Rocket League | Tuesdays

​​Format​

• 2v2 

• Matches will be played weekly on Tuesday nights at 7:00pm or 8:30pm EST.

• The schedule will be released 1 week prior to the start of the season.

• Matches are best of 7 (BO7) games.

• Round-Robin within Tier

  • 7 regular season matches​

  • Playoffs

• Teams can consist of 2 to 3 players.

• Substitutions can occur between games but never during. 

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Tiers

• Teams will be separated into tiers based on skill (to the best of our ability).

• Tier 1 will be considered the top tier and consist of 8 teams.  Tier 1 teams will be selected by the Play-In Tournament in January

  • *Note - This will be the only season with a Play-In Tournament.  Teams will need to be promoted in order to reach Tier 1 in the future.  See below for more details. 

• The remaining teams will be placed into Group Tiers A, B, C, etc... based on the total number of teams. ​

 

Promotion/Relegation​

• Tier 1

  • Positions 1 - 4 will play in an end-of-season tournament.

    • In-Person at localhost Philly

      • The entire team is expected to play in person with no exceptions.  If you are unable to show up you will forfeit your right to participate in the playoffs.  

    • Cash prizes 

      • 1st - $300

      • 2nd - $150

  • Positions 5 and 6 will maintain their place in Tier 1 for the following season

  • Positions 7 and 8 will be relegated and placed into the Group Tier

• Groups

  • The top team from each group and a specified number of wild cards teams (depending on total number of teams) will play in a single elimination Promotion tournament.​

    • Online ​

    • Hosted and refereed by AEL team

    • Top 2 teams will be promoted to Tier 1 for the following season 

• End-of-Season Tiebreaker

  • Games won to games lost differential​

  • Games won

  • Head-to-Head record 

  • BO1 game

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Hosting​

• Tier 1

  • Each match will be hosted by AEL​

  • Ref provided by AEL

  • TIER 1 CAPTAINS AND PLAYERS READ "Rocket League Tier 1 - Private Match Instructions"

• Groups​

  • In the Group Tiers the team Captains are responsible for setting up the match and reporting the scores.

  • The Home Captain will host the match. 

  • Scores to be submitted by Home and Away team captains at the end of the match via discord

    • We suggest you save games in case of dispute​​​

    • HOW TO SAVE A GAME REPLAY

  • GROUP TIER CAPTAINS AND PLAYERS READ "Rocket League Group Tier - Private Match Instructions"

• Matches should be started exactly at the designated times

  • A 5 minute grace period will be allowed for anyone running late​

  • If the 5 minutes is up and no players from a team have arrived, the other team is awarded a match win and given 4 games won.

  • The 5 minute time is based on when a team member has checked in on discord. Please read the private match Instructions to see how to check in.   

  • You are allowed to play with 1 player if your teammate is running late.  Teammate is allowed to join the game whenever they arrive and connect. 

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Disconnecting from game​

• If you disconnect from a game we encourage you to attempt to reconnect as quickly as possible.  The game will not be stopped to wait for a player to rejoin.  The hosting captain cannot pause the game if his teammate or any player disconnects.

• There is no waiting for teammates to connect in between games.  Once a game completes there will be a 1 minute intermission (RL standard) and the next game must begin. 

• Anyone caught pausing games may be subject to forfeit that game and possibly the entire match based on league discretion.

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Scoring​​

• Win - 3 Pts

  • Winning 4 games before the opponent wins 3

    • 4 - 0, 4 -1, 4 - 2​

• Overtime Win - 2 Pts

  • Winning by only one game​

    • 4 - 3​

• Overtime Loss - 1 Pts

  • Losing by only one game​

    • 3 - 4​

• Loss - 0 Pts

  • Losing and getting less than 3 wins​

    • 2 - 4, 1 - 4, 0 - 4​​

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*AEL reserves the right to change rules at anytime if we feel it is in the best interest of the league.