Spring 2023 at the Saint Louis Science Center

COVID-19 Safety Protocol

COVID-19 continues to be an evolving situation. Currently there are no mask, testing, or vaccination requirements in place - but this may change leading up to the event.

This event will follow the health and safety requirements of both the Saint Louis City government as well as the Saint Louis Science Center. If these policies change or any mandates are established, the event requirements will change to be compliant. In such an event, this page will be updated and we will do our best to notify the community. Any refunds requested due to a policy change will be honored. Contact Us if you have any questions.

• Attendees are encouraged to wear masks, particularly when not at their seats, but masks are not required.
• As a precaution, we encourage our community to take an at-home COVID test 24 hours before the LAN. Should you request a refund due to a positive test, it will be honored.
• All attendees should be familiar with Saint Louis City's COVID-19 Standards and Guidance.

Venue-Specific Notes

• Laclede’s LAN will provide handcarts to assist with the loading and unloading of cars. Please help us by returning them when they are not in use.
• Drinks will be allowed at your seat, but food must be consumed in a nearby designated food area.
• Food and beverages, including alcoholic drinks, will be available at the Saint Louis Science Center’s Science Café, Starlight Cup, and The Loft.

Venue

The Saint Louis Science Center is located on the southeastern corner of Forest Park. Parking is available on-site.

5050 Oakland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110   

Tournaments

For tournament start times and break times check the Schedule.

For tournament rules and details check the Tournament Rules.

Schedule

All times are approximate and subject to change. For updates, check back here, or bookmark the schedule.

Tournament Rules

Participants must be ready to play at the start of the tournament or they will be disqualified. This means that not only is your entire team present, but your PCs and team members are set up, warmed up and ready to play. It is up to you to make sure your computer is ready to go; we will not delay a tournament for hardware or software failure of an attendee’s computer. For tournaments that have dedicated servers, you are expected to connect to our test servers before the beginning of the tournament to ensure everything is working. We will not start until the scheduled time; we may start some matches early if certain teams are ready but no one will be required to start early.

We will be using Discord to contact team captains and communicate match information. Please have Discord installed or be ready to use the web client.

When tournaments have overlapping schedules, you will have to choose to participate in one and not the other. If you are eliminated early from a tournament, you may enter another if you check-in at the scheduled time for that tournament.

Cheating is not allowed in any tournament. This not only covers actual cheat programs, but also hardware modifications, in-game exploits, violation of our event rules or prerequisites, and anything that could give a player an unfair or unsportsmanlike competitive advantage of ANY kind. Judgements on what constitutes cheating are ultimately up to the staff. Please do not give us any reason to disqualify you. Use common sense and don’t be a jerk.

Finally, the staff asks that any complaints about cheating or bad conduct are brought to the tournament admin team as soon as possible. Staff cannot be everywhere at once and cannot address issues that are not reported.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Saturday through Sunday: Double-Elimination Tournament.

• This is a Best of 3, 5v5 tournament where first to 16 rounds wins a match.
• Maps: de_inferno, de_nuke, de_vertigo, de_mirage, de_overpass, de_ancient, de_anubis
• Starting Money: $800
• Round Time: One minute and 55 seconds
• Overtime: Starting Money: $10,000
• Overtime Winner: First to win 4 rounds

The first team to win 16 rounds will be awarded the win. Teams will flip a coin for first ban and then take turns banning and picking maps from the list of seven in the order below until all maps have been picked or banned but one. The last remaining map will be the 3rd map in case of a tie.

Players will play a Knife Round to determine sides at the beginning of the match.

We will no longer accept entries if your team has less than five players. Roster changes will be allowed for the first two matches; after that if you do not have five, you will forfeit. When the server for a particular match goes up, teams have ten minutes to join before the start of the match. If a team does not have five players in the server “readied up” after ten minutes from the server uptime, the other team will be eligible for a forfeit win and should notify the tournament admin.

Winner’s bracket advantage will be applied to keep finals to one match (since a team that goes undefeated through the upper bracket would normally have the potential for two matches in the finals).

If you are interested, you can find our CS:GO config file here. We welcome feedback on tournament configs.

Logs and demos will be made available a few days after the event on Github.

Team captains are responsible for recording and reporting their team’s score.

Overwatch 2

Saturday through Sunday: Double-Elimination Tournament.

We will use the current Competitive format. Rounds will be Best of 3 by default. Changes to the format may be implemented at the event with consent of all team captains and contingent upon player turnout to provide the best tournament experience.

Teams will flip a coin for first ban and then take turns banning and picking maps from the list in order until three maps have been chosen. One map will be chosen from each of the following categories and played in order: Escort, Push, and Control. Map type order can be changed if both teams are in agreement.

Valid maps are any maps currently available in Ranked; valid heroes are any heroes currently available in Ranked.

Team captains are responsible for recording and reporting their team’s score.

Valorant

Saturday through Sunday: Double-Elimination Tournament

This is a Best of Three, 5v5 tournament where first to 13 rounds wins a match.

• Maps: Ascent, Bind, Breeze, Icebox, Haven, Split
• Mode: Standard
• Allow Cheats: Off
• Tournament Mode: On
• Overtime: Win by Two: On
• Server Region: To be agreed upon by teams, with tournament admin as tiebreaker.
• Team Size: Five (5)

The first team to win 13 rounds will be awarded the win. Teams will flip a coin for first ban and then take turns banning and picking maps from the list of six in order until all maps have been picked or banned but one. The last remaining map will be the 3rd map in the case of a 1-1 tie.

We will not accept entries if your team has fewer than five players. When a particular match lobby is created (after consulting with the tournament admin), teams have ten minutes to join before the start of the match. If any team does not have five players in the server “readied up” after ten minutes from lobby creation, the opposing team will be eligible for a forfeit win and should notify the tournament admin.

Winner’s bracket advantage will be applied to keep finals to one BO3 match (since a team that goes undefeated through the upper bracket would normally have the potential for two BO3 matches in the finals).

Team captains are responsible for recording and reporting their team’s score.

Flash Tournaments

What?! A Random Challenge has appeared! You won’t know what these tournaments will be until we announce them during the event. They will be short and sweet, and the winner will receive a prize!

Event Rules

These rules apply to everyone attending. They can change without notice.

• You must sign our waiver to be able to attend our events.
• You are responsible for your actions and equipment. We are not liable for anything that happens to you or your equipment.
• No outside alcohol is permitted; if found, you will may be asked to leave the event without refund. No drugs are permitted on the premises.
• Do not attempt to steal items from the event or anyone else. Legal consequences will be a result.
• Act in a responsible and mature fashion. We want good sportsmanship in a fun environment.
• Cheating will not be not tolerated, and are against the event’s terms and conditions.
• Participants are not allowed to bring coolers into the venue.
• Do not bring any type of hacks/viruses/etc. to the event.
• Listen to those in charge.
• You may only occupy the portion of your table afforded by your ticket type.
  • BYOPC Premium ticket holders get 1/2 of the space of a table, and are required to leave space for 1 other person to share the table with you.
  • BYOPC ticket holders get 1/3 of the space of a table, and are required to leave space for 2 other persons to share the table with you.
• Laclede’s LAN and the Saint Louis Science Center reserve the right to remove anyone from the premises for any reason deemed fit.
• Failure to follow these rules is grounds for dismissal from the event at the admins’ discretion.