MtnDewMe20 Official Rule Book

Updated: December 13th 2019

DISCLAIMER: FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE RULES WILL RESULT IN PUNISHMENT. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ THESE RULES. PUNISHMENT WILL BE DECIDED BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND WILL VARY DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCE. SOME VIOLATIONS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FROM THE LEAGUE

4th Down Rule
•Must punt the ball unless
- 4th and 3 or less *at anytime*
- Inside the 25 yard line
- losing in 2nd half
- Tied in 4th quarter
- Overtime
- inside 2 minute warning *Of 2nd or 4th quarter
- Fake punts or fake field goals are allowed at anytime.

TRADING RULE
- No trading with cpu
- No limit on amount of trades

LODGING COMPLAIN ON USERS
* If you catch someone breaking the rules, send a clip to an admin. We cannot suspend people without proof.

SCHEDULING CONFLICT RULE
* If both users cannot agree on a time the game must be a sim
* If a user says in text that his a opponent can have the Force W then a force will be given. No questions asked.

CUTTING PLAYERS RULE
* Players cut must be in the FA pool for 1 advance after being released to be resigned
* If you drop a player and resign him within the same advance. You will be forced to release that player or serve  a 5 game suspension

CLEARING CAP PENALTY
* Cap penalties get cleared once they go over 1M

GAME SCHEDULING RULE
* You should contact your opponent and schedule a game time within 24 hours after weeks advance.
* For example if Player 1 contacts player 2 and player 2 doesn’t respond within 24 hours. Player 1 can ask for force Win (Barring emergency)
* You have 24 hours after last advance to get a time scheduled or game may face being simmed.It will not be waited on.

BEING LAST GAME RULE
* Being last game runs the risk of a sim if it can not be immediately started the game will be simmed to advance the league and will not be waited on.  A sim win for the opponent who showed up on time , sim loss for the one not.

SCHEDULING TIME RULE
* If a user agrees to a set time and does not show up within 20 minutes of the agreed to start time, a force loss will be given. (Barrng emergency)
* If opponent only responds with a vague answer and does not give a more clear answer by 24 after advance, You will get a sim win (if you contacted before advance only) 

EDITING PLAYERS RULE
- Cannot change players name to any real life person or former player of any sport. No more “Jr” or “II”
- Cannot change a WR to TE if they’re under 6”3
       WR to running back is allowed
- No changing a players name to benefit yourself in free agency signing
- do not change a players position to a position that player wouldn’t normally play. For example, a WR should NEVER be edited to a OL.

AWARDS
- Super Bowl winners receive an extra name in the MtnDewMe Draft Lottery next madden.
- Super Bowl winners receiver 5 attribute upgrades to anything except speed.
- Super Bowl winners receive their name on the Mtndewme list of champions forever.
- Play all 16 games and receive 3 attribute upgrades on anything except speed (Force Win counts as a played game. Force loss does not.)

FREE AGENCY RULE
- Cannot sign a player to a big contract in free agency bidding and release the player to reset the contract. If caught will be punished. (Player must be released and cannot be signed back by punished team)

CPU GAME RULE
- There will be absolutely no cpu games in MtnDewMe ever again.
- If there is a schedule dispute then it will either be a force or sim.

PLAYOFFS
MtnDewMe Playoff advances will be every 24 hours barring emergency

ADVANCE RULE
- Advances are every 48 hours unless all games are played
- If you are last game and it doesn’t get played within two hours of being the last game. It runs at risk of being a sim or force. Not excuses.
- Playoffs are 48 hours. No excuses.

DISCONNECTION RULE
- If the game disconnects at any time the points must be given back
- If both players agree to restart the game completely then that is acceptable
- If you lose a player. You are allowed to ask to both quit the game and reset. If the other player disagrees and wants to continue to play and you quit. That will be a suspension.
- Must show visual proof that there was a quit and or disconnection
- In case of Disconnection. both players are required to take a picture of the screen saying there was a disconnection.

PUNISHMENTS
- If a player breaks a 4th Down Rule
•1st offense=Warning
•2nd offense=1 Game suspension
•3rd offense=2 game suspension
•4th offense=Kicked from league

- If a player breaks a “Player edit” rule
•1st offense=Asked to fix situation. If not fixed player will be suspended until fixed. If not fixed a commish is allowed to edit the player to make that player significantly worse until fixed.
•2nd offense= 2 game suspension
•3rd offense=Booted.

- If a player misses 5 games in one season *Without Reason* They will be booted

QUITTING RULE
* 1st offense= 3 game Suspension
* 2nd offense= 6 game suspension and Player that quit has to give the other player the highest draft pick for that year. If that player doesn’t compromise. The quitter is removed immediately
* 3rd offense= Booted from league

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