LANimal 2017

Mark your calendars! LANimal is back again this year and hosted by the one and only McGill Science Computer Taskforce!

What is LANimal?
LANimal is an annual video game tournament for charity. We are hosting tournaments for League of Legends, Melee, Overwatch, and Hearthstone.

Why should you attend?
To have a great time, and for a good cause! This year, we are donating to Kids Code Jeunesse, a local charity that exposes kids to computational thinking and gives them the chance to learn how to code. You can find out more about their work at: http://kidscodejeunesse.org/home/

Where do I go?
LANimal will be held in the lobby, 1B16, 1B17, and 1B18 of the Burnside building.

Schedule:
Friday March 10: Hearthstone and Overwatch as well as free play*
Saturday March 11: League, Melee, and Hearthstone top 8

SIGN UP HERE

*one lab will be open for free play
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 For League of Legends, there will be Bo1 double elimination into Bo3 finals.

Note: in the interest of time, if the winner of the loser's bracket wins against the winner of the winner's bracket, there will not be another game. Games will be streamed and casted on Twitch. Please make sure that your team can make it in person for the offline tournament.

Entry fees for League are 10$ per person (50$ per team)

Computers will be provided. You may also bring your own keyboards, mice, headphones and laptops as well.

FREE AGENTS can look for teams at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cluj31jb2JbKsVUiO2cNVCeeqTCJsh_Bh4cpeJ2Hh0A/edit#gid=0
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 For Hearthstone

Hearthstone will be held over two days. From 5:00 to 8:30 PM on Friday, Ro64 to Ro16 will be played. Ro8 and onwards will be played on Saturday afternoon 12:00PM - 4:00PM.

Computers will be provided. Registration fee is $10 per person. Prize pool will be 50% of the registration

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 For Melee

This will be a SINGLES-ONLY EVENT, which will be capped at 64 entrants.

The total price for entry will be $20, with $10 going to charity and $10 going towards the prizepot. Spectators who wish to come play friendlies are asked to also donate to charity.
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 Overwatch

To be announced

Tournament rules:
 For Hearthstone
 Day 1: Round-Robin
 -Players are grouped together. Number of groups and players per group depends on number of entrants.
 There will be 6 groups total. So, for 32 players, 3 groups of 6 and 2 groups of 7
 -Players bring four decks with no duplicate classes. Players submit these decks ahead of time. These decks cannot be changed during the duration of the round-robin section.
 -Within their groups, players a best of 3 games match against all other players in their group.
 -Prior to each match, players ban one of their opponent’s decks (meaning it can’t be used for the duration of the match, but the ban wears off at the end of the match).
 -Each match is last hero standing, which means that if a player loses, they cannot re-use that same deck for the rest of the match. A player who wins can use that deck again during the match.
 -If a game ends in a tie, neither player receives a victory or a loss (the game effectively isn’t counted for tournament results).
 -Each match win counts for a certain amount of points. The players with the top 8 scores move on to the second day of the tournament.

Strategies for tie-breaking:
 -Consider a match won 2:0 as being worth more points than a match won 2:1
 -If time permits, play a second set of round-robin matches to break ties

Day 2: Elimination bracket
 • Top X players compete bracket-style.
 o So, if you start with 16 players, you eliminate down to 8, then down to 4, down to 2, and finally down to 1

• The matches this time are best of five last hero standing
 o Players bring 6 decks that do not have to be the same as the previous day’s decks (they can make card changes to previous decks or bring completely new decks)
o At the very least, players need 2 more decks than from the previous day
 o Players will also ban one of their opponent’s decks
 o Again, if a player loses with a deck, they cannot play it again. If they win with a deck, they can play it again
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 For League of Legends

