Violations and Penalties

Membership of ESIC centres around key Principles that the members have agreed and they have also agreed to be bound by a Code of Ethics to govern their behavior amongst themselves. ESIC is a historic Commission of businesses that are usually in competition with each other, but recognize that they are all threatened by attacks on the integrity of esports.

Deception

The attempt to deceive admins or other players with wrong or fake statements, information, or data will not be tolerated.

Other unauthorized offences

Including but not limited to the abusing of bugs on the website.

These penalties are at the discretion of the responsible admin and are penalized according to severity.

Cheating

All forms of cheating in Worldchamps matches are forbidden and will be penalized by the Worldchamps. Players found cheating outside of the Worldchamps may be barred from the Worldchamps depending on the evidence available. Note that publicly submitted demo or screenshot evidence is not accepted in these cases. The use of programs or methods to circumvent, modify, or manipulate Worldchamps Anticheat is forbidden. Testing such programs or methods in a match not happening within the Worldchamps will also be punished.

Distribution of cheats

Contributing to the distribution of cheats in any way is not allowed on Worldchamps. This includes referring to the name, website, or logo of cheats anywhere on Worldchamps, such as player profiles, team profiles, forums, comments, guest book entries, etc. Violating this rule will be punished from a warning up to exclusion from Worldchamps.

Cheating Sanctions

Disqualification from the tournament, results voided, forfeiture of prize money, ban between 2 years and lifetime depending on age and level of player and nature/size of tournament and how the player cheated. Cheating at a professional level (i.e., where qualification for a professional event is at stake) should normally result in a 5-year ban, but, in aggravating circumstances, can result in a lifetime ban.

Rehabilitation

Nevertheless, first offenders willing to intensively deal with their situation can get a second chance. More information about the cheater rehabilitation can be found online and we believe it is a form of addiction.

Match-Fixing/fraud

Engaging in any action that improperly influences the outcome of a game or match by any means.

Match-Fixing Sanctions

Results voided, 5-year ban unless significant mitigating factors in line with the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code or, in the presence of aggravating circumstances, a longer ban, forfeiture of prize money, and monetary fine (if discovered before the end of a tournament, disqualification).

Doping

Any kind of doping is forbidden.

Prescribed medication

If players have an active prescription for a substance on the WADA list, they have to send proof to the tournament administration before the first day of the tournament (deadline in local time). They may still be subject to a doping test, but a positive result for the prescribed substance will be disregarded.

Doping Sanctions

Mild cases of doping will be punished with a warning and possibly minor penalty points for the participant. Severe cases (i.e., use of drugs containing performance-enhancing substances, like Adderall) will be punished as follows: Results voided, ban of between 1 and 2 years, forfeiture of prize money (if discovered before the end of a tournament, disqualification).

Competition manipulation and bribery

Bribing or attempting to bribe a referee or organizer or trying to manipulate the competition.

Competition manipulation and bribery Sanctions

Results voided, ban of between 1 and 2 years, forfeiture of prize money, and monetary fine (if discovered before the end of a tournament, disqualification).

Second and subsequent offences

For second and subsequent offences, participants should expect far harsher sanctions and, in all likelihood, a lifetime ban from esports.

Accounts

Player

A Worldchamps Account can only be created if the user is at least six years old. When registering, each player must provide an up-to-date and correct email address, and it is the player’s responsibility to keep this up-to-date. To play in a ladder, a method of contact must be available and visible to all users in your player profile.

Also, the permanent residence must be chosen according to the country he/she is currently living in from the present time to the past 3 months. Should the country differ from his/her nationality, should show proof of residence by sharing either a utility bill with their name, a University/ College admission letter or ID card, a le.

Multiaccounts

Each player in the Worldchamps must only have one account! If a player cannot access their account and then creates a new one, they must write a support ticket explaining in detail the reason for not being able to access the account.

Nicknames, Team Names and URL Aliases

We reserve the right to edit Nicknames and/or URL aliases if they fail to comply with the following requirements.

Nicknames/aliases are forbidden if they:

• are protected by third-party rights and the user has no written permission
• resemble or if they are identical to a brand or trademark, no matter whether it has been registered or not

resemble or if they are identical to a real person other than themselves

• use names of Worldchamps Gaming products
• resemble or if they are identical to the names of Worldchamps Gaming employees
• are nonsense

In addition to the above, any nicknames/team names/aliases that are purely commercial (e.g. product names), defamatory, pejorative, offensive, vulgar, obscene, anti-Semitic, inciting hatred, or offending against good manners are forbidden. Using alternative spelling, gibberish or wrong spelling in order to avoid the requirements mentioned above is illegal. We reserve the right to extend, change, exchange, or delete these rules if necessary.

