tournament rules
National Mortal Kombat 9 Tournament Rules
Registration
All participants must register online in advance through
www.pdp.com/mortalkombat from Monday, March 7th, 2011 to 11:59PM on Sunday, May 8th, 2011. The registration fee is $30. There will not be any onsite or late entries. There will be no refunds for tournament registration, and your registration is non-transferrable, so please be sure that you will be able to make it before you register.
* Employees and contracted employees of PDP, Netherrealm Studios, Warner Bros. or Prima are NOT eligible to enter in this tournament. If the tournament staff finds out that you are (or have been during the making of Mortal Kombat 9) employed by said companies, your registration will be void and any tournament winnings will be forfeited.
Player Seeding
Since there are no official rankings for this game, all players will be sorted by their region and then seeded randomly with opponents from other regions (to the extent feasible). Regional seeding allows a better chance for players to play against an opponent whom you have not played before. The random factor is there to give all players a fair chance and to not show favoritism.
Tournament VS. Play Specifics
Before the tournament you will be issued a pool assignment. Be sure to show up at your pool when it is time to play. When your name is called within your pool or during semi-finals/finals play and you are scheduled to fight in your tournament match, these are the rules and regulations you will need to be aware of:
Choosing a side
If players are unable to agree on the Player 1 or 2 side, a coin flip will decide the outcome.
Choosing Characters
By request players can choose "double blind" selection, which guarantees no one knows who their opponent is selecting. This can only be requested BEFORE players pick characters during their tournament match. Any issues must be brought up with the tournament judge before this occurs.
Playing a Tournament Match
* Once sides and characters have been chosen, the players should begin the first game in the match.
* The match is over when either player wins 2 out of 3 games.
* Once the player has won the required number of games, the winner of the game MUST report the result to the tournament judge IMMEDIATELY.
* It is mandatory for the player who won the last game to keep the same character from the previous match. The player who lost the last match is allowed to switch to another character. For example, if Player 1 wins the first match with Scorpion he must STAY with Scorpion for match 2. If Player 1 loses the second match with Scorpion, he may switch to another character.
* Players are not allowed to stop a match in progress for any reason UNLESS their joystick is not responding. The tournament judge will test the joystick in question and if it is found to be defective, the match will be replayed. If not, the round (not the match) will be forfeited. The tournament judge shall have the final say in determining the joystick functioning.
* All tournament participants are REQUIRED to use the designated Mortal Kombat Fight Stick in the tournament. You are not allowed to use/bring your own equipment unless the tournament judge announces/designates this beforehand.
* The only person allowed to stop a match in progress for any reason, regardless of outcome at the time, is the tournament judge running the bracket.
* Any match interruptions/issues (game crashes, system resets, etc.) will be dealt with directly by the tournament judge. All best attempts will be made to resume the round from where it left off. If that cannot be accomplished, the game will be replayed from the beginning.
Winning a Match
Throughout Day 1 Qualifying Pools, players will need to win 2 out of 3 games against an opponent to win the match and advance to the next level. The games will be set to best of 3 rounds. Please know the difference between matches and games.
In Day 2, when we reach the top 8 in the semi-finals the format will change to best of 5 games. The grand finals will be set to best of 7 games.
Disqualification
The tournament judge has the right to disqualify a player if any of the following circumstances occur:
* Player is unable to be located/does not arrive after being called for five minutes.
* Behaving in an unsportsmanlike manner towards an opponent; attempting to physically harm an opponent; misconduct towards anyone on tournament staff; and/or threatening any opponent, staff or attendee. Any types of violence or threats of violence will cause you to be ejected from the tournament arena.
* Knowingly performing glitches in the game that cause an unfair advantage. All glitches found will be reviewed and determined to useable or unusable by the tournament judges and directors.
* Any type of gambling on games or outcomes in or near the ballroom. Anyone found gambling on games will be immediately ejected from the tournament.
* Colluding or throwing a match. If the tournament staff has cause to believe that players are colluding to manipulate the outcome of the match, all players involved will be disqualified from the tournament.
Additional Rules:
* There will be no ties in the tournament. Any player that refuses to play any match that they are required to play will be immediately disqualified, and will forfeit their standing and any prize money.
* If the power unexpectedly shuts off, or the system malfunctions and causes the match to be unplayable, the tournament judge will force a match reset. The wins for the games and rounds will stay as it was before the power went out or the game malfunctioned. Only the round will be reset. For example: If player 1 is up 1-0 and it is on round 3 on game 2 when the game freezes, the system will be reset and the players will recreate the last game by giving each other a round. The match will then start on round 3 with player 1 still up 1-0.
* The PDP tournament staff hopes that all participants will have the best and smoothest tournament experience possible. However, due to the many possible unforeseen tournament circumstances, the PDP tournament staff reserves the right to change the tournament rules or remove any player at any time for any reason, at the PDP tournament staff's sole discretion.
aside from the stick rules it seems you can get disqualfied for doing glitches?
Disqualification
Knowingly performing glitches in the game that cause an unfair advantage. All glitches found will be reviewed and determined to useable or unusable by the tournament judges and directors.
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