Miner League Clan Wars

S5 Rules & Regulations

Introduction 2

Part 1: Structure & Schedule 3

Section 1: [Midweek-only] Leagues and Minimum BDs 3
Section 2: Regular Season Schedule & Standings 4
Section 3: [Midweek-only] Playoff Schedule & Format 4
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Part 2: Fair Play & Clan Visitation 4

Section 1: Fair Play 4
Section 2: Clan Visitation 5

Part 3: Master Roster, Changes, & Substitutions 5

Section 1: Master Roster Submission 5
Section 2: Master Roster Changes 6
Section 3: Substitutions 6

Part 4: Match Arrangement 7

Section 1: Match Scheduling 7
Section 2: Match Roster Submission 7
Section 3: Match Breakdowns (BDs) 7
Section 4: Match Weighting Restrictions 8
Section 5: Mediation 8

Part 5: War Preparation & Battle Day 8

Section 1: Misrepresentation of War Weights 8
Section 2: Leaving the Clan 9
Section 3: End of War & Match Results 9

Part 6: Forfeiture, Removals & Withdrawals 10

Section 1: Match Forfeiture 10
Section 2: Clan Removals & Withdrawals 10

Part 7: Communications 10
Section 1: Inflammatory or Baiting Comments 10
Section 2: Mediation 11
Section 3: Promotional Materials 11

Part 8: [Midweek only] Participation in multiple Leagues 11

Appendix A: S5 Administrators & Moderators 11

Appendix B: S5 Participating Clans 12

Introduction

Miner League Clan Wars (or MLCW) is an organized friendly war competition hosting clans from
all over the globe of varying sizes, skill levels and time zones. Clans accepted into the MLCW will
be assigned a schedule of opponents separated by leagues and will compete in one match per
week during a regular season. At the end of the regular season, the highest ranked clans will
participate in a playoff to determine a season champion.

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In order to help maintain order, ensure fair play, and promote good sportsmanship, the MLCW
administrators have developed these rules and regulations to apply to all MLCW Season 5
participants.

Admins reserve the right to interpret all posted rules as required to settle disputes and will
ultimately make decisions based on the spirit of stated rules when the issue-at-hand is not
explicitly addressed herein, and to enforce them accordingly.

It is the responsibility of each clan's selected representatives to inform their respective clans of
these rules and regulations.

All participants are encouraged to reach out to their respective league administrators (admins) or
moderators (mods) with any questions concerning these listed rules and regulations including
(but not limited to) roster compliance, matching rules, determination of standings, and penalties
for violations. A comprehensive list of admins/mods along with their respective league
associations can be found in Appendix A of this document.

This specific league is designed for a mid-week competition with a smaller breakdown. The rules
vary in parts from the other Divisions. These changes will be marked by a [Midweek-only] at the
beginning of an paragraph. If you are familiar with the main MLCW rules than only these parts will
be relevant for you.

For more information on how to become a participating clan in the MLCW, our Trial League
system, and more please visit our website at http://minerlcw.weebly.com/.

We wish the best of luck to all Season 5 participants and look forward to another exciting season!

-MLCW Admin Team

Part 1: Structure & Schedule

Section 1: [Midweek-only] Leagues and Minimum BDs
1. The MLCW Midweek League has only one Breakdown (BDs based on a town hall level
format of TH11/10/9):
a. MLCW Midweek League (MWL)
i. 10 teams (currently planned - actual League size might vary depending on
the amount and quality of applications)
ii. 2/6/7 BD
See Appendix B for a complete list of S5 participating clans.

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Section 2: Regular Season Schedule & Standings

1. Clans accepted into the league will be assigned a schedule of opponents in their
respective league, one per week.
2. [Midweek-only] Regular Season duration will be (10) weeks
a. (9) weeks of regular league play starting December 12, 2017
b. (1) bye weeks taking place after Week 2 (Dec 26 - Dec 28, 2017)
3. Regular season standings will be determined based on win percentage, followed by
percent star differential and finally destruction percentage.
4. At the end of regular season play, the highest ranked clans in the standings will advance
to the playoffs:
a. In the event of a regular season 2-way tie, if one clan holds the advantage in both
head-to-head and star differential, that clan will advance to the playoffs.
Otherwise a tie-breaker match will be scheduled by MLCW Administrators.
b. In the event of a regular season 3-way (or more) tie, deciding metric will be star
differential, then destruction percentage.
5. MLCW is currently having its league statistics and standings tracked via WarMatch.Us.
Therefore, all S5 participants must now keep an open war log for the purpose of
recording stats for the duration of the regular and postseason play.
Section 3: [Midweek-only] Playoff Schedule & Format
1. At the end of the regular season, the 4 highest ranked clans from each league will
participate in 4 or 5 (depending on results) weeks of postseason, double elimination-style
play to determine a season champion for each league.
2. Typical League playoff bracket format

