THE OFFICE GAMES - tournaments

Introduction

Players, spectators, and tournament officials must follow the rules contained in these documents while involved with such tournaments. Individuals who violate provisions of these rules will be subject to the appropriate provisions of the Players Expectations (see Guild Wars Player Expectations) and the applicable terms and conditions.

Registration

Every team that wishes to participate in the tournament must register their team roster through the online registration system found at www.theofficegames.com "Tournament" page.

Registration consists of creating an account on the tournament page, joining the Guild Wars tournament, and assigning yourself to a team (or creating a new one). The members of your team may change up until the time of your first scheduled game, but may not be changed once you have began playing your first scheduled match.

Registration Process

Each member on the team roster must send in the following information:

* Name
* Mailing Address
* Email address
* Phone number
* Date of Birth
* Character names (IGN) on their Guild Was account

Participants will be responsible for providing their own Guild Wars account for tournament play. Sharing of Guild Wars accounts between tournament participants will not be tolerated.

Match Structure

Matches between two teams will decided in a "best two out of three" format.

Time Structure

Any team that fails to appear in a timely fashion for their match?i.e., a team that isn't ready to play at the scheduled start of a game, or isn?t ready to play the next game by 15 minutes after the end of the previous game?will be subject to forfeiture of that game.

Characters Allowed

Players may use Role Playing or PvP-Only characters. They may use any items their characters legally can use in game.

Teams may switch characters (but NOT players) between games or after a restart, and must be ready to start the next game at the scheduled time.

If a team cannot field a full team of eight players, they may choose to play with fewer than eight players, and may fill empty slots with Guild Wars computer-controlled henchmen.

Connectivity Issues

Each team shall designate an official representative who alone will be permitted to request a restart and to coordinate communication between the tournament admins and players. The team's representative must request a restart before the countdown timer reaches zero and the gates open, and may only do this once in a three-game match. This is the only way that a team can choose to restart a game; experiencing disconnections after the countdown timer reaches zero will not be grounds for restarting a game.

The tournament admins reserve the right to reschedule and/or restart games and matches as needed. Such decisions will be announced and executed only by the designated tournament administrators.

Guild Wars Player Expectations

Tournament admins reserve the right to disqualify any player and/or teams if any team member engages in unsportsmanlike conduct, interferes with or disrupts the timely play of any player or team, causes delays or otherwise violates the Guild Wars World Championship Rules, Universal Guild Wars Tournament Rules or Guild Wars User Agreement. Unsportsmanlike conduct may include, but is not limited to: committing any criminal act or civil tort, being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, using abusive, antagonistic or threatening language or gestures, profanity, or racial slurs; making excessive noise; creating excessive chat spam; failing to abide by Tournament instructions; cheating or attempted cheating; or attempting to cause crashes or disconnects.

This set of rules has been adapted from the Guild Wars Universal Tournament Rules page, (http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/gwwc/universaltournamentrules.php), and may be subject to change.