AOWL: Official Rules

[Adonis]

**Rules and Regulations**


Official AOWL Rules

Moderators: Adonis, King Ra., Timeless


Basic Competition Rules


AOWL:The best league in both talent and activity on the site for the past three years. [Non Negotiable]


Rundown

• Twelve Week Schedule
• First Champ Match will be Week 4
• Fourteen Participants make playoff (Subject to change, Highly Unlikely.)
• Any Member who Does Not drop a single vote will be signed out for the following week.
  

Deadlines:

• Verses will be due Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Western / 2:59 Am Eastern / 7:59AM UK . There are no Extensions. No Exceptions.
• Verses must be a minimum of 10 Lines and maximum of 48 Lines or 650 words unless agreed upon by both competitors.
• Votes will be due Sundays at 11:59 p.m. Western / 2:59 Am Eastern / 7:59AM UK .
• Shutout battles will be closed when voting reaches 6-0, or at 5-0 on Sunday, under moderators discretion
• In the event of a tie at the voting deadline, battles will be left open in a "next vote wins format".

Voting:

• Each competitor must vote on at least three battles and post either links or reference in designated thread. In the event there are less than three battles a competitor can vote on, the competitor MUST vote on all open battles or give feed for the no-show artists. (a no-show feed counts as a half vote, only left open if necessary.)
• Anyone who wins but does not meet three vote criteria will be docked the same amount of votes going into the following round. (meaning you would start off with negative votes), However, they will be given the opportunity to give make up votes the following week.
• Votes Must be explained with common competitor courtesy. If a competitor flags a vote and MOD agrees, the vote must be expanded in more depth or it will not count, both towards said battle and competitors voting requirements.

Disqualifications:

• Direct plagiarism or, using another authors words is an immediate loss and possible site ban.
• Recycling, use of previous works will not be allowed.
• Editing verse, after deadline or after the first vote = a loss.
• Swaying, in excess will not be tolerated. You will be warned once, if you continue to sway you will be disqualified immediately.
• Exceeding line length, (unless competitors agree). If the agreement is not public the thread will be closed until the competitors are contacted by the MODs.

Playoffs: Following Twelve Week Regular Season



Seeding

• End of Season Champion will receive #1 overall seed
• Seeding will be record based beyond that. We are trying to promote activity, so given that statement
• Wins will be accounted for as first tie breaker meaning 6-0 is better then 5-3. However, 6-0 is not better then 6-1 as amount of weeks participated weigh higher then strength of schedule.
  
  
  Tie Breakers - Regarding seeding
  
• Head to Head Competition
• Similar Opponents
• Overall Vote Differential
• Strength of Wins. (Better wins over higher seeds)

Automatic Playoff Bids

• Anyone who has twelve verses and voted each week.
• Any Regular Season Title Holder

**Anything Missed Will Be Decided By Certain, Timeless, Adonis and King Ra. under the fair Moderator act.**