MYTHIC LEAGUE RULES

Matches may only be cancelled under the following criteria or circumstances:

If a server issue presents itself before ten (10) rounds have been completed an admin will have the ability to cancel the match.

Server instability is defined as:

"an issue that is clear and identifiable by an admin either independently OR through evidence supplied to an admin by the players. The admin will observe or the evidence will clearly show that: the server has poor performance in the form of high latency, significantly high variance or crashing."

Server issues should clearly be seen to affect the majority of players connected.

Acceptable evidence from players should be:

• net_graph screenshots clearly showing an issue (an admin may ask you to type "status" in the console and then provide a screenshot of the result)
• In-game clips or Twitch VODs that show beyond doubt that the server is the issue

This evidence must be available upon demand and provided before the game can be considered for cancellation.

Cancellations for Server Instability are not guaranteed, the investigating admin will make an informed decision on the need for cancellation.

Server Instability issues that occur after 10 rounds are complete will require the majority (3/5 players) of both teams to agree to a cancellation. If no agreement can be reached the match will continue.

Occasionally a situation may arise where a new player to the League has either failed to authorize their Discord before queueing or is unable to join the Discord server altogether.

In this case, it is the responsibility of the players to contact an admin as early as possible.

If you discover a player on your team is not in Discord, the following applies:

1. You must contact an admin from your match room.
2. You must toggle your !pause to prevent the game from progressing further.
3. You must inform the admin of the situation appropriately and specify the player's FACEIT username.

If no rounds have been completed, the admin will make one of the following decisions:

1. Move the players on your team to a private match channel and the match will continue. This is our preferred method to resolve this situation and will always be the first option.
2. Rehost the game. If the player needs more time to join or complete authorization, the game may be rehosted with the same configuration.
3. Cancel the match. If there is no indication that the player’s Discord issues will be resolved in reasonable time then game may be cancelled allowing teammates to requeue.

If one (1) or more rounds have been completed, the admin will make one of the following decisions:

1. Move the players on your team to a private match channel and the match will continue. This is our preferred method to resolve this situation and will always be the first option.
2. Rehost the game. If the player needs more time to join or complete authorization, the game may be rehosted with the same configuration if both teams agree in the majority (3/5 players).
3. Instruct players to use in-game communication for this game only. If both teams do not agree to a rehost, the game will not be cancelled and players are to use in-game comms.

Counter-Strike is a competitive game and often causes high tempers or frustration. A minority of players sometimes choose to leave a game early creating issues for the other players. If you wish to cancel a game due to a teammate leaving there are two sets of procedure as detailed below.

If a player leaves your match before 6 rounds have been completed, the following applies:

1. You must contact an admin before 6 rounds have been completed.
2. You must toggle your !pause and call an admin immediately.
3. You must not wait until your pause time is used before contacting an admin.

The responding admin will confirm that you are paused and will investigate to the best of their ability whether a player intends to rejoin the game or not. If communication with the player is not possible the admin will ask the team that called the admin to wait an appropriate amount of time to give the player a chance to rejoin.

If the player does not intend to rejoin, fails to rejoin within the 5 minute cooldown OR the given time that an admin states, the player will receive a 24 hour queue cooldown and the game will be cancelled.

If a player leaves your match after 6 rounds have been completed, the following applies:

1. You must toggle your !pause and call an admin.
2. You must have already established with the other team that their majority (3/5 players) will agree to a cancel.

The responding admin will confirm that you are paused and will contact the other team to confirm that they agree in the majority to cancel the game.

If the other team indicates their agreement to cancel, the leaving player will receive a 24 hour queue cooldown and the game will be cancelled.

If the other team indicates that they do not agree to cancel then the game will be played out. The leaving player will still receive a 24 hour queue cooldown.

If multiple players leave from one team after 6 rounds have been completed, the following applies:

1. You must contact an admin from the match page.
2. You must toggle your !pause.

The responding admin will confirm that you are paused and identify which users have left the game. They will be given the standard window of five (5) minutes OR a given time that the admin states to return to the game.

If there is no indication that players will return and continue the game, the admin responding will manually set the score of the game to a win (1-0) in the enemy team's favor (the team without leavers). This will end the game, causing ELO and leaderboard points to be added or subtracted in the same manner as a standard win or loss for each team. All players who did not reconnect (or refused to reconnect) will be issued a 48 hour leaver ban.

If multiple players leave from both teams after 6 rounds have been completed, the following applies:

1. You must contact an admin from the match page.
2. You must toggle your !pause.

The responding admin will confirm that you are paused and identify which users have left the game. They will be given the standard window of five (5) minutes OR a given time that the admin states to return to the game.

