Penalties

  1. Possible Penalties
    1. These are the pool of penalties to be drawn from for various rules violations and are subject to change throughout the course of a season.
      1. Map/Match/Cycle suspension
      2. Map/Match forfeit
      3. SR deduction
      4. Discord mute
      5. Season long or permanent Discord banishment
      6. Season long or permanent league banishment, player or team
      7. Player removal from a team, possible ban on rejoining the same team or teammates
      8. Team dissolution, possible ban on reformation
    2. Any player receiving two (2) behavioral suspensions or three (3) overall suspensions will be expelled from the league for the rest of the season.
      1. A single behavioral suspension may lead to a season or permanent ban if the Board determines it to be warranted.
  2. Automatic Penalties
    1. Playing an ineligible player
      1. Map forfeit for all maps the ineligible player played in
    2. Not having enough players five (5) to start a map at the end of a buffer period
      1. Map forfeit for each passed buffer period
    3. A competitor playing for more than one team
      1. Season ban for this competitor and any competitors that knowingly allowed it
        1. If this offense occurs in the playoffs, the season ban will be for the current players and the entirety of the following season.
    4. A competitor as another competitor while using their name (smurfing)
      1. Season ban for this competitor and any competitors that knowingly allowed it
        1. If this offense occurs in the playoffs, the season ban will be for the current players and the entirety of the following season.
    5. Using a password not intended for you to invade a match
      1. Three (3) cycle suspension
        1. If this offense occurs in the playoffs, suspended for the rest of the playoffs and a suspensions for the first three (3) cycles of the following season.
    6. Using a password not intended for you to invade a practice/scrimmage
      1. One (1) cycle suspension
    7. Intentionally giving away a password to someone not intended to have it, which then leads to a match/practice/scrim being invaded
      1. One (1) cycle suspension
    8. Receiving a ban/permanent mute in the Dash League discord
      1. Ineligible to win awards
      2. Can not participate in All Stars
      3. Disqualified from Captaining a team
    9. Throwing any part of a match
      1. Team disqualification from the remainder of the season including playoffs, possible team banishment