Rules

Participants must review the Rules before entering the competition and acknowledge that they have been given an appropriate opportunity to do so and that they understand and accept these Rules.

The Competition is conducted by Boang technology group T/A, OPPO Registration Number 2020/162436/07 [“OPPO South Africa”/”Promoter”] and ADWA in collaboration with Digigage Sports and Entertainment (Pty) Ltd (Company registration is 2019/613920/07). Competition constitutes acceptance of these Rules and Participants agree to abide by these Rules.

By participating in this Competition, Participants agree to the rules set out below.

This Competition is limited to legal residents and/or legal citizens of the Republic of South Africa. In addition, the following people shall not be eligible to participate in this Competition:

Directors, members, partners, promotional and advertising agents, merchandisers, employees, or consultants of the Promoters.

People who are not legal residents and/or legal citizens of the Republic of South Africa.

Spouse, life partner, parent, child, brother, sister, business partner or associate of any of the persons specified above.

1. How to enter.

1.1 The Competition will commence on 2nd of June 2021 at 16h00 and end on 23rd of June 2021 at 18h00.

1.2 In order to enter the Competition:

1.2.1 Entrants will be required to follow the OPPO South Africa Social Media pages, Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

1. GAME FORMAT

1.1. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

All players participating in Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (“PUBG”) competitions must enter their PUBG game ID. The game account is needed to invite players into a custom match and to check if the correct player is playing. To participate in cups & ladders by ADWA Gaming, you must meet the following requirements:

•    You must be a registered player on the ADWA Gaming website. 

•    You must be 16 years or older. 

•    You must have an active PUBG account in good standing and linked it to your profile.

If you do not meet these requirements, you will be deemed ineligible. Sign-ups will be closed for all cups 30 minutes before they start. If player has not signed up before this time you will be unable to participate. Player will also be required to check-in to the cup itself starting 30 minutes before the cup.

1.2. TEAM AND PLAYER NAMES

•    ADWA Gaming reserves the right to edit Nicknames and/or URL aliases at its discretion. Team or player names that are too similar to that of another team or player are subject to be changed by ADWA Gaming.

•    “Nicknames, Team Names and URL Aliases.” If a team name has been wrongly seized, please file a support ticket with proof of ownership of the name.

•    Playing in any matches with a ringer is prohibited. Players and teams must compete under their officially registered PUBG team names and Nicknames during all official matches.

1.3. GAME VERSION

All players must install the newest version of the game to participate in ADWA Gaming cups. Updates must be installed before the cup starts, so delays will be at a minimum.

1.4. TECHNICAL ISSUES

•    Players are responsible for their own technical issues (hardware/internet/other connectivity issues). Matches will not be rescheduled because of technical issues and matches will be played, nevertheless. If the warm-up time in the starting area exceeded the game goes on, even if the issue is not solved yet. In case of massive problems influencing a significant number of players, a replay of the map may be called via the cup's support channels on Discord.

1.5. PARTICIPATION

Slots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning from the check-in process start 30 minutes before the start of the cup.

Each lobby will consist of no more than 100 players. There will be 4 lobby per round.

1.6. DISQUALIFICATION

•    To keep cups as efficient as possible, ADWA Gaming reserves the right to disqualify players. This will only be done in cases where a player purposefully stalls or attempts to block the cup from starting.

•    Usage of Reshade, SweetFX, VibranceGUI, and other 3rd party programs that enhance, add, modify, or remove game appearance, color, or files, is strictly prohibited during this event.

•    Intentionally changing your character's angle to look through a texture or object is prohibited. Participants are not allowed to set two actions to the same key in key bindings.

•    The intentional use of any bugs, glitches, or errors in the game is strictly forbidden and will be penalized. Any team found to be using any known exploit will forfeit their game upon the first occurrence of the exploit. If the team is found to use another known exploit for a second time and it is determined to have been done on purpose they will be removed from the cup and barred from any future cups.

