SECTION 1. REGISTRATION.

– Team captains should submit team application via website

registration link. minimum of 6 players and maximum of 12 players.
1.1 The League requires a P1,000.00 deposit fee per team that will be returned after the
tournament.
1.2 Each player's Facebook and/or Discord account/s must be linked with the
corresponding PlayStation Network account/s.
1.3 Only members of the 2K Veterans League Facebook group can participate in the
tournaments.
1.4 No players shall be added to the lineup once the registration deadline has passed.
1.5 Team captains and co-captains MUST be members of the 2K Veterans League
Facebook Messenger chat. If not yet a member, privately message any of the
commissioners to be added to the chat.
1.6 There shall be no changes in PSN usernames for the duration of the tournament.
Anyone who violates this rule will cause their team to incur an automatic loss for the
game played.
1.7 In the event a player gets his account banned/ suspended, either by NBA2K or
PlayStation Network, they may borrow an unregistered account ONLY if they present
proof of the ban to the league officials. They must also notify the captains of the
opposing team if a new account will be used PRIOR TO 6PM of their game day. Failure
to notify will result in an automatic loss for the team for each game played with the
unregistered account.
1.8 Free agency periods and trade periods may be opened at the discretion of the
commissioners.
SECTION 2. PRE-GAME RULES. - Game-time is at 9:00PM (21:00) Philippine Standard
Time for ALL scheduled game days unless otherwise announced by league officials.
2.1 Five (5) players must be IN THE PRO-AM ARENA and ready to play during the call
time. A fifteen (15) minute grace period is given to a team to replace a player having
connection issues. If no replacement is found, the team forfeits the game.
2.2 If teams are scheduled to play more than 1 game per night against each other and
one side defaults for the first game, they must notify the opposing team if they will be
able to assemble a lineup for game(s) 2 and 3 (if necessary.) If they will be able to play
the succeeding games, they will be given until 1 minute past the next hour until they
default the succeeding game. (i.e. If team A defaults game 1 but says they can play
game 2, if they cannot come up with a lineup by 10:01 for game 2, only then will they be
considered defaulted again.)
2.3 One (1) player from each team must stream the game on either TWITCH or
YOUTUBE. The streams MUST be available for viewing after the game or else the team
will receive a penalty.
2.3.1 The stream links must be uploaded to the respective channel in the
 2K Veterans League Discord server. Non-compliance will warrant a penalty. Stream links
must be uploaded BEFORE the game commences.
2.4 Teams must use WHITE as the dominant color for HOME game jerseys.
2.4.1 White CANNOT be used as the dominant jersey color for AWAY games.
2.5 Teams must follow the home and away format as provided in the schedule.
SECTION 3. GAME COURT. – 2K Veterans League requires teams to follow the Game Court
design. The Game Court design can be viewed on our official discord server.
SECTION 4. IN-GAME RULES. - All cheese allowed. All dribble animations allowed.
All taunts, flops, animations, and badges are allowed. Our general rule is that if the game allows
it, we can use it, BUT glitched animations are not allowed.
4.1 GLITCHED animations are not allowed e.g. Patty Mills base on a 6’5 or higher build.
4.2 In case of disconnections, if the disconnection occurs before tip-off, then both teams
are required to restart the game and no penalties will be incurred.
4.2.1 If the disconnection occurs in the FIRST HALF, then the teams must take a
screenshot of the scoreboard at the moment of the disconnection, as well as take
a screen recording of the previous 3 minutes on the PlayStation, using the
capture feature on the Dual Sense controller. Once the recordings are saved, the
teams must restart the game.
4.2.1.1 Once the game is completed, then the teams will tally the total
scores from both partial games and the total score will be recorded as
one (1) game.
4.2.1.2 If one team disconnects more than once per scheduled match-up,
the second (2nd) disconnection WILL NOT incur a reset.
Both teams must play on and finish the 2nd play through.
4.2.2 If a player disconnects for the first (1st) time in the SECOND HALF of the
game, then no reset will occur and the teams must finish the game.
4.2.3 In case a reset is used (as enumerated in 4.1.1), then the team with
complete members (no member disconnected) will gain +1 point to be added to
the total score of both games. This is in order to combat intentional
disconnections which have been prevalent in previous seasons.
4.3 SPECIAL PROVISION FOR NBA 2K25. - Due to the nature of the penalty system
for quitting in NBA 2K25, if there is a player that incurs a 30-minute ban due to a
disconnection, and if the team at fault cannot provide a substitute, then the teams must
wait for the 30-minute ban to elapse. However, if there is a succeeding disconnection,
the teams may not restart the game again. More than one 30-minute delay will not be
tolerated. The penalty of +1 point to the complete team as stated in 4.2.3 applies in this
case.
SECTION 5. POST-GAME RULES. - Following the completion of a game, the captain of the
winning team must upload screenshots of the scoreboard and statistics on the respective
channel on the 2KV Discord server IMMEDIATELY before proceeding to the next game. Failure
to do so will warrant an automatic loss for that respective game.
5.1 The deadline for uploading the screenshots will be at 1AM (01:00) Philippine
Standard Time the next day.

