How do I veto in the ESEA League regular season?

Open, Intermediate, Main & Advanced:

All divisions will now have in-server vetoes take place instead of the default match page format. If you are disputing the server then please complete the veto on the original server before swapping to a new server.

The Veto Format follows the ESL’s veto format from the EPT rulebook:

The higher seeded team will be decided by a coin flip, for regular season matches, and they decide whether they will be Team A or Team B. Team A starts the process and the order of the ban/pick is as follows:

1. Team A removes one map.
2. Team B removes two maps.
3. Team A removes two maps.
4. Team B removes one map.
5. The remaining map will be played.

The starting sides on the map are determined by a knife round.

Each team will have a 150-second veto timer. The timer for your team will begin counting down when the server is waiting on a veto command from your team, and the time of day has passed the match’s scheduled time. Teams may freely veto before the timer starts to complete the veto process quicker.

For example, if the match is scheduled to 20:00 UTC, then your team’s counter will only count down if the time is 20:00:00 UTC or later. Typically, servers are assigned 15 minutes before the match's scheduled time, and forfeits become available 15 minutes after the match's scheduled time.

Once a team’s own timer hits zero, they will no longer be able to veto manually, and all future vetoes will become automated and randomized on a 10-second timer

1. 1. Examples
      1. If Team A spends 100 seconds on their first “.ban” command, they will have 50 seconds for all subsequent vetoes. Your timer does not replenish between votes.
      2. If Team A spends 100 seconds on their first “.ban” command, Team B will still have 150 seconds to veto their picks, the timers of the two teams are separate.
         
         
2. Server Warnings
   1. The veto format will be printed in chat before any vetoes have been made
      1. “Veto Format: a:first,a:ban,b:ban,b:ban,a:ban,a:ban,b:ban”
         
         
   2. The server will give teams a 30-second warning to the veto timer’s activating.
      1. “150 second veto timers will be enabled in under 30 seconds. Please prepare to make your vetoes”
         
         
   3. The server will notify each team when veto timers have been enabled.
      1. “Veto timers have been enabled, you now each have 150 seconds to complete your vetoes”
         
         
   4. The server will prompt every 15 seconds which team’s turn it is in the veto, how much time they have left to veto, and which veto command they must use.
      1. “Team A/B has (seconds) remaining to complete their vetoes. Once (seconds) have passed, their remaining picks/bans will be automated”

Full Veto Example

Server: 150 second veto timers will be enabled in under 30 seconds. Please prepare to make your vetoes

Server: Team X decides who goes first with: .first us/them

Server: Veto format: A: Ban, B: Ban, B: Ban, A: Ban, A: Ban, B: Ban

Server: Veto timers have been enabled, you now each have 150 seconds to complete your vetoes

Server: Team X has 150 seconds remaining to complete their vetoes. Once 150 seconds have passed, their remaining picks/bans will be automated

Server: Team X decides who goes first with: .first us/them

Server: Veto format: A: Ban, B: Ban, B: Ban, A: Ban, A: Ban, B: Ban

Mythik: .first us

Server: Team X, BAN the next map with .ban
Server: Remaining maps: de_inferno / de_vertigo / de_overpass / de_mirage / de_nuke / de_ancient / de_dust2

Server: Team X has 135 seconds remaining to complete their vetoes. Once 135 seconds have passed their remaining picks/bans will be automated

Mythik: .ban de_inferno

Server: Team X has banned de_inferno.

Server: Team Y, BAN the next map with .ban
Server: Remaining maps: de_vertigo / de_overpass / de_mirage / de_nuke / de_ancient / de_dust2

Server: Team Y has 150 seconds remaining to complete their vetoes. Once 150 seconds have passed their remaining picks/bans will be automated

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Server: Team Y has 15 seconds remaining to complete their vetoes. Once 15 seconds have passed their remaining picks/bans will be automated

Server: Team Y has run out time for their veto. Their remaining picks will be automated.

Server *** Team Y Automated Veto ***

Server: Team Y has banned de_mirage.

Server: Team X, BAN the next map with .ban
Server: Remaining maps: de_vertigo / de_overpass / de_nuke / de_ancient / de_dust2

Server: Team X has 133 seconds remaining to complete their vetoes. Once 133 seconds have passed their remaining picks/bans will be automated

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