Part 2: Fair Play & Clan Visitation

Section 1: Fair Play
1. The MLCW is a fair play competition. Modding (direct use of third-party software), use of
burner accounts, cracking, spying or cheating of any kind is strictly disallowed.
2. Admins reserve the right to gain entry (or send a representative of our choice) into any
MLCW clan during or immediately following the conclusion of a league match for any
purpose and/or access to Direct Message (DM) chats, Discord (or similar communication
app) servers. Refusing Admins such admission or access will be equivalent to an
admission of guilt and will be dealt with accordingly.
3. Admins reserve the right to penalize behavior or actions by a clan or its members if said
activity is determined to be in contrast with the concept and/or the spirit of fair play even
if no specific rules directly apply.
4. Individual members who are found to have modded during a match will receive a lifetime
ban from the MLCW. The clan in which the modder attacked will be removed from regular
league play according to clan removal processes as detailed under Part 6, Section 2.
5. Any proof of collusion between clan leaders and found modder(s) in an MLCW match will
result in the clan also receiving a lifetime ban from the MLCW.

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Section 2: Clan Visitation

1. Player visitation between clans that are competing in the same league is typically
unacceptable (this includes use of subs per Part 3, Section 3, Rule 3) . Should any player
have a compelling reason for doing so, that player must first contact that clan's rep(s) and
receive specific permission prior to sending an in-game request.
2. Likewise, no single player should, under any circumstance, ever war the same opponent
two weeks in a row. Any player found to be in violation of this rule will have all attacks
disqualified for that match.
3. MLCW will make every effort to enforce these rules, but because so many players have
multiple accounts in different clans, all clan leaders/elders should be advised on proper
protocol for accepting players into their respective clans.
4. All participating clans are encouraged to utilize clashofstats.com or similar stat-tracking
resources in order to help determine whether or not an applicant could be a spy and/or to
exercise sound judgement prior to granting entry.
Part 3: Master Roster, Changes, & Substitutions
Section 1: Master Roster Submission
1. Each participating clan will be asked to submit a master roster of no more than 50
members, all of which must be regular members of that clan.
2. For the purpose of MLCW league play, the term "regular member" is defined as anyone
who spends 60% or more of their clash time in their respective clan which will be
measured from the time the player-in-question was officially submitted to MLCW via
master roster ([Midweek-only] Dec 1, 2017 for players on the initial roster submission) to
the time of each war match.
3. A substitute player or sub is defined as any player who is not part of a participating
clans master roster. This includes members of family clans as well as alternate accounts
that are not regular members of the clan-in-question (see Part 3, Section 3 for additional
information regarding subs).
4. If it is discovered that a clan has included a player or players that do not fall under the
definition of regular member on their master roster, those players will be removed from
the roster and the clan in violation will potentially face a penalty up to and including
forfeiture of matches where subs were used as regular members.
5. Once accepted, the admin team will maintain a live master roster for each clan.
6. For the purposes of transparency and verification, all participating clan members must
maintain a public profile on clashofstats.com - if the admin team cannot verify a players
history, that player wont be eligible for master roster consideration.
Section 2: Master Roster Changes
1. Master roster changes are allowed but will be limited to (5) roster changes over the
course of the regular season with up to (3) player additions per change with a maximum
of (1) roster change per week.
2. Any roster changes not used by the end of the regular season are lost.
3. Master roster changes will be limited to (1) player addition per week during postseason
play.

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4. Player(s) will not be eligible to be added to a clans master roster until said player(s) have
resided in the respective clan for a minimum of (7) consecutive days.
5. Please note: admins will no longer be accepting any master roster changes submitted via
DM. All master roster changes must be submitted by using the provided Master Roster
Change Form before said changes are made official. A link to the Master Roster Change
Form can be found pinned in the #clan-reps channel on the MLCW Discord server.
6. Master Roster changes are not guaranteed to be incorporated less than 24 hours
following the form submission. If, after 24 hours, a submitted Master Roster Change Form
has not yet taken effect, a select clan representative may DM one of their assigned
league admin(s) for the sole purpose of status inquiry.
Section 3: Substitutions
1. [Midweek-only] In general, substitutions (or subs) (see Part 3, Section 1, Rule 3 for
definition) are allowed but must be disclosed to the scheduled opponent along with
player tag and clan of origin during the matching process. Substitutions will be limited on
a per match basis as follows:
a. Midweek League (MWL) - 0/1/1
2. Please note, subs should only be used when absolutely necessary or when deemed
appropriate by an admin/mod during the course of mediation (see Part 4, Section 5 for
additional information). Subs should NOT be used for the purpose of gaining an
advantage over an opponent.
3. Substitutions between teams competing in the same league are not allowed.
Part 4: Match Arrangement
Each participating clan will designate exactly (2) representatives for the purpose of match
arrangement and negotiation. Although MLCW officially recognizes a maximum of two official
representatives per clan, more than two may be used for actual mediation.
Section 1: Match Scheduling
1. Clan reps are responsible for determining war day/time and prep/battle length for each
friendly war.
2. [Midweek-only] The standard war preparation day start time is between Tuesday 10 pm
UTC (equals to 4 pm EST) and Wednesday (equals to 10 pm EST) with a standard
preparation and war time of 24 hours respectively. Clans may choose (mutual agreement
necessary) to shorten preparation time.
In all cases the warday has to start between Wednesday 10 pm UTC (equals to 4 pm EST)
and Thursday 4 am UTC (equals to 10 pm EST).
3. If it becomes clear during the matching process that this deadline can not be held, an
admin/mod must be informed and has to approve the alternative deadline.
Section 2: Match Roster Submission
1. A match roster must be submitted to the scheduled opponent no less than 48 hours and
finalized no less than 24 hours before match time. This will allow time for lineup
negotiation and, if necessary, moderator mediation.

