General Tournament Rules

[Chad]

The Rules of the MARP Tournament

These rules normally change from tournament to tournament. Applying to the current running tournament, these are to be used unless otherwise specified.

PERMANENT TOURNAMENT STAFF:

Tournament Coordinator - Chad
Statistician - Cicca

VOTING ON GAMES & RULES:

- Each participant picks up to three(3) games. Each game has an equal voting power.

- Please make your votes in the 'Tourney # - Games Voting' thread. This way, everything is in one thread. :) I'm not going to enforce this rule very well, and no, I won't disqualify you if you put it in the wrong thread. Just a request :)

- After voting has concluded, the tournament coordinator will randomly pick thirty(30) games out of the games voted for. If a game recieves more than one(1) vote, it does NOT get a higher randomizing power than a game that did recieve one(1) vote. S/He will then post the results on the board.

- After this happens, debate begins on why certain games shouldn't be in the tournament. "I don't want to play it" will not be a valid reason. Discusion can also be brought up about leeching or or problems that may lead the tournament coordinator to change the rules/scoring of a selected game. At the end of this perioed, the final eight(8) games to be played in the tournament will have been decided.

GAME SELECTION:

- If more than one(1) game is of a very similar game type in control and genre, then the one with lower randomizing power will not be involved in the tournament.

- If a game has been voted in to a tournament, it cannot be voted in again, nor it's clones, for the next four(4) tournaments. For example, Galaga, using fast shooting, was voted into the tournament during the Summer of 1999. It cannot be voted in again, nor it's normal speed shooting original, nor it's clones, for the Fall of 1999, and the Winter, Spring, and Summer of 2000. It can come back during the Fall of 2000.

DIP SETTINGS:

-Mame default settings will be used for Dip Switch Settings.

- If the tournament coordinator determines the TG settings too easy or where a general marathon can be created, then he will create more difficult settings or choose to change the way the game is scored.

Definition: General Marathon - A game that can be played by several players up to a level where when successfully passed will repeat in difficulty after it is passed.

All DIP settings will be posted before the tournament begins.

JUDGES:

- After the games voting deadline, we will create an "Tourney # - Judge Recruiting"(or similar) thread. If you wish to judge, please indicate your choices, from first to last. When the tournament begins, we will pick the games you will judge based on those choices. If there's a conflict, a first come, first served basis rule will take effect.

- Judging is a huge responsibility - with this in mind, you will need to report to the Judge Coordinator on confirmations on a timely basis(about once every two(2) weeks during the first month, and about once every week during the second month). All games to be confirmed are due three(3) days after the tournament is completed. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the current tournament(both judging AND playing), AND the next tournament.

- If you wish to withdraw from judging the tournament, you will be disqualified from the current tournament(both judging AND playing), AND the next tournament.

VERSION OF MAME USED:

- usually the latest wolf mame out when the tournamnet begins is used.

LENGTH OF CONTEST:

- The length of the contest will be normally be held for two months from 0000 GMT of the first day to 0000 GMT of the final day. The Judge Coordinator or the Main Coordinator has the right to extend the deadline for bad server reasons.

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:

- ANYBODY can play in any tournament we play.

- If you are playing in the tournament, you must complete ALL the games in order to qualify for the tournament. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the current tournament.

- All players must have a valid e-mail address registered in MARP (reachable by the "@" link on the score table). This way judges can directly reach the player to inform them of any bad inps. Failure to have a valid e-mail address will result in disqualification. The reason of a harsh penalty is because you can easily get an email address, using Yahoo, or Hotmail, or something like that, and you've got one.

RECORDING ETIQUETTE:

- All recordings made by a player must beat his/her personal high score for the tournament. If you scored 50 points in one game, the next upload must be of a higher value. It can't be 49 points, but it can be 51 points.

- There will be no excessive points leeching in any game. It is to the judge's discretion to determine wheater a game is points leeching or not. However, the Judge Coordinator will have the right to overrule the judge.

- Techniques that were banned in the MARP will not be allowed in this tournament.

- The score you claim must be done on the FIRST CREDIT of your recording. Failure to do so will result in your score being changed to what it was for the first credit.

- All recordings must be dated within the contest dates - so make sure your computer date is right. :)

- To encourage good sportsmanship, no recording can be uploaded 48 hours after you recorded it. If these periods are violated, then that person's score for that game will be changed to zero.

- If a game involves shooting, NO external autofire will be permitted. Using autofire will result in the recording being disqualified.

- There will be amnesty if there are server problems. This will be determined by the main and/or judging coordinators.

- No game will be allowed if the speed of the recording is less than 95 %. Recordings failing keep the speed at 95 % or greater will be disqualified.

- the inp submited MUST playback by at least two of the judges, no screenshots will be accepted.

SCORING:

- A place-ranking system will be used. First place gets 100 points, Second Place gets 99 points... 100th place gets 1 point, 101rst place gets and on 0 points.

- Each person who doesn't submit a score is assessed a ZERO for that game.

To be clear...

If ten people are playing, and two people haven't submitted scores, and the fifth place submiter's score is equal to the sixth place's score it would be:

100-99-98-97-96-96-94-93-0-0

If all people submitted scores, it would be:

100-99-98-97-96-96-94-93-92-91

- A tournament is won when at the end of the given time period a person has more points than any other person participating in the tournament.

- If there are any ties in the leaderboard, it will be declared a tie.

old rules were here http://marp.retrogames.com/tourney/rules.html