Gaming Challenge – Rainbow Six Siege

1. Players

1.1 Eligibility

Player(s) must be 17+ to participate in this Rainbow Six tournament. For teams who have players in other countries, a minimum requirement must be followed: 

1. 1. 3 team members must be from the main country and 2 outside.
   2. Participating countries for this tournament:
      • SAUDI ARABIA
      • KUWAIT
      • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
      • QATAR
      • BAHRAIN
      • OMAN

Gamers Hub Middle East reserves the right to reject a team registration if they are found ineligible for the tournament.

1.2 Technical Issues

Players are responsible for their own hardware, software and internet connection. There will be no rescheduling of matches or pausing because of technical issues. If a team cannot play due to technical issues during a match, said team will forfeit the match.

1.3 Connection

• This tournament will be hosted on EUW server by default.
• All players are responsible to have a proper connection to avoid unnecessary technical situations. Any unnecessary downloadable programs must be closed and turned off.
• In case of any server issues in EUW, it is possible to change servers. Both teams must agree which server to play on with the approval of the game admin. Any other server connection issues, the game admin gets to decide where to play on.

1.4 Unsportsmanlike BEHAVIOR

All participants are obligated to remain sportsmanlike. Any player deemed unsportsmanlike will be penalized depending on the behavior, this includes but not limited to insulting, trolling, spamming or unsportsmanlike behavior in general. GHME Admins has the rights to disqualify a team or player that has been seen to be unsportsmanlike.

1.5 Cheating

The use of the following programs is considered cheating: Multihacks, Wallhack, Aimbot, Colored Models, No- Recoil, No-Flash, Macros, Sound changes and Graphical changes through third-party tools. These are only examples, other programs or methods may be considered cheats as well.

To combat cheating in this tournament, MOSS will be used.

2. Tournament Rules

2.1 Mapvote

Map bans will be done using Mapban.gg and will take place 30 minutes before the scheduled match timing. Players are expected to be punctual and on time before all games. 

2.1.1 No Show

All players are given a 10 minute grace period to enter the lobby. If a team is incomplete after the 10 minute mark, an additional 5 minutes is given to the player to join. Any further delay in the tournament will result in a disqualification.

2.1.1.1 Postpone

All matches must be played at the scheduled match time. Any postponement, both teams must agree with the discretion of the admin when their new match time will be. If no agreement is found, the team that requested the postponement will forfeit their match.

2.2 Leaving

• If a player leaves or drops out during a match, the round will continue until the end. If a team leaves the round before it finishes, the other team will get the round point.
• The player who disconnected will be allowed to rejoin with the request of a re-host.
• Every team can request for a re-host. Rehosts are possible up to 30 seconds in the action phase if no player(s) were killed. All players of the rehosting team must leave the match within 30 seconds of the action phase. If one or more player(s) of the rehosting team fails to leave, the map will be played until the end.
• If a match is re-hosted, it must be continued where it left off. In the case of a round re-host, players must choose the same operators, sixth pick, bombsites and equipment.
• Any teams abusing the rehosting rule will be disqualified.
• All teams are given a maximum of 2 re-hosts.

2.3 Bugs & Glitches

Bugs and Glitches are illegal and punishable. Any teams found using and abusing as such, will be disqualified from the tournament and forfeit the prize pool.

2.4 Spawnkilling

Spawn killing is not allowed in the first 2 seconds of the action phase. Defending team found doing so will receive a round loss.

Game settings

All matches have to be played with the following settings:

Playlist settings

• Server Type: Dedicated Server
• Voice Chat: Team Only
• Time of the Day: Day
• HUD Settings: Pro League

Match settings

• Number of Bans: 4
• Ban Timer: 20
• Number of Rounds: 10
• Attacker/Defender Role swap: 5
• Overtime Rounds: 3
• Overtime Score Difference: 2
• Overtime Role Change: 1
• Objective Rotation Parameter: 2
• Objective Type Rotation: Rounds Played
• Attacker Unique Spawn: On
• Pick Phase Timer: 15
• 6TH Pick Phase: On
• 6TH Pick Phase Timer: 15
• Reveal Phase Timer: 5
• Damage Handicap: 100
• Friendly Fire Damage: 100
• Reverse Friendly Fire: Off
• Injured: 20
• Sprint: On
• Lean: On
• Death Replay: Off

