Counter-Strike 2 online community rules
LetsQueue rules for community online competitions. Read the event page for its schedule, settings and published variations.
ABOUT THESE RULES
LetsQueueLive runs independent community esports for grassroots teams, small communities and regions. These are LetsQueue online competition rules, not an official publisher circuit. The event page supplies the schedule, region, bracket, series length, prizes and any clearly labelled event-specific variations. Published variations take priority where they expressly change a default; integrity, account eligibility and the platform terms still apply. Rules must not be changed silently during play. Administrators will announce corrections and record material decisions.
ELIGIBILITY AND ACCOUNTS
Players must be at least 16 and meet any higher game, account or regional eligibility requirement. Under-18s require parent or guardian permission. Use your own account, accurate game ID and the registered display name. Account sharing, impersonation and using another person's slot are prohibited. Relevant active game or competition bans must be disclosed before entry. Captains are responsible for making sure every member understands the rules.
ROSTERS AND TEAM STAFF
Register the full starting lineup and any substitutes before check-in closes. A player may represent only one team in the same event. Coaches and managers are optional staff and cannot play unless also registered in a permitted player/substitute slot. Tell the opponent and administrator about substitutions before the next map or Apex round; do not swap mid-game except through an administrator-approved recovery. Emergency additions after roster lock require written approval and an eligibility check. The administrator records the exception and informs affected opponents.
CHECK-IN, READINESS AND SCHEDULE
Check in through LetsQueue by the published deadline. A Coming soon event has no confirmed start time: its schedule and check-in deadline must be announced before play. Captains must remain reachable through the event's nominated channel. Be ready with the full lineup, correct client version and working connection at the scheduled match time. A team delayed by more than 10 minutes must contact an administrator; the administrator may reschedule or award a map/series forfeit after considering the evidence. This is a decision process, not a promise of an automatic timer. Platform auto-forfeit settings, if enabled, must be announced separately.
FAIR PLAY AND SAFETY
No cheats, unauthorised game modifications, automated gameplay, input macros that create a competitive advantage, exploit abuse, stream sniping, ghosting, collusion or deliberate manipulation of results. Do not harass, threaten, discriminate against or expose private information about other participants. Report suspected cheating privately with evidence; do not organise public accusations. Keep anti-cheat enabled and cooperate with proportionate administrator checks. Administrators will not ask for account passwords, recovery tokens or unrestricted access to personal files.
ONLINE CONNECTIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS
The organiser specifies the server/datacentre before play, taking the event region and connection fairness into account. Test your equipment and internet beforehand. Raise a server objection before the first live game, with evidence; do not restart or move the lobby unilaterally. If someone disconnects, notify the administrator promptly. Players cannot demand a replay because of an ordinary personal connection failure. An administrator may restore, restart or postpone a game for a verified server-wide failure or game-breaking problem, explaining how the competitive state is protected.
RESULTS AND EVIDENCE
Captains report the final series score, not a CS2 round score, in the LetsQueue match page. Keep screenshots and available demos/replays until seven days after the event ends or an active dispute is resolved, whichever is later. Conflicting reports are reviewed; do not fabricate results or confirm a score you know is wrong. Apex results are submitted by the organiser for the whole lobby. Corrected scores and penalties are recorded in the event activity log.
DISPUTES AND REVIEW
Raise an issue as soon as it occurs and, where possible, before the next map/round starts. Submit a report within 30 minutes of the match ending using Contact support: https://letsqueue.live/support or support@letsqueue.live. Include the event link, match/round, timestamps and evidence. A late report may still be considered where cheating or previously unavailable evidence is involved. Affected participants may request one review within 24 hours of a ruling and provide new evidence or identify a procedural error. A different administrator should review where practicable. Administrators must disclose conflicts of interest.
PENALTIES, STREAMS AND PRIZES
Penalties may include a warning, corrected score, round/map penalty, forfeit, event removal or a time-limited suspension. Severity, intent, impact and repeated conduct are considered; reasons are recorded and communicated. Player streams require at least a five-minute delay unless an announced event variation sets a longer delay. No outside observer may provide live information to a team. Only prizes and payout conditions published for this event apply; do not assume a prize or transfer a rulebook's prize amounts to LetsQueue. Prize administration and cancellation/refund conditions must be announced before registration closes.
PLATFORM TERMS
The LetsQueue privacy policy and terms remain applicable: https://letsqueue.live/privacy and https://letsqueue.live/terms. Contact support privately for account, safety, eligibility or accessibility questions.
CS2 MATCH PROCEDURES
Five starting players; up to two registered substitutes, plus optional coach and manager. Use the organiser's approved current CS2 build and server configuration. Five eligible players must be ready to start a map. No unregistered stand-ins.
MAPS, VETO AND STARTING SIDES
Use the map pool and best-of displayed on this event, rather than assuming a changing professional pool. Team A and Team B are the teams shown in the match page. For seven maps: BO1 alternates six bans; BO3 uses A ban, B ban, A pick, B pick, A ban, B ban; BO5 uses A ban, B ban and four alternating picks. The remaining map is the decider. For another pool size follow the LetsQueue veto sequence. The opponent chooses the side on a picked map; a knife round determines the side on an unpicked map. Captains record side choices with the organiser. No map advantage is implied by an upper-bracket slot.
SERVER SETTINGS AND PAUSES
Default regulation: MR12, first to 13 rounds, 20-second freeze time and $800 starting money. At 12–12 use repeatable MR3 overtime, $12,500 starting money, switching sides after three rounds. Three 30-second tactical timeouts per team in regulation and one per overtime. Technical pauses allow five minutes per team per map unless extended by an administrator. Pause at a safe round boundary; do not use a technical pause for tactical discussion. Coaches may speak during tactical timeouts and map breaks, not live rounds. Never restart a round without administrator approval.
BRACKETS, SCORES AND GROUPS
Win the number of maps required by the displayed series length. Report maps won as the series score. The published bracket controls advancement and the grand-final structure; in double elimination, LetsQueue generates a grand-final reset if the lower-bracket finalist wins the first final. There is no winner-bracket map advantage. Round robin/group/league standings on LetsQueue use three points for a series win, zero for a loss, then map difference and initial seed. A forfeit is an administrator ruling and must be distinguished from a played result. This community ruleset does not itself make an event Valve-ranked or VRS eligible.
REFERENCE
Match procedures were informed by DFRAG's Logitech G Pro Series rules. LetsQueue has its own community administration, roster, dispute and prize policies; DFRAG's invitations, LAN obligations and financial conditions do not transfer. https://github.com/dfrag-tv/vrs-event-announcements/blob/main/dmg-cs2-ruleset-logitech-g-pro-series.md