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Rules
Participants must register at https://www.toornament.com/en_GB/tournaments/4152822186288226304/information to be considered for eligibility for the SurfPlay Championship by Surfline Communications Limited ( Sponsors).
AGE REQUIREMENT
Players must be at least 16 years old by the date of the first tournament. All participants under the age of 18 who attend these tournaments must have the Player’s parent, legal guardian, or parents/guardians (as required by law) accompany them and consent to the rules on their behalf.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Players must be resident in Ghana and must be available by the day of the tournament till it’s completed and may be required to provide proof of residency of Ghana to determine their eligibility in the SurfPlay Championship. Players may be required to certify their residency by providing two forms of identification or proof of residency, such as:
Government-Issued Documentation: Identification such as a voter identification card, birth certificate, passport, driver’s license, or work visa with a name and address.
COMPETITION STRUCTURE
The SurfPlay Championship will be five distinct events, three of these will be completed online on PlayStation4 (PS4) in 1-Vs-1 gameplay. Each tournament will consist of six-minute each half. The Semi-Finals and Finals will take place at the Surfline Osu Shop and will be streamed live on Social Media Platforms. The estimated breakdown of seats for each tournament are:
Maximum of 32 seats for Round 1
Maximum of 16 seats for Round 2
Maximum of 8 seats for Quarter-Finals
Maximum of 4 seats for Semi-Finals
Maximum of 2 seats for the Finals
MATCH RULES
The SurfPlay Championship will be played in Online Friendly Mode with a Max 85 Team Rating on a version of FIFA20.
Additional rules:
Players shall not receive coaching during a tournament match. Communications of any kind, audible or visible, between a player and a coach may be construed as coaching.
Players are not allowed to plug any devices, other than controllers, into any console.
All video game consoles and televisions are supplied by Sponsors. – semi-final and final stages
Competitors may provide their own controller so long as the controller does not provide an unfair competitive advantage to the competitor, does not interfere with the operations of the game or tournament, does not require any special configuration, cabling or adapters to function, and is designed to work natively on the console the competitor competes on. The Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, disallow any controller and require the competitor to use an approved controller.
Any action designed to disrupt the opposing Player’s view of the field or ability to select controlled players is prohibited.
At each game, players will need to be available throughout the day to check-in and play their matches. Players will be given a reasonable
warning that they will need to be ready to play, and players leaving the location of the event will be responsible for returning in time
for their matches.
Players are required to upload a screenshot from the score screen after each game when submitting the scores on the Toornament page. Failure to
do so, will count as a disqualification.
Players not present at the designated start time for any match will be disqualified, and their opponent shall be granted a 3-0 score.
Players will be shown their designated station, shall set up the game, and begin to play only when instructed to do so by a Tournament official.- during the semi-final and final stages
Each Player will have 2-3 minutes to configure controls, adjust line-ups and settings in accordance with the rules. Anything else that is not available in the in-game pause menu cannot be used.
In all situations possible, tournament referees will monitor the game situation so that it may be restored in the event of game interruptions.
If a player has an issue that they feel is creating an unfair advantage for the opponent, they must pause the game, (or request their opponent pause the game) and bring the issue to the attention of the referee. The referee will address the issue, if they feel the referee hasn’t addressed the issue properly, they may request the head referee also address the issue. Rulings by the head referee And the Sponsors are binding.
GAME INTERRUPTIONS AND PAUSES
Each Player can pause the game up to 3 times. If a player pauses the game, it must be to make a tactical change to their squad, which can include substitutions, formation changes, or tactic adjustments.
Players are only allowed to pause the game when the ball is not in play, meaning it has left the field of play or a foul has been committed and it’s a dead ball situation, or if the Player holds possession of their ball in their half of the field.
If a game is paused or interrupted intentionally while the ball is in play by any Player, the Sponsors have the right to immediately disqualify that Player.
If a game interruption is caused by outside circumstances such as a machine error or loss of power, the game shall be continued from a point determined by the Sponsors.
Notwithstanding the above, a player can pause the game to change strategy and/or formation in the event that
i. a player of his team is sent off
ii. a player of his team is injured.
REFEREES
Match administrators will be available for contact during online events to take evidence and record scores for each game.
Referees will be on-site to monitor all gameplay. Referees will begin to play and will record scores for each game.
Referees will inform players when to begin to play before kick-off and after half-time.
Referees will be clearly identified by a special ID tag or badge.
The decision of a referee is final and binding.
GLITCHES
Any attempt to glitch the game in order to gain an advantage is prohibited.
Procedure After a Glitch Penalty: In the event that Sponsors determine that an action, goal, move, penalty, or any other in-game action was caused by an unauthorized glitch, Sponsors will decide in their sole discretion to return the game to a fair state depending on the result of the play.
