Tournament Day:
On the day of the tournament, you might be unsure of what to do. Tournament moderators will be there to help, but here is a general overview of what to expect.

If you have any questions during the tournament, you may contact the tournament moderators via Support Tickets in the Discord, or raise a dispute on the website.

Player Conduct:
HLX is committed to ensuring the best possible experience for all of its competitors. All players are expected to display Good Sportsmanship, Respect, and Competitive integrity while participating in this event, or any affiliated events, and while communicating on any official HLX platforms.

Streaming Guidelines

Streaming is required!!! No exceptions. Twitch, Facebook, Kick, Youtube are all accepted.
Special exceptions might be made for someone with poor connectivity to Stream to Discord AND record on their client.

Clean, non-obstructing overlays must be used. This includes images, videos, or stream integrations.

No excessive profanity
Adhere to the HLX community guidelines at all times while streaming

Regions
Anyone over 180 ping will be removed from the tournament. Servers should be agreed upon to ensure the fairest ping

Apex Legends Rules:
Any of the following will result in immediate removal from the tournament

Kill Farming (Intentionally leaving 1 player alive and providing a respawn beacon to the enemy)

Teaming (Working with anyone outside of your team)

The use of Cronus Zen or other hardware that provides an unfair advantage

The use of configs for movement

The use of any 3rd party software that provides an unfair advantage

Game exploits, anything outside of the intended game mechanics

Targeted griefing in order to provide other teams an advantage (also considered teaming)

Lobby code Dox'ing

In addition, players must meet the following requirements to be eligible to compete:

Minimum level of 100

At least 200 games played combined in the last 2 seasons

Must be in the HLX Discord server

Any list provided is not exhaustive and is growing. Tournament Administration reserves the right to remove competitors for reasons not outlined below if they feel it is harmful to the quality of the tournament or the Hyperluxe Gaming brand. Additionally, players must adhere to the game's Code of Conduct/TOS as well as EA's Code of Conduct/TOS. Failure to do so could result in removal/ban from events.

Tournament Moderators may issue warnings, but warnings are never required. Ban appeals are allowed, but proof must be required to elevate the issue.

Toxicity:

Cursing (with harmful intent)

Sexism

Racism

Homophobic/Transphobic remarks

Taunting

Bullying

Lewd/NSFW remarks or posts

Reminders will be sent to your preferred contact method before the tournament. All players are required to be present at the tournament start time and be ready to enter their matches. Brackets will be available shortly after the tournament start time.

The official communication platform for HLX tournament support is the HLX website (where you currently are) via the chat feature, OR the official HLX Discord, which can be accessed here:

HLX Official Discord

No-Shows:
Players have up to 5 minutes after the tournament start time to join the lobby. If no contact is made, the tournament will begin without you.

Disconnects:
Each team is allowed 1 lobby reset for disconnects, but only at the beginning of a match

Payouts:
HLX has up to 30 days to pay out tournament winnings. For expedited payouts, be sure to update your profile with PayPal email address. PayPal is the only payout method for HLX tournaments. Failing to claim your payout within 30 days results in forfeiture of winnings.

Disclaimer:
These rules are a general outline of the standard players are expected to maintain at all times during HLX events and while communicating on the HLX platforms. Moderators reserve the right to interpret these rules how they feel best upholds the HLX Community Guidelines, which may vary from the rules listed above. All players have the right to ban appeals, if you would like to appeal a ban, contact the tournament moderator who issued the ban and they will elevate the issue.

Note: Tournament Moderators will not intervene for disputes regarding

Gentleman's Agreements