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Rosters

League Rosters

1.   All BOL rosters are all limited to a ten man roster, 1 coach, and 1 coach/manager.

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1.a   Each team is limited to two roster changes per week up to the Playoff Roster Lock. 

1.b   BOL staff will either approve, deny, or ask for more information about a player within 48 hours after submitting a roster change.​
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1.c   Roster changes may be suspended as staff looks into the player in question. It is important that the captain always has a back up plan in the event that a player is denied or their roster change is suspended. The vetting team will take all necessary steps to ensure that roster changes are not suspended and players are cleared or denied as fast as possible.

1.d   Any roster change denial is considered final.

2.   All roster changes must be submitted by the team captain or team manager which includes esubs. If a captain and manager are unavailable, another player on the team may request permission to make their team’s roster changes with admin approval.

2.a  A team captain/manager should ping the player they are adding to their roster when making the roster change.

2.b  Players are required to complete their player registration form in order for their roster change to be considered. The roster change will be denied if the player registration form is missing at the roster lock. 

3.   Teams are only allowed the 5 starting players in their voice communications while in game. Teams are required to be in their respective Discord voice channels during official BOL matches. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

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4.   Players must complete a player registration form to be eligible for the league.

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5.   Rosters lock is Saturday @ 11:59 PM EST 

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6.   Any player added submitted after roster lock is considered an emergency sub.

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7.   Players and/or Captains must submit player name changes in the name change channel prior to roster lock in any given week.  Failure to do so will result in 1 ban loss per player.

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7.a   As a captain, it is your responsibility to make sure your team is ready for the week.

7.b   The ban loss can be waived by the opposing team.

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7.c   Each team will get one freebie where the ban loss will be waived by BOL staff.

8.   Playoff rosters will be locked 1 week prior to the conclusion of the season. 

9.   Players who play in an official BOL game with one team will have a one week lock out period before they are eligible to play on another team. 

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9.a   Starters/subs may not e-sub for other rosters unless a starter/sub is on roster for one division and wants to play on a roster in another division.

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10.   Players may drop themselves from a roster at any point by opening a ticket in #ticket-help-desk. If a player is dropped or drops themselves from a team without playing in the previous week, they would be eligible to join a team immediately.

10.a   Players on cooldown will not be eligible to be added to a roster until their cooldown is over. ​

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Captains

1.   Each team is allowed two captains on their roster at a time. One captain needs to be a starting player. The other captain can be a coach or another player.

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2.   Captains are responsible for team management, roster changes as well as communication with other team captains and tournament organizers.

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3.   Captains are required to uphold tournament rules to the best of their ability. 

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Coaches

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1.   Each team is allowed 1 coach on their roster at a time and the team captain or manager must add them via roster change before the weekly roster lock.

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2.   Coaches may be in team communication for pick / ban phase but must leave after.

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3.   Coaches may rejoin voice communications in between games but must leave when the game starts.

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4.   If a coach has gone AFK in team communications, open a ticket to have them removed from the voice channel.

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4.a   If a team fails to remove their coach in any circumstance during the game, the first offense will result in a warning. If a second infraction occurs the coach will no longer be eligible to join the team call as well as a ban loss in their next game.

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5.   Any coaches not listed on a roster that grabs their team role/joins call will result in a 2 ban loss for the next available game. Any additional infractions will result in the individual being barred from team calls.
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E-subs

​1.   Each team is allowed a maximum of two e-subs per game. After that their team will forfeit their games.

1.a   Teams are limited to one esub during playoffs.

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1.b   Teams are allotted a maximum of 6 esubs per season. Once the maximum number of esubs has been reached any further attempt for esubs will be denied.

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2.   One e-sub used will be a 2 ban loss penalty in the first ban rotation. Two e-subs used will be a 4 ban loss penalty (3 in the first phase and 1 in the second phase) each game that they are used. Three or more e-subs is considered a forfeit.

2.a   Teams that use an esub during playoffs will lose three bans in the first ban rotation each game that they are used.

3.   Teams must clear their esubs through the esub clearance channel in discord for a player to be eligible to esub for a team. Players should ping admins for approval within 30 minutes of game time.

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4.   If your team is using an esub, let the opposing team know as soon as you can.

5.   Players may only esub for one team per week. Failure to follow this will result in a forfeit. Multiple offenses will result in a 3 week suspension for the e-sub and the inability to e-sub for teams indefinitely. 

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6.   Esubs are subject to all BOL player eligibility rules and regulations. BOL staff may require esubs to fill out a player registration form if their eligibility is in question.

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7.   Esubs will be heavily scrutinized to ensure competitive integrity. There will be no leniency towards teams who have waited until the last second to submit an esub. 

Lobby & In Game

Lobby

1.   Teams will be provided a tournament code to use each week by BOL Staff.

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2.   Banter and trash talk should not be present in a game lobby or in game.

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3.   Each team is expected to follow BOL Discord Rules while in the lobby and in game.

