Tournament Rules

INSTRUCTIONS FOR START OF TOURNAMENT & GAMES ARRANGEMENT :

Where: AoC Tournament Lobby on IGZ.
Signed Up players must be in tournament lobby @ 17:00 GMT on the day of February 14th and wait for brackets to be announced in Main Chat. This will give you an hour to show up, or warm up if need be and arrange your first match. This time can be used to correct any problems before the tournament begins

All teams please wait for the announcement of Brackets in the Main Chat which will occur at 18:00 GMT . While waiting you can host a room with your name as title.
After the brackets are posted. You can find your opponent by opening the brackets. Press Ctrl+f, and type your own teams name. There you will find your opponent.

If the opposing team doesn't show up, add their MSN and try to contact them, if they have an msn account if unsuccessful wait until 18:15 GMT and then enter a administrator hosted room and let Administrators know so they can give you a bye. Please post the win and which administrator gave you the win so that it is documented properly.

Example:

______________________________________________________________

EssentialTeam -vs- UniversalTeam
Which Round
UniversalTeam no show.
Admin win given by: +IGZ_LadyEagle

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Then your team should stay in the room and wait until your next opponents complete their match.

If you WIN your match, you post the recorded game in the TAO forum and post the link to moderators in room #1 to show that you have won. Host a new Game and wait for the next round to start.

Rules:

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#1. Cheating is !PROHIBITED!. Players/Teams using any kind of cheat, or not following the rules, will be disqualified and banned from all IGZ future tournaments.
#2. Each person/team can play in the tournament using only ONE nickname. If a player/team is caught using more than 1 nickname/teamname in the tournament, he will be disqualified and banned from all future IGZ tournaments.
#3. In case of disconnections, the game must be restored right after the drop. If restoring is not possible, the tourney admins (Essential, DreaIVIS, StorM_Country, [POK]Squirtle_, Universal@Tech) should be informed and a final decision will be taken after all the facts are checked/cleared by the tournament admins.
#4. All the recorded games must be posted right after the match played by the winner, in the correct Forum. The files MUST be renamed in the following format before they are posted.
TAO-Round-Team A vs Team B.mgx. The recorded games must be posted in the proper rounds recorded games forum.
#5.If game drops before 7 minutes has gone, the game must be replayed if clearly a game has been won before 7 minutes and a user is caught dropping before to prevent the loss, clearly this action will be taken as a form of cheating and will be dealt with accordingly.
#6. Rules and settings can be added/modified at any time by IGZ moderators or Tournament Staff.
#7. Anti-cheat must be ENABLED in all games played. Version 1.0e is required for all matches to be played.
#8. All the games must be played on IGZ Tournament Lobby
#9. Prizes will be sent inside of 3 days after the tournament.
#10. By signing-up in the tournament, you agree with all the tournament rules, settings and conditions.