Tournaments

1 General Tournament Rules

1.1 General terms

When signing up for a Compo you automatically accept the General rules and compo specific rules.
Not being fair/polite towards the admin/crew/your opponents will result in disqualification.
The compo admins( Heeties & Katoe) can edit the rules at any time.
All decisions made by the Tournament admin or any of the crew members are irreversible.
Make sure your opponents cannot screenwatch. Asking friends to stand behind you is a good way to keep your opponents from looking at your screens. Don’t complain about this afterwards.
If a match is interrupted by power cut or other problems then the match will continue after the problem has been resolved.

1.2 Commitments

Every player in a tournament is required to own a legal version of the game(s) played.
Every participant automatically accepts all the rules in the rulebook(s) and are required without any limitation to comply with the choices made by the tournament referees.
Failing to comply with any of the rules in the rulebook(s) will result in a ban from the tournament.

1.3 Finding your opponent

We urge every participant to log in at least once on our intranet site at the event.
This way the dynamic hall layout will be filled and you can easily find your opponent.
Too tired to leave youre seat? Check our Storm IrC channel for your opponent (#stormlan).

1.4 Absence

In case of absence of one player or a team, please report this to the compo admin so he can make a final decission. This can result in a no-show or other actions depending on the situation.

1.5 Deadlines

You must be available to play during the scheduled play times.
The team captain must contact the other team and arrange the match during the scheduled playtime. If the other team can’t play for some reason then you have to inform the admin and a noshow will be addressed.

1.6 Conflicts

If you believe your opponents are cheating or if you discover something that is definitely not allowed then you can go to the compo admins. Our compo admins will then search for a fit solution, this can go from looking at demo’s to the banning of teams. When conflicting you need to have proof!!!

1.7 Match results

If a match is finished, the winning team must fill in the match results. Be aware, once the result is filled in it can't be changed!!! (only an Admin can change this). The losing team needs to check the results filled in by the winning team.
Remember to take screenshots, demo's, replays to prove that you or your team won.
Entered results without a replay, demo or screenshot will be removed and the match will be seen as unplayed!!
Teams/players can only fill in results of played tournament matches, no-show & forfait will be filled in by Storm crew.

2 Tournament Layout

Tournaments are divided into two stages (with some exceptions).

2.1 Stage 1: Group Play

All players/teams are divided into groups ranging from 3 to 6 players/teams per group depending of the amount of signups.
All matches are held in a best of 3 format. Further specifications depend on the game and are clarified in the game specific rules.
At the end of group play 2 players/teams per group will advance into stage 2 (Bracket play).

2.2 Stage 2: Bracket Play

After completing the group play 8 players/teams are seeded into the Single Elimination bracket where they will play the Quarter finals, semi finals and Grand finals.
The format (best of 1,3,5,7) depends on the game and will be clarified in the game specific rules.

2.2.1 High amount (> 24 ) signups

16 players/teams seeded into the single elimination bracket play.

2.2.2 Low amount ( < 12 ) signups

The bracket play will have only 4 players/teams seeded into a double elimination bracket.

2.2.3 Very low amount (< 6 ) of signups

The full tournament is changed to a double elimination bracket, NO group play is involved then.

2.4 Tournament Layout Infographic

For further clarification on the tournament layout look at the infographic below.