Halo Infinite Rulebook

The season calendar will be updated as we confirm the season format.

• Week 0 - Febuary 4 (Pre-Season)
• Week 1 - Febuary 11 (Swiss)
• Week 2 - Febuary 18 (Swiss)
• Week 3 - Febuary 25 (Swiss)
• Week 4 - March 4 (Swiss)
• Week 5 - March 11 (Swiss)
• Week 6 - March 18 (Swiss)
• Week 7 - March 25 (Swiss)
• Week 8 - April 1 (Swiss)
• Week 9 - April 15 (No Match for Easter)
• Week 10 - April 22 (Swiss/Playoffs)
• Week 11 - April 29 (Swiss/Playoffs)
• Week 12 - May 6 (Swiss/Playoffs)
• Week 13 - May 20 (No Match for Mother's Day)
• Week 14 - June 3 (No Match for Memorial Day)
• Week 15 - June 10 (Playoffs)
• Week 16 - June 17 (Playoffs)
• Week 17 - June 24 (Grand Finals)

1. Player Eligibility: All players participating in Halo Infinite competitions must have an active Halo Infinite account in good standing displayed on their tournament interface profile. Only registered team members playing under their main account are allowed to play for a team.
2. Team Roster Size: A team may start the season with 4-10 participants. Rules for qualifications for rostered members can be found in CEA general rules.
   1. After the beginning of Regular Season play (Week 1 matches), a player rostered on a team may not transfer to another roster within the same company for the same game with out the Game Lead's approval.
      1. The main circumstance permitting a transfer would be a team losing players and falling below the minimum team size.
      2. Companies with multiple teams playing the same game may have players on multiple rosters as outlined in the general rules under “Team Eligibility.” Being a floater is not considered transferring.
   2. After Week 5, removing players from the roster does not free up additional spots.
3. Floaters: Within the same company and within the same game's tournament, a player may play on multiple rosters with the following restrictions:
   1. All teams must meet the minimum team size without counting any players who are listed on multiple teams.
   2. Shared players still count towards a team’s maximum roster size.

   3. A player on multiple rosters may only play for one of those teams of each game in any given week. Violation of this rule will lead to disqualification from the CEA.

   4. If a company elects to have floaters for any of its games, a representative of the company should inform that game's Game Lead which rosters are affected, and inform the game lead each week which team that floater will play on.
   5. The maximum number of floaters allowed across a company's teams in a particular tournament depends on the number of teams that company has in the tournament as well as the minimum roster size for that tournament, and is as follows:
      • 2-3 Teams = 2 Floaters
      • 4-6 Teams = 4 Floaters
      • 7-9 Teams = 6 Floaters

   6. Each floater may be rostered on no more than 3 teams. Each team may have no more than 2 floaters.

   7. Cross-Game policy: Within the same company, players are typically discouraged from playing on teams across multiple games. Doing so may be allowed at Game Leads' discretion as long as the following criteria are met:

      1. All teams must meet the minimum team size without counting any players who are listed on multiple teams.
      2. Teams should understand that relying on a Cross-Game player's availability is not a suitable reason to reschedule a match (all matches occur at Noon Pacific on Saturday by default)
      3. A Cross-Game player should not plan to be a primary player on more than 1 team.

4. Half-Team / Joint-Team Policy:

   1. A Joint-Team may consist of members from different companies if the following criteria are met:

      1. There are no more than 2 companies represented on the team.
      2. The companies represented are not represented in any other teams in a single game's tournament.
   2. A Joint-Team is subject to all other rules normally surrounding CEA teams.
   3. A Joint-Team may have 1 single captain from either company, or may have 2 captains total (1 from each company).
   4. Registering:
      1. Two Half-Teams may combine and register as a Joint-Team through the normal registration process without first consulting CEA. Please list both companies on the registration form.
      2. Half-Teams may also consult CEA for help with pairing, and upon being paired will register as a Joint-Team through the normal registration process.
5. Registration: The Halo infinite registration fee will be $160 per team. The captain pays this fee during registration on the CEA website.
6. Game Version: All players must have their game up to date with the latest patch.
7. Weekly Structure:
   1. Monday: Matchups for the following weekend are distributed (assuming all previous round match results have been entered).
   2. Saturday: All matches are played on Saturday starting at 3pm EST / 12pm PST.
   3. Sunday: Latest for rescheduling a match and replays submitted by 9 pm EST/ 6pm PST .
8. Season Format: Exact season format will be announced before the season begins when we know the exact number of teams. There will be two stages: A swiss stage and a single-elimination playoff stage.

1. CEA will abide by the Official HCS Handbook for the full duration of the competition.
2. Weeky Format
   • Regular Season will be a best of 3, following HCS format (OBJ / SLAYER / OBJ).
     • The game modes are Slayer, CTF, Oddball, Strongholds, and King of the Hill.
   • Playoffs will be a best of 5, following HCS format (OBJ / SLAYER / OBJ / OBJ / SLAYER).
     • The game modes are Slayer, CTF, Oddball, Strongholds, and King of the Hill.
3. Custom Game Settings
   
   1. All games will be played with the default "Ranked" mode rules
4. Match Procedures
5. Side Selection
   1. The team that is the higher seed (left on the tournament manager match page) will select either eagle or cobra for the duration of the series.
   2. The team that is the higher seed will make the lobby and host the match
      • Due to Halo Infinite using dedicated servers for the matches based on all players in the lobby, switch lobby host is unneeded
6. Map Selection
   1. Maps for each week will be randomly determined and will be released after the previous week's matches end (Sunday E.O.D.)
   2. Maps will be taken from this list:
      • Slayer
        • TBD
      • Strongholds
        • TBD
      • Capture the Flag
        • TBD
      • Oddball
        • TBD
      • King of the Hill
        • TBD

7. Players are encouraged to record their in-game perspective, download match replays and take screenshots of end-result screens in case of disputes.

8. Match interruptions and game restarts will be decided by an administrator (Game Lead) unless both teams come to an agreement without the need for intervention.

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• Week 4 - March 4 Maps
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• Week 9 - April 15 (No Match for Easter)
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• Week 12 - May 6 Maps
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• Week 13 - May 20 (No Match for Mother's Day)
• Week 14 - June 3 (No Match for Memorial Day)
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• Week 16 - June 17 Maps
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• Week 17 - June 24 Grand Finals Maps
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