8.3 Stoppage of Play
If a player intentionally disconnects without notifying an LOLWC official or
pausing, an LOLWC official is not required to enforce a stoppage. During any
pause or stoppage, players may not leave the match area unless authorized by an
LOLWC official.
8.3.1 Directed Pause. LOLWC officials may order the pause of a match or
execute a pause command on any player station at the sole discretion of
the LOLWC officials, at any time.
8.3.2 Player Pause. Players may only pause a match immediately following
any of the events described below, but must signal an LOLWC official
immediately after the pause and identify the reason. Acceptable reasons
include:
8.3.2.1 An Unintentional Disconnection
8.3.2.2A hardware or software malfunction (e.g. monitor power or
peripheral disability or game glitch)
8.3.2.3 Physical interference with a player (e.g., fan gank or broken chair)
Player illness, injury, or disability is not an acceptable reason for a player
pause. In such a situation, the team must alert an LOLWC official, who
may in his/her sole discretion, grant a pause in order to evaluate the
identified player to determine whether player is ready, willing, and able to
continue playing within a reasonable period of time, as determined by
the LOLWC official, but not to exceed a few minutes. If the LOLWC
official determines that the identified player is not able to continue
playing within such reasonable period of time, then the identified player’s
team shall forfeit the game unless an LOLWC official, in his/her
discretion, determines that the game is subject to an Awarded Game
Victory (see Section 8.5).
8.3.3 Resuming the Game. Players are not permitted to restart the game
after a pause. After clearance from an LOLWC official is issued and all
players are notified and ready at their stations, which will be contingent
on the team captain confirming through in-game chat that both teams are
ready to resume play, the in-client spectators will unpause the game.
8.3.4 Unauthorized Pause. If a player pauses or unpauses a game without
permission from an LOLWC official, it will be considered unfair play and
penalties will be applied at the discretion of LOLWC officials.