Esports

1. Esports *\<(“<)

2. Overview • IHSEA • LOL • OW • SSBU • Q&A

3. IHSEA • Join their discord server and followed them on Twitter, Twitch, • Great info on recruiting for college teams that include play sports beyond what we are currently able to support here at school • http://ihsea.org/

4. Fees • $50 per Varsity team • $25 per JV team • All players must be registered students from the school they are playing for • Must contact admins if there is a problem • Rosters will be due January 25rd • Link to form will be sent out • Every student will need to set up a www.battlefy.com account and register for their team • Instructions will follow • Every student will also need to fill out a survey in order to participate

5. Season Tournament Structure • There will be 2 seperate tournaments • Varsity- 1 team per school • Junior Varsity- Unlimited amount of teams per school • Season will begin the week of Jan. 27th and the first match must be completed on Jan. 30th • 7-8 week season • Play teams near your record • 2 games per week • There will be a 2 weeks off during both suburban spring break and the CPS spring break. • The top 16 teams will make the playoffs (both JV and Varsity) • Part of the playoffs will be played as a 1 day LAN event • The top 2 JV teams will play for the JV title • Date and Time: April 27th starting in the morning continuing until all rounds are finished

6. Varsity • Each team must have a captain that will be responsible for communicating with the opponents • Rosters cannot be altered after Week 1 • Players with inappropriate names will not be allowed to play • Players must be academically eligible to participate: • Only 1 Varsity team per school • Any ranks may play in the varsity tournament • Players must be tournament draft eligible (own 20 champions)(rec. gold rank OW) • Up to 10 players may be on the roster: 5 starters and 5 substitutes • Varsity substitutes may also be registered to play on one Junior Varsity team but cannot play for JV that week • Varsity starters listed may not be listed on any Junior Varsity roster

7. Junior Varsity • A school can have as many Junior Varsity teams as they can support • The JV tournament is a way for schools to grow their program and get students the experience needed to compete at the highest level • Schools may opt out of a Varsity team if they do not think they are ready to compete • It is suggested that teams that do not have an average rank of Gold 1 compete at the JV level but that is only a suggestion • Up to 10 players may be on the roster: 5 starters and 5 substitutes per team • Players cannot be play on 2 JV rosters • There are few and possibly no prizes for JV to encourage teams to work towards supporting a varsity level team • All players must be registered students from the school they are playing for • Must contact admins if there is a problem • Rosters will be due January 25rd • Link to form will be sent out

8. League of Legends • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGtROJeMPeE

9. League of Legends • ALL LoL games will be played on Wednesdays at either 5pm or 6pm • NO Exceptions • Games are played on live server with tournament draft rules • Patches • Changes • Rule changes will happen and teams will be notified • Player accounts should be able to enter draft mode in the client • This requires a certain number of champions to be unlocked • If they do not consult admin for instructions • Team captains/coaches must use the correct #scheduling channel in the Discord server to schedule games so that communication can be monitored • The first time you contact by using the @”schooname” to ping the captain with that school tag • After the coordinator replies you my then just @”playername” to confirm details • Check the Battlefy Bracket for your tournament code to enter the lobby • DO NOT JUST USE A CUSTOM GAME • Teams should arrive to the Lobby 10 minutes before game time • 2 games per week

10. LOL Season • There will be 2 seperate tournaments • Varsity- 1 team per school • Junior Varsity- Unlimited amount of teams per school • Season will begin the week of Jan. 27th and the first match must be completed on Jan. 30th • All the schools will be grouped geographically and split into 2 regions (Chicago Area & Suburban) • 7-8 week season • Swiss Style Season • Play teams near your record • Always relevant game • 2 games per week • There will be a 2 weeks off during both suburban spring break and the CPS spring break.

11. OverWatch • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsih8_-nvqY

12. Over watch Eligibility • Each team must have a captain that will be responsible for communicating with the opponents • Rosters cannot be altered after Week 1 • This includes name changes • Players with inappropriate names will not be allowed to play • Players must be academically eligible to participate: • Not serving suspension from school • No more than 1 failing grade at gametime • All other rules pertaining to athletes and eligibility at your school apply to players

13. Over Watch Varsity & JV • 1 Varsity team per school • A school can have as many Junior Varsity teams as they can support • The JV tournament is a way for schools to grow their program and get students the experience needed to compete at the highest level • Schools may opt out of a Varsity team if they do not think they are ready to compete • It is suggested that teams that do not have an average rank of Gold 1 compete at the JV level but that is only a suggestion • Up to 10 players may be on the roster: 5 starters and 5 substitutes per team • Players cannot be play on 2 JV rosters • There are few and possibly no prizes for JV to encourage teams to work towards supporting a varsity level team

14. Overwatch Season • Season • The IHSEA season will consist of an 8 week regular season that will begin on January 29th, 2019. • The tournament will be two 4 week “phases” where specific map pools will be played for each phase with a seperate map pool for playoffs. • At the end of the 8 total weeks of play, all teams will be seeded and put into the single elimination best of four bracket where teams will compete in the final state series. • Semi-finals and State Finals MAY be held at a LAN event. (Subject to finding venue. More information to come.)

