Rules

You must be at least 18 years old to register as one of our pro-gamers; however, your fans can be as young as 13 with parental approval. You need to download our desktop launcher. One account per person. If you want to play under a different gamertag, tell us before the bracket, not after.

Everyone must play with the same setup. Third-party map hacks, sight tools, and auto-click helpers are banned outright and will get you removed permanently if either your audience or the desktop launcher detects that you are using them.

Check in within fifteen to thirty minutes before the start time for any scheduled match. Miss check-in and your seat will generally be counted as a loss by default unless you enact one of your limited account benefits depending on context and your subscription tier. If you know you are running late, say so and we will hold your spot to the first whistle.

Brackets are single elimination unless the tournament page says otherwise. Early rounds are best of three, the final is best of five. The higher seed hosts. If seeds are equal, the player earlier in the bracket hosts.

Each tournament posts its map pool. Players vote on the map they play against each other in each official match. If there is a tie, then a digital coin toss will determine the map for the match. Nobody is allowed to replay a map they already won on during that respective tournament or season.

A drop inside the first two minutes with no fighting is a replay. After that, the game stands with whoever had the higher score. If a player drops twice in one series through no fault of the league, the series is rescheduled at the non-dropping party’s discretion.

The OPLeague Desktop Launcher reports match results automatically, but results can also be reported manually if there is ever any error, bug, or failing of the launcher. For any reporting to count, at least one party must upload the replay of the match if the launcher fails to do so automatically. Results usually post on the leaderboard within a day.

Nova (opens in a new tab) is treated no differently in the brackets from any other player. Challenge it at your own peril. Nova earns ranking points but can never enter any event that earns any prize money unless all participating players unanimously agree to Nova participating. Nobody may pilot Nova mid-game or hand Nova their seat.

Conduct yourself honorably and with good sportsmanship at all times or be banned from the league. No exceptions. Greet, play, and say good game if your opponent does. Light trash talk and banter between friends is fine, but abuse is not. Racism, threats, and harassment risks ending your season and possibly your eligibility for the league entirely, first offense, no discussion.

We have an anti-cancel culture policy, but that only applies to what you say and do outside of the league.

Many of our pro-gamers will have fans who are below the age of 18. As their conversations will be passively monitored, any inappropriate behavior, including but not limited to sexual conduct or conversation with anyone suspected of being a minor, will not be tolerated and will lead to an immediate permanent ban from the platform and/or reporting to the player’s local authorities. First offense. No exceptions. No debate.

Use the OPLeague Desktop Launcher or the Report a dispute link in the footer of the website to report a dispute pertaining to any official match. Disputes must be made within 24 hours after the match, and what the league decides is final. If you think a ruling for any dispute is wrong, you have the right to one appeal.

Either player can mark a game as a practice round before it starts with their respective Desktop Launchers. If the launcher fails for any reason, they can manually report a match as practice mode if the reporting player provides proof that all participants agree that it was a practice round. Practice rounds are played by the same rules as bracket rounds and are therefore indistinguishable from bracket rounds, with the exception that there are neither map restrictions nor does any match outcome affect any player’s ranking score. Replays are uploaded automatically, the same as any other, by the desktop launcher.