version), or a server admin must be around to force a map

MUST show IPs (i.e. on the F2 screen), or a server admin must be around to take a screenshot of all IPs.

and have the most up to date anticheat utdc.

New this season is the Server must have EUT removed so that we may use UTV.
2.9 Server Crash             
In the event that the game server crashes during a match, the match will restart with the amount of time that was remaining when the server crashed. If the score was tied prior to the crash then any overtime played in the restart will be official. If the match was not tied any captures made prior to the crash will be added to the score once the clock reaches 0:00. If overtime is required at that point, teams will restart the map again with the first team capturing winning the map.
3. Team Rules             
No Themed team names this season.
3.1 Captain Responsibilities             
Captains will be selected from a list of applicants by the admininstrators. Captains will be required to:

a) Name their team.
b) Draft a competitive team.
c) Assign an assistant captain.
d) Maintain the teams roster.
e) Make team decisions, such as lineup, map, color and server.
f) Remind your teammates to record demos of official mligctf matches.
g) Take SmartCTF screenshots of their matches and provide them to the admins.
h) Collect evidence and provide it to the MLUT admins when accusing another team of breaking the rules.

In the absence of the official captain, the co-captain will act as the captain. In the absence of both the captain and the co-captain, the available player with the highest salary will act as captain.
3.2 Captain Replacement             
Should a team be unhappy with their team captain, they may hold a team vote of non-confidence to remove him. If four (4) or more players on a team agree to the removal of a captain, the captain will be removed from the league. The player with the highest salary on the team will then become captain, or he may promote another player to the role of captain.

Should a captain not take his or her duties seriously, he may be removed from his position as captain by the league and may face suspension.
3.3 Team Creation             
Each team will consist of (12) players. They will be accquired through a draft process on IRC using a bot. The draft order will use the Salary format, and begin with the captain with the lowest salary, and continue on in ascending order. Each team will have a salary cap that they cannot exceed, but they also must maintain a roster of (12) players at all times.

If a team drops below (12) players for any reason the spot(s) on the roster MUST be filled to bring the team back up to (12), even if it requires dropping additional players to free up salary.
3.4 Player Salaries             
All MLIGZP II players will be listed with a corresponding salary based on their compiled skill ranking.

Over the course of a few days all players, admins and captains will be asked to submit player ranking lists using the integrated ranking program found on the MLUT site. All players are encouraged to use this program. You are able to edit your list at any time and save the changes. Once you are finished, you can submit the list to the admins via the website. The admins then review the lists, and the ones that we believe are accurate enough will be approved.

3.5 Transactions             
Captains and assistant captains can add and drop players from their roster at anytime using the MLUT website. Teams must remain under the salary cap and also must maintain a (12) player roster at all times. If a team drops below (12) players for any reason the spot(s) on the roster MUST be filled to bring the team back up to (12), even if it requires dropping additional players to free up salary.

Teams will be locked and unable to make transactions during a match, and will remain locked until the match is over. Teams will be unlocked following the match, unless they were eliminated from the tournament, or have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Team rosters will be locked 2 days before playoffs start.

Even if teams are not locked physically on the website, they are considered locked based on the above rules and any transactions breaking those rules will be reversed.
3.5a Transactions             
Captains and assistant captains are allowed to make transactions during the five rounds of the regular season. They are allowed one (1) transactions during the entirety of playoffs.
3.6 Player Holdout             
If a player feels he is being treated unfairly, he may present his case to the admins and we will contact both him and his captain to resolve the dispute. Should an inquiry find that the captain is at fault, the player will be returned to the freeagent list at his current salary.

The team can not reacquire that player and the spot on the roster MUST be filled to bring the team to (12), even if it requires dropping additional players to free up salary.

Please note that if a captain or co-captain removes themselves from their roster, they will be removed from the league.
3.7 Inactive Player             
If a player misses two (2) consecutive matches, a team can drop him and contact an admin with an inactivity request and the player will be removed from the league.If the player is not here and ready to play for the 2nd match he/she would miss the team may have them removed. If the player is picked up during the inactivity request the transaction will be reversed.
3.8 Multiple Teams            
No player may play for more than one team in a single round. Any player caught breaking this rule will be removed from MLIGCTF II. Captains who attempt to violate this rule will be removed from the tournament and have any maps played with the violating player forfeited to the opposing team.
4.1 Cheats             
All hacks, bots, radars and cheats are illegal. This includes any kind of automated aiming bot, a trigger-bot, any form of radar, server-crashing bugs and tools, packet loss and latency inducing devices, HUD timers, and anything in that same vein or spirit. Please use your brain. All violations will result in an PERMANENT EXPULSION for the offending player from MLUT and all MLUT related events. It will also result in a forfeit loss of the match in question for the offending team.

In addition, players can be convicted of the above without being caught by server cheat protection. Admins reserve the right to take into account all evidence regarding said player, including but not limited to: demos, screenshots and server logs.
4.1a Skins             
Players may not use any skins other than those included in a default installation of Unreal Tournament, and may not alter the appearance of any of these skins by any means.
4.1b Spectators             
Should any players be spectating a game without the consent of an administrator, they risk a possible suspension from league play. Should they be a member of a team playing in that match, the offending team will receive a forfeit loss for the map in question.
4.1c Boosts             
Boosts that enable players to reach or utilize map bugs are illegal and will result in the team forfeiting their map.
4.1d Frog Jumps             
Frog Jumps and/or Bunny Hops are illegal and any player found doing them will forfeit the map for their team.
4.1e Demos             
Every player must record a first-person demo of each map he plays and keep this demo for fourteen (14) days after the match. If a player joins the server after the start of a map, it is his responsibility to ensure that he starts recording a demo before commencing play.

