Oh hey. Haven’t seen you guys in almost a year now. With 6.79 just out the door, this is a perfect opportunity to start another amateur tournament. Maybe you remember us from Winter 2012, maybe you don’t. But I hope that we at least get some familar faces around, maybe even get a bigger channel to stream the event.

So here it is again. ‘Defense of the Amateur’ 2013 edition, with kinda the same organizers as last year. Since yubbermax is busy this year, it will only be me organizing and administrating this tournament. This obviously has an effect on the dates and times of matches, though it shouldn’t take longer than one month to finish.

Now enough from me, lets get going with the tournament. Last year, we had aQuarium winning the tournament, but who is it going to be this time?

2 Rules & Setup

2.1 Double Elimination

Like last year, we’re going for the Double Elimination format, so that teams have two tries at getting their games right. This also means that we are going to have twice as much matches.

2.2 Tournament Captains Mode

You should be used to this by now, unless you are an extremely new player. This basically makes the hero pool a bit more stable and removes unbalanced heroes.

2.3 Stages of the Tournament and Game Modes

There are three stages to the tournament, or two if we don’t get enough teams:

Elimination: Here, it is either you win, or you are out of the tournament. That’s right, it’s a single game only.
Normal: Now begins the real fun. Best of Three against other teams that made it, until you either enter the finals or are beaten by another time.
Finals: So you made it. You are up against the top of the line newcomers, that have beaten all other contestants. Best of Five for three matches, until you are placed among the winners.

2.4 Teams

Teams from both EU and US are allowed in the tournament. If you are from outside those regions, we reserve the right to prefer EU and US teams over you. This is a precaution to prevent extremely high pings and random disconnects.

2.4.1 Signing Up

If your team has an average skill level between Normal and Very High, you can sign up until the 1st of December 2013 (01.12.2013) using this document.

2.4.2 Being Late

You are expected to show up 10 minutes early than match start so that we can set up everything. If you aren’t there by 15 minutes after planned match start, you are automatically disqualified.

2.4.3 Stand-Ins

If a member is ill or missing, you may only take Stand-Ins that you have registered. If you wish to add any Stand-Ins, but have already signed up, you can contact us with their details, either via Steam or via E-mail.

2.4 Lobby and Location

The administrators will create the lobbies as early as possible, but not later than 10 minutes before match start, which should entirely possible if we don’t encounter too many slow matches.

2.4.1 Lobby Settings

The name is DotAm2013 appended by the match and round name.
The password will be handed out by the assigned administrator.
No cheats or bots are enabled, bot difficulty is at passive to prevent issues.
We are played in the Tournament Version.
Depending on the Stage, it is either No Series, Best of Three or Best of Five.
The game mode is Captains Mode.
The starting team is always Radiant.
No penalties are given out.
Server Location is selected by both teams. If both teams can’t agree on one, it will be swapped in consecutive games, not including Remakes.
Spectators are enabled, people can either watch through DotA TV or Streams, both with a 2 minute delay.

2.5 Ping Issues and Disconnects

Teams may ask for a remake in the first 30 seconds after creeps spawn of the match if one or more members of your team has terrible ping or disconnects entirely. Both teams have to pause the game when a member of either team is missing.

2.6 Chat

You can use the team-chat as you want to, however the All-Chat is limited to just explaining pauses, asking for remakes and forfeiting the game. Post-Match chat should only be used for wishing the other team well. Trashtalking earns you a Penalty Strike.

2.7 Pause

You should only pause if there is an immediate issue, for example ping or disconnects. You are not allowed to unpause until it is resolved or an administrator allows you to. Abusing this for tactical or other reasons will earn you a Penalty Strike.

2.8 Penalty Strikes

These tell us admins how you have behaved in the tournament. Three of these and you are disqualified from this and any future tournament.

2.X Summary

We will play using Double Elimination for the most part of the tournament.
All of the matches are played using Captains Mode in the Tournament Version.
The Tournament has three stages: Elimination (SG), Normal (Bo3) and Finals (Bo5)
Teams can sign up from both US and EU until 1st of December 2013 using this formular.
We can at most host 16 teams at the same time, however we plan to raise that number if we get more regristrations than we planned for. We currently have 11 teams signed up and ready to go.
The team-chat is yours to use all you want. All-Chat is limited to explaining Pauses, asking for remakes or forfeiting the match. Post-match chat should only be used for wishing the other team well. Trashtalking earns you a Penalty Strike.
If there is an immediate issue, like ping or disconnects, you are required to pause the game. Unpausing the game is not allowed until the issue is resolved or an administrator allows you to. Abusing this for tactical or other reasons will earn you a Penalty Strike.
Three Penalty Strikes will disqualify you from the Tournament.

3 Prizes

3.1 Cash Prize Pool

Donate using PayPal

Donations are welcome in all currencies. Please remember that there is a small fee for non-EU currencies so your donation will end up a bit smaller. If you want, you can even leave the staff or the teams a message!

3.2 Prizes and splitting the Cash Prize Pool

It is up to your team captain to split the prizes you gain.

3.2.1 1st Place

1 Radiant Claive	1 Nightsilver Bow	1 Crown of the Comets Tail
2 Common Items	50% of the Cash Prize Pool

3.2.2 2nd Place

1 Radiant Claive	1 Tear of Agony	1 Common Item
30% of the Cash Prize Pool

3.2.3 3rd Place

1 Demon Blood Guard

1 Crimson Wyvern Shield

15% of the Cash Prize Pool

4 Schedule

All of these can be found in this Google Calendar.

4.1 Saturday, 7th of December 2013 (7.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Elimination Stage

Match ES-A: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match ES-E: Single (Stream: RmZD)

17:30 UTC Elimination Stage

Match ES-B: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match ES-F: Single (Stream: RmZD)

19:00 UTC Elimination Stage

Match ES-C: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match ES-G: Single (Stream: RmZD)

20:30 UTC Elimination Stage

Match ES-D: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match ES-H: Single (Stream: RmZD)

4.2 Sunday, 8th of December 2013 (8.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Normal Stage

Match NS1-A: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match NS1-C: Single (Stream: RmZD)

19:00 UTC Normal Stage

Match NS1-B: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match NS1-D: Single (Stream: RmZD)

4.3 Saturday, 14th of December 2013 (14.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Elimination Stage - Lower Bracket

Match LES-A: Single (Stream: British Guy)

Match LES-B: Single (Stream: RmZD)

17:30 UTC Normal Stage

Match NS2-A: Best of Three (Stream: British Guy)

Match NS2-B: Best of Three (Stream: RmZD)

4.4 Sunday, 15th of December 2013 (15.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Normal Stage - Lower Bracket

Match LNS1-A: Best of Three (Stream: British Guy)

Match LNS1-B: Best of Three (Stream: RmZD)

19:00 UTC Normal Stage - Lower Bracket

Match LNS2-A: Best of Three (Stream: British Guy)

4.5 Friday, 20th of December 2013 (20.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Semi Finals

Match SF: Best of Five (Stream: British Guy)

4.6 Saturday, 21st of December 2013 (21.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Semi Finals - Lower Bracket

Match LSF: Best of Five (Stream: British Guy)

4.7 Sunday, 22nd of December 2013 (22.12.2013)

15:30 UTC Preparation Time

16:00 UTC Finals

Match F: Best of Five (Stream: British Guy)