If there is no indication that players will return and continue the game, the admin responding will cancel the match. All players who did not reconnect (or refused to reconnect) will be deducted the full leaderboard point amount for a loss as well as being issued a 48 hour leaver ban.

Counter-Strike is a competitive game and often causes high tempers or frustration. A minority of players sometimes choose to leave a game early creating issues for the other players. If you wish to cancel a game due to a teammate leaving there are two sets of procedure as detailed below.

If a player leaves a game at the beginning of overtime, the following applies:

1. You must contact an admin before overtime progresses beyond the 12-12 scoreline.
2. You must toggle your !pause to prevent the game from progressing.

If the responding admin verifies that the player does not intend to rejoin, the game will be cancelled and both teams will receive six (6) leaderboard points as equivalent to a draw result. The player who abandoned the game will have their full leaderboard points removed and be issued a 48 hour ban.

Repeated leaving of games will result in progressively increasing queue cooldowns (see 6.XI.).

Note: Admins responding to your ticket will base their decisions ONLY on the score printed to them at the moment an admin is contacted.

Individual connection issues are defined as:

"high ping, variance, choke, loss or skipping affecting a player that is not a confirmable server issue."

An admin may ask you to type "status" in the console and then provide a screenshot of the result.

For players with individual connection issues the following applies:

1. You must contact an admin before any rounds have been completed.
2. You must toggle your !pause to prevent the game from beginning.
3. You must inform the responding admin whether this issue is location related and can be resolved with a different location, or if the issue is unknown and may persist regardless of location.

If no rounds have been completed:

• A rehost may be granted allowing for a new server location to be selected. Team and map choices must remain the same.
• In the case of the issue being unknown and persistent the admin may choose to cancel the game.

If one (1) or more rounds have been completed:

• A rehost may only be granted if both teams agree in the majority (3/5 players).

Cancellations for individual player connection issues are not guaranteed and are at the discretion of the responding admin.

Mythic League was created to offer a competitive environment for Counter-Strike that welcomes new and experienced players alike, while encouraging sportsmanship and gameplay development. Mythic League players are expected to demonstrate respect for their peers and the Support Staff. Players berating their team or teammates due to a questionable or poor play will not be tolerated; this behavior will be swiftly and appropriately handled by our Support Staff.

The following headings describe behaviors or actions that will not be tolerated in Mythic League. Players behaving contrary to the Code of Conduct will receive appropriately measured punishments, including: Short-Term Suspension, Long-Term Suspension, or Permanent Removal from the hub.

Mythic League players are expected to treat their matches seriously and therefore behave appropriately. Gameplay in which a player is not playing in a serious manner will not be tolerated.

This behavior may include:

• Continuous Force Buying / Not buying with your team
• Repeatedly purchasing or using “troll” weapons
• Ignoring team communication
• Not playing with your team / playing solo
• Going AFK at the beginning of rounds
• Being AFK for significant periods of time

Behavior that is deemed detrimental or disruptive to Mythic League and/or the integrity of the game may result in removal from the League.

This can include but is not limited to:

• Continuous disruptive behavior anywhere in the League
• Repeated poor behavior following multiple warnings or punishments
• Arguing with or harassing any member of staff
• Repeated Support Abuse

We do not tolerate threats towards other users in Mythic League.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Messages indicating a threat of bodily harm or violence towards another user.
• Instructing a fellow player to harm or kill themselves.

Voice communication is mandatory in Mythic League. You must be an authorized member of our Discord server and remain connected to your team’s Discord channel for the duration your match.

The following behavior is strictly prohibited:

• Muting and deafening yourself
• Muting your teammates in Discord or in-game
• Failing to make necessary callouts in Discord (or in-game if an admin has instructed you to. Refer to 3. Communication and/or 4.II New Members where appropriate)

The exceptions for muting teammates are as follows:

• Muting an extremely toxic teammate
• Muting a teammate that is harassing yourself or another
• Muting a teammate that is continually spamming the microphone either in Discord or in-game

If you have muted a teammate you must file a report on our Support Site with clear evidence as to why it was necessary to mute this teammate.

Failure to provide sufficient evidence for muting a teammate will result in a Failure to Communicate penalty.

Incidents of intentional team killing and/or team damage.

This includes retaliatory team killing or team damage regardless of whether another user attacks you first as well as in response to another user’s behavior.

Instances of friendly fire will result in a minimum penalty of a 24 hour queue cooldown. Excessive friendly fire will result in extended queue cooldowns and includes the potential for immediate removal from Mythic League.

Any behavior which inhibits a teammate's ability to play the game will be considered griefing.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Intentionally blocking teammates
• Intentionally team flashing
• Stealing dropped weapons
• Microphone spamming
• Text spamming of any kind including: binds, foreign languages and symbols

Targeted toxicity from specific user(s) towards other user(s) over multiple instances.