Photo

It would be nice if a player's photo clearly shows the face of the player, for adding anything else (graphics, other people, other parts of the body, etc.) please use the logo function. For anything else, please use the gallery. Photos with weapons are not allowed!

Country

A player's country must be set to their country of residence. Deliberately faking the country of residence is punishable.

If a player's country of residence is changed to avoid any country restrictions or if the player is trying to fake or abuse, they will be punished with 2 penalty points. If the player does so and plays in a team match, the team will receive 3 penalty points, and the match will be deleted.

Nationality

A player's nationality must be set to their nationality proven by a current passport. Deliberately faking nationality is punishable.

Account sharing

Each Worldchamps account is strictly personal and cannot be shared with other Worldchamps users and/or other players that don't have a Worldchamps account. Failure to comply with this rule will result in a ban of up to 6 months.

The original registrant must always be the final user of the account, which cannot be lent or transferred in any case. This will be considered as account sharing or multi-account and pursued according to the Worldchamps rules.

Teams

A team's name does not have to be unique, but the Worldchamps reserves the right to refuse clans with the same or similar names as a well-known clan (e.g. If you named your team “Gamer Commanders" or “Commanders Gamer” etc, that would not be allowed).

Names which are restricted by law will not be accepted and will be deleted and punished with penalty points if found. Also, names which go against all forms of etiquette and good manners will not be accepted.

If a team deletes its account because of a certain amount of active penalty points and registers a new account, the penalty points will be transferred to the new account if the team rejoins the same ladder. Furthermore, 1 additional penalty will be added for the attempted deception.

The logo must represent the team and have some reference to the team's name or to the team's short handle. Copyrighted logos or logos which go against etiquette and good manners will not be accepted.

Changing team names

A team can change its name at any time. This also applies when a team is restructured.

Changing a team's name in order to fool other teams is forbidden. Extremely long names or consistent changing of team names is prohibited and can be punished with penalty points.

Team nationality

In general, during matches of Worldchamps national sections, at all times in-game a team must have more than 50% of its players that are residing in or have the nationality of the country or countries that the national section represents.

Players in team

A player may only play for one team in a tournament or league.

In tournaments or leagues that require Premium or Trusted, only players with this status are eligible to play. In general, players that are marked inactive or honorary on a team page are not eligible to play.

If a homepage is required for a tournament or league, then every player that is on the team account must also be on the homepage.

Sponsors/partnerships

The Worldchamps administration reserves the right to prohibit or remove teams with sponsors or partners that are solely or widely known for porn.

If a player or team disregards or violates one or more of the rules of the league, this can have various consequences depending on the severity of the offense.

As a rule, the penalty points are deleted after a certain period of time. There are different clearance periods depending on the amount of points:

• 1-2 penalty points: 2 months
• 3-6 penalty points: 3 months
• 7 penalty points: 6 months
• 12 penalty points: 2 years

In addition to penalty points, players and teams may be barred (also known as frozen, locked, and barraged) if they have accumulated a certain amount of penalty points:

• After obtaining 4 penalty points: 1-week barrage
• After obtaining 8 penalty points: 2-weeks barrage
• After obtaining 10 penalty points: 1-month barrage

Barred players and teams must finish playing their open matches. They cannot challenge nor be challenged. Barred players may not take part in team matches with the exception of 2on2 teams.

Penalties (penalty points/barrages/bans) given on Worldchamps subplatforms (e.g., Worldchamps Europe, Worldchamps America) are valid on all Worldchamps subplatforms.

Participation in prize tournaments & pro qualifiers

Unless otherwise explicitly permitted, it is not allowed for employees of Worldchamps Gaming, its subsidiaries or partners, volunteer or contractor staff, or employees that are in some way connected to a respective tournament including sponsors, publishers, or game developers, to participate in prize-winning tournaments, qualification for prize-winning tournaments, or pro qualifiers.

Prize-winning means any tournaments with physical (e.g., hardware) or money prizes. Those prizes will be offered under the How to Play page, which regulates claiming and receiving prizes. Tournaments with only virtual Worldchamps awards, such as Worldchamps Premium or awards, are exempt.

In case you win prize money, depending on the payment method you choose, there might be fees. Worldchamps will cover the fees on the sender end, and the recipient will cover the fees on the recipient's end.

In general, a player and the team can receive up to 6 penalty points per match, unless a single violation has a higher punishment. A team is only punished once per violation, regardless of how many players. Where a player or team receives penalty points for multiple violations, the penalty points are added together.

* In cup and league matches default wins are given instead of a match deletion and penalty points.

Matches get only deleted if the team/player violating the rules won the match.