- Use these rules as a guideline for teams to solve issues on your own before bringing any issues to the commissioner.
- The rules contained herein are intended to be explanatory in nature. ADBA can not predict every case that may come up in advance. Additionally, unintended loopholes in the language may exist. If the technical language of a rule doesn’t fit with the intent of the rule, there’s a loophole, or other abusive behavior is occurring, ADBA reserves the right to amend and enforce any and all of its rules retroactively conforming to its intents and in the spirit of fair competition.
- Any rules posted on @ADBAPRO Twitter under the hashtag #ADBARules are enforceable, in addition to this rules page and the Terms of Service. Any discrepancies in rules will be left to commissioner’s final ruling.
- The ADBA commissioner will make a determination as to the outcome of any dispute (in his/her sole discretion) and such ruling will be final. By signing up for this Tournament, you accept any and all decisions that the ADBA commissioner makes, regardless of what this rule page states. Competitive outcomes will be favored when possible.
- Teams will match up using Private Matchmaking. Ranked games will not be considered league games.
- Only Private Matchmaking games found in the ADBA server or otherwise agreed to will count as league games. Random ranked games will not count towards league record.
- If you or anyone on your team gets a game from the ADBA server it will count regardless of if you put pickups in your team name.
- You must play on the court with your registered team name and logos. Every team name must have “ADBA” before or after the name.
- ADBA has no rule for which server regular season games should be played on. We encourage each team to practice some on each server to prepare for the playoffs.
- Solving playoff/tournament server host disputes:
- All ADBA playoff/tournament games will alternate if both teams are on North American servers. Higher seed will always have the option to host Game 1, lower seed Game 2, and so on until the final game of the series.
- The final game of the series host option will be based on point differential.
- Example for a Best of 3:
- Game 1: Team A (higher seed) hosts and wins 78-70 (+8 to Team A).
- Game 2: Team B (lower seed) hosts and wins 87-70 (+17 to Team B).
- Game 3: Team B [has higher point differential (+9)] hosts Game 3.
- Tie in point differential will favor the higher seed.
- Quitting out of games early will not be tolerated. At least one member from the winning team must stay in the game until the game clock reaches zero or 3+ players of the opposing team have been removed from the game. If a dispute arises due to quitting a game, the team at fault will be subject to forfeit at commissioners’ discretion.
- If there is a dispute on server, commissioner’s ruling will be final regardless of what these rules state.
- ADBA’s recommends as a strategy to designate at least one player to remain in the game until the game clock strikes zero to avoid any mishaps and grab the screen shot.
- Note central and eastern time zones are east server; mountain and western time zones are west server.
- If a player lags out before tip off it is an automatic restart. Quit the game and contact the opposing team to match up again
- The following rules apply ONLY to lag outs or other unforced 2K related errors. If you choose to quit out of a game in a tournament or playoff situation it may be a forfeit.
- If a player lags out while winning and the entire rest of his team immediately quits, that will be a replay in the regular season. If any player on your team keeps playing after a teammate lags out before quitting it will be a loss. “Immediate” is defined as under 30 seconds of game time.
- During regular season, spreads will not be enforced. If a player lags out while losing, you must play it out. If a team is consistently having players lag out against them (indicating a time out glitch is being used), appropriate action will be taken, including possible expulsion from the league with no refund. This will ultimately be the commissioners decision.
- Teams may mutually agree to take a spread. However, if they do, DO NOT submit more than one screen shot. Only one screen shot per game should be submitted during the regular season.
- It is recommended common sense is used. If a lag out occurs in the 1st quarter of a game and it’s not a 10+ point game, the game should be restarted and the game will not count. Ex: You are up 7-2 in the first quarter and someone lags out. That will not count. Ultimate decision on if a game counts is the commissioners.
- ADBA values teams that work things out on their own and decide things on the court. Teams should not consistently try to get free wins or try to exploit the rules to get a restart. Remember, these players and teams develop a poor reputation in the competitive community over time. The ADBA commissioner reserves any and all rights to make a unilateral decision on if a regular season game result counts after being presented with the evidence.
- During the playoffs or during tournaments, if a lag out occurs you may be required to restart the game and play the time remaining with the same score differential at the time of the lag out.
- Example: Team A is up 78-70 with the ball on Team B with four minutes remaining. Team B lags out. Team A and B must play the first four minutes of a new game, with Team A winning the tip and given a +8 advantage. (Round to nearest minute).
- Do not count points to the spread that occur after the first player has been removed from the game.
