Netopia embarks on a weekly activity aimed to provide DOTA teams a national venue to regularly parade and test their skills against other equally talented DOTA teams.  As opposed to long drawn out tournaments, Netopia’s Weekly DOTA Challenge affords every team the opportunity to join again and again at a much shorter span of time.  We enjoin all DOTA Teams to join the Weekly Challenge at any Netopia branch nationwide!

 Requirements/Game Settings

1. Version: Warcraft III Frozen Throne expansion set v.1.24e 

2. Map: DOTA ver 6.72F (latest stable map in getdota.com) 

3. All matches will be done using LAN connection

Eligibility 

1. A team consisting of five (5) members with a maximum of one (1) substitute and one (1) watcher

2. Registration fee is P600.00 per team – covers use of workstations and prizes

3. One team member is designated as the Team Captain and will be in charge of registering and representing the   whole team in confirmation of results and technical discussion 

 Teams and Challenge Master 

1. Minimum of eight (8) teams per Challenge.

2. After payment of registration fee, teams will be listed.  Schedule of matches will be determined via raffle. Schedule will be announced through team captains and will also be posted at the branch.

3. Players should be ready before the allotted match time, if one team is incomplete. The other team wins by default.

4. A person will be assigned as Challenge Master who will preside over technical discussions and will also make decisions should there be disputes.  The Challenge Master should also watch the game carefully and note as many details as possible (Games should be saved after first blood, after every 10-15 minutes and after every crucial turn of events).

Mechanics and Game Rules 

1. Single Round elimination (sudden death) applies.  The last team standing wins.
2. Maximum of one hour game time for every match to destroy opponent's Frozen Throne/World Tree.  In case the match does not finish in one hour, the following shall be the basis in determining the winner:
   1. Number of opponent’s towers destroyed
   2. Total kills of the team
3. Use of Delay Reducer (DR) - Optional
4. The following actions are NOT ALLOWED in the game:
   1. Back-dooring (optional)
   2. Suicide act to pass the Rapier
   3. Intentionally trapping enemies into trees or holes (optional)
   4. Creep blocking with use of spells is also not allowed (i.e. fissures, sprout and the like)
   5. Passing of weapons/items to their co-players/teammates (optional)
   6. Pausing without any valid reason
   7. Resuming the game without the other team’s confirmation.
      Optional – depends on the agreement between teams
5. The following actions are ALLOWED during the game:
   1. Any war keys or Dotakeys is allowed to be used during the tournament.
   2. To compensate for disconnections, teams on board are encouraged to save their games frequently during a match (every 5-10 minutes).
   3. In case save was not done after the ban/pick process, teams must take a screen shot with open scoreboard or save the replay; the match has then to be remade in-app. Mode with the same heroes/lanes.
   4. Both teams have the right to request a save after big team collisions and when at least one building was destroyed.
   5. For every remake, players have to pick the same batch of heroes and buy the same items and must go to the same starting lane.
   6. It is ALLOWED to use a disconnected hero, but it is NOT ALLOWED to give items to other players. The items may either stay with the disconnected hero or be sold.  The money can be distributed or allocated among the remaining players.
6. Warning, Game Lost or Disqualification:
   1. Participants who experienced any abnormal game play MUST immediately inform the Challenge Master.
   2. NOTE: BUGS refer to anything abnormal which will cause interruption or fatal error to the game that will for a player/team an unfair advantage.
   3. Another option for DC player/s is to save its game in a different filename for backup purposes. However, if in case the saved file fails to be loaded, Challenge Master will have all the rights to decide whether to remake the game or not. 

 Prize for the winner depends on the number of participating teams