Call of Duty

Call of Duty : Black Ops 4 - NORDIC OPEN

This settlement is authority for ESEN’s Call of Duty : Black Ops 4, organized by ESEN Studio. The members and leadership of the company have full powers to determine the conditions of application and interpretation as well as its modification, if circumstances so require. Any player or team participating at this tournament held by that regulation, or will have to face sanctions . This Regulation aims to both ensure and guarantee all participants a satisfying experience and respect of the healthiest sportsmanship.

The admins reserve the right to, at any time, remove or change the rules in this document, even during a tournament. All players are encouraged to read all the rules regularly.

In some cases, a problem may occur and not find an immediate solution in the regulation. In these cases, ESEN and their representatives will decide impartially and in a will to uphold sporting ethics above all other considerations
A maximum of 64 teams participate in each qualifier.

I. General Rules

Eligibility
All players participating in this tournament must be a registered user on ESEN’s platform, https://kingofnordic.com. To be able to invite players to custom matches, you need to be able to find your opponent’s nickname. Therefore, we demand all participants to add their correct Nickname to their profile [In the description section]. All the players need to be registered on the European server [Europe]. If you do not meet these requirements, you won’t be allowed to participate.

Names [Teams and Players]
Offending team names and/or player nicknames will be edited or erased. Players will have to compete under their officially registered Battlenet Nickname [The one that you’ve added to your profile, in the description section] during all the matches  

Rosters
Team rosters must consist of a maximum of 4 players. The tournament format is 3v3, with 1 substitute player allowed. The substitute has to have a registered account on the platform as well and a listed nickname on his profile. All roster changes must be made before the beginning of the cup [Beginning of the cup = end of the check-in phase]. If it comes to our knowledge that a team has been playing with a different player than the ones listed, the entire team will be disqualified.
 

Technical issues
Teams are responsible for their technical issues (hardware/internet). Matches will not be rescheduled because of technical issues, and matches will be played nevertheless. If the maximum pause time is exceeded, the game goes on, even if the problem is not solved yet..
 

Extra
To keep tournaments as efficient as possible, ESEN reserves the right to disqualify teams. This will only be done in cases where a team purposefully stalls or attempts to block another team. In some scenarios, both teams may be affected. Any team found to be using a known exploit will forfeit their game upon the first occurrence of the exploit. If the team is found to use another known exploit for the second time and it is determined to have been done on purpose, they will be removed from the event and barred from any future events.

II. 3v3 Rules

No Show
If a participant is not ready to play 15 minutes after the scheduled match time, please contact an admin through the discord channel.

Disconnection/ Lack of player
If a player disconnects in the middle of a match, his teammates can continue their match, but at a disadvantage then.

If a player suddenly appears not to be able to join his teammates to play a match, his partners are allowed to defend their chances in a 2v3 matchup or to forfeit

Forfeit
Participants can choose to forfeit a match if they wish. Forfeiting will result in a loss.

Score report
Each team captain will be in charge of reporting the correct score on the match page. On top of that, a screenshot of the final scoreboard is requested, and need to be sent to your dedicated admin in PM [through Discord]. Protests will only be treated if screenshots are provided to the admins.  

III. Match Rules

We are using the official CWL ruleset. The rules are preset when choosing the CWL Customs while hosting the match. 

Search and Destroy Maps:

—   Arsenal

—   Firing Range

—   Frequency

—   Gridlock

—   Hacienda

—   Payload

—   Seaside

Hardpoint Maps:

—   Arsenal

—   Slums

—   Frequency

—   Gridlock

—   Hacienda

—   Payload

—   Seaside

Control Maps:

—   Arsenal

—   Firing Range

—   Frequency

—   Gridlock

—   Hacienda

—   Payload

—   Seaside

Each team takes turns banning maps. Both teams will ban three maps each and the last map will be the one that will be played.

Ex: Team 1 Ban - Team 2 Ban - Team 1 Ban - Team 2 Ban - Team 1 Ban - Team 2 Ban - Map Played

Specialists

The following Specialist is restricted from use in the competition:

—   Nomad

Specialists in the game can be used by one player on each team, just like in regular Multiplayer lobbies.

Specialist Equipment

The following Specialist Equipment is restricted from use in the competition:

—   Tac-Deploy (Restricted in Hardpoint and Search & Destroy only) 

Weapon Restrictions

The following will be restricted for competitive play.

—   Titan

—   Hades

—   VKM 750

—   MOG 12

—   SG12

—   Hellion Salvo

Other Restrictions:

The following will be restricted for competitive play.

Attachments:

—   High Caliber

—   High Explosive

—   Laser Sight II

—   Max Load

—   Rapid Fire

—   Rocket Cache

—   Steady Grip

Optics:

—   Fast Lock

Perks:

—   Gung-Ho

—   Skulker

—   Team Link

—   Tracker

Wildcards:

—   Overkill

—   Primary Operator Mod

—   Secondary Operator Mod

Scorestreaks:

—   UAV

—   Care Package

—   Counter-UAV

—   Sentry

—   Mantis

Gear:

—   Acoustic Sensor

Restricted Items: For Search & Destroy and Control, use of any restricted item(s) will result in the loss of the round(s) the item(s) were used in if it affected game play. For Hardpoint, use of any restricted item(s) will result in the loss of the map(s) the item(s) were used in if it affected game play.

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 disqualification and/or a ban. Match media should be named based on what it is..
 

Streaming and Casting
Personal Point of View streaming will be allowed. However, at some points, ESEN esports might decide to broadcast one or several games of the tournament. If such occurs, and if you want to continue to cast your point of view or merely cast the entire game itself, please reach out to an admin to find an agreement.