Lobby Ranked Game Rules

Not allowed:

1. Leave, AFK without warning, refusing to finish game after save/crash/disconnect

Users are not allowed to leave games without admitting defeat unless given permission by the opponent, AFK without warning, refusing to finish saved/interrupted games.

2. Refuse to save/load a protracted game.

If you didnt talk about possibility of saves before game ("nosave" in room name or host warned that he won't save game) in case of a prolonged game player has the right to demand to save game in order to continue at a time convenient for both players. It should be noted that any attempts to abuse this feature (deliberately saving a lost game) will be regarded as BM (bad manners).

In fact that crossed-out rule above has constantly been abused and its extremely difficult to find right way in conflict situations from now if you assume that your opponent or you can ask for save - ALWAYS write it in host name(for example: JC XL 12-6-2 trade/ban 1free, SAVE allowed). At the moment, all games are NO Save, unless otherwise specified in the name of the game or the chat before the game or you have come to an agreement to save during the game. 

If for some reason you can't come to an agreement, or you think that the opponent has abused the rule, write to heroes3lobby@gmail.com

3. Cheating, maphacking

Users are not allowed to use hacks, cheats, mods and any software that aims to explore/capture/collect information about online games.

4. Strimsniping/ghosting

Users are not allowed to use any information exclusive to any particular game they are not able to obtain themselves strictly via in-game means. This includes watching the opponent's livestream and using information provided by other people watching the stream.


5. Artificial scoring, rating abuse.

Users are not allowed to artificially boost their lobby rating in any way. This refers to playing ranked games between two accounts owned by the same user, deliberately admitting defeat without playing, as well as any other suspicious activities.

6. Account Transfer/Rating boost

It's not allowed to transfer your account to someone to play on it for anything, primarily for a rating boost.

7. Violations of online gaming rules of HotA

You can learn more about punishment system for violation of the above rules in .