Here are the
Official HoT:SoS Rules. Make sure and check these, and team captains I would advise that you print these out and keep them handy for game nights. That way the order of things will be readily available.
Format:
Round Robin. Everyone plays everyone, with tie-breaker matches for teams with even records.
Times:
Matches officially begin at Midnight Eastern time on Friday, October 5th, 2007. However, once we announce matchups team captains are free to negotiate a match time on their own, as long as two matches are played on Friday night. If no agreement can be made, the default match time is Midnight eastern for Match 1, and 1 AM EST for Match 2. In other words, this thing will be moving along. Play your matches at or before the default time. If you don't, it's a forfeit.
The entire default match schedule is as follows (the same rules apply):
- Match 1: Friday, October 5 -- 12 AM EST
- Match 2: Friday, October 5 -- 1 AM EST (I guess that's actually Oct. 6th. Shut up.)
- Match 3: Sunday, October 7 -- 11 PM EST
- Match 4: Friday, October 12 -- 12 AM EST
- Match 5: Friday, October 12 -- 1 AM EST
- Match 6: Sunday, October 14 -- 11 PM EST
We have 8 full teams. The official schedule is below:
Games:
Each match will consist of a best of 5 rounds. Here's the sequence of rounds. Play them in order. The rounds are specifically designed to enable you to reach Halogasm. Don't break the rhythm.
- Round 1: Team Slayer to 100 points on Pit.
- Round 2: 2 Flag CTF on choice of Valhalla, High Ground, Last Resort or Construct. Loser of Round 1 chooses the map.
- Round 3: Rocket Race on Sandtrap. HERE is a link to the Sandtrap Race Map and Rocket Race game variant. Each team will need to have someone that has both of these items downloaded!
- Round 4: Neutral Bomb Assault on choice of Snowbound, Isolation or Epitaph. Again, team that is behind chooses the map.
- Round 5: Team Slayer with 75% gravity to 50 points on Guardian.
How many will play?:
Standard team size is 6. You can play with fewer, but the other team can still field 6 so get your team there! If both teams have 7 or 8 available and both teams agree, you can play with any agreed upon equal number above 6. Players who are there but not involved can watch but will not be allowed to comm with their teammates. Be fair.
Other simple rules for dating my... oh wait... for playing in HoT:Sos!
These go without saying around here, but just in case, make sure you obey the following.
- No Spawn Camping -- please, if you're hammering someone on, say Valhalla (but any map, really), and you can see them spawning... treat them with respect. Let them pull their undies on before you pull toss rockets into that area. Just don't spawn camp. If you realize you're in someone's spawn area, back off.
- No Poor Sportsmanship (i.e. dropping during the match, rude name-calling, incessant complaining, etc)
- No racial slurs of any kind, whether in slang or directed toward someone.
- No glitching or abusing of the system.
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I'm sure we'll be clarifying/editing. Make sure to check this thread for the latest rules, and definitely check on Friday night before we start for any last minute updates. I'll have Wonder put the Rocket Race map for Sandtrap in his fileshare if it's not there already, and each team captain needs to have it at the ready.
