the eXperience 2009
PC
Date
27th of July
Link for the mapchange of Mecas
Tournament structure
The tournament will consist of 4 groups of 6 players (24 players). The group play will be played in heats with 6 players on 5 predetermined maps, followed by a double elimination playoff. The first, second, third and fourth ranked players in each group are placed in upper bracket while the fifth and sixth ranked players are placed in lower bracket.
Seeding
There will be a timeattack seeding before the tournament starts.
Prize purse
Each round of the four upper bracket playoff matches have 400 € to be divided amongst the two advancing players from each heat. First round have 4 winning players each getting 100 €, next round have 2 winning players each getting 100 € etc. The winner of the Trackmania tournament will get additional 1000 €, second place 500 €, third place 200 € and fourth place 100 €.
The tournament prize system
Upper bracket 1: 400 / 4 = 100 € to each winner
Upper bracket 2: 400 / 2 = 200 € to each winner
Upper bracket 3: 400 / 1 = 400 € to each winner
Fourth place: 100 €
Third place: 200 €
Second place: 500 €
First place: 1000 €
Total: 3.000 €
This means that an undefeated player in the Trackmania tournament will get: 1.750 €
TRACKMANIA RULESET
1. Admins
The lead admin of TrackMania Nations Forever at the-eXperience 2009 will be Erlend "Beasty" Olsen, who will be constantly assisted by 2 referees. Main admin of all tournaments at the-eXperience will be Jeppe "j0yb0y" Bjerre, who has the final say on all disputes.
Decisions made by admins and referees are not disputable.
2. General rules and regulations
2.1 The software used is TrackMania Nations Forever for PC. The newest possible patch of TMNF will apply.
2.2 It is a group-based tournament. The tournament will feature a 24-player layout with 4 groups of 6 players in each group during initial group play. In upper and lowerbracket matches of the main tournament the matches will be played in 1v1v1v1 Cup-Mode.
2.3 There will be a time-attack seeding session before the main tournament begins. This session will be played on a random map picked by admins.
The time for the session is 15 minutes.
2.4 Each player is responsible for him/her self and will be responsible for all communication with the admin and referees. A team manager may make decisions on a players behalf with the players consent.
2.5 Each player is responsible for following the tournament schedule. Matches will not be delayed due to missing players!
2.6 Each player must use the same name during the entire tournament.
2.7 Each person attending the tournament must have read and accepted these regulations. Ignoring it can not be a reason put forward in case of an issue
3. Settings and ingame rules
• Visual: free choice
• Audio: free choice
3.1 If a player encounters problems during the match such as padbugs, server, game-engine or computers issues, he should immediately alert a referee. After end of ingame-round, the referee will then call a time-out and respond to the issue at hand to the best of his ability. After the issue has been resolved, the referee will make sure that all players are ready before he signals "LIVE - race on".
3.2 Time-out may only be called by a referee and is completly under the referees discretion alone to call. Players may be penalized for calling a time-out without proper reason.
4. System
4.1 Detail level: free choice
4.2 Minimum opponents: free choice
4.3 Controller settings: free choice
4.4 Config-tweaking beyond these options is not allowed. Changes leading to an unbalanced gameplay will be penalized. Consult referees if you wish to alter other options than the ones included in §4.
5. The TrackMania arena
5.1 The Trackmania arena is only open on specific match times according to the program.
5.2 Players and managers may not leave their area during matches.
5.3 When a match is over players and managers have to wait for a referee to confirm the result.
5.4 Only upon the acceptance of a referee, may players and managers leave the TrackMania arena and only if the exit is made in a polite and respective way towards the other players still playing.
6. Match and warm up
Every match has 5 minutes of warm up time. The warm up time can be used to warm up ingame, teak settings and install & config hardware. No player will be granted more time than the 5 minutes set aside for preparation.
7. Computer and hardware failures
Players are responsible for any software or hardware that is not installed/provided by the-eXperience.
8. Server, network or electrical failure
8.1 If the connection between players is interrupted during a match, the players pause until everyone are connected and then play the remaining laps of the match. Points after disconnect will be counted by referees.
8.2 A failure causing the server or connection for all players to be reset will result in restart of the map played at time of the failure.
8.3 A player causing intentional failures are banned from the match (e.g. deliberate restart of the PC, deliberate disconnecting from the game etc.)
9. Fair-play
9.1 It is forbidden to insult, abuse or manhandle a player, referee or admin, or do damage to others property.
9.2 It will NOT be tolerated that players help teammates or friends gain an advantage by driving slow or stop at the finishline resulting in the teammate/friend gaining a point advantage. This is cheating and will be punished.
9.3 It is forbidden to do damage the property of Roskilde eSport and partners of the-eXperience.
9.4 DO NOT HONK THE HORN REPEATEDLY DURING THE MATCH. This is considered outside of fair-play and will be punished.
In order to secure a pleasant course of a match, we encourage all players to show a sportsmanlike and fair conduct.
10. Penalties and disqualification
10.1 If rules are broken, referees can in unison with the tournament admin apply penalties according to their judgement.
10.2 Penalties that can be applied are the following;
- warning
- round penalty (the player may not finish the next round)
- match penalty (the player places last the match by default)
- banning a player/team from the Arena
- disqualification of a player/team from the entire tournament
- penalties may vary depending on the violation and the ruling of the referee and admins
10.3 Disqualifications are applied by the tournament admin and the event manager of the-eXperience in unison. And will void all rights of the player to participate further in the tournament, and also to use the facilities provided by the-eXperience.
10.4 Players may appeal a penalty to the main admins if they posess evidence that clearly contradicts complaints/reasons put fourth leading to a punishment.
11. Matchrules
Map-cycle will be set to random in all matches.
There will be 2 warm-up rounds on each mapchange.
11.1 Group play: Cup mode, Maxpoints 100, Maxrounds 5
11.3 Playoffs (UpperBracket/LowerBracket/Consolidation -finals): Cup Mode, Maxpoints 120, Maxrounds 5
11.4 Grand final: Cup Mode, Maxpoints 150, Maxrounds 5
11.5 Settings will be at the admins discretion. The goal is to have the most entertaining matches possible and to get the most action out of the time-schedule. Adjustments of maxpoints, maxrounds and pointsystem -settings may occur.
11.6 Pointsystem
10 points for a first place finish
6 points for a second place finish
4 points for a third place finish
3 points for a fourth place finish
2 point for a fifth place finish
1 point for a sixth place finish.
11.7 No show = last place finish.
12. Reporting the result
All results must be reported to the respective referee right after the match. All players must be able to provide screenshots of the score.
13. Gear, drivers and configs
Players are allowed to bring their own mouse, joypad, headset and keyboard, as well as drivers and config files etc. All PC's will be open for configuration and can easily be reset to a fresh install.
13.1 It is the players own responsible that his or her driver works for an eventually gamepad.
Notification
These rules are the only rules to be used at the-eXperience event organized by Roskilde eSport, no other rules are valid than those officially announced here in this document.
The rules are subject to change
