Rules are subject to change. Please ask for clarification in Discord.
Participants are required to maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA to stay eligible for the tournament. EVERY progress report counts. If a participant’s GPA drops below a 2.0 GPA during the tournament, he/she will not be eligible to participate on their team until the coach can verify the GPA is back above 2.0.
Each team must have 7 players on the roster. 6 players need to play the match.
Matches are played as a best of 3 in the Qualifying Tournament and best of 5 for the Championship. Format is subject to change based on how many teams are participating and scheduling after-school and evening match times.
The HOME TEAM will create the lobby and the AWAY TEAM will determine which team starts as red/blue in the first game. The match settings to be used are the most recent competitive rules preset with the following settings adjusted:
In the event that an incorrect ruleset is loaded on the server, the match should be stopped and reset. Previously played maps with incorrect format will not count towards the series.
The use of hateful, offensive, profane, or vulgar language is not allowed during or in relation to the Downey Unified Esports Tournament. This includes in public and private conversations in the chat room, profiles, feedback section, discussion boards, and more.
No additional anti-cheat client is required for official matches. Any cheating of any form will result in immediate disqualification of the player and team involved. It is the responsibility of the team captain to make sure anyone on the team is not cheating.
Team Options
Substitute & Forfeit Rules
The following maps are permitted for play in matches. Please note that any reskinned/seasonal versions of the following maps are prohibited from play in matches:
● Blizzard World
● Dorado
● Eichenwalde
● Hanamura
● Hollywood
● Horizon Lunar Colony
● Ilios
● Junkertown
● King’s Row
● Lijiang Tower
● Nepal
● Numbani
● Oasis
● Rialto
● Route 66
● Temple of Anubis
● Volskaya Industries
● Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Map Veto Rules
The map veto process is where the teams choose which maps will be played by taking turns eliminating maps by banning them.
Starting Match Rules
Ending Match Rules
Schedule Change
Breach of Rules (Foul Language and Offensive Behavior)
Match Rules
Role Lock is enforced.
Any heroes, skins, sprays, voice lines, emotes, victory poses, highlight intros, or maps that are currently disabled in the competitive game mode are prohibited from use in official matches.
Stoppage of Play
The game may only be paused for the following reasons:
● Player drop
● Player disconnect
● Server crash
● Technical issues
Stoppage of play may be requested at any time for the above reasons. The match host (person who created the match lobby and therefore has pausing privileges) must initiate a pause when a team requests it, so long as the pause is not called during combat, while the objective is contested, or during overtime. Each team will have 5 total minutes of pause time per map. Players pause the game using the key combination Ctrl + Shift + =. Abuse of the auto-pause feature may result in punishment for the team abusing it.
Any keyboard and mouse or controller can be used for the PC version of Overwatch.
Standings for each school are based on which team has the best win/loss record, followed by amounts of map wins and map losses, followed by head-to-head. For example, if two teams are tied at 5-1 with a 15-3 map record, then whichever team won the match between those two teams would be ranked higher.