Rules

MEMBERSHIP

This is a private League. Membership invites can only be approved by the League Overlords. Once a person is a member they are responsible for playing their games on the dedicated night and time. Members will receive an email/Xbox Live notification that their application has been accepted. Once a member is accepted into the league they will gain admission in to the league website. Enrollment and Recruiting will be open for 2 weeks. After that all membership requests will be rejected.

All new members are required to complete the information sheet prior to the start of the league season. If the information is not completed and turned in by the first match, you may not be permitted to play.

OVERLORDS

Overlords are the all powerful rulers of the league. There shall be two overlords. Overlords have the final say in all issues, and have the ability to officially amend any rule as it is deemed necessary. Both Overlords must be in agreeance of an amendment/rule-change before it is made official. Any and all rule changes/amendments will be announced publicly before being put into affect.

TEAMS & TEAM LEADERS

Each team will consist of 4-6 players; with 1 Team Leader per team and up to 4 substitute players listed on the roster. Overlords will each be a Team Leader as well. Team leaders may wish to register a whole team under their name, or have an Overlord assign a team for them.

Team leaders will be responsible for recording the scores of their OWN teams and submitting them to the League Overloads for official record keeping and leader board status.

Team leaders will be responsible for making sure their entire team is there and ready to play on the given night and time.

Team Leaders are responsible for finding substitute players for members of their team that are not able to play on the given night/time of league matches. Each team will have its own list of permanent substitutes to choose from (see substitute/absent player rules)

GAMES

Gameplay & Scoring

Games will run weekly, on Friday or Saturday nights at 10:00pm EST, and if neeeded, Sunday Afternoons. League Overlords will decide on game options and Room Hosts. This information will be available at the League’s website no less than one day prior to matches. It is advised that Room Hosts sign on a bit early so that they may configure the room and send out the necessary invites.

ROOMS WILL ALWAYS BE A PRIVATE GAME. Non-league members are not permitted to join in ANY league games. Inviting a non-league member to a game will result in forfeiture of the match for your team. League Overlords will dictate who is setting up the rooms for that night. That info will be posted on the website prior to matches.

Games will be a series of best of 3 of a particular game type on a specific map for 3 maps. Games will have a time limit of 15 minutes each. Scores to be recorded by Team Leaders are; Kills, Downs, Total Points. Scores & Points are to be recorded for each player at the end of each game. It is advised but not mandatory that players also write their scores down in order to help keep scoring as accurate as possible.

Game Options

Game options and maps will be set by the League Overlords prior to the designated game night and time. Game play will vary from week to week as will the maps and weapons available on the map. Room Hosts will be responsible for setting these options appropriately. If game settings are failed to be complied with, the Room Host’s team that did not comply will earn a complete loss for his/her team for that match set. Any player may report a Team Leader’s lack of compliance to a League Overlord. If a Team Leader fails in his/her duties more than twice, the position of team leader will be stripped away and awarded to that team’s top player.
Forfeiture

If a team forfeits for any reason, that team receives 0 points for all players and games for the night. All wins are given to the opposing team for that night. Scores will be given to that team and its players based off the average scores of the other winning teams from that night.
Scoring

Team and individual ratings will be based off TOTAL points. The team with the most points will hold the lead position on the leader boards. Player total points will also be tracked, but will not impact team standings. Player leader boards are for informational purposes only.
Final tournament

At the end of the season (6 weeks) a final tournament will be held to see which team is truly the best of the best in the league. Matches will be straight forward single map best of 7 rounds. Victors move on to fight in the next bracket, losers stay back and cheer on their favorite team.
RULES & REGULATIONS

1. Absentee & Handicap matches - Teams are to all be on and play on the designated night/time of their matches. MATCHES WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED BY OVERLORDS. Should a team member not be able to play on that night he needs to let his Team Leader so that the he may assign a suitable substitute from the team’s substitutions list.

a) If there is no available substitution the Team Leader may choose to play Handicap matches

b) The opposing Team Leader may decided to use the Voluntarily Sit Out Rule. (see below rule for Voluntary Sitting out). Games may not be any less than 3 v 3.

2. Cheating/Using Glitches – There are several known glitches and cheats in Call of Duty 4. If ANY player is caught using them, they will receive one and only one warning. On a second offense they will be ejected from the league and no longer invited to play in any of the games involved in the League competition. Players are to report any and all cheating immediately to their Team Leader.

NOTE: Laggy players are NOT considered cheating. It’s not their fault that their ISP has a slow connection.

3. Declination/Stripping of Team Leader Position – A Team Leader may step down at anytime he/she desires. Should a Team Leader decide to step down, then the player with the highest PPG (Points Per Game) on that team shall become the new Team Leader. Should that person decline, then it goes to next in line and so on and so forth. If all members of a team decline the Team Leader position, then the team will be disbanded. If a Team Leader is unable to regularly participate in league matches on the given day/time, his position will be stripped and a new Team Leader will be assigned as listed above. If a new team leader is not found, the team will be disbanded and a new team formed.

