Rules

• Use these rules as a guideline for teams to solve issues on your own before bringing any issues to the Admin Team.
• The rules contained herein are intended to be explanatory in nature. Prestige Area can not predict every case that may come up in advance. Additionally, unintended loopholes in the language may exist. If the technical language of a rule doesn’t fit with the intent of the rule, there’s a loophole, or other abusive behavior is occurring, PA reserves the right to amend and enforce any and all of its rules retroactively conforming to its intents and in the spirit of fair competition.
• Competing in Prestige Area tournaments allows us the right to use your games, clips, etc for content and promotion.
• The admin will make a determination as to the outcome of any dispute (in their sole discretion) and such ruling will be final. By signing up for any PA event, you accept any and all decisions that the Admin Team makes, regardless of what this rule page states.
• Teams may match up using Ranked Matchmaking, so long as both teams have agreed it will count. This can be in the form of both captains indicating they are searching in the discord or in other messages agreeing to count the match.
• Teams may also match up using Private Matchmaking.
• Once a game is posted in the Discord, the game is locked.
• On challenged games, the burden of proof for if a game should count is on the team submitting the winning screen shot. However, if a team is suspected of chat lurking or other abusive tendencies to routinely get out of losses, that team may be suspended at Admin Team discretion. It is highly recommended if not running league games to use a sub account court.
• If you or anyone on your team gets a game from the PA Discord servers it will count regardless of your team name.
• Solving playoff/tournament server host disputes:
  • All PA tournament games will alternate if both teams are on North American servers. Higher seed will always have the option to host Game 1, lower seed Game 2, and so on until the final game of the series.
  • The final game of the series host option will be based on point differential.
    • Example for a Best of 3:
      • Game 1: Team A (higher seed) hosts and wins 78-70 (+8 to Team A). 
      • Game 2: Team B (lower seed) hosts and  wins 87-70 (+17 to Team B).
      • Game 3: Team B [has higher point differential (+9)] hosts Game 3.
      • Tie in point differential will favor the higher seed.
  • If a team quits a game early, they will net -50 points. The max point differential if quitting early will be 50, the 50 will not be added on top of the current difference.
    • Example: Team A (higher seed) hosts and is winning 78-58 with 3 minutes to play and all 5 players from Team B quits. That will be a total of +50 point differential in favor of Team A.
    • All 5 players must quit for this rule to apply. If a single player remains in the game the team that is winning should remain in the game.
  • If there is a dispute on the server, the Admin Team’s ruling will be final regardless of what these rules state.
  • PA requires one player to stay in the game until the end to show final game stats.
  • Note central and eastern time zones are east server; mountain and western time zones are west server.
• If a player lags out before tip off it is an automatic restart. Quit the game and contact the opposing team to match up again
• The following rules apply ONLY to lag outs or other unforced 2K related errors. If you choose to quit out of a game in a tournament or playoff situation it may be a forfeit.
• If a player lags out while winning and the entire rest of his team immediately quits, that will be a replay in the regular season. If any player on your team keeps playing after a teammate lags out before quitting it will be a loss. “Immediate” is defined as under 30 seconds.
• During the regular season, spreads will not be enforced. If a player lags out you must play it out. If a team is consistently having players lag out against them (indicating a time out glitch is being used), appropriate action will be taken, including possible expulsion from the league with no refund. This will ultimately be the Admin Team’s decision.
  • Teams may mutually agree to take a spread. However, if they do, DO NOT submit more than one screen shot. Only one screen shot per game should be submitted during the regular season.
  • It is recommended that common sense is used. If a lag out occurs in the 1st quarter of a game and it’s not a 10+ point game, the game should be restarted and the game will not count. Ex: You are up 7-2 in the first quarter and someone lags out. That will not count. Ultimate decision on if a game counts is the Admin Team’s.
  • PA values teams that work things out on their own and decide things on the court. Teams should not consistently try to get free wins or try to exploit the rules to get a restart. Remember, these players and teams develop a poor reputation in the competitive community over time. If you are really Comp, you don’t do these things. The Admin Team reserves any and all rights to make a unilateral decision on if a regular season game result counts after being presented with the evidence.
  • During the playoffs or during tournaments, if a lag out occurs you may be required to restart the game and play the time remaining with the same score differential at the time of the lag out.
    • Example: Team A is up 78-70 with the ball on Team B with four minutes remaining. Team B lags out. Team A and B must play the first four minutes of a new game, with Team A winning the tip and given a +8 advantage. (Round to nearest minute).
    • Do not count points to the spread that occur after the first player has quit/lagged out.
    • The team with a lag out must immediately quit as described above for this rule to apply.
    • This rule applies to the time out glitch and all lag outs. If a team is suspected to be repeatedly abusing this rule, PA reserves the right to not grant that team spreads and disqualify them. Final decision is the Admin Team’s. Teams are strongly encouraged to work it out themselves.
  • No player may switch builds during a same spread game. You must restart the game with the original archetypes.
• For any roster change to occur, you must have paid the appropriate fee for the roster change before the game is played.