SECTION 6. SCORING/SYSTEM STANDING – The league officials have implemented a

scoring system in order to determine team standings in lieu of tallying the win/loss record.
6.1 Each team win will result in two (2) points being added to their tally
6.2 Each team loss will result in one (1) point being added to their tally
6.3 Each default will incur a score of zero (0) for the team
SECTION 7. TIE BREAKER RULES – In the event of teams having the same points at the
conclusion of the tournament, the final placing will be determined via tiebreaker rules.
7.1 Two (2) team tie
7.1.1 Head-to-head record of tied teams against each other in the elimination
round will be taken into consideration.
7.1.2 If inconclusive, the Point Differential between THEIR games against each
other will be taken into consideration
7.1.3 If inconclusive, the point differential of all their games will be taken into
consideration
7.2 Three (3) or more team tie
7.2.1 The Point Differential of all their games will be taken into consideration

SECTION 8. PENALTIES. - Violations of certain rules in this rule book will result in a deduction
of points as enumerated in Section 6.
8.1 If a team fails to stream their game and upload the stream link to the Discord server,
0.5 points will be deducted from their tally (per game played without a link.)
8.2 If the team fails to keep their stream recordings available after the game as
enumerated in Section 2.3, then 0.5 points will be deducted from their tally.
8.3 If the winning team fails to upload the screenshot of the scoreboard to the
2KV Discord as enumerated in Section 5, then their team will not only incur a loss, but
also a deduction of 0.5 points from their tally, resulting in a score of 0.5 instead of 1 for
that game.
 8.4 If teams fail to follow the home and away rule as enumerated in Section 2.5, then
both teams will incur a deduction of 0.5 points from their tally.
8.5 If a team fails to follow the rule on jerseys as enumerated in Section 2.4-2.4.1, then
the teams must replay the game and the team at fault will incur a deduction of 0.5 points
from their tally.
8.6 If a player is proved to be using a glitched animation, The player’s team will
automatically count a loss and a win against the opposing team.
8.7 Any form of bullying, disrespect, racism, slander, or any behavior of the like, towards
another team or player from another team, as well as toward league officials or members
of the 2KV community, may result in the entire team being DISQUALIFIED from the
tournament and a possible BAN from succeeding tournaments, as well as the 2K
Veterans League groups.

SECTION 9. AMENDMENT CLAUSE. - The commissioner, tournament director, or president of

the league may amend the provisions of this rule book at any time and given unforeseen,
justifiable circumstances.

All the aforementioned provisions are approved and signed by:

Ian Serranilla Billy Villarosa

Commissioner Tournament Director

Paul “Agila” Laus

President, 2K Veterans League Asia
TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

- 30 TEAMS WILL BE DIVIDED IN TO 2 GROUPS via LIVE LOTTERY. (GROUP A AND GROUP
B)

- TEAMS WILL PLAY A DOUBLE ROUND ROBIN WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE GROUPS.

- GAMES WILL BE PLAYED MWF FROM JANUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 7

- TOP 8 OF EACH GROUP WILL ADVANCE TO PLAYOFFS

PLAYOFFS FORMAT:

- CROSSMATCHING

- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2K VETS THERE WILL BE A CROSS MATCH IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THE PLAYOFF TREE SAMPLE IS GIVEN:

- ROUND 1 - FEB 10 (BO3)

- ROUND 2 - FEB 11 (BO3)
- ROUND 3 - FEB 12 (BO3)
- GRAND FINALS - FEB 13 (BO3)
PRIZES:
CHAMPION - 350 USD
1ST RUNNER UP - 100 USD
FINALS MVP - 50 USD
SEASON MVP - 5,000 PESOS (ANNOUNCED BEFORE FINALS)