4. Enrollment & Recruiting – the enrollment and recruiting process shall last for 2 weeks. During this time players may invite friends to join the league and Team Leaders may recruit players. All new recruits must fill out a small info sheet so that Overlords & Team Leaders have necessary info such as name, Gamertag & email address. Any player that joins and fails to submit the info sheet will be banned from playing in league matches until such information is obtained.

5. Game Invites – All Team Leaders should have all members of their team on their Friends Lists. Overlords should have at least all Team Leaders on their Friends Lists as well. The Room Hosts are the ONLY members who are to send out invites to the game. Room Hosts are responsible for making sure that their entire team is present and ready to play. Any player that invites a non-league member to an official League match will cause a forfeiture of the game for his team.

6. Incomplete Matches – Should a player need to leave before the night’s matches are complete (Hey, life happens) the Team Leader for that team may opt to use a substitute from the Substitute list or choose to use the handicap rule.

a) If both teams for some reason not be able to complete their full set of matches, and 4 or less games were played for that night, the Match will be considered a draw. No points will be awarded to either team.

b) If 5 or more games have been played and one team had more victories than the other, points will be awarded to the team by averaging the total of all points earned by all teams for that night. Each player on the team receiving the average points will also receive points equal to the average of all players that competed in league matches that night.

c) The team receiving the bonus will receive only the amount of wins the actually obtained in their matches that night PLUS the victories for the matches that the other team could not complete. The team that left will receive losses equal to the games they did not play. The team that left will receive no compensation points.

7. Laggy Players - Some players may have a slow internet connection, or experience a high network traffic in their area. This will cause lag. The player cannot help it. If a player is lagging, deal with it. If a player is lagging severely enough to affect the game’s performance for other players, the two team leaders may opt to restart the room to see if this alleviates the problem. If the problem persists, it will be noted in the official match reports.

8. Make-Up Matches/Rescheduling – If your entire team is not able to play on the scheduled night time, the Team Leader must first alert an Overlord to this. You may attempt to reschedule the game for a later date time if all players on BOTH teams are in agreeance.

a) Rescheduled matches MUST take place and have the results reported to an Overlord BEFORE the next week’s league game or both teams will be penalized with receiving 0 points total, 0 wins, and no points awarded to players on either team.

b) If the team that can make is not unable to reschedule, then the team able to play will be given the wins for the matches, and be awarded total points equal to the average of the total of all points earned by all teams for that night The team unable to make it will wind up with a Loss of all matches for that night, and 0 pts earned for that week.

c) Each player on the team receiving the average points will also receive points equal to the average of all players that competed in league matches that night

9. Match Results – Team leaders must turn in their team’s match results within 3 days of the match. If results are not turned in, a total of zero points will be awarded to the team that didn’t turn in their results. Match results will be posted for all members of the league to see no later than the day before the next league match is to take place. Score sheets for keeping track of scores are available in the files section of the club. It is advised that all members of a team write down their scores during the matches so as to have 2 records of scores incase the Team Leader is unable to write all down.

10. Offensive Behavior – Players that are offensive beyond the point of in-game trash talk will receive a warning from their Team Leader. Team Leaders are to report all reported players to the Overlords as well. If the offensive behavior continues, the Team Leader may eject the player from the game at his/her discretion. Any player repeatedly reported for offensive behavior will be ejected from the league by the Overlords..

11. Rule Modification/Appending – Rules may be modified or appended by the League Overlords at anytime. League Overlords must unanimously agree on the new rule, or change for it to be made official. If a rule is appended or added, all members of the league will be made aware of it via email or XBL message.

12. Substitute Players – Each team may have up to but no more than 4 substitute players on their own personal roster. Teams may ONLY use substitutes from their own substitute list. No exceptions.

13. Voluntarily Sitting Out – in the event that a team needing a substitute is unable to do so, the team with all members present may decided to have a player voluntarily sit out for that match. If a player volunteers to sit out. Players that voluntarily sit out will receive stats/scores as noted in amendment 1.

If a player voluntarily sits out. His stats and scores will be calculated via averaging the total of ALL members of the league that actively played that night.

14. No Call No Show - If a team has enough players no call no show to where the team’s available players is than 3 on the night of a match. The game is considered a forfeit in favor of the team that actually had more than 4 players arrive to play.

a) Team member(s) of the forfeited team that arrived to play as well as the members as the team that had all members arrive, will receive scores calculated via averaging the total of ALL members of the league that actively played that night.

b) If a team forfeits due to a complete no-call/no-show. The forfeiting team shall receive a 500 pt penalty to the team’s total score, and all members of the team shall receive a 100 pt penalty on their individual total score. Players that have notified Team Leaders or Overlords of an upcoming absence for a given match will suffer no penalties in points.