Tournament Format
 -There will be Bo1 double elimination into Bo3 finals, 4 teams total
 -First come, first serve (in teams)
 -Open to all rank
 -Summoner’s Rift map, draft mode
 -Entry fee for League is 10$ per person (50$ per team)
 -If you are looking for teams, sign up here and find people https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cluj31jb2JbKsVUiO2cNVCeeqTCJsh_Bh4cpeJ2Hh0A/edit#gid=0
 -A team may pause in-game only for technical issues
 -A team can remake a game only after a game-breaking bug upon inspection
 -Admins will reserve the right to disqualify a team based on their behaviour at their sole discretion if something noteworthy is brought to their attention
 -A formal complaint regarding behaviour and/or bugs needs to occur no more than 15 minutes after the game ended, otherwise the matter will be considered as closed
 -Players are NOT allowed to live stream their games in this tournament, however players can local record their games for their own use

Prizes
 1st: 31.25% of prize pool
 2nd: 18.75% of prize pool
 3rd: 12.5%
 4th 12.5%
 Riot sponsored prizes depending on the placement (RP, Triumphant Ryze, etc)
 Teams will also receive sponsor gifts and lanyards
 25% of the prize pool will be going towards charity

Note: in the interest of time, if the winner of the loser's bracket wins against the winner of the winner's bracket, there will not be another game. Games will be streamed and casted on Twitch. Please make sure that your team can make it in person for the offline tournament.

Computers will be provided. You may also bring your own keyboards, mice, headphones and laptops as well.
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 For Overwatch

Tournament format

-Max 8 teams (4 teams will be playing in real time, while the other 4 teams can free play or brief and watch the other teams)
 -Single Elimination
 -First come first serve
 -1 Hero Limit
 -Control(King of the Hill) maps will be played with “Best of 5” turned on
 -Map draft “Starting team” is to be set as “Random”
 -ALL maps are available to be played.
 -Competitive mode for all maps

Results:

The games will be overseen by a staff member who will take count of victories and defeats and update the battlefy bracket as games are completed.
 Battlefy link: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/231016921561169920/284893012075479042/unknown.png

Map Draft:
 -Map selection is to be done by a map draft on http://owdraft.com - either team captain creates the draft and links it to the opposing team.

Draft tool settings:
 -Starting team = Random
 -Teams take turns banning maps until 1, 3 or 5 maps are left, depending on if its a Best-of-1, 3 or 5
 -The remaining maps will make up the map pool used for the series - teams will then continue banning until there is only 1 map left
 -Whoever did NOT get the last ban gets to choose the starting side (attack or defense) for the first map
 -For game 2 and onwards the loser of the previous map will choose the next map from the map pool that was determined in the map draft and the winner of the previous map will get to choose the starting side

Ingame problems, pausing, disqualifications:
 Pausing
 You may NOT pause the match during a teamfight
 You may NOT use the pause functions for a tactical break
 Teams can pause for up to 4 minutes per map
 A team may not pause more than 3 times during 1 map

Remakes (back to lobby):

Teams can go back to lobby to reset the map ONLY if the game has not gone on for longer than 15 seconds after the spawns opened up - the issue needs to be announced immediately and the reason must be mentioned
 Otherwise the Pause function must be used
 First usage of known exploits or bugs will result in a forfeit of the current game. A second usage of known exploits or bugs will result in disqualification and potentially bans from participating in further tournaments.
 A formal complaint regarding behaviour and/or bugs needs to occur no more than 15 minutes after the game ended, otherwise the matter will be considered as closed
 Admins will reserve the right to disqualify a team based on their behaviour at their sole discretion if something noteworthy is brought to their attention

Spectating and streaming:

All spectators and non-affiliated streams are prohibited (that means subs AND coaches/managers)
 Any sanctioned spectators such as tournament admins and/or affiliated streamers may not be rejected by the teams
 Players are NOT allowed to live stream their games in this tournament, however players can local record their games for their own use

The above rules are to be seen as a guideline but can be updated by head admin at any time to reflect last minute changes or clarifications/modifications as required.

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 For Melee

This will be a SINGLES-ONLY EVENT, which will be capped at 64 entrants.

The total price for entry will be $20, with $10 going to charity and $10 going towards the prizepot. Spectators who wish to come play friendlies are asked to also donate to charity.

More information will be given.