DreamHack brings coaching changes for Malmö

With the new set of rules, coaches will be allowed to communicate with players not only during halftime and tactical pauses, but also during freeze time in every round.

The changes, which are based "on feedback and dialogues with coaches from a variety of teams", will also come into effect at the remaining DreamHack Open events of the 2017 circuit, in Montreal, Denver and Jönköping.

Coaches will get plenty of chances to speak with players during matches

Below you can find DreamHack's new rules regarding the way coaches communicate with players:

• 4 timeouts per match for 30 seconds each. They can be used as teams see fit. No restrictions per half. Combined with freeze time, teams then have 50 seconds.
• Timeouts are not stackable and only one can be used at the time of calling a timeout.
• Coaches can talk for 20 seconds during freeze time.
• Coaches can talk for 60 seconds during half time.
• Everyone is muted during technical pauses.
• Unused timeouts will transfer to overtime.
• Coaches can talk for 30 seconds in half time going to overtime.
• Coaches can talk for 30 seconds in half time during overtime.

DreamHack Masters Malmö will run from August 30 to September and feature 16 teams, who will battle it out for the bulk of a $250,000 prize pool.