If foul play is suspected in a match, a player must submit an inquiry directly to an admin. An accusation MUST be made before 11:59pm EST the day AFTER the match, or it will not be considered. The player making the accusation of foul-play, must submit his/her own demo to the admins, along with an explanation of the accusation, which player is in question, and the location in the demo of suspicious play. If the accusing player cannot supply their own demo, the inquiry will be dropped. If review of the accuser's demo reveals no suspicion of foul-play, the inquiry will be dropped. The admins will inspect the accuser's demo, and if there is the possibility of foul-play, the admins will request and then review the demo from the player in question.

Should the player or players in question be unable or unwilling to fulfill the admin staff's demo request promptly, the following punitive structure will be followed:

1st Offense: The map(s) in question will be forfeited to the opposing team and the player(s) in question will be officially warned.

2nd Offense: The map(s) in question will be forfeited to the opposing team and the player(s) in question will be suspended for one (1) official match.

3rd Offense: The map(s) in question will be forfeited to the opposing team and the player(s) in question will be removed from the season.


ALSO FOR THIS SEASON Everyone must Submit a demo each week it is the CAPTS job to get the demos from his players. And then give them to an MLIGZP II admin.
4.2 Server Admin             
If a player logs in to a server as administrator prior to a match, the player must logout when complete, and reconnect to the server. At no time may a player login as administrator during the match. Doing so will result in a forfeit loss for the map in question for the offending team, and a possible suspension for the offending player.
4.3 Connection Fraud             
All connection fraud is illegal, including but not limited to, faking your ping or disturbing anothers connection through any means. Any violations will result in a forfeit loss of the map in question for the offending team. The offending player will be suspended from play for the current season with the possibility of a longer ban.
4.4 Aliasing             
A player may not use multiple identities over the course of the season. The name a player uses and that will be tracked by the admins defaults to the name they used to sign up. If at any time a player refuses to use the name they signed up with when asked by an admin to change it during a match, they will be denied permission to play. Repeated offences will result in a player being suspended from play for the rest of the season.
4.5 Ringing             
Using a ringer (a player not on your eligible roster, who is generally posing as an eligible player) is a serious offence. Using a ringer will result in the offending player, as well as any captains or co-captains present, being banned indefinitely. In addition, the team will forfeit the maps in question and be disqualified from play for the remainder of the season.
4.6 Map Bugs             
Exploiting maps bugs is illegal, such as but not limited to dropping flags into areas they are not supposed to be able too such as through walls and/or doors. Any violations will result in a forfeit loss of the map in question for the offending team.
4.7 Flag Passing/Dropping             
Dropping or passing of the flag to a teammate is legal. Dropping a flag into a glitched (unreturnable) area of a map is illegal and will result in a forfiet of the map.
4.8 Taunts             
Excessive use of text taunts is illegal. Using taunts bound to movement keys, firing keys, weapon switch keys, or any other frequently used bind in the game, is illegal. First violations will result in a warning. ANY Repeated offence will result in the player being removed from the player list for the current season.
5.1 Administrative Powers             
All MLIGCTF admins have the power to make any changes to information on the MLIGCTF website. Should a captain or player notice any mistakes, he or she may contact an admin to make any changes. Should a captain, player or other admin feel that an admin is abusing their power, he or she may file a grievance with the MLIGCTF VI head admin. The MLIGCTF administration will then look into this claim
5.2 Conflict Resolution             
Any and all problems (including those not governed in the rules) will be resolved by an admin vote. All admins have one (1) vote and can choose not to vote if they so please. In the hopes of keeping things moving, all open votes have a twenty-four (24) hour window in which admins can place their vote. There may, however, be exceptions to this twenty-four (24) hour window, should the vote be for something that does not require immediate resolution.
5.3 Conflict Of Interest             
Admins are not allowed to vote on any issues that involve a team that they are a member of. They may provide feedback and their input, but their vote will not count in determining the final outcome.
5.4 Sportsmanship             
Any player using racial slurs or insulting remarks tward another team or player while in a official match will be removed from the match. ANY repeated offences will result in the player being removed from the player list for the current season.
5.5 Player Conduct             
If a player is Verbally Abusive to any admin or other teams player during a MLIG VI match said player will be subject to the following:

1st Offense: Verbal Warning

2nd Offense: The player will be suspended for one (1) official match.

3rd Offense: The player will be Removed from the league for the rest of the season, If said player is a Capt he will recive a 2 season Capt ban.

It is easy you don't have to like the admins but you will respect them in League matches.
5.6 Asterisk             
The admins reserve the right to alter any rule in anyway they see fit if there is a passing admin vote. This is to protect the integrity of the tournament in case of a loophole or something being overlooked.

Moderated By: MLIG VI
Moderated By: MLIG ZP II

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