Question: Is there a limit to the number of team members allowed per project?

Answer: There is no hard limit, but keep in mind some prize items are maxed out at 4 team members. For example, there are only 4 tickets to Champs 2025 for the 1st Place winning team.

Question: Can I train my model with image and video assets?

Answer: No, please do not use image and video assets to train your model.

Question: Can I use AWS credits for all Amazon services?

Answer: AWS credits can be used for Amazon models such as Titan text express and features within Amazon Bedrock like Bedrock Agents and Bedrock Knowledge Bases. You are free to use third party models for the purposes of this hackathon but be aware that third party models carry a cost per 1000 input/output tokens.

Question: Can I use pro player images in my submission for visual / presentation purposes?

Answer: No, please do not use pro player images in your submission in any way (training model, visual purposes).

Question: Can I use images of VALORANT agents or other image assets in my submission for visual/ presentation purposes?

Answer: Yes, you may use images of the VALORANT game, agents, and image assets within the game purely for visual and presentation purposes (ex. UI). You may not train models with any image assets, as stated in the rules. One additional call-out here, is please be sure that your submission is not used for commercial purposes. This is a general rule for those using data for the hackathon, but the importance of following this compounds if you choose to use any VAL image assets in your submission.

Question:  Can I participate in the hackathon if I am affiliated with a VCT team?

Answer: Generally speaking, the answer is no. If you are affiliated with AWS, Riot, or any VCT org, you are ineligible to participate in this hackathon. If you have any questions about your specific situation, please reach out to the Devpost team.

Question: How do I know if a player is professional, semi-professional, or under Game Changers?

Answer: A general rule of thumb is to determine a player's categorization based on the tournaments they participate in.

Professional: Players in VCT International

Semi-Professional: Players in VCT Challengers

Game Changers: Players in VCT Game Changers

However, there are some examples of edge cases of players moving across categories throughout their career.

When players move from VCT Challengers (semi-pro) -> VCT International (pro), it displays a clear growth in level of play. In these scenarios, the player should be classified as a VCT International pro.

There may be some scenarios where players move from professional -> semi-professional or in unconventional ways, and that's where I would encourage participants to exercise their discretion and develop their own classification methodology. Regardless of how you choose to classify these players, I would highly encourage you to ensure that these assumptions are super clear in your submission! This is one of those situations where there isn't necessarily a "right answer" for these edge cases, and the explanation on how you categorized the player is the most important factor when judging quality of submission.