2. OPPO PUBG SERIES RULES

2.1. PUBG TOURNAMENT FORMAT

2.1.1. TOURNAMENT DATES

Preliminary Round (Day 1):

•    Wednesday 2 June 2021;

•    Two matches played.

•    Maximum 100 Players per match.

•    Overall Top 50 in after the Round will qualify for the playoffs, scheduled for Friday, 16 June 2021.

•    The winner of each match (player with the most points) will receive R1250 as their prize.  

Preliminary Round (Day 2):

•    Wednesday 9 June 2021.

•    Two matches.

•    Maximum 100 Players per match.

•    Overall Top 50 in after the Round will qualify for the playoffs, scheduled for Friday, 16 June 2021.

•    The winner of each match (player with the most points) will receive R1250 as their prize.  

Playoff (Day 3):

•    Wednesday 16 June 2021. 

•    2 matches; 100 players per match

•    Top 50 (the remaining 50 players) qualify to participate in the Grand Final, scheduled for Friday, 25 June 2021.

•    The overall winner of the Playoff matches (player with the most points) will receive R2500 as their prize.  

Grand Final (Day 4):

•    Wednesday 23 June 2021;

•    One match, played by the 50 qualified players from the Playoff match (Day 3);

•    The overall winner of the Grand Final match (player with the most points) will receive R5000 as their prize.

2.2. MAP PICK

•    All games are to be played on the Erangel and Sanhok map setting. Players do not pick or ban maps or weather types.

2.2.1. BASIC

2.2.1.1. GAME SETTINGS

•    Server Region: Europe

•    Maps: Erangel and Sanhok

•    Perspective: TPP

2.2.2. SPAWNS

2.2.2.1. ITEMS SPAWNS

•    Item Spawn Type: Fixed Ratio & Adjustable Total Number

2.2.2.2. AMMUNITIONS

•    Ammunitions: 1x

2.2.2.3. WEAPONS

•    Sniper Rifles: 1x

•    DMRs: 1x

•    Assault Rifles: 1x

•    Hunting Rifles: 1x

•    LMGs: 1x

•    SMGs: 1x

•    Shotguns: 1x

•    Handguns: 1x

•    Throwables: 1x

•    Melee: 1x

•    Crossbow: 1x

•    Flaregun: 1x

2.2.2.4. ETC

•    Scope Attachments: 1x

•    Magazine Attachments: 1x

•    Muzzle Attachments: 1x

•    Foregrip Attachments: 1x

•    Stock Attachments: 1x

2.2.2.5. CONSUMABLES

•    Heal Items: 1x

•    Boost Items: 1x

•    Gas Can: 1x

2.2.2.6. EQUIPMENT

•    Bagpack: 1x

•    Helmet: 1x

•    Armored Vest: 1x

2.2.2.7. CLOTHING

•    Clothing: 0x

2.3. RANKING POINTS

• 1. 8
• 2. 7
• 3. 6
• 4. 5
• 5. 4
• 6. 3
• 7. 2
• 8. 2
• 9. 2
• 10. - 25. 1
• 25. > 0

•    Each kill is worth 1 point.

2.4. CIRCLE SETTINGS

•    This tournament will use modified circle settings.

3. REGIONS

ADWA Gaming currently hosts cups in Africa. All players have to be from the region they're participating in.

4. DETAILS

4.1. GAME PREPARATIONS

•    Please resolve any problems that might occur before a match starts. Connection or hardware problems during a match could lead to a disqualification by ADWA Gaming admins. Make sure all players are eligible to play.

4.2. NO SHOW

•    If a participant cannot play at the scheduled start time, we will remove the player from participating in the tournament.

4.3. FORFEIT

•    Participants can choose to forfeit a match if they wish. Forfeiting will result in 0 points from that match and possible penalty points.

4.4. TIE BREAKER

•    In the event that two or more players have the same number of Total Points, the following rules shall be applied to break the tie.