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4.   Lobbies are not required to be checked by a mod or admin. However, if a team has a problem with a lobby, they must open a ticket and a mod/admin will join their voice channel as soon as possible.

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5.   Any form of ban losses will occur in the first round of the ban phase.  If a team loses more than 3 bans, any extra ban losses will carry over to the 2nd ban phase.  A team may only receive a maximum of 5 ban losses per game.

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6.   Both teams must be in game lobby on the hour. Bans will occur 5 minutes after the game should start and in increments of 5 up until 3 bans are lost where a team will FF after that. You are required to take a screenshot of the lobby and open a ticket to contact admins/mods before a team loses bans so that it may be verified by staff.

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6.a   A team will start to lose bans at 8:05 ET and forfeit the series at 8:20 ET.​

6.b   There are no excuses for running late. Patch ahead of time or get a sub to take your spot.

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7.   Prodraft/Draftlol is required. You are required to send the spectator link to the opposing team. Streamed matches on the BOL twitch channel require the use of Draftlol.

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8.   Client bugs, or mispicks must be disclosed immediately and before the other team selects their pick. Otherwise the Prodraft/Draftlol will have to be remade up until the mispick occurred.​​
 

8.a   Every team has the right to have one player with smite.

8.b   This must be done before the game is loaded in
 

8.b   BOL Staff is not responsible for any misclicked summoner spells or masteries. 

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9.   If BOL Tournament Organizers disables a champion and a team plays it, it is an automatic forfeit for that game.

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10.   Teams are allowed to role swap however they want and do not need to disclose to the opposing team which player is playing what role.  We do ask that players line up in LCS order after prodraft/draftlol for stats purposes.  

10.a   While teams don’t need to be in LCS order before prodraft, the starting players must line up in one of the starting slots in the game lobby.  These players cannot be switched out once prodraft is started.

11.   Teams are required to make their final champion changes before the timer countdown hits 20 seconds heading into the loading screen

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11.a   If a team believes that their opponent traded champions after there was less than 20 seconds left, the team can join help desk and request the lobby be remade.   

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12.   Players are required to play on their main account listed with Blue Otter League via the Player Registration form. This means that if you receive a 14 day suspension or a permanent ban you will be ineligible to play. 

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12.a   If a player has maintained eligibility with their main account listed with Blue Otter League and the Blue Otter League Staff can verify the eligibility, a player may request to play on an alternative account.
 

Fearless Draft Rules

Will be updated once the final application deadline has concluded.
 

In Game

1.   No excessive BMing. If a player feels that another team is BMing excessively they need to record or screenshot the examples and send them to the admin team. Punishment will result on the next played series for the team if the admin team feels that the team is being excessive.

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2.   We highly advise that you avoid any form of communication other than GG or explaining a pause while in game

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​3.   Players that wish to stream BOL official matches must have a three minute delay on their stream.

4.   Players must be in their team voice call during an official BOL game.

5.a   If a player intentionally leaves their voice call and/or the game in the middle of a game, they will be suspended for a minimum of 2 weeks. The only exception is if their internet/client/discord crashes, or if they are moving to help desk for assistance.

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5.   Breaks should be limited to 10 minutes in-between games. After the 10 minutes has expired, the regular ban loss process starts. Open a ticket or contact a tournament organizer in #help-desk for assistance if needed.

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Pauses

​1.   Pauses are limited to 10 minutes per game and can only pause up to 3 times per game. After that, teams must play out the game regardless of issues unless the opposing team agrees to wait longer.

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1.a   If a team is still paused after 10 minutes in a game or if they paused more than 3 times in a game, please open a ticket for staff assistance. 

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1.b   Pauses should only be used for technical difficulties and emergencies. Abuse of the pause rule will be punished via ban loss in the next series. In severe cases the team can be removed from the league

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1.c   Both teams are required to ready up in game chat before a team unpauses. If this rule is broken, a team should immediately pause, open up a ticket or find a tournament organizer in #help-desk and ask for assistance. 

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​2.   Pause Sharking - If a player or team notices a disconnect on the enemy team and they immediately engage in an attempt to gain an advantage before the impacted team can pause, please contact help desk immediately. Staff will make a ruling on if they believe the actions were malicious. 

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Remakes​

​1.   Remakes are only allowed under severe server / client issues.​

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2.   Teams must seek admin approval for a remake. It is important to pause as soon as possible and make a ticket for staff approval. 

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Post Game

1.   After each game is completed teams are allowed a maximum break time of 10 minutes. 

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2.   After the break has completed teams should be in the next game lobby preparing for pick and ban.

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3.   If an opposing team takes longer than 10 minutes, open a ticket. If this happens multiple times in a season, the team will according to how late they are.

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Match Reporting

​1.   After a match has completed the winning team's captain is required to post their match results in the designated channel. This needs to be completed the same day the match is played. Failure to follow this rule will result in ban losses for repeated offenses. 

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1.a   Below is how a captain should report the matches. Examples will be further provided in the designated channel.​
 

Pick Ban: <prodraft/draftlol link>

Match Result: <screenshot of post game lobby>