OCE Dead by Daylight Tournament

The Black Vale

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What Is

The Black Vale League

The Black Vale League is an OCE competitive Dead by Daylight tournament, running in a structured seasonal format for teams across the region.

Built around fair play, strategic depth, and a good community environment, The Black Vale gives teams a place to compete in organised matches with clear rules and staff oversight.

4-10
Players Per Team
OCE
Region Focus
Seasonal
Format
The Black Vale
Awakening
Season One

The Framework

Tournament Features

Fair Play

Competitive Integrity

Balanced by Daylight ruleset, build verification, and staff oversight for every match.

Organised Play

Structured Seasons

Seasonal format with consistent scheduling, custom timeslot flexibility, and clear rules.

Region Optimised

OCE Focused

Dedicated OCE tournament with regional ping fairness and killer-hosted lobbies for good connection quality.

Adapt & Conquer

Team Flexibility

Rosters from 4 to 10 players for strategic depth. Multiple team compositions possible within rules.

Content Welcome

Stream-Friendly

Player streaming allowed with guidelines. 10-minute delay to prevent competitive advantage.

Community First

Zero Tolerance

No toxicity, harassment, or poor sportsmanship. A clean competitive environment for everyone.

How It Works

Tournament Format

The Black Vale League runs in seasonal formats, with teams competing over multiple weeks. Weekly matches, Pick and Ban systems, and staff oversight define every season. See the full ruleset for details.

01

Team Structure

Teams compete with rosters of 4-10 players, allowing for strategic depth and player substitution throughout the season.

02

Match Protocol

Every match follows set procedures with build verification, staff oversight, and timing requirements. Clear processes for lobby creation and documentation.

03

Competitive Balance

The league uses a Balanced by Daylight system where each perk can only appear once across all loadouts, encouraging creative and diverse playstyles.

04

Fair Play Guarantees

Clear rules for disconnections, bugs, and technical issues so matches are decided by skill. Every scenario has a predetermined protocol.

Questions

Frequently Asked

The Black Vale League is an OCE competitive Dead by Daylight tournament. It features structured seasonal play with staff oversight, a comprehensive ruleset, and a focus on competitive integrity.
This is an OCE focused tournament. Teams from other regions are not permitted. However, SEA players may join OCE teams as survivors if the team has a minimum of 2 OCE survivors. SEA players cannot play killer.
Staff oversight, a Balanced by Daylight ruleset, competitive integrity standards, and zero tolerance for toxicity or poor sportsmanship.
Yes. Players can stream with a minimum 10-minute delay, must include "The Black Vale League - Awakening" in the stream title, and must notify match staff beforehand.
Balanced by Daylight is both a web tool and perk restriction system. Each perk can only appear once across all 5 players in a match (survivors and killer combined), creating strategic depth and diverse playstyles. Players use the Balanced by Daylight website to create their loadouts and must submit screenshots of both their in-game builds and BBD builds before each match.
Consequences range from warnings and penalties to match forfeits, team disqualifications, and league bans. The severity depends on intention, impact, match significance, and the team's cooperation.