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2. It is understood that last-minute roster revisions happen but any such changes should
meet one of the following requirements in order to be considered eligible:
a. Equal swap (both weights and heroes of proposed player are the same as player
being replaced)
b. Lighter player (both weights and heroes of proposed player are less than the
player being replaced)
c. Approved by an admin/mod as part of a roster balancing effort
3. In order to help streamline the matching process, all master roster players must be listed
on each submitted match roster with auxiliary players listed in addition to proposed match
lineup. All auxiliary players must be denoted as available or unavailable for the
purpose of the match..
Section 3: Match Breakdowns (BDs)
1. All participating clans will follow the prescribed minimum BDs per league as detailed
under Part 1, Section 1.
2. BDs may be adjusted so long as both sides agree to the changes; otherwise the default
BD will be enforced.
3. While MLCW does not advocate the use of .5s, they can participate in league play if both
teams agree to include them on their match roster.
Section 4: Match Weighting Restrictions
1. In keeping with the spirit of fairplay and to help improve matching across all leagues,
several roster matching restrictions for S5 have been implemented::
a. [Midweek-only] Maximum aggregate defensive weight differentials will be
enforced according to league per the following breakdowns:
i. Midweek League (MWL) - 2k@11, 3k@10, 6k@9
b. Each team should include the same number of TH10s with a weight equal to or in
excess of 87k.
c. Unless both teams agree to the use of .5s in the match, all townhall levels must
have all defenses built and maxed according to their previous townhall level, and
must have, at a minimum, all defenses built for their current townhall level.
i. e.g. a TH10 must have all TH9 defenses built and maxed. In addition, they
must have all TH10 defenses built.
d. In the event that both teams agree to using .5s, they will be counted toward the
respective town hall level for the purposes of the match (e.g. a TH8.5 will count as
a TH9) and weighted as follows:
i. TH8.5 = 62k
ii. TH9.5 = 84k
iii. TH10.5 = 104k
Section 5: Mediation
1. In the event that any stated rules and regulations listed in Sections 1 through 4 of Part 4
cannot be met and/or clans cannot reach an agreement autonomously, an admin/mod
should be contacted for mediation (see Appendix A for complete list of admin/mod
contacts and associated league mediation responsibilities.)

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a. Once contacted, the assigned admin/mod will make a text channel visible to all
pertinent clan reps for the duration of the mediation.
b. Other admins/mods other than those listed in Appendix A may assist or run the
mediation according to availability.
c. Admins/mods do not guarantee resolution of all conflicts but will make every effort
to help reach a consensus using whatever options are available.
Part 5: War Preparation & Battle Day
Section 1: Misrepresentation of War Weights
1. If, once a match has started, it is found that a player's defense is misrepresented on the
match roster by a weight advantage of 2k or more, or if a player's offense is
misrepresented by a hero advantage of three or more combined levels, the opponent will
have the option of preventing the player-in-question from staging any attack(s) not
already registered as well as their mirror.
2. If a clan has proof of such a violation by their opponent, it is the responsibility of their clan
reps to immediately inform the offending clan of the violation along with substantial proof
of wrongdoing. The rep must also then contact their respective league admin/mod with
proof that the offending clan was properly notified. Once complete, the player found to
be in violation and their mirror will then effectively have one or both of their attack(s)
effectively blocked.
3. In the event that a player stages one or more of their attack(s) after which point they have
been effectively blocked as a result of enacting rule 2 above, any and all stars or
percentage gained by any player on said base will become null and void.
4. If proof of violation is not raised prior to the player-in-question logging one or both
attacks, those attack(s) already staged will not be affected in any way.
Section 2: Leaving the Clan
1. Once Battle Day has commenced, no players are allowed to leave their respective clan
until which time both of their attacks have been used.. If a player is found to have left their
clan (for any purpose) after Battle Day has started but before both attacks are complete,
the opponent will have the option of preventing that player from staging any attack(s) not
already registered.
2. If a clan has proof of such a violation by their opponent, it is the responsibility of their clan
reps to immediately inform the offending clan of the violation along with substantial proof
of wrongdoing. The rep must also then contact their respective league admin/mod with
proof that the offending clan was properly notified. Once complete, the player found to
be in violation will then effectively have their attacks blocked.
3. In the event that a player stages one or more of their attack(s) after which point they have
been effectively blocked as a result of enacting rule 2 above, any and all stars or
percentage gained by any player on said base will become null and void.
4. If proof of violation is not raised prior to the player-in-question logging one or both
attacks, those attack(s) already staged will not be affected in any way.