15. Overwatch Teams • Teams • Teams must field no less than 6 members to compete but have no more than 12 to a specific active roster. • Schools are allowed to carry only one team for the Varsity level, but may fill as many Junior Varsity spots as they want as long as they meet all requirements for active rosters. • Rosters must be submitted to the IHSEA by January 25th, 2019. Any changes to the active roster are subject to rejection by the IHSEA after that date.

16. Overwatch rosters cont. • Roster Requirements • Each team must designate 6 active starters. • Each team can have up to 6 designated substitute players. • Any roster changes must be submitted by the school administrator • Rosters will “lock” 24 hours prior to their designated match time. Any substitutions after that 24 hour window must include notification of an IHSEA admin. • All substitutions can be noted in the “OW Substitution” text channel in Discord. Both the IHSEA admin (Coach Cann) and a member of the opposing high school must be tagged in the substitution post. • Students may be a starter on a Junior Varsity team and a substitute on a Varsity team. • Students may only play at ONE level per week. I.e. if a student may play as a substitute for Varsity one week, they must wait for the following week’s matches to play on their designated Junior Varsity team. • You have up until 5 minutes prior to submit a substitute prior to the match. If a substitute is not declared before then, that team will forfeit that map. • Students may NOT change their Battletag from week to week. The same Battletag will be required throughout the tournament.

17. Overwatch Tournament Play • Match Details • Teams will play a best of 4. Teams will play all four assigned maps, which will go to a team’s map total for the year. • If after the fourth map there is a tie of 2-2, a final map will be played to decide the winner. • The season will have a set schedule of teams and the the final records and will impact standings of the playoffs. • The tie breaker between maps will be the TOTAL number of maps won.

18. OW Tournament Play Cont. • Map Rotations: Each series will be played on a set of assigned maps. All four maps MUST be played in each match regardless of score. The order in which the maps are played must also be followed each match as well. • The following is the map rotation: Escort, Control, Hybrid, Assault • An additional Control map being the Tie-Breaking 5th map if needed. • All specific map choices will be predetermined by the IHSEA at the onset of the season and be released at the onset of the season.

19. OW Tournament Play Cont. • Match Settings • All games should be played with the “Competitive” pre-set selected. All maps except for the map to be played should be set to “off”. • Each team will be allotted 15 minutes of “Pause” time. It will be the responsibility of the pausing team to notify tournament admin when a pause takes place. If the unpause has not been completed in 15 minutes, the team who did NOT start the pause will then reach out to the same tournament admin and they will then approach the pausing team. That team will either be forced to: • Complete the match with whatever complications they are experiencing or •  Forfeit that map

20. OW Tournament Play Cont. • Custom Lobby Settings • To Navigate the Custom Lobby, open Overwatch and play the “Play” button at the top left. Click the “Game Browser” menu option located on the right-hand side of the screen. • Click the “CREATE” button on the top right-hand corner of the screen. Click the “SETTINGS” icon located on the right hand side of the screen. • Presets: • Standard: Competitive • Lobby • Map rotation: After a Game • Return to Lobby: After a Game • Modes: All • Game Mode Start: Immediately • Kill Cam: Disabled • Click “BACK” to return to the lobby. You may begin your match after you have invited opposing team members. • Custom Lobby Creation: The team that is the higher seeded in the current week of Tournament play will create the custom lobby and invite the opposing team. • Competitive Patch and Server. Tournament Matches will be played on the Americas live server. The current live patch will be used for all competitive play. • Only IHSEA Admin and official IHSEA streams can be in the orange “Spectator” spots. • Teams can watch their teammates play/stream matches in the spectator role ONLY if they change their spectator view from total game (orange) to their specific side (Red or Blue Side). You can change this by right clicking your name, and selecting to spectate one side or the other.

21. OW Map Rotation (2019 season)

22. Super Smash Brothers Ultimate • Tentative 2020 Season • LAN tournaments only b/c Nintendo’s online is still a little sketchy • Varsity and Junior Varsity • Singles • Doubles • Random • Tournament specific character* • Spots would be settled by local tournaments(@PSHS) held during gamers club in the fall.

23. SSBU Tournament Play • https://www.ssbwiki.com/Tournament_rulesets_(SSBU)

24. IHSEA Discord • Violations will be handled accordingly: Any step may be skipped depending on the severity of the infraction • 1st Unofficial warning.  Given to captain/sponsor of team • 1st Official warning: Team will lose all bans for next match • 2nd Official warning: Team will forfeit next match • 3rd Official warning: School will be banned from IHSEA and its affiliates for 1 Year

25. PSHS Discord • Stop blowing up the chat during school >_< • Flame wars are reportable offenses • Keep chat related to organizing matches for related games • Reassigning roles and making server private • (I’might need some help here ) • https://pocketpoints.com/

26. Battle fy • https://battlefy.com/illinois-high-school-esports-association/18-19-ihsea-lol-varsity/5c26b017eceb8011ad18bd6f/participants

27. To-do • Join IHSEA discord server, • Complete interest form on http://ihsea.org/interest.html • Register on Battlefy.com • Begin forming teams • Potential summer skrims for OW & LoL