BCL NEWS W10/20
PS4 EU T5 and T8 SCQ leagues has started
We got the fixtures done on the 4th or March 2020 and the league kicked of on Friday 6th of March. First matches has already been played. It’s looking good!
Rounds and points
In the group phase all teams in a group plays against each other. We play the group matches in straight 4 rounds mode. This means that you enter only for 4 rounds into system. The match can end up in a 2-2 draw. That’s totally ok, since in the group phase you are playing for the points and position in the league. You can play the decider if you want, but it will not be recorded on the site – there is room just for the first 4 rounds. So there are 4 points available to grab in each match.
Further on in the knockout and finals we must have a clear winner on each match. That’s where the decider round comes in the play. Later phases are player in 4+1 rounds mode. Rules explains it quite well
Playing the Match
The match contains 4 + 1 rounds, two rounds (both sides) in both selected maps. Each team selects one map. Points are counted per round, round winner is rewarded with one point. The match winner is the team with more points after 4 rounds. If after 4 rounds the score is 2-2 the teams play a tiebreaker map.
The tiebreaker is weekly (changing on Mondays) rotating map that is found on BCL Discord #announcements channel. The weekly tiebreaker map cannot be selected on that week as the team map by either of the playing teams. The tiebreaker map is booked at the time the match maps are picked, regardless of the match date. It doesn’t matter if the match is scheduled for next week and there is a new decider map.
Entering the results
The result of a match is entered into BCL web site. The result page opens only after the match time on site has passed. So if you change the game date make sure it’s correct on the site. When the match is played you can enter the results on site.
On the group phase the site asks results for 4 legs. A leg is a round in the match. You are expected to enter tickets for both teams for each of the 4 rounds. On the Group phase we only play 4 rounds. On the knockout phase and onwards we add the decider round to the mix since every match has to have a clear winner.
Rosters
We’ve got many questions regarding the rosters. The rules say about the rosters
GROUP PHASE
During the first phase of the league or in the Ladder teams is allowed to add new players into team roster. If a new player has played in another team in the same league/ladder there is a cool down period of 14 days, before he/she can play for another team.
KNOCKOUTS AND FINALS
On the later phases of the league the team’s playing roster is frozen. Each teams leader must submit a list on their players to corresponding Discord channel
T5 #t5-scqs1-roster max 15 players per team
T8 #t8-scqs2-roster max 20 players per team
This means that in the group phase of a league all players registered for your team on BCL web site are allowed to play and you can add new players too – as long as they are not jumping from another team playing in the same league. After the group phase starts the knockout phase. Before playing the first knockout game, teams must submit the roster for the rest of the matches in the league. Only these submitted players can play for the rest of the league. No new players allowed.
We have a roster feature on the site and we started with that turned on. Unfortunately it was a bit bugged and required the roster to be submitted from the start. It also required all 15/20 players entered, while it was meant to be the MAX number you can enter. If that is not fixed but the time of knockouts we will use discord submissions, as originally planned.
The fact that some teams has submitted a roster and that’s visible on the league page caused a bit confusion – but no worries you don’t need to submit a roster yet – all players registered for your team are eligible to play.
Rules
I can’t stress enough the importance of knowing the rules. PLEASE read the latest 1.0 edition of the rules – not a copy you made then the test rules 0.1 , but the current rules on the BCL web site https://battlefieldcommunityleague.com/news/rules/bfv/scq-season-2-rules/
If your team breaks the rules there will be punishment. There is no point arguing “I didn’t know” or “it was not on purpose” breaking the rules means penalty – it wouldn’t be fair any other way.
If in your match there is a rule violation, please enter the score first and after that make an official dispute on the site. We need the score to calculate the penalties.