1.    Compare every tied players total Kill Points across all Matches

2.    Compare every tied players best performing Match based on Match Points

3.    Compare every tied players best performing Match based on Kill Points

4.    Compare every tied players Kill Points in the most recent Match

5.    Compare every tied players Placement Points in the most recent Match

4.5. RE-HOST

•    A re-host can only be played with admin initiation. Disconnects and lag issues will only qualify for a re-host if the issue occurs within the first 60 seconds of the game and affects a significant amount of players, barring any unforeseen situations.

4.6. OBSERVERS

•    Observers are organized by ADWA Gaming admins and people that are given permission by an admin (e.g. shoutcasters or streamers).

4.7. RESULTS

•    All results will be input by ADWA Gaming personnel. If anything is unclear, participants should have screenshots available to verify the result and file a protest.

5. COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT

•    Please submit a support ticket for any assistance during the cup. For communications, we ask teams to use our Discord server.

5.1. ADMINS

•    All participants must adhere to the decisions and rules of the tournament organizers, admins, and referees. All decisions are final, except in cases where the option to appeal is clearly stated. Conversations, either verbal or written, between organizers, admins or referees, and participants are confidential. Publicly posting or sharing these conversations with outside parties is strictly forbidden unless permission is obtained.

5.2. MATCH MEDIA

•    All match media (screenshots, demos, etc) must be kept for at least 14 days. Faking or manipulating match media is forbidden and will result in severe penalties. Match media should be named clearly based on what it is. It is not possible to file a protest or write a support ticket to complain about bad match media naming. However, if an admin is hindered in their work because of bad match media names then it can be punished.

5.3. CASTING AND STREAMING

•    Casting an ADWA Gaming match is only permitted with an ADWA Gaming admin agreement. Personal streaming is always allowed, for any other purposes to get an agreement please write a Support ticket.

5.4. PERSONAL STREAMING

•    Personal Streaming is always allowed if ADWA Gaming TV is not casting the same match. If ADWA Gaming TV is casting a match, personal streaming is not allowed without an admin agreement. Personal Streaming of a match shown by ADWA Gaming TV, without permission from an ADWA Gaming admin, can lead to a disqualification of the team or ban of the participant streaming content during the tournament. Any such streaming by ADWA Gaming TV will always be announced before match start.

6. PENALTY POINT CATALOGUE

•    In general, a player and the team can receive up to 6 penalty points per match, unless a single violation has a higher punishment. A team is only punished once per violation, regardless of how many players. Where a player or team receives penalty points for multiple violations, the penalty points are added together.

•    1In cup and league matches default wins are given instead of a match deletion and penalty points.

•    Matches get only deleted if the team/player violating the rules won the match.

7. PAYMENT POLICY

•    All winners will be emailed a Prize Payout Form from Adwa Gaming after the competition has concluded. Prize winners have 5 working days to provide Adwa Gaming with the requested information. Failure to fill out and submit the Prize Payout Form within the 5-working-day submission period will result in an automatic forfeiture of all winnings.

•    Prize money will be distributed within 30 working days after submission of the Prize Payout Form. Payment will be made using electronic money transfers (EFT), unless otherwise noted. As such, banking information will need to be provided in order to complete payments. All prize money will be paid out in South African Rands.

•    These rules are subject to change if necessary, the Adwa Gaming administrators reserve the right to make additional decisions outside the defined ruleset if necessary.

3.1 Neither OPPO nor any other person or party associated with the Competition, their associated companies, agents, contractors, and sponsors and any of its personnel involved in the competition, shall be liable whatsoever for any loss or damage incurred or suffered (including but not limited to direct or indirect or consequential loss), death or personal injury suffered or sustained arising from either participation in the competition or from claiming the prize.

3.2 If OPPO is required by law to alter or cancel any aspect of the Competition or to terminate it because of changes in legislation, or for any reason whatsoever, it will have the right to terminate the Competition being offered, with immediate effect and without notice. In such event all entrants hereby waive any rights which they may have against OPPO and its associated companies, agents, contractors and/or sponsors.

3.3 All information relating to the Competition which is published on any marketing material and social media will form part of these terms and conditions. In the event of any conflict between such marketing material and the terms and conditions as set out herein, this document prevails.

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