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Section 3: End of War & Match Results

1. When war has reached its conclusion, the victorious clan must post a screenshot of the
match results in the #results channel of the MLCW Discord server.
2. Any matches resulting in a perfect tie will require a makeup match (applicable to both
regular season as well as playoff matches). Both clans will be equally responsible for
scheduling, arrangement and completion of required match (typical process rules and
regulations will apply.)
Part 6: Forfeiture, Removals & Withdrawals
Section 1: Match Forfeiture
1. If a team forfeits a match for whatever reason, or is penalized with a forfeit, the opposing
clan will receive a win with the average winning star count and destruction percentage of
the winningest teams in their division.
2. The forfeiting clan will receive a loss with the average losing star count and destruction
percentage of the losingest teams in their division. This is to prevent their tie breaking
stats from being skewed by a perfect win versus an absent clan. If, for any reason, a clan
forfeits more than two matches, they will be removed from the competition (see next
section for information regarding clan removals and withdrawals.)
Section 2: Clan Removals & Withdrawals
1. If a clan withdraws or is removed from the competition within the first three weeks of the
regular season, a suitable replacement team (as determined by admins) will be promoted
from MLCW Trial League to compete in that clans spot for the remainder of the regular
season.
a. The incoming clan must makeup any match(es) previously held by outgoing clan
and their opponent(s).
b. If clan withdraws or is removed from the competition during a match, that match
will also require makeup and will not simply be accepted as a forfeit..
c. Both incoming clan and makeup opponent(s) will be equally responsible for
scheduling, arrangement and completion of required match(es) (typical process
rules and regulations will apply).
2. Starting from the beginning of week 4 of the regular season, any clan that withdraws or is
removed from the competition will have the totality of their completed match statistics and
results erased from official MLCW records for the season. Any clans scheduled to face
the clan in question for week 4 or beyond will receive a bye for that week.
Part 7: Communications

MLCW uses Discord as its primary communication tool. The following rules of conduct and
engagement will apply to the official MLCW Discord server and its channels.
Section 1: Inflammatory or Baiting Comments
1. Calling people out in chat or making accusations in a public forum and/or simply inciting
unnecessary drama is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated under any circumstance.
All Discord members are expected to carry themselves in civil manner and settle disputes
in amicable fashion.

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Section 2: Mediation
1. Admins are always available to help settle disputes as needed. All Discord members are
encouraged to direct message (DM) an admin or moderator in lieu of publishing their
concerns in a public forum.
Section 3: Promotional Materials
1. The use or display of any promotional articles, links, or graphics for any service or event
not directly affiliated with MLCW league play is strictly prohibited and will immediately be
removed if found in any channel.
2. Posting of recap videos or links to streams to the MLCW Discord #recap-streams channel
by or for clans participating in season 5 is allowed and encouraged.
a. Content found to be frivolous and/or posted for the sole purpose of burning bases
without any apparent value will immediately be removed from the server.
b. All participants are encouraged to review our pinned messages in the MLCW
Discord #recap-streams channel for a full set of guidelines regarding posting.
3. All posted videos and links will be reviewed by the Admin team for appropriateness.
Admin team reserves the right to remove any content or links to content found to be in
violation of these posting rules. Repeat offenders of stated guidelines will be muted in all
public channels and eventually banned if such abuse continues.
Part 8: [Midweek only] Participation in multiple Leagues
1. The participation of one clan in the Midweek League as well as the standard MLCW
Leagues is explicitly allowed.
2. If a clan chooses to compete in multiple Leagues it is the choice of the clan if they prefer
to maintain a separate roster for MWL and the main league or if they want to maintain
two separate rosters.

Appendix A: S5 Administrators & Moderators

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Appendix B: S5 Participating Clans

tbd.

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