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Event rate: 0/2. Channel: #gosugamers at IRC (QuakeNet), Sweden Room at Garena Group stage, best of 3 all the way. Semi Final and Grand Final best of 3. ARTICLE 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION 1.01 The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) is a world-wide video games competition composed of national preliminaries and a grand final event, managed and organized by the Organizing Committee (OC). 1.02 ESWC Sweden Online is a preliminary tournament which takes place on 8th of June online. Game: WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne Location: Internet 1.03 The rules and regulations of this competition are decided and written by the Regulation Committee (RC) of the Electronic Sports World Cup. This committee reserves the right to modify the rules and regulations from time to time without notice. It is encouraged to review these rules and regulations from time to time in order to be apprised of any changes. 1.04 By attending this competition, players agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by, and to comply with, these rules and regulations. Players agree that the application of these rules and regulations is at the sole discretion of the tournament officials, and that any decision from tournament officials will supersedes these rules and regulations. ARTICLE 2 – COMPETITION STRUCTURE TOURNAMENT FORMAT 2.01 The structure is made of a group stage of two groups of four. In each match, participants play each others in a best-of-three match. Top 2 advances to the playoffs. Semi finals and Grand Finals are played best-of-three. MATCH FORMATS 2.10 A “single-game match” is played in one game. The map of the game is determined by the tournament officials. The winner of the game is declared the winner of the match. 2.11 A “two-game match” is played in two games. Each game is played on a different map according to the tournament officials. The match ends when the two games have been played. The winner of the match is declared if one of the two players has won both games. The match results in a draw if both players have won 1 game. 2.12 A “best-of-two match” is played in two or three games. Each game is played on a different map according to the tournament officials. The match ends when a player has won two games. ARTICLE 3 – GAME SETTINGS 3.01 The competition uses the “Warcraft III – The Frozen Throne” video game and opposes two players. 3.02 The game will use the latest patch available 15 days before the tournament. Any patch available less than 15 days requires the approval of the organization. The current patch available is the patch 1.21. 3.02 The following game settings will be used by default: Game-play: Fast 3.03 The following maps will be used in the competition: - Twisted Meadows - Echo Isles - Terenas Stand - Turtle Rock - Secret Valley ARTICLE 4 – ELIGIBILITY PRELIMINARIES 4.01 A player is eligible to participate in a preliminary tournament provided he fulfills all the following conditions: The player must be duly registered by the tournament organization. The player must be at least 16 years old. Players that are not 18 years old or more must provide a parental authorization (see Appendix A: ftp://files.eswc.com/regulations/2008/preliminaries/documents/parental_permission_form.rar) The player must not participate in more than one preliminary’s final. Players that have already participated in a preliminary’s final automatically become ineligible for all other preliminaries’ finals. The player must hold the nationality of the preliminary’s country he or she shall represent. If the preliminary covers more than one country, the player must have the nationality of one of the countries represented in the preliminary. Player with multiple nationality must choose one country and he or she can not represent more than one country. The country chosen is determined by the nationality of the first preliminary tournament the player attempt. The player can not change the country he or she represents. 4.02 A player is eligible to participate in the grand final provided he fulfills all the following conditions: The player must be duly registered on his ESWC.COM national portal. The player must be at least 16 years old on the first day of the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008. Players that are not 18 years old or more must provide a parental authorization (see Appendix A: ftp://files.eswc.com/regulations/2008/preliminaries/documents/parental_permission_form.rar) The player must have participated in only one preliminary’s final. The player must have qualified or obtained an auto-berth for the grand final. The player must have the nationality of the preliminary’s country, and the same nationality that he represented during the preliminary. If the preliminary covers more than one country, the player must have the nationality of one of the countries represented by the preliminary. A player is responsible of his own eligibility for a preliminary tournament or grand final, and has to verify it. ARTICLE 5 – RESPONSIBILITIES 5.01 Players agree to comply with the Electronic Sports Charter and to respect the following rules: Discrimination leading to unfair treatment of any individual is strictly prohibited. Players agree to comply with these rules and regulations. Players agree to accept the decisions of tournament officials. Players agree to not use any unlawful or unfair proceedings. Players agree to respect the spirit of fair play and non violence. Players agree to fulfill their commitment within the limit of their means. 5.02 Players agree to not mislead or dupe tournament officials by any means. 5.03 Players agree to not interfere or communicate with other competitors playing an official match. ARTICLE 6 – TOURNAMENT PROCEDURE NOTIFICATION 6.01 The notification indicates the time and the place at which the players are requested to be present in order to play their official matches. This notification schedule is described in the tournament schedule and is provided at the beginning of the tournament. Players are advised to be present and ready a few minutes before the schedule to avoid any unpredictable delay. 