Game Scheduling

• Other leagues, series, or tournaments outside of NBA 2K League tournaments are not grounds for an extension. Emergency related requests only.
• Tournament games must be scheduled to tip off by 12:30 AM eastern. The exception would be if both teams agree to start at a later time.
• If a tournament series begins it must end the same night. If a team signs off without consent, it is considered the same as conceding the series. The only exception would be if both teams agree AND you have attained admin consent to finish the series the next day.
• Tournament games that are not played are subject to be simulated where a random winner will be selected. Or the team that shows to be more active will be selected.
• If during the tournament you have exhausted all efforts to schedule the game and your opponent has not set a time, post proof on Discord before the end of the round (but not more than 8 hours before the end of the round).
• After a game time is established, create a chat with your opponent and the league’s twitter reporting the game time. Both teams must agree.
• If you do not report your game times to PA in advance as described above, we will not enforce the on time rules.
• Reasonable availability is considered between the times of 7:30 PM ET and 12:30 PM ET. Any availability outside of that time frame will not be taken into consideration if scheduling disputes arise.
• You must notify the opposing captain 90 minutes in advance to reschedule. The scheduled series can only be pushed back a maximum of one hour. The series may not be pushed back past 11:30 PM Eastern, even if that’s less than one hour from the original start time.
• The primary accepted form of communication is Twitter or Discord for scheduling purposes as the captain and team twitter are listed on the website. Discord is also an accepted secondary form of communication and will be upheld as valid but twitter should be used for scheduling first. PSN or Xbox messages are not the correct way to contact teams.
• Games must begin within 15 minutes of the scheduled game time, and each team’s stream must be up showing 5 players in the arena. If this does not happen, the team that is late will lose game 1 of the series.
• Every 15 minutes after that a team is late will result in a forfeit of a game in the series.
• Example: 30 minutes late will be an 0-2 deficit (series forfeiture if a 3 game series). 45 minutes late will be an entire 5 game series forfeiture.
• Series should have no more than 15 minutes between games and this violation will result in a forfeit of one game of the series. Subsequent 15 minute periods will be an additional forfeit. PA reserves the right to not enforce this rule for emergency situations handled on a case by case basis. The team with an emergency should attempt to find a sub and immediately notify the Admin Team via DM and the opponent.
• PA reserves the right to not enforce the timeliness rule for any reason. Reasons PA may elect to not enforce the rule include but are not limited to first time offenders, it’s a late round of the tournament, the team is deemed to have a significant emergency situation (ex: incapacitated, hospitalized, etc.)
• Spread rules are in effect (see spread rules section). But, you may not choose to quit the game. If you choose to quit out of the game for reasons such as “it feels laggy” repeatedly without the opponent agreeing, your team may be forfeited. The only acceptable reason to quit a game is that you lagged out or another reason beyond your control. You may be given one warning or forfeited.
• If the game does not start within 10 minutes of both teams being in the arena, PA may elect to coin flip the series. If it is one team causing the holdup, PA may elect to forfeit the series. Teams should be respectful of the viewers’ time.

posting completed box scores

• The winning team is responsible for posting all of the box scores (even if you lost one game, you must post it) in the appropriate discord channel.
  • This is different from every other league or tournament entity because we believe this ensures proper stat tracking for teams and players involved.

Prize Pools & Payouts, ETC

• Prestige Area offers one of the most unique prize pools in the space. We believe that you should be rewarded for advancing any length in any tournament. We pride ourselves on the mantra “Win a round, win some money.” So we do just that…
• Example: if the buy-in is $80, payouts will go as follows:
  • First round win: $35
  • Second round win: an additional $45 is won, bringing your team back to the initial $80 buy-in.
  • Third round win: tack on another $55, so now your team is at $135 payout.
  • Fourth round win: add another $65, $200 payout.
  • So on and so forth.
• Prestige Area will hold a 25% administrative fee to upkeep the site.

Prestige Area has the right to amend any rules at any time. Any rule changes will be placed in this rules statement for all to see.