Proving Ground Rules & Regulations

Registration

Registration is open to all teams that are eligible through the NBA2KL.

  1. All teams participating in the next-gen tournament must have a total of three (3) players on the roster in order to participate in the tournament. All players on each team will be assigned by the tournament staff.
  2. All players will have to provide their real name in tournament registration.
  3. All players must participate under the gamertag that they have registered.
  4. If players previously entered other NBA 2K League tournaments, you will need to compete under the same gamertag.
  5. All players must own the PSN/Gamertag that they participate under.
  6. All players can only compete on one (1) roster. IF A PLAYER IS FOUND COMPETING ON MULTIPLE ROSTERS, ALL TEAMS INVOLVED CAN BE DISQUALIFIED.
  7. Participation in this tournament is determined on a first come first served basis. Understand, if the position you sign up for is full, you may not be selected to participate in this tournament.
  8. All players must comply with all applicable laws, as well as NBA 2K League qualifier and combine rules and procedures.
  9. Team captains will be responsible for being first form of contact for tournament admins regarding the team.
  10. If for any reason a player needs to drop out of the event, the MavsGG staff will provide the team he was on with a player to fill the spot. Fill in players will be taken directly off the waiting list.

Guidelines

  1. Seeding will be randomly generated via drawing.
  2. Teams must only use the roster and team branding that they registered with.

Draft Eligible Player Participation

  1. Amateur Draft Eligible players must be 18 by (before) January 1, 2024.
  2. 2023 Season 2KL Players cannot participate (they are already draft eligible.

Tournament Structure

  1. The tournament will consist of one bracket.
  2. The tournament will be played on the Pro-Am mode of the NBA 2K24 game.
  3. All rounds of the tournament will be a BO3 Format
  4. Proving Ground will officially start on September 23rd and run through September 27th, 2023.
  5. All rounds will have 24 Hours to complete.
  6. Both Elite 8 and Final Four games will be played within 24 hours
  7. MavsGG have the right to grant extensions if the tournament timeline allows it.
  8. Semifinal and Championship matchup will be broadcasted on the MavsGG twitch channel.
  9. The MavsGG Tournaments can be viewed live at https://twitch.tv/MavsGG
  10. Pro-Am courts must contain Mavs Gaming Logo. For any help for court design please reach out to admin in the Discord.
  11. Complete tournament bracket of games will be made available 24 hours prior to the start of the event.

Rules and Guidelines

  1. Any team that plays in this Tournament must have passed team registration and paid the Tournament Registration Fee. Home jersey must be predominantly white or light gray.
  2. WE DO NOT ALLOW NBA or College team logos! Your team logo must be owned by you or a teammate and does not belong to any other entity. Failing to use a custom logo will result in a failed team registrations team.
  3. Each player may only play on one team at a time you may not play on multiple team with multiple accounts. A player may only use one account for the duration per tournament.
  4. Each team will have a roster of 3 players.
  5. Only the players who win the Tournament finals will become draft eligible dependent on 2KL guidelines.

Matchmaking Tournament Protocol

  1. Teams will match up using Private Matchmaking. Private Matchmaking can be found by going to the Pro-Am Arena in The City.
  2. If a player lags out before tipoff it is an automatic restart. Quit the game and contact the opposing team to match up again.
  3. The following rules apply ONLY to lag outs or other unforced 2K related errors. If you choose to quit out of a game in a tournament or playoff situation it may be a forfeit.
  4. If a player lags out while winning and the entire rest of his team immediately quits, that will be a replay with spread (see example below) . if any player on your team keeps playing after a teammate lags out before quitting it will be a loss. “Immediate” is defined as under 30 seconds.
  5. If a lag out occurs you will be required to restart the game and play the time remaining with the same score differential at the time of the lag out.
  6. Example: Team A is up 78-70 with the ball on Team B with four minutes remaining. Team B lags out. Team A and B must play the first four minutes of a new game, with Team A winning the tip and given a +8 advantage. (Round to nearest minute).
  7. Do not count points to the spread that occur after the first player has quit/lagged out.
  8. The team with a lag out must immediately quit as described above for this rule to apply.
  9. This rule applies to the time out glitch and all lag outs. If a team is suspected to be repeatedly abusing this rule, MavsGG reserves the right to not grant that team spreads and disqualify them. Final decision is MavsGG Admin. Teams are strongly encouraged to work it out themselves.
  10. No player may switch builds during a same spread game. You must restart game with the original arch types.
  11. All games must be streamed on the registered Twitch account(s) and must have MavsGG in the title. All games must be archived in the event MavsGG administrators need to review game play.
  12. Every team must have a representative for their team in the Tournaments Captain Chat. The Captain Chat will be on Discord.
  13. If a team begins a game knowing the opponent is in violation of any Tournament rule, that team is automatically accepting the results of that game.
  14. The burden of proof for rules violations lies with the captains (video, audio, time stamped screen shots).

Any rule violation can result in immediate forfeit from the Mavs Gaming Tournaments.