* This section is maintained by the Premier League Rules Administrator in coordination with the upper staff.
* It is the responsibility of all league competitors to be familiar with these rules.
* The League Staff reserves the right to refuse League access to anyone for any reason at any time.
* Any of these rules can be adjusted by the league coordinators if there is sufficient reason to do so.
* Information on League structure and format, which varies from season to season, may be found here.

PLAYER CONDUCT

Conduct must be appropriate while in Chaos/League Zone (in-game and on the official website and forums) at all times. The current system in place tracks ALL warnings and offenses a player receives and will apply exponentially increasing punishment lengths for each additional offense. For example, if you break a rule and then break a rule 3 years later, it will be your 2nd offense and increased punishment will apply.

• Certain types of messages/nicks/squadnames (such as racist remarks, harassment, or extreme prejudice/bigotry of any form) will be dealt with harshly.
• Do not interrupt or disrupt practices at any time.
• Practice matches are subject to League Game guidelines and may be enforced by refs for the sole purpose of smoother games.
• Abusing the bots in ANY fashion will cause you to lose your bot use privileges for an extended period or indefinitely. Other punishments may also be applied.

A moderator can take whatever action they feel is necessary to control an inappropriate situation and deter the player from causing it again in the future. Mod/ref actions may involve preventing a misbehaving player from sending any more messages, locking a player in spectator mode, and banning the player from the zone. If a moderator ask you to stop behavior deemed inappropriate, you must follow their directions immediately. Do not question a moderator's decision. If a player becomes argumentative, belligerent or rude to the ref/mod, they may be kicked out of the zone and may become ineligible for future matches. Pending a decision by the League Manager, the player may also be permanently banned.

The Premier League staff is not responsible for any problems a player being punished may cause in a match, if they are still allowed to play.

Please Note: Approaching staff members in-zone to argue about a punishment may be deemed harassment--especially if you are belligerent or impolite--and will more often than not lead to a much longer punishment. As emotions tend to run high in all these situations we highly recommend you ?logbuffer the event and go cool off. Later, if you are 100% positive you were punished unfairly or by mistake you may consider filling out the Punishment Appeal Form. Posting your version of events concerning a punishment on the public forums is not recommended and may incur further action if they are malicious, misleading, or intended to cause harm or dissent. Harassing or degrading the staff or zone elements on the message boards in non-constructive fashion may lead to loss of board privileges as well.

MODERATORS CONDUCT

Moderators, commonly known as refs, play the game just like everyone else but they do deserve some added respect. Mods/staff are generally not permitted to use the ?ignore feature while logged in as a staff member (usually denoted by a '+' after their name). If you repeatedly harass them personally they can take action. They can report you to a Sysop and silence you temporarily. In these types of situations, the moderator can only take action if he/she is threatened or repeatedly harassed (logs will be important in cases such as this).

However, moderators abusing power is totally UNACCEPTABLE. If you find blatant evidence of abuse among the staff please log the events and get screenshots if possible. Witnesses will also help your case. If a staff member is confirmed as abusing their powers in a way considered detrimental to the zone or players they (the ref) will be subject to termination and banning.

TEAM CONDUCT

It is the responsibility of the teams to always play within the boundaries of the rules, uphold any team specific restrictions, and to play all their games in good faith. It is the responsibility of the captain of the team to make sure that the team is not breaking any premier league rules and that the team is always playing with the desire to do the best that they can. The league may take any actions they deem necessary if any team is outside these boundaries. Good sportsmanship is required of all Premier league teams (excluding any "friendly" trashtalk that does not go beyond what is allowed under the player conduct set of rules). Violations during matches may lead to overturning match results and suspension from league.

Table of Contents

League Procedures: This section mostly applies to captains 1. LEAGUE STRUCTURE 1.1 Appealing 2. ROSTERS, ELIGIBILITY, AND PLAYER MOVEMENT. 2.1 Player on roster requirements and conditions 2.2 Player movement between teams in season 2.3 Playing on multiple teams 2.4 Roster size limits for active and inactive players 2.5 Team merging requirements 3. LEAGUE SEASON 3.1 League round postponements and requirements for such 3.2 NS points given and consequences 3.3 Number of refs per game 3.4 Valid spectator frequencies 3.5 Spectator rights and abilities 4. MATCH SCHEDULING 4.1 Scheduling deadlines 4.2 Max number of games/h allowed 4.3 Scheduler Assigned Times 4.4 Euro scheduling rule 4.5 Westerner scheduling rule 4.6 Legal Gametimes 4.7 Number of squad PP's allowed per season

Game Procedures: All players are required to be familiar with these rules 5. PRE GAME SETUP 5.1 Min/Max number of starting players per team 5.2 Late starters and consequences 5.3 Team frequencies 5.4 Start of game delay timer 5.5 NTS rule 5.6 Starter/Sub eligibility check and consequences 6. GAME PLAY 6.1 Consequences of a TK 6.2 Allowed actions before player gets to freq upon lagout/sub/etc 6.3 Allowed actions after joining match correctly 6.4 Announcement of killer/victim by ref after kill 7. SHIP CHANGING 7.1 Period of time after death when you can SC 7.2 SC procedure 7.3 Amount of continuous SC’s allowed 7.4 SC’ing in or near combat requirements 8. SUBBING 8.1 Sub requirement 8.2 Sub request 8.3 Sub’s lives 8.4 Subbing in last 10min of game 8.5 Sub in ability of players that have already played 8.6 Subbing without refs permission 8.7 Regular subs per slot 9. LAGSUBS 9.1 Lag sub definition and procedure 9.2 Appealing lag sub delay during last 10min of game and OT 10. LAG and LAGOUTS 10.1 Max duration of lagout and number of lagouts allowed 10.2 Lagouts near end of game 10.3 Burning upon return from lagout 10.4 Confirmation to return to battle after lagout/burn 10.5 Consequences of engaging before being burned 10.6 Timely near-death lagout consequences 10.7 Instantaneous lagouts and consequences 10.8 Excessive-lag/jittery/potentially-cheating players 11. WINNING CONDITIONS 11.1 Win by elimination 11.2 Victory by score 11.3 Margin of victory necessary if min kills not reached 11.4 Overtime 11.5 Definition of TK pertaining to winning conditions 11.6 Player requirements at end of game time 12. OVERTIME   12.1 Match and Overtime length 12.2 Win requirements for a tied game 12.3 Win requirements for a non-tied game 12.4 Criteria for a tied final result 12.5 Mutual kill occurrence