Tips for Active Social Engagement

After the introduction of closed Beta for VALORANT, Riot Games recognizes the power of games to be a successful esport and based on this, the company has announced competitive guidelines and development environment.

I. APPLYING

Small contests

1. App is not required.
2. By following the guidelines in this guide, you automatically receive a license
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Intermediate competitions

1. A custom license is required.
2. The request should be sent to the Riot esports regional team.

Big competitions

1. A custom license is required.
2. The request should be sent to the global Riot esports team (eg LAX).

II. BOARDS OR RESULTS

Small contests

1. It is allowed to use the word VALORANT to promote the competition.
2. It is not allowed to use the words “championship / championship”, «champion / team champion», «season / season» or «league / league» on behalf of the competition.
3. The use of the Riot logo or trademark (including game logo, marketing tags of the league, whether professional or amateur, and the name of Riot Games, Inc., Riot Games or Riot) is encouraged to compete. same website. It is also unacceptable to suggest that the competition or website is endorsed or endorsed by Riot or approved in any way.
4. It is compulsory to enter the following notice clearly and clearly on the contest website and on all related matters:
5. This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or VALORANT esports. "

Medium-sized contests

1. It is allowed to use the word VALORANT to promote the competition.
2. It is forbidden to use the words "championship / championship", "champion / champion", "season / season" or "league / league" or any other word that means the tournament is part of the official Riot esports circuit without the permission of Riot.
3. Riot reserves the right to allow the use of graphic design, logos and trademarks of Riot or VALORANT esports (such as game logs, technical marks or amateur esports with the name Riot Games, Inc., Riot Games or Riot) to promote competitor or its website. In addition, Riot may provide VALORANT logo and creative materials from the public for promotional purposes.
4. Riot can place the event on the official Riot Games calendar.

III. Registration fee

All competitions

1. It is allowed to charge a registration fee to participate in this contest. All entries will be used only to supplement the contest (for things like location, web hosting, commentators, etc.) or will be added to the contest prize.
2. Fundraising is allowed to fund the competition, but all donations from that source must go to the prize of the competition or cover its costs.

IV. HISTORY

Small contests

1. Total awards should not exceed $ 10,000 (or an equivalent amount in the region) or $ 12,000 if prizes are non-cash.
2. The total prize pool (including the number of non-cash prizes) for all yearly competitions may not exceed $ 100,000 (or an equivalent amount in the region) without prior permission from Riot.

Intermediate competitions

1. The total prize pool should not exceed $ 50,000 (or an equivalent amount in the district).
2. The total prizes (including the number of non-cash prizes) for all competitions organized throughout the year may not exceed $ 200,000 (or equivalent amount in the region) without prior approval of Riot.
3. Riot can help in prizes.

Big competitions

1. Riot can help in prizes.

V. BROADCAST

Small contests

1. It is permissible to broadcast the competition online and to spread to any popular online platform as long as the structures established in our legal policy are met.
2. You are not allowed to charge streaming access in any way.
3. If the contest is broadcast online, the promoter will be responsible for ensuring that the staff service discussion is properly prepared to prevent the appearance of a hostile, harassing or hostile environment.
4. In addition, it is required to deactivate the "Show blood" option in VALORANT settings.
5. All other broadcasting channels (such as direct television) are not allowed.

Medium-sized contests

1. Return conditions established in a personal license must be complied with.
2. If the contest is broadcast online, the promoter will be responsible for ensuring that the staff service discussion is properly prepared to prevent the appearance of a hostile, harassing or hostile environment.
3. In addition, it is required to deactivate the "Show blood" option in VALORANT settings.
4. If Riot promotes a tournament, participates in prizes and / or facilitates the event effectively, it may be necessary to promote Riot's media coverage or channels during the broadcast.

VI. OPERATIONS AND FREE

Small contests

1. You may rely on the sponsorship of any product or company that does not appear on the list of disallowed sponsors, listed below.
2. The total donor contributions to each tournament in the organization may not exceed $ 10,000 (or an equivalent amount in the region). In addition, the organization cannot receive more than $ 100,000 (or an equivalent amount in the district) annually from sponsors of the VALORANT tournament.

Medium-sized contests

1. You may rely on the sponsorship of any product or company that does not appear on the list of unrestricted sponsors and advertisers, listed below.
2. Riot can help make the event financially viable; In that case, the previously generated portion of the proceeds will go to the competition prize.

List of prohibited sponsors and advertisers:

• Any other video game, developer or distributor of video games.
• Any video game console.
• Any other sport or tournament, league or video game.
• Betting platforms, sports betting houses and casinos.
• Fantast esports operators (including daily sports games)
• Any drug that is only offered or not approved, including products such as cannabidiol oil, etc.
• Guns, ammunition, or accessories.
• Pornography or pornography.
• Tobacco or related products.
• Alcohol products (or non-alcoholic products for sale by liquor companies) or other similar products for sale or use are regulated by applicable law.
• Companies that sell or sell counterfeit or illegal substances.
• Selling companies or forums for goods or services that violate the Riot Games Terms of Service.
• Cryp tocurrencies or any other financial asset or market are not regulated.
• Political campaigns or political committees.
• Organizations that donate some kind of status or at the expense of religious or political beliefs (Red Cross, American Cancer Association, Stand-Up to Cancer and other organizations like these are given honorable status).
• In case you are in doubt, it is necessary to request specific approval from Riot.

Riot reserves the right to make changes to the list of prohibited donors. Updating the list to know about changes and updates is the editor's job.

VII. IMERCHANDISING

Small contests

1. Sale of goods from Riot, VALORANT, esports for VALORANT or similar is not permitted.

Medium-sized contests

1. Riot has the option of providing or approving the sale of merchandise from Riot, VALORANT, TELORANT esports or similar.

VIII. RIOT GAMES CONTENTS RIGHTS

All competitions

1. In exchange for the Riot Community Competition License, the promoter acknowledges that Riot has the opportunity to raise the competition and that it can use the contest results to select players in Riot-sponsored contests.
2. On the other hand, by operating or sponsoring a contest using a public competition license, the Promoter agrees to grant all rights to Riot's streaming content, highlights, video, tuli content, news and all other content. produced by free and permanent competition. Liot may copy, modify, distribute and publicly display the content at issue, and may grant limited licenses to whatever it pleases.

X. OTHER RULES OF LAW

All competitions

1. It is the responsibility of the coordinator (and any third party sponsor or organization involved in the tournament) to adhere to all applicable laws and regulations, as well as our internal policies, which may be modified from time to time. If a particular right is not granted in any Riot policy, then that right does not exist.
2. The competition must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, as well as the policies of any third party service used to broadcast or broadcast the contest.

As long as all of the guidelines described in this policy (the "Guide"), our Legal Policy and our Terms of Service are followed, Riot Games, Inc. ("Riot") guarantees to the Promoter a personal, non-exclusive, invalid, limited, non-transferable, revocable, limited and limited license ("Public Competition License") to edit and use the VALORANT ("Competition"), but reserve the right to perform or terminate this contest for any purpose. any time you breach or otherwise misrepresent these Guidelines, Terms of Service or our other policies in any way, if you promote or represent something contrary to Company values ​​or otherwise use our intellectual property ("IP").

April 2020