Valorant is a character-based 5v5 tactical action game set on the global stage. Players play as one of a set of Agents, characters based on several countries and cultures around the world. Valorant games are not affiliated with your CHSAA, regional leagues, or the NFHS

Season: Spring

Genre: Tactical FPS

Team: 5 PLAYERS

Platform: PC

Format: Best-of-Three (“Bo3”) Games (or “Maps”)

Mode: Standard

Team Size: 5 Players

Settings:

• Allow Cheats: OFF

• Tournament Mode: ON

• Overtime: Win by Two: ON

• Play Out All Rounds: OFF

• Hide Match History: OFF

Each team will compete in a match consisting of Bo3 maps, with the winner of each map determined by the number of total rounds won, and the winner of the match determined by the team to win two maps first. If a single team reaches two map wins before the start of the third map, then the third Map will not be played.

Each team will compete as either an “Attacker” or “Defender” for the first 12 rounds of a map, after which the teams will swap “Sides” for the remainder of the game. Once a team earns 13 round wins, they are declared the winner for the map.

A round winner is determined by one of the following methods (whichever one occurs first):

• Spike Detonated

• Spike Defused

• Team Eliminated before the Spike is planted or defused

• Round Timer Expired

• Team Forfeit

If the round wins are tied at 12-12, Overtime will occur to determine a winner for the map. In Overtime, teams will compete in a series of two-round sets, swapping sides after the first round. The team that wins both of the two rounds (one as Attacker and the other as Defender) will be the overall winner of the map.

This format applies to all four phases within a PlayVS season: Preseason, Regular Season, Playoffs, and Finals.

MAP SELECTION

To mimic the competitive format of VALORANT, maps will rotate on a seasonal basis. The maps available to pick and/or ban for the season are:

• Icebox

• Lotus

• Sunset

• Breeze

• Ascent

• Bind

• Split

MAP BAN PROCESS

1. The Home team bans one map from the pool.

2. The Away team bans one map from the pool.

3. The Home team picks the Game 1 map from the remaining pool.

4. The Away team selects their starting side for Game 1.

5. The Away team picks the Game 2 map from the remaining pool.

6. The Home team selects their starting side for Game 2.

7. The Home team bans one map from the pool.

8. The Away team bans one map from the remaining pool.

9. The remaining map is chosen for Game 3.

10. The Home team selects their starting side for Game 3.

EQUIPMENT

Each player must provide their own equipment in the following categories:

• PC that meets minimum specifications

• Monitor

• Headsets or Earbuds

• Microphone

• Mouse & Keyboard