- If you are in a situation where your teammate is experiencing issues, do not quit until the player has been removed from the game for all players.
- The team with a lag out must immediately quit as described above for this rule to apply.
- This rule applies to all lag outs. If a team is suspected to be repeatedly abusing this rule, ADBA reserves the right to not grant that team spreads and disqualify them. Final decision is commissioners. Teams are strongly encouraged to work it out themselves.
- No player may switch builds during a same spread game. You must restart game with the original arch types.
- All games must be streamed by at least one player on each team and must have ADBA in the title. All games must be archived in the event ADBA administrators need to review game play. In the case of a dispute, if you do not have a stream to show your perspective of what happened it may be used against you.
- ADBA reserves the streaming rights to all ADBA league games. Should ADBA exercise its right to be the only live stream, that team’s designated streamer will receive $100 compensation. This right may be exercised or not exercised at ADBA’s sole discretion. Failure for the whole team to comply will result in a forfeiture of the season with no refund.
- Should ADBA not exercise its rights to stream games, the streamer will be required to edit the Twitch overlay in any way ADBA deems necessary, including adding the ADBA/UPA logo to the Twitch overlay for the entirety of the stream plus any sponsor logos should that be requested. Further, the stream title must be appropriately labeled and include ADBA. The ADBA/UPA logo must be inside both three point lines and the court must be decorated to attractive specifications and submitted to ADBA for approval.
- By agreeing to the rules/terms of service, you are granting ADBA the right to download and use all unedited and archived gameplay footage from ADBA games for any and all purposes. The intent is for VOD and highlight videos.
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- Teams must remove any and all content related to ADBA events, including but not limited to streams, clips, and graphics if requested by ADBA for any reason without warning or explanation.
- ADBA has the right, but not the obligation, to host or promote streams of game play and can opt against doing so for any reason without warning or explanation.
- Every team must have a representative for their team in the league’s Captain Chat. The Captain Chat will be on Discord
- The Competition Committee is a council of volunteer ADBA players which discuss and debate necessary rules to ensure fair and competitive play in the community. No member of the Competition Committee is on ADBA staff.
- Game altering glitches and exploits are prohibited on a case by case basis as they become known to the staff and after a review by the ADBA Competition Committee to determine the fairness and enforce-ability of the game abuse. Such additional game play rules will be announced on @ADBA twitter with the #ADBARules and may be introduced in the middle of the season if warranted by the Competition Committee.
- Current rules are as follows:
- N/A free throw is banned in all virtual and in person tournaments. Punishment handled on a case by case basis. A forfeit will generally only be awarded if the exploit is deemed to have impacted the game result. Video proof required and you must finish the game to protest the result. Commissioner ruling is final.
- If a team begins a game knowing the opponent is in violation of any league rule, that team is automatically accepting the results of that game.
- The burden of proof for rules violations lies with the captains (video, audio, time stamped screen shots). ADBA is not required to track down proof itself and will not take a captain’s word for it.
- All violations must to be addressed prior to start of game. If the series is completed before violation is reported, the results will stand unless the commissioner rules otherwise. ADBA will not retroactively award forfeits, violation will be enforced from that point forward.
- To send a dispute of a game result or report incorrectly recorded games, please send @ADBAPRO a message on Twitter or email tournaments@adba.gg ADBA will not make any decisions or accept any proof of disputes on the Twitter timeline.
- If you or your team encounter a situation where you believe the other team is in violation of ADBA rules, bring it to ADBA’s attention immediately. If you wait to report a violation after the conclusion of your game/series, the result will stand. If you do not get an immediate response from ADBA, continue to play out the game/series and the situation will be evaluated, subject to overruling if determined necessary.
- By participating in any ADBA event you are agreeing to not defame ADBA on any form of social media, news outlet or otherwise. We will respond to concerns in DM’s, the ticket support system, or email NOT public social media.
- By participating in ADBA you agree to not harass players for any reason including but not limited to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
- Before submitting any violations, please have carefully reviewed the rules to ensure it is actually a violation. Repeatedly submitting fake violations will result in removal of your team from the league with no refund.
- ADBA reserves the right to modify punishments as it sees fit. Punishments can be fines, suspension, expulsion, or disciplinary action and are determined on determined on a case by case basis.
- Repeated infractions or violations against the terms of service or this rules page from anyone or any team will be subject to removal from event and inability to participate in any UPA affiliated season, tournament, or live event. ADBA reserves the right to revise any punishment as it sees fit on a case by case basis.
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