Remember that ENT's General Rules still apply in LIHL as well.
- Game Modes
- The default game mode is -hpgmcb with prophet builder.
- Other game modes can be chosen if all players have agreed to play the mode.
- If red (slot 1) fails to choose a mode (where the default mode is -ap), then all must choose the prophet builder or !draw the game.
Dodging - You may only play official lihl games with a !signed and vouched account.
- If you are !signed to a game, you must join it, and must not go afk for extensive periods of time.
- Once a game has been hosted, all players are required to play the game out until one of the kings dies.
- Unsigning during player drafting is forbidden.
Build Provisions - All players must build on their own lane and cannot build a tower that will attack and pull a creep from the opposite lane.
- You are only allowed to build 1 tower space into the dark green area , no further, without being able to pull opposition towers.
- If a player pulls creeps while not building at dark green area, whether to be punished or not will depend on a moderator's per case judgement. If pulling continuously happens due to a tower, it is recommended that it is sold immediately.
Drawing - If a player disconnects prior to ending of level 20, it is mandatory to !draw the game, unless every player agrees to play on.
- If a player disconnects after level 20, then !draw is optional.
Disconnection - If a player disconnects during a game, a DC penalty will be enforced where the disconnected player will lose elo and the remaining players will gain an equal parts of that elo.
- DC penalty will only be applied if the game was successfully drawn, reported within 24 hours on the forum by one who played the game, and once approved by a moderator.
- Do not leave the game before the King has died since leaving shortly earlier can result in bugged stats.
Pause/Afk - When pausing, a player should always inform everyone why he is doing so and for how long. The game can always be paused upon a moderator's request to do a screenshot test.
- Do not unpause unless every player is ready.
- After a player has been away from the keyboard longer than 5 minutes (use !afk to check), he can be kicked without question.
- The use of pause is not allowed to discuss strategies.
- Do not pause the game in an attempt to hinder the gameplay. For example, to prevent someone from healing the king or to prevent the opposing team from sending.
Anti-Stuck - All anti-stuck usage is prohibited, unless creeps are actually stuck.
King Juggling
Every form of juggling exploiting king's attack mechanics to gain more time and resources is banned (attacks should generally be smooth and uninterrupted). - Do not juggle the king preventing or delaying him from attacking or killing units.
- Do not re-select target(s) to cancel king's attack animation and repeat.
- Do not toggle king's autocast on and off.
Bugs & Glitches - Any exploitation of game mechanics which results in a glitch or bug is forbidden.
Swapping - All players must be in the game before any swaps are made.
- All players must agree to the swap.
- Any flaming/abuse/'convincing' with regards to getting a player to agree will not be tolerated.
- Players have the right to disagree at any time, meaning that if a player agrees in the channel, then he does not need to agree in the lobby.
- Trial players can never be swapped, so they all end up on the same team.
Observers - One veto is enough to reject a player from observing a game, however, the observer spot may not be denied to moderators or players who were not yet vouched before.
- If the observer refuses to leave the lobby despite being vetoed, votekick him or draw and rehost the game.
- Observers must not comment on strategies or ghost.
- Observers may not ping under any circumstances.
- If a player wishes, he may pause the game without hindering gameplay and request the game owner to !mute the observer(s) at any time.
Commands - The use of !start force is forbidden to prevent bugged stats.
- Do not abuse !owner commands (!mute, !swap, etc.)
- Do not !ignore more than 1 teammate. Doing so will mean that you refuse to communicate and teamwork.
Notes:
-Merc and clog rules were removed.
-Added few new rules based staff discussion and public discussions.
-Edited phrasing for better understanding.
-!ff will be disabled once again.
-wiki rule page has also been updated.
