Rules

1. Registration and Scheduling

A. Check-ins

Players must check in as the event starts. Once the event starts you'll have a maximum of 10 minutes to make it to your match and find your opponent.

B. Match Scheduling

Players should communicate with their opponents and Tournament Organizers during all stages of the tournament. Tournament Organizers may disqualify players who can not be contacted after the match start time, or are not ready to play at the match start time.

2. General Tournament Rules

A. Tournament Type

All events are double elimination, meaning all players will have the chance to compete in a minimum of two sets each event.

B. Game Settings

Tournament matches are initiated with Tournament mode enabled in versus settings.

C. Match Formats

All matches outside of the top 8 will be played in a best two out of three format. The top 4 will be played in a best three out of five format.

D. Stage Selection

The first game’s stage is selected with last-stage striking (1-2-1) and subsequent games in the series use winner-strikes-two. When choosing stages, a Player cannot return to any stage they have previously won on without the consent of their opponent (DSR).

If a game desyncs or crashes, immediately contact a Tournament Organizer. The game will be replayed with the same stock count it had progressed to before the desync or crash. After each player removes any stocks necessary, the match will start on an agreed upon signal.

3. Reporting Scores

After a game is completed, players must submit the game results. If a player disputes a game claiming a win and submits proof of their claim, the other player must submit proof of their claim to avoid an automatic forfeit of the game. Any players found to be submitting false or doctored results will be permanently banned from official Rivals events.

Additional Rules

A. Cheating

Using cheats or any third­ party tools outside of Steam is a rules violation and is strictly forbidden.

B. Bugs & Glitches

In the event of a bug or glitch that affects gameplay, the full match should be played out. If a Player calls for a rematch due to the bug or glitch they must record and submit a replay to an administrator for review.

C. Rule Violations

Violating rules may result in punishments for players. Punishments are made at the discretion of Tournament Organizers and may include loss of game, loss of match, suspension from events, and ban from events.

These rules are an attempt to insure that the tournament runs fairly and as smoothly as possible. However, unforeseen circumstances may require a special response, and for that reason the Tournament Organizers reserve the right to change any of the tournament rules or remove any player at any time, for any reason, at their sole discretion.