Releasing any personal information of any other player will lead to a suspension from the league.

Messages referencing a person's race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disabilities will lead to an extended ban in Mythic League.

Images and symbols that are offensive in nature are forbidden. This can include but is not limited to:

• Discord profile pictures
• FACEIT banner and or profile pictures
• Steam profile pictures or content

If you are displaying an offensive image or symbol you will be asked to remove or change it at the minimum; you may also receive an extended punishment.

We do not tolerate casual use of offensive terminology and you will be warned or punished appropriately.

If a player is intoxicated and there is a clear effect on their performance or the experience of other players in the match, the user will be given a minimum of a 24-hour queue ban.

Below are the following cooldowns for match abuse:

• Didn't accept match: 3 minutes.
• User failed to Accept the queue, refer to Section 5 if you use FACEIT Enhancer.
• Scaling: None
• Captain no-pick: 5 minutes.
• User selected as Captain failed to make a selection for their team.
• Scaling: 1^st - 24 Hours | 2^nd - 24 Hours | 3^rd - 3 Days | 4^th - 7 Days
• Didn't Connect (AFK): 20 minutes.
• User failed to connect to a game that was properly configured within the 5 minute join timer.
• Scaling: 1^st - 24 Hours | 2^nd - 24 Hours | 3^rd - 3 Days | 4^th - 7 Days
• Leaver: 24 hours (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
• User disconnected from a game and failed to rejoin within 5 minutes or not at all.
• Scaling: 1^st - 3 Days | 2^nd - 7 Days | 3^rd - 7 Days

The !pause feature available in Mythic League matches is intended to be used in the event that an admin must be contacted for assistance. In the event of a player having a technical issue you may use the !pause feature, however if before the completion of six (6) rounds, you must also contact an admin.

Admins may pause the match manually if they deem it necessary, however players should not expect this. Use your 5 minute !pause time wisely and do not waste it under the assumption an admin will extend it for you.

The !pause feature can be used at your team's discretion but should not be abused. The following may be considered Pause Abuse by our admin team and includes, but is not limited to:

• Trolling of any kind
• Pausing without good reason
• Unpausing the enemy team's pause
• Unpausing whilst a user is communicating with an admin

Players found to be abusing the !pause feature may be subject to a minimum of a 24 hour Pause Abuse cooldown.

Many Mythic League players are also aspiring streamers, or in some cases already established streamers. We want to support this to the best of our ability, therefore we will not prohibit users from streaming their games when playing in Mythic League.

We do however strongly suggest that you use a delay, preferably a minimum of 30 seconds. This will help to protect you from the potential of an enemy team member viewing your stream for information they may abuse against you.

Please consider that if you stream without delay you are not only potentially impacting your own gameplay experience, but also the experience of your teammates who did not have any say in your decision to stream the game.

If you chose to stream - especially without delay - please remember that you do so at your own risk. If you believe someone is stream sniping please report them and provide comprehensive and specific evidence.

Abusing the Support system that Mythic League offers in any way will result in strict penalties.

This includes but is not limited to:

• Behaving in a rude or disrespectful manner towards a member of the admin team
• Failing to respect and accept a decision made by a member of the admin team after their decision and position have been clearly stated
• Continually arguing with an admin regarding a ban that has been issued may result in further consequences
• Harassing any member of the admin team with unsolicited and/or continuous direct messages
• Repeatedly calling an admin for an issue that was already resolved
• Repeatedly filing erroneous or unnecessary reports
• Repeatedly tagging either a specific admin or all support members in Discord or in the hub overview

Mythic League admins are volunteers who are here to enforce the rules and apply judgements that are fair to all involved parties. Abuse will not be tolerated.

Behaviors that show a clear attempt to lose the game or round are considered throwing.

This includes but is not limited to:

• Making little or no attempt to kill enemies
• Giving up your life on purpose without attempting to contribute in any way
• Giving up the bomb or the position or equipment of your team in any way

Mythic League is a competitive community and we offer prizes as reward for your performance. As such we expect you to play to the best of your ability at all times.

Please report users who are breaking rules by creating a report through the Mythic League support portal . Evidence must be provided for each report submitted.

We recommend that you setup NVIDIA Instant Replay (Shadowplay), or any third party software to record your in-game communications, as this is not recorded in the match GOTV. We do not expect you to record your entire game, simply use the instant replay feature to record the incidents when and if they occur.

We have provided some video tutorial to help you get started:

• GeForce Experience - Instant Replay: https://youtu.be/n34x-fxxKus

Please be as specific as possible when submitting reports, including the approximate rounds in which the incident occured. Reports without user submitted evidence or any indication that evidence can be found within the GOTV itself will be closed immediately without action.