In the event of a major outage affecting any infrastructure required for gameplay in the designated mode, Sponsors reserve the right to change the format in which the tournament is played.
AGE REQUIREMENT
Players must be at least 16 years old by the date of the first tournament. All participants under the age of 18 who attend these tournaments must have the Player’s parent, legal guardian, or parents/guardians (as required by law) accompany them and consent to the rules on their behalf.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Players must be resident in Ghana and must be available by the day of the tournament till it’s completed and may be required to provide proof of residency of Ghana to determine their eligibility in the SurfPlay Championship. Players may be required to certify their residency by providing two forms of identification or proof of residency, such as:
Government-Issued Documentation: Identification such as a voter identification card, birth certificate, passport, driver’s license, or work visa with a name and address.
COMPETITION STRUCTURE
The SurfPlay Championship will be five distinct events, three of these will be completed online on PlayStation4 (PS4) in 1-Vs-1 gameplay. Each tournament will consist of six-minute each half. The Semi-Finals and Finals will take place at the Surfline Osu Shop and will be streamed live on Social Media Platforms. The estimated breakdown of seats for each tournament are:
Maximum of 32 seats for Round 1
Maximum of 16 seats for Round 2
Maximum of 8 seats for Quarter-Finals
Maximum of 4 seats for Semi-Finals
Maximum of 2 seats for the Finals
MATCH RULES
The SurfPlay Championship will be played in Online Friendly Mode with a Max 85 Team Rating on a version of FIFA20.
Additional rules:
Players shall not receive coaching during a tournament match. Communications of any kind, audible or visible, between a player and a coach may be construed as coaching.
Players are not allowed to plug any devices, other than controllers, into any console.
All video game consoles and televisions are supplied by Sponsors. – semi-final and final stages
Competitors may provide their own controller so long as the controller does not provide an unfair competitive advantage to the competitor, does not interfere with the operations of the game or tournament, does not require any special configuration, cabling or adapters to function, and is designed to work natively on the console the competitor competes on. The Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, disallow any controller and require the competitor to use an approved controller.
Any action designed to disrupt the opposing Player’s view of the field or ability to select controlled players is prohibited.
At each game, players will need to be available throughout the day to check-in and play their matches. Players will be given a reasonable
warning that they will need to be ready to play, and players leaving the location of the event will be responsible for returning in time
for their matches.
Players are required to upload a screenshot from the score screen after each game when submitting the scores on the Toornament page. Failure to
do so, will count as a disqualification.
Players not present at the designated start time for any match will be disqualified, and their opponent shall be granted a 3-0 score.
Players will be shown their designated station, shall set up the game, and begin to play only when instructed to do so by a Tournament official.- during the semi-final and final stages
Each Player will have 2-3 minutes to configure controls, adjust line-ups and settings in accordance with the rules. Anything else that is not available in the in-game pause menu cannot be used.
In all situations possible, tournament referees will monitor the game situation so that it may be restored in the event of game interruptions.
If a player has an issue that they feel is creating an unfair advantage for the opponent, they must pause the game, (or request their opponent pause the game) and bring the issue to the attention of the referee. The referee will address the issue, if they feel the referee hasn’t addressed the issue properly, they may request the head referee also address the issue. Rulings by the head referee And the Sponsors are binding.
GAME INTERRUPTIONS AND PAUSES
Each Player can pause the game up to 3 times. If a player pauses the game, it must be to make a tactical change to their squad, which can include substitutions, formation changes, or tactic adjustments.
Players are only allowed to pause the game when the ball is not in play, meaning it has left the field of play or a foul has been committed and it’s a dead ball situation, or if the Player holds possession of their ball in their half of the field.
If a game is paused or interrupted intentionally while the ball is in play by any Player, the Sponsors have the right to immediately disqualify that Player.
If a game interruption is caused by outside circumstances such as a machine error or loss of power, the game shall be continued from a point determined by the Sponsors.
Notwithstanding the above, a player can pause the game to change strategy and/or formation in the event that
i. a player of his team is sent off
ii. a player of his team is injured.
REFEREES
Match administrators will be available for contact during online events to take evidence and record scores for each game.
Referees will be on-site to monitor all gameplay. Referees will begin to play and will record scores for each game.
Referees will inform players when to begin to play before kick-off and after half-time.
Referees will be clearly identified by a special ID tag or badge.
The decision of a referee is final and binding.
GLITCHES
Any attempt to glitch the game in order to gain an advantage is prohibited.
Procedure After a Glitch Penalty: In the event that Sponsors determine that an action, goal, move, penalty, or any other in-game action was caused by an unauthorized glitch, Sponsors will decide in their sole discretion to return the game to a fair state depending on the result of the play.
In the event of a major outage affecting any infrastructure required for gameplay in the designated mode, Sponsors reserve the right to change the format in which the tournament is played.