6.02 Players must be present in the tournament area at their notification schedule in order to start a match session. A match session includes the players’ setup and one or more matches as defined in the tournament schedule. Once their match session is finished, players must leave the tournament area. 6.03 Player has to accept the particular stage conditions defined by the organization including but not limited to special lights, cardio-frequency meters, the wearing of specific shirts, the use of proper language in game, and the use of special headphones. Specific accessories are provided by the organization. SETUP AND WARM-UP 6.04 Players must play on the computer or console (as defined in the game settings) designated by the tournament officials. 6.07 Players may not bring, install or use any external software or hardware that inter-acts in-game including but not limited to LWT – Lescos Warcraft Toolkit, any form of modification that would alter the game or allow a player to execute automatically more than one in-game action, or any configuration file, unless expressly authorized by a tournament official. Modification of customkey.txt by Keycraft is authorized. MATCH PROCEDURE 6.10 Matches are played according to the tournament structure and the schedule provided by the tournament officials. Participants are encouraged to keep themselves informed about the schedule in order to avoid any delay or default loss. 6.11 At their match schedule, players must be ready to start a match. 6.12 For a match in “single-game match” the map choice must respect the following procedure: Player A removes one of the 5 maps Player B removes one of the 4 remaining maps Player B removes one of the 3 remaining maps Player A removes one of the 2 remaining maps The match is played on the map which wasn’t removed by the players. The player A and player B are determined by a coin toss. 6.13 For a match in “best-of-two games” the map choice must respect the following procedure: Player A removes one of the 5 maps Player B removes one of the 4 remaining maps Player B chooses one of the 3 remaining maps Player A chooses one of the 2 remaining maps The match is played on the two maps chosen by the players and starts on the player B choice. The player A and player B are determined by a coin toss. 6.14 For a match in “best-of-three games” the map choice must respect the following procedure: Player A removes one of the 5 maps Player B removes one of the 4 remaining maps Player B chooses one of the 3 remaining maps Player A chooses one of the 2 remaining maps The match is played on the two maps chosen by the players and starts on the player B choice. The last map will be used as third map if both players win one map during the match. The player A and player B are determined by a coin toss. DURING THE MATCH 6.15 An official match may only be started and played when a referee has given the signal to start it. Any match started without approval of a referee will be considered as a non-official match. When a match involves the players to be ready, players have one (1) minute after the signal to be ready and start the match. 6.16 During an official match, players may not communicate with people not involved in the match even when there are pauses in the game. People involved in the match are the players and the tournament officials. 6.17 Players are not expected to leave an official game in progress unless it is authorized by the match format or it has been expressly authorized by the tournament officials. 6.18 If a match is involuntary interrupted (player crash, server crash, network cuts …) the tournament officials may decide to replay or not the match. AFTER THE MATCH 6.19 At the end of the match both players have to report the match score to the tournament officials and sign the report match paper. After signing the report match paper a player can’t comeback on the score and ask for an official complaint. ARTICLE 7 – RULES VIOLATIONS DEFINITIONS 7.01 Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce the regulations in connection with the match to which he has been appointed. The referee has the authority to give warnings to a player. (See 7.04) 7.02 The tournament is controlled by a tournament director who has full authority to enforce the regulations in connection with the tournament and all matches played in the tournament. The tournament director assigns the referees to each match, has the authority to give warnings, to send off a player, and to take part in the study of the infringement for additional sanctions. (See 7.04 and 7.05) 7.03 Tournament officials are the referees, the tournament director and the competition manager of the Electronic Sports World Cup. WARNINGS AND SANCTIONS 7.04 A player may be cautioned and receive a warning if he commits any of the following offences: - refuses to follow tournament officials instructions - arrives late at his convocation schedule - shows dissent by word or action - uses insulting language and/or gestures - is guilty of unsporting behavior 7.05 A player may be cautioned and be sent off if he commits any of the following offences: - receives more than one warning - is guilty of violent conduct - uses any unlawful or unfair proceedings - mislead or dupe any tournament official - is not present at his match schedule - violates a rule of this regulation 7.06 A player sent off immediately loses its current match, or next if not playing, by default loss. 7.07 After study of the infringement by the competition manager and the tournament director, a sent-off player may be subject to additional sanctions such as multiple default loss, disqualification of the player, and banishment of next year’s competition. 7.08 A disqualified player will automatically lose all his next matches by default and loses all rights and prizes that would have been awarded. 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