Game Mode: BOMB

• Plant Duration: 7
• Defuse Duration: 7
• Fuse Time: 45
• Defuse Carrier Selection: On
• Preparation Phase Duration: 45
• Action Phase Duration: 180

Available Maps

• Boarder
• Club House
• Coastline
• Consulate
• Kafe Dostoyevsky
• Theme Park
• Villa

1. General

The official language of this section is English. 
Gamers Hub Middle Game Admins has the right to decide outside or even against the rulebook in special cases to guarantee fairplay.

2. Code of Conduct

Every participant has to behave with respect towards any and every GHME staff, partners, viewers and other players. Participants are requested to represent esports, and the tournament honorably. This applies to in-game behavior, chats, comments and other form of media communication. Players must also conduct themselves according to the following values:

• Compassion: treat others as you would be treated.
• Integrity: be honest, be committed, play fair.
• Respect: show respect all other humans, including teammates, competitors, and event staff.
• Courage: be courageous in competition and in standing up for what is right.

Participants must NOT engage in harassment or hate speech in any form. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Hate speech, offensive behavior, or verbal abuse related to sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, physical appearance, body size, age, or religion.
• Stalking or intimidation (physically or online).
• Spamming, raiding, hijacking, or inciting disruption of streams or social media.
• Posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”).
• Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, unwelcome sexualized comments, jokes, and sexual advances.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.

Violation of this Code of Conduct will result in players and even teams to receive warnings. In the case of repeat or extreme violations, penalties may include disqualification, or banning from future Gamers Hub Middle East events.

2.1 Insults and offensive behaviour

All insults that happen during a Gamers Hub Middle East matches, may be punished. This includes in-game chat of the corresponding game, any and all of GHME’s social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, and offline events. Multiple warnings and online user ban may be given out depending on the incident and frequency of the insult.

Penalties are no longer limited to warnings and barrages, but may also contain the following depending on the incident, location and frequency of the insult:

Severe incidents including, but not limited to the following points, may be punished in other ways:

• • Extremist statements
  • Threat of violence
  • Sexual harassment
  • Stalking
  • Severe insults
  • Pornographic linkings

2.2 Spamming

The excessive posting of futile, annoying or offensive contributions within Gamers Hub Middle East online and offline platform is considered as spamming. Spamming on the website, discord and other GHME known means of communication (social media comment sections, match comments, player comments, support pages, etc) will be penalized / given warnings, muted and banned.

3. Matches, competitions, meetings

• Games will be facilitated by a GHME staff / game admin. Matches that are not played with a GHME admin will be considered fake matches and will result in disqualification.
• Players are not allowed to bet on matches in this tournament, especially betting against themselves. This will result in the player and the team being banned from the tournament.
• In case of any dispute regarding any issue, the final decision will be made by the admin. Game Admin has the power to refute any rule depending on the situation at hand.
• Any and all forms of cheating are strictly forbidden. Any attempt to do so is direct disqualification with player / team ban.

3.1 Game / client

Any programs which are not part of the original game, including custom-data and modifications, are not allowed in any tournament. All external voice programs such as Teamspeak, Discord etc, are allowed. Programs that provide an advantage during game play are not permitted. Over all, any programs that change the way the game and the playing field are forbidden.

3.2 In-game behavior

3.2.1 Sportsmanship 

All participants are obligated to remain sportsmanlike. GHME Admins has the rights to disqualify a team that has been seen to be unsportsmanlike.

3.2.2 Insults & harassments

All participants are obligated to remain sportsmanlike. Any form of harassment will not be tolerated.

3.3 Player/Team streaming

Participants are allowed to stream provided that the stream has a 3 minute delay added to the settings.

4. Other Information

4.1 Team Names

A team name must be unique. Any use of profanity and unnecessary slander, Gamers Hub Middle East reserves the right to refuse the team’s registration.

4.2 In-game 

• A team can change their team name only twice throughout the duration of this tournament.
• Substitutes can be added to the team before the start of the tournament provided no substitutes were registered initially with the team
  • The substitute MUST not be a participating player from a different team.