Team Builder Rules

Guidelines

1. Teams must be named and have 4 confirmed Players before the Registration Deadline. Captains are confirmed after entering the contact information. Other Players and Coaches are confirmed after accepting their invitation to the Team.
2. Each Competition's Registration Deadline will be at 11:59 PM ET on the Monday, 4 days before the Competition.
3. A Team's Captain is the Player who purchased and/or currently owns the Team Pass. Therefore, if the Captain is changed, the new Captain becomes the owner of the Team Pass.
4. Captain change requests must come from the current Team Captain.
5. Players and Coaches 18 years of age and older (19 years of age and older in Alabama and Nebraska) will be able to accept the Terms of the Media Release Form upon accessing the Team Builder for their first 2008 Pro Circuit Competition.
6. Players and Coaches who are unable to accept the Terms of the Media Release Form upon accessing the Team Builder will have to bring a signed copy of the Media Release Form and Parental Consent Form to Check-In.
7. Once a Player/Coach has submitted the necessary Form(s), they won't have to submit another Media Release or Parental Consent Form for the remainder of the 2008 Pro Circuit.
8. Teams may have 1 Coach. Coaches must be added to the Team Builder before the Registration Deadline.
9. After the Registration Deadline, Teams with a Coach, in the Team Builder, will be allowed to switch their Coach, but Teams without a Coach, in the Team Builder, won't be allowed to add a Coach.
10. Individuals may not be registered as both a Player and a Coach of the same Video Game. Individuals may not be the Coach of more than one Team for the same Event. Individuals found breaking either of these rules will have their Coach Pass and privileges taken away.
11. All Teams are locked at the Registration Deadline. After the Registration Deadline, Players can only be removed from a Team if they are unable to attend or don't want to play in the upcoming Competition.
12. All post-Registration Deadline Player/Coach Movement Requests must come from the Captain(s) as well as the Player(s)/Coach(s) involved.
13. All Captain Change, post-Registration Deadline Player Movement, and Team Name Change requests must be submitted to jnelson@mlgpro.com

Player Movement & Naming Teams

1. An Amateur Team is any Team that doesn't have Pro or Semi-Pro Status.
2. Players/Coaches who wish to leave an Amateur Team, in the Team Builder, can do so at any time, before the Registration Deadline.
3. Captains who wish to remove a Player/Coach from their Amateur Team, in the Team Builder, can do so at any time, before the Registration Deadline.
4. Captains who wish to rename their Team, in the Team Builder, can do so at any time, before the Registration Deadline.
5. After the Registration Deadline, the Team Builder will lock and Players/Coaches will have to submit requests for changes.
6. Team Names can't be changed at Check-In.

Team Name Rules

1. No web addresses
2. No use of "Major League Gaming" or its abbreviation (MLG)
3. No use of the word "Team"
4. No use of the words "Gamer" or "Gaming"
5. No Derogatory or Suggestive Words/Meanings
6. No corporations, company, sponsor, or product names
7. Teams found violating any of the Team Name Rules will have their Team Name changed and instructed to rename their Team before the Registration Deadline.

Player Name Rules

1. No web addresses
2. No use of "Major League Gaming" or its abbreviation (MLG)
3. No Team Name abbreviations
4. No Derogatory or Suggestive Words/Meanings
5. No corporations, company, sponsor, or product names
6. Players found violating any of the Player Name Rules will be instructed to change their Team Name (if violating Player Name Rule #3) or submit a Private Message to the Username MLG Support, with a Username Change Request, before the Registration Deadline.