Competitive Black Ops 2: MLG Dallas Official Ruleset

Over the weekend the Black Ops 2 Official Ruleset was announced and being played throughout Saturday in a Online Tournament provided by GameBattles. The official online site for MLG competitive play, the tournament was provided as a warmup for participants who wanted a taste at the new ruleset before the real event. The tournament only had 25 teams, with team RNX. Trippin coming out on top. The next big tournament is the Online Qualifiers for MLG Dallas and it consists of 107 teams so far. At this point anything can happen and any team can make a run at a guaranteed top sixteen finish in the Online Qualifiers for Dallas.

General Settings

• Party Privacy: Invite Only
• Team Change In-Game: Not Allowed
• Dynamic Map Elements: No
• Revenge Voice: No
• ScoreStreaks: Allowed
• Friendly Fire: On
• Game Recording: On

Search and Destroy

• Time Limit: 1.5 Minutes
• Rounds to Win: 6
• Bomb Timer: 45 Seconds
• Plant Time: 5 Seconds
• Defuse Time: 7.5 Seconds
• Multi Bomb: No
• Switch Side: Every Round
• Silent Plant: Yes

Hard Point

• Time Limit: 10 Minutes
• Score Limit: 250
• Lifetime: 1 Minute
• Capture Time: None
• Location: Linear
• Scoring: Constant

Capture the Flag

• Time Limit: 5 Minutes
• Win Condition: Total Flag Captures
• Capture Limit: 10
• Round Limit: 2
• Respawn Delay: 5 Seconds

Game Types – Maps

• Search and Destroy – Express
• Search and Destroy – Meltdown
• Search and Destroy – Raid
• Search and Destroy – Standoff

• Hard Point – Raid
• Hard Point – Slums
• Hard Point – Standoff
• Hard Point – Yemen

• Capture the Flag – Raid
• Capture the Flag – Slums
• Capture the Flag – Standoff

Banned Items:

• Banned Weapons
  • SMAW
  • RPG
• Banned Lethals
  • C4
  • Claymore
  • Bouncing Betty
• Banned Tacticals
  • Shock Charge
  • Tactical Insertion
• Banned Attachments
  • Launcher
• Banned Perks
  • Ghost
  • Hardline
• Banned Scorestreaks
  • UAV
  • Care Package
  • Counter UAV
  • Hunter Killer Drone
  • Guardian
  • Orbital VSAT