1. There will not be an entry fee for the tournament.
2. The deadline for registration is September 30th, 2025. The tournament will start on October 6th, 2025.
3. The league will operate on Eastern Standard Time (EST). You can use this website to help coordinate match times: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter. Match weeks run Monday to Sunday.
4. Volute is required for all participants. Information for Volute can be found on their website at www.volute.io. Volute IDs for each player must be submitted at the time of registration. Team Captains are responsible for verifying that the names and IDs match on the other team’s roster.
5. Teams can have up to 8 players listed on their roster. Teams must have at least 6 players on their roster to participate in the tournament.
6. Teams can only play with the players listed on their roster. Volute IDs must match the IDs listed on the team roster. Players must play with an approximating name to the one listed on the official roster.
7. Teams caught using non-roster players (smurfs) will forfeit any match that a non-roster player can be shown to have played in, and is subject to suspension or disqualification- as determined by the League Admins. If the non-roster player (smurf) is a member of the League, they will be disqualified for the rest of the season.
8. A weekly map list will be selected from the Approved Maps List and will consist 2 maps. The weekly maplist for the regular season will be made available in advance by the League Staff.
9. Teams will be able to make roster changes up until the halfway point of the regular season. Changes made to a team’s roster will not take effect until the following match week.
10. The Regular Season will consist of each team playing each other twice, once as home team, once as away team. Following the Regular Season will be a double elimination Playoff bracket.
11. The Home team for each match will be determined by which team is listed on top of the League schedule.
1. Teams will play 1 match per week. Each Team Captain is responsible for coordinating with the opposing team to schedule the date and time for the match, with the only restriction of not exceeding 7 calendar days (Maximum limit would be Sunday at 23:59). If an agreement is not reached between the two, the match can be postponed only with approval from the League Admins.
2. Team Captains, or a designated team member, will be responsible for taking screenshots of the scores so the results can be verified and recorded.
3. After the match is completed, the winning team will be responsible for reporting the match results. Match results should be submitted on the League’s Discord.
1. Tournament matches will be played on the League-provided servers. Each Team Captain will have access to Rcon for the match. If a League server is down or unplayable, the match will take place on another other League server, determined by the Home team. If the other league servers are reserved or not available, the teams will be permitted to postpone the match without penalty. The postponed match must be played within 7 calendar days of the originally scheduled match.
2. The Home Team will select the server location, first map from the weekly map list, and starting side.
3. Teams must have a minimum of 4 players to start the match.
4. Teams will have 15 minutes to have their players in the match server. If a team does not have at least 4 players by the 15 minute mark, they will forfeit the match.
5. Matches will be played with a default 5v5 format. Teams can play up to 6v6 or 7v7 for a match if both team captains are in agreement. If a player has to leave the match for any reason, that team can bring in an additional player from their roster, or they will have to play a member down (e.g. 7v6).
6. Voice taunts will be disabled for the match.
7. Each team must be respectful of all the participants in the match. Inappropriate behavior (trash talk, swearing, disrespect or taunting) must be screenshotted and submitted to the League Admins. Inappropriate behavior may lead to suspension or expulsion from the League.
8. Major Violations or other Volute inconsistencies will be reviewed, and anything suspicious could lead to disqualification as determined by the League Admins.
9. Both maps will be played in a conventional MOH:AA scrim format, with a 7 round limit per side & 4 minute rounds. Once a team has gained an insurmountable lead (cannot be tied or beaten), the map will end.
10. The winner of a match will be determined by the total number of rounds won in the two maps played. If there is a tie, the match will end in a draw. This rule does not apply to the playoff rounds.
11. The winner of the match will receive 3 points in the league standings and the loser will receive 0. In cases of a draw, each team will receive 2 points.
12. If a team forfeits a match, the opposing team “wins” the match, and receives 3 points.
1. The rules above apply to the playoff rounds, unless otherwise noted.
2. The playoffs will be double elimination. At the end of the Season, teams will be seeded in a bracket according to their league point total found in the league standings. In the case of ties at the end of the Season tie-breakers will be used in this order:
A. Head-to-head record
B. Head-to-head round total
C. Total round differential in all matches played. (SF in the standings table)
3. Playoff match weeks will follow the same calendar format as the regular season (Monday-Sunday). If a match date is unable to be scheduled between the two teams, the match day will default to Sunday at 9:30pm EST.
4. Initial bracket seeding will be determined by the results of the Regular Season. The Home team will be determined by the team listed on the top part of the Playoff Bracket.
5. Six maps will be selected for the Playoffs by the League.
6. The Away team will select their map block first, and the Home Team will select their map block. The Home team will select the first map and side. The Away team will select the second map with teams remaining on the sides they ended on for the first map. The Home team will select the third map if needed.
7. Best of 3 maps will be used. The first team to win 2 maps advances in the playoff.
8. If a map ends in a tie, teams will remain on the same sides and begin playing in overtime. Overtime will also be played in two halves with the Regular Season’s format, with teams switching sides when one team wins 3 rounds (instead of 7). The team that reaches an an insurmountable lead (cannot be tied or beaten) will win the map.
9. If an overtime ends in a tie, teams will remain on their current sides and begin to play in double overtime – repeating this process until a winner of the map is determined.
1. Twitch.tv Terms of Service apply at all times.
https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/terms-of-service
2. Shoutcasters will be appointed by the League. Only approved players are permitted to stream matches from spectator.
3. Shoutcasters should not interfere in the match in any way.
4. Shoutcasters are not permitted to stream a match if the Shoutcaster is on one of the rosters for the teams involved in the match.
5. Match streams will be on a 5-minute delay.
6. Shoutcasters that are found participating in unfair-play will be permanently banned from the League.
1. Users should be respectful to each other and should not type around the word filter.
2. Explicit, racist, inflammatory, or offensive comments, or names, are not permitted. Keep it friendly here.
3. Spamming is not permitted.
4. Advertising other servers is not permitted without prior permission.
5. Tournament and Ladder rules will be posted separately in their respective Discord channels.
6. The League Staff reserves the right to mute or remove accounts that violate these above rules.