Announcement: Dreamhack Winter '09

Dreamhack is about to begin, and GosuGamers will let you know all the important details. Two times a year Jönköping opens their gates, to welcome gamers from all over the world.

11.000 people are estimated this year and like every year DreamHack Winter will be a festival with lots of actions and an awesome atmosphere.

Like last year DotA got a spot reserved at the huge cinema, and the finals will be played at the best time for every timezone on Saturday 16:00 CET. The finalists will play on the stage of that cinema, and the game will be streamed by DreamHack.

GosuGamers will host the DotA tournament as custom, and you shall know everything, that is known by now.

Location: Jönköping, Sweden
Date: 26. November 2009 - 29. November 2009
Fee: 820 SEK (~ 82€) for all days
Prize money: 50.000 SEK (cash + Hardware)

But enough of the general information, here are the ruleset for the DreamHack Winter 2009 DotA tournament.

Ruleset
Starting time: 26. November 13:00 CET
Grand final time: 28. November 16:00 CET
Map version: DotA Allstars v. 6.64
Item restrictions: Pipe banned
Format: Double Elimination, bo1. All three Finals are bo3.

Version: 6.64
Patch: 1.24
Gamemode: 5vs5 -cm
Hero bans: None
Format: Double Elimination, best out of one. Loser Bracket Final, Winner Bracket Final and Grand Final are played best of three.
Server: GG-client/Hamachi/Battle.net+LC

Contact

Every team MUST join IRC #dreamhack.dota to be able to contact each other. Use the SAME clantag and nickname as you signed up with.

Restrictions

The item "Khadgar's Pipe of Insight" is forbidden.

Registering

To sign up you will need a tournament password. This is to ensure that only teams present at Dreamhack participate. This rule applies to all players on the team. More information on how you will get access to this password will be announced shortly.

A team needs at least five players. If a team consists of more than five players they are allowed to switch players between each game. All players must be added to the teams roster when registering.

NOTE: You register as a team, not individually. The team leader registers your team and adds the rest of the players to the roster.

Team leaders are responsible for uploading results, checking the brackets for new opponents and ensuring that his team's players are present and mannerly.
Please pay extra attention when registering to make sure that your row and seat is accurate. This is for your own help when we need to contact you.

Server

All games should be played using GG-Client (Guide). As some games will be streamed it is mandatory to join the GG-Client GosuGamers DotA Tournament Room (which is located under Leagues in the War3 TFT RPG -> Europe) to make things easier for the persons who will stream the game to contact you.

If for some reason you cannot make GG-Client work, and your game will not be streamed - try to agree with your opponents on a different platform, i.e. Hamachi (Guide) or Battle.net with /listchecker (LC).(Guide). If you do not know how to set up GG-Client, Hamachi or LC read the guides above or ask your opponent to help you out. Hamachi or LC give approximately similar ping reduction compared to regular Battle.net games, hence we leave it up to players’ decision which platform suits their case best.

NOTE: Playing on battle.net with LC requires a valid CD-Key. Make sure that all players on your team have that in case you are unable to play on GG-Client or Hamachi.

Reporting

The team that lost has to report the game on the webpage. If you lost in winner brackets, you will face a new opponent in loser brackets.

If the losing team did not report the winning team will have to notify a referee and submit a replay of the game to der-hartmann [@] web [dot] de. Alternatively, you can take a print screen of the end game screen or the enemy team forfeiting.

Walkover

A walkover will be given if one of the players has not showed up 20 minutes after the match was supposed to start. Every round has a specific time set to it, which is when the match should start. Both teams shall be ready to start by the start of the round. If a team is close to be 'walkovered' more than once he or she might be given a warning.

Only referees can give walkovers.

Complaints

If you suspect that your opponent has broken the rules you have to submit a complaint to a referee.
You are NOT ALLOWED to submit a complaint if you:
• Have started your next game.
• It was more than an hour since your game ended.

Bugs

Bug using may result in a default loss.
Activating the enemies team glyphe of fortification is forbidden.(e.g. with a crow)
Blocking Base entrances with spells is forbidden (e.g. Fissure).

Warnings and Bans

A referee is authorised to:
• Reverse the result of a game
• Revoke the result of a game (the game will be replayed)
• Give a team a warning
• Ban a team
Two warnings will result in a ban. If you are banned you are not allowed to continue playing in the tournament.

The referee has full authority to give the verdict at his/her own discretion.

Examples:
A warning might be given to a team not following the item limitations. If that team won the game, a referee may also reverse the result of the game.
NOTE: If this happens in the winner brackets the team given the loss will continue in the loser brackets.
A ban might be given to a team manipulating the game, e.g. by using maphack.

Third Party Programs
AutohpBars, AutoHotkey, Ventrilo or any other programs filling the same purpose are allowed. Using any other program will result in a ban.

If you are uncertain whether a program is allowed or not, ask a referee.

Observing

Only referees and streamers may observe games.

Game Mode

All games must be played in -cm mode.

Replays

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO SAVE THE REPLAY, regardless of your team winning or losing.

You have to pay the tickets, if you want to participate. You are not free of charge while participating in a tournament. You also have to bring your own computer as it is a BYOC event. There is no possibility to rent a computer at DreamHack Winter.