Season
is on

THE SEASON HAS STARTED

Fill in on game nights and learn how nights run.

DISCORD!waivers

ALL CARDS

1
STEP 1 OF 5
CARD 17
FULL SIZE
17SEASON 11 SCHEDULETHIS SEASON
The Road To
The Chip
Every date that matters, from the first puck drop to the last game of the year.
Regular season: Oct 7 to Nov 4, 9 series. Standings set the seeds.
Play-in Thu, Nov 5: 4 vs 5, a 3-game series for the last playoff spot.
Playoffs: round 1 Nov 11 + 12, championship Nov 18 + 19. Best of 7, rosters only.
Trade deadline Sun, Oct 18. Add/drop deadline Sun, Nov 1.
Puck drop 9 PM ET. Availability due Monday noon, every week.
DISCORD!dates!keydates!s11dates
OPEN
2
STEP 2 OF 5
CARD 07
FULL SIZE
07WAIVERS
How waivers
Work
Undrafted and late signups fill in when a roster runs out. Automated, game nights only.
Managers request through the bot from 8:00 to 8:30.
Waiver players sign up from 8:30 to 8:45.
Waivers are assigned at 8:50. Later requests start with a penalty.
Priority: undrafted with no games, then waiver-only with no games, then each by games played.
No waivers in the playoffs. Recruiting waivers by tag or DM is a forfeit.
DISCORD!waivers
OPEN
3
STEP 3 OF 5
CARD 02
FULL SIZE
02LEAGUE NIGHTS
Wed +
Thursday
Two 3-game series a week. Thursdays also host reschedules, waiver games and 12s.
Puck drop 9 PM ET. Latest start is 9:15.
Late team: 2-minute penalty at 9:06, penalty shot at 9:11, sim loss at 9:16.
After a game 1 sim loss, game 2 drops at 9:20 and runs the same clock.
10 minutes between games.
Server and password: your team panel on rinkrivals.com. Home dark, away light.
DISCORD!days
OPEN
4
STEP 4 OF 5
CARD 09
FULL SIZE
09GAME NIGHT
Game
Night
The clock, the lagout rules, and what earns a forfeit.
Waivers 8:00 to 8:50, puck drop 9 PM, latest start 9:15.
Lagouts: 1st restart with a 2-min PIM, 2nd with a penalty shot, 3rd is a forfeit.
Two sim losses and game 3 is auto-simmed.
Automatic forfeit: banned perk, build or skin, or a build change after a reconnect.
EA server issues confirmed by ELT are the only excuse.
DISCORD!gamenight!gamedayfaq!gnfaq
OPEN
5
STEP 5 OF 5
CARD 15
FULL SIZE
15TRAIT BANSTHIS SEASON
Trait
Bans
The X-factors, builds and skins banned this season.
Entering a game with a banned perk, build or skin is a forfeit.
Found mid-game: everyone exits, it is a forfeit, and the player fixes it before the next game.
The list can change mid-season if a patch breaks something.
DISCORD!traits!traitbans!bans
OPEN

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Season
is on

THE SEASON HAS STARTED

Fill in on game nights and learn how nights run.

DISCORD!waivers

ALL CARDS

1
STEP 1 OF 5
CARD 17
FULL SIZE
17SEASON 11 SCHEDULETHIS SEASON
The Road To
The Chip
Every date that matters, from the first puck drop to the last game of the year.
Regular season: Oct 7 to Nov 4, 9 series. Standings set the seeds.
Play-in Thu, Nov 5: 4 vs 5, a 3-game series for the last playoff spot.
Playoffs: round 1 Nov 11 + 12, championship Nov 18 + 19. Best of 7, rosters only.
Trade deadline Sun, Oct 18. Add/drop deadline Sun, Nov 1.
Puck drop 9 PM ET. Availability due Monday noon, every week.
DISCORD!dates!keydates!s11dates
OPEN
2
STEP 2 OF 5
CARD 07
FULL SIZE
07WAIVERS
How waivers
Work
Undrafted and late signups fill in when a roster runs out. Automated, game nights only.
Managers request through the bot from 8:00 to 8:30.
Waiver players sign up from 8:30 to 8:45.
Waivers are assigned at 8:50. Later requests start with a penalty.
Priority: undrafted with no games, then waiver-only with no games, then each by games played.
No waivers in the playoffs. Recruiting waivers by tag or DM is a forfeit.
DISCORD!waivers
OPEN
3
STEP 3 OF 5
CARD 02
FULL SIZE
02LEAGUE NIGHTS
Wed +
Thursday
Two 3-game series a week. Thursdays also host reschedules, waiver games and 12s.
Puck drop 9 PM ET. Latest start is 9:15.
Late team: 2-minute penalty at 9:06, penalty shot at 9:11, sim loss at 9:16.
After a game 1 sim loss, game 2 drops at 9:20 and runs the same clock.
10 minutes between games.
Server and password: your team panel on rinkrivals.com. Home dark, away light.
DISCORD!days
OPEN
4
STEP 4 OF 5
CARD 09
FULL SIZE
09GAME NIGHT
Game
Night
The clock, the lagout rules, and what earns a forfeit.
Waivers 8:00 to 8:50, puck drop 9 PM, latest start 9:15.
Lagouts: 1st restart with a 2-min PIM, 2nd with a penalty shot, 3rd is a forfeit.
Two sim losses and game 3 is auto-simmed.
Automatic forfeit: banned perk, build or skin, or a build change after a reconnect.
EA server issues confirmed by ELT are the only excuse.
DISCORD!gamenight!gamedayfaq!gnfaq
OPEN
5
STEP 5 OF 5
CARD 15
FULL SIZE
15TRAIT BANSTHIS SEASON
Trait
Bans
The X-factors, builds and skins banned this season.
Entering a game with a banned perk, build or skin is a forfeit.
Found mid-game: everyone exits, it is a forfeit, and the player fixes it before the next game.
The list can change mid-season if a patch breaks something.
DISCORD!traits!traitbans!bans
OPEN