GENERAL RULES
1. All competitors are required to stay within the tournament area or inform the organizers in the event of stepping out.
2. All players are required to show up at least half an hour before the tournament and report to the organizers.
3. Players not present at the designated start time for any match will be disqualified, and their opponent shall be granted a winning score. Players are encouraged to be in the designated play area 15-minutes prior to game time.
4. Players will be shown their designated station, shall set up the game and immediately begin play. Each Player will have 2 minutes to configure controls, line-ups and settings in accordance with the rules described under Match Settings and Tournament Rules. Custom packages cannot be used, nor can anything else that is not available in the in-game pause menu.
5. Players shall be responsible for keeping track of game situation so if a game is interrupted, the situation can be restored. In all situations possible, tournament referees will monitor the game situation so that it may be restored in the event of game interruptions.
6. Players shall raise their hands at the end of the game so a referee can record their score. Only scores reported to the referee are official.
7. No replays or game interruptions, except for designated pauses to report scores (if any), will be allowed.
8. No coaching allowed (for example, people in the audience may not advise a Player while playing).
9. Players are prohibited from wearing their own headsets and may not listen to any music during the tournaments.
10. In case of any kind of unfortunate event or disconnection, disc error or electricity failure, the score will remain the same regardless of game played but the half in which the problem occurred will be played again.
11. Any participant deliberately attempting to sabotage or damage equipment to restart matches will be immediately disqualified from the tournament.
12. Any persons who attempt to disrupt matches with verbal or physical abuse to referee/admin or competitors will be disqualified from the tournament and may be removed from the venue.
13. Refusal to play a match or committing any disruptive behavior that can delay the tournament will result in forfeit of the match regardless of contestant tournament standings.
14. Players must conduct themselves in a reasonable manner, maintaining a friendly and polite demeanor to spectators, members of the press, tournament or league officials, and to other Players.
15. Players will refrain from using vulgar or offensive language.
16. Abusive behaviour, including harassment and threats is prohibited.
17. Physical abuse, fighting or any threatening action or threatening language, directed at any Player, spectator, official or any other person is prohibited.
18. Abuse to game stations, controllers or any tournament equipment is prohibited.
19. Any action that interferes with play of a game, including but not limited to purposely breaking a game station, interfering with power, and abuse of in-game pausing, is prohibited.
20. Gambling, including betting on the outcome of games, is prohibited.
21. Organizer will be on site to monitor all game play. Organizer will begin play, and will record scores for each game.
22. In case of any other dispute, referee/admin’s decision will be final
23. The tournament rules may be subject to change at short notice on the spot.
TOURNAMENT RULES
1. You can choose your preferred controls; Manual, Semi or Assisted.
2. Tactical defending mode only.
3. Controllers are supplied by the Organizer. It is the responsibility of all Players to be familiar with the controller’s functions and mode of operation.
4. If a controller is defective, a Player can pause the game and notify the referee once only, if the player agrees the problem is fixed he may not pause again.
5. The referee will determine the controller status in making such a decision. If a Player plays with a defective controller, all results are nevertheless valid.
6. You cannot bring your own controllers. No memory cards or saved games are permitted.
GAME RULES: Tekken 7 & Street Fighter V
1. Side Selection
• Players may mutually agree who sits on the left and right side, corresponding to Player 1 and Player 2 respectively. If Players cannot agree, they will play Rock Paper-Scissors (or toss of coin) to determine who picks their side.
2. Double Blind Character Selection
• Either Player may request that a double blind selection occur. In this situation, a Tournament Organizer will be told, in secret, each of the Players’ choices for the first round. Both Players are to then select their first round character, with the staff validating the character selections.
3. Controller Rules
• All standard arcade sticks and controllers are permitted. Macro functions (e.g. turbo buttons) and wireless controllers other than DualShock 4 are not permitted. Players that use DualShock 4 but do not un-sync their controller after the Match are subject to disqualification at the discretion of Tournament Organizers.
4. Controller issues: (Pausing, Turbo, Hardware Binds, & more)
• Pausing a tournament match can cost you a Round. If a match pauses during play immediately get your bracket judge. The player whose controller paused the game will receive a Round loss. If a player pauses during the final playable round of a Game the pausing player will receive a Game loss. You may lose a Set from a pause created Game loss. In the event that the game pause is due to a legitimate hardware malfunction you will be allowed to get another controller and restart. For more information on pause conditions please see General Rules.
5. Turbo and program (macro) functions in all controllers are banned. If you are caught using them you will be disqualified for cheating.
• Hardware Button Binds, so long as they trigger all of their inputs on the same frame, are legal. You may not use binds that combine directions and actions. This means a button that presses light punch+hard punch at the same time is legal, but a button that presses forward and light punch is not. Hardware Macros are not allowed. If you are using a device that has hardware modifications you must present it to the bracket runner prior to the start of your pool to check its legality.