How the tournaments are run:

Once you have applied for the tournament (Prime Status is not required to participate) and your application has been accepted, you are a participant in the tournament. The tournamen takes place in several stages:

1. Registration is the period during which participants can submit applications, and the administration can agree or reject them 

2. In Progress (Ongoing) - This period occurs immediately after registration closes. In this period, a grid of matches is being drawn up and there are already exact dates and times for each of the matches. All matches are played in the current period, including the Super Final. 

3. Summing up - this stage of the tournament begins when the super final is played. The duration of the stage is 72 hours. It was accepted by the administration, based on decisions taken on erroneous complaints. 

4. Completed - this stage of the tournament begins when the ‘Summing up’ stage passes. It is at this stage that the prize fund is paid out to the winner(s). if the winner is banned at the time of the payout, his prize will be canceled!

More:

  • Tournament grid Double Elimination, best of 1
  • Only 1 round is played each day. You play 1 match per day – for Cyberwars Dota-Arena Season, and in Cyberwars one-day cup tournaments all matches are played on the same day - - the tournament starts and ends on the same day.
  • The match takes place in the 1х1 format, 1x1 Solo Mid mode (or another, depending on the tournament settings)
  • Reserve: if you saw yourself among the ‘Reserve’ players, this means that you are not participating directly at the start of the tournament, but if any participant is removed during the tournament (for dishonest play, inappropriate behavior, etc.), then you may be appointed instead. The bet is returned to all users of the reserve if they were not involved in the tournament (if the user from the reserve is transferred to the participants, the bet will not be returned to him).

If you are a participant, please read below how to participate in a tournament match:

1. On the tournament page, in the ‘In Progress (Ongoing)’ period, pay attention to the ‘Matches’ block- - Find yourself and the date with time in this block - this will be the start time of the match.

2. Click on the line with your nickname (in the ‘Matches’ block) to go to the lobby page. You must be on the lobby page 5 minutes before the start of the match. Please note: If when you try to go to the match page, you get to the page of the last match, it means that you did not leave the lobby of the last game. On the match page of the last game, click on the link ‘Leave the match’
After you have left the previous lobby, go to the new one.

3. Make sure you have invites enabled, otherwise you won't get our bot's lobby invite. To enable invitations follow the simple steps below:

  • From the main menu of the game, go to the settings:
  • In the settings menu, go to the 'Social' tab and uncheck 'Block party invited from non-friends':

4. Launch the game using the steam account that you linked to the site.

5. Take a slot on any of the available sides and confirm your readiness by clicking on the ‘Ready’ or ‘Start Match’ button. Please note that the game client must be running by the time the readiness is confirmed. When you and your opponent confirm readiness, the lobby page will change its status to ‘Match started’:

6. Wait for our bot to send you an invitation to the lobby in the game client. Accept the invitation:

7. You will be moved to the game lobby. Take your side, similar to the same side on the site. When you and your opponent take sides, the lobby will automatically switch to the choice of heroes.

8. Play until the end of the match. If you leave the match, it will be regarded as a defeat.

9. When the match is over, on the lobby page, you will see the details of the match (there may be a delay of 5 minutes).

Rules

1. The participant of the tournament, who didn’t show up for any match in the tournament, automatically receives a ban for a day. The terms of the bans are summed up - if you didn’t show up, for example, for 2 tournaments, you will get a ban for 2 days. An automatic ban for non-appearance in the tournament is issued at the time of the transition of the tournament to the ‘Completed’ stage;

2. Don't be late for tournament matches! Watch carefully on the tournament page - on what date and time your match takes place, take a slot on the match page at least 5 minutes before it starts;

3. The entire match must be recorded. Don't know how? Take a look here. The record is stored by you throughout the entire tournament + 5 days after its completion. Pay attention! You need to start recording from the moment when the lobby on the site changes the status from ‘Waiting for players’ / ‘Waiting for the start of the match’ to ‘The match is starting’ and until the moment when the lobby on the site receives the status ‘Match is over'. The entry should include not only the gameplay, but also the lobby on the site, where the entire lobby page and chat are necessarily visible!

4. If you have any suspicions of unfair play on the part of an opponent, use the opportunity to ‘Report player’ on the tournament page:
Fill out the form and the administration will consider the complaint or contact you. Please note what should be contained in the complaint (otherwise your complaint may be rejected and restrictive measures applied to you)! The text of the complaint should contain: a brief composition of the violation, a link to your match record with timecodes and a description of what we should pay attention to. Insults in the complaint are unacceptable - this can also lead to restrictive measures!

5. If you encounter any difficulties, use the feedback form:

6. The use of bugs and/or errors is strictly prohibited

The opponent didn’t come to the match. What should I do?

First you need to figure out where your opponent didn't show up: in the online lobby itself or in the in-game lobby. If your opponent is absent in the online lobby, the tournament will automatically award you the victory when the match starts. Please note, due to technical reasons it may take up to 5 minutes to assign a win. 

If your opponent shows up at the site lobby, but doesn't enter the game lobby - two scenarios are possible: the opponent hasn't entered the game lobby at all, or he has entered, but doesn't take a side. In both cases, after 10 minutes from the starting time of the match in the tournament, such a participant will be automatically excluded from the site lobby. The result of the exclusion will be the award of victory to the participant who remained in the lobby (took a side before the start).