Created and Hosted By: Mario Kart Central Event Organizer Staff
Discord contacts: (Rookie#4729, Cynda#1979)
Tournament Type: FFA
Starting Date/Time: Saturday, December 7th @ 12:00 PM EST (18:00 CET)
Check-in: 11:30 AM EST (17:30 CET)
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Limit: 36 players
Prize
1st: $50 (or local equivalent) Nintendo eShop code
Rules
a. Players must have an account on mariokartcentral.com and be registered on the site registry.
a.i. If a player is found to be using an alternate account to deceive the tournament organizers, they will be punished by Mario Kart Central staff and immediately disqualified from the tournament.
b. Players banned from Mario Kart Central are prohibited from registering.
c. Players must play with the Switch FC they registered with for the tournament. If a player needs their FC changed, they should notify organizers in advance.
d. If you wish to cancel your registration, please withdraw your registration on the event signup page and let us know you're withdrawing.
a.i. If a player is found to be using an alternate account to deceive the tournament organizers, they will be punished by Mario Kart Central staff and immediately disqualified from the tournament.
b. Players banned from Mario Kart Central are prohibited from registering.
c. Players must play with the Switch FC they registered with for the tournament. If a player needs their FC changed, they should notify organizers in advance.
d. If you wish to cancel your registration, please withdraw your registration on the event signup page and let us know you're withdrawing.
a. Players who sign up for the FFA agree to the rules and the final decisions of the FFA organizers.
b. Free choice of tracks, vehicles, characters, and controllers.
c. All rounds will consist of normal items, 200cc, and CPUs off. Hard CPUs will be on for every round.
d. Round lengths will vary based on the schedule listed in the next post.
e. Repeats are -10 points and reset each round.
f. Players found with game-breaking lag will be disqualified, and staff will be alerted. (Example: constant warping, causing roulette to have massive lag, etc)
f.i. Players flagged due to lag will not be allowed to participate. To check if you are on the flaglist, please click here.
g. Players may not cooperate with other teams in the tournament in order to gain an advantage.
g.i. Examples of this include voice communication, teaming in-game, and anything else that could give players an advantage. If it’s questionable, it’s probably not allowed.
g.ii. Players that are found to be teaming will be immediately disqualified and will receive a punishment to be determined by Mario Kart Central staff.
h. Players must not use any form of hacking or other exploitations.
h.i. Should a player hack, the host is to immediately close the room, remove the offender(s), and re-open the room. The race will not count and the player will be disqualified and banned from mariokartcentral.com.
i. Should a player lap-troll, the host is to immediately close the room, remove the offender(s), and re-open the room. The race will not count and the player will be disqualified.
b. Free choice of tracks, vehicles, characters, and controllers.
c. All rounds will consist of normal items, 200cc, and CPUs off. Hard CPUs will be on for every round.
d. Round lengths will vary based on the schedule listed in the next post.
e. Repeats are -10 points and reset each round.
f. Players found with game-breaking lag will be disqualified, and staff will be alerted. (Example: constant warping, causing roulette to have massive lag, etc)
f.i. Players flagged due to lag will not be allowed to participate. To check if you are on the flaglist, please click here.
g. Players may not cooperate with other teams in the tournament in order to gain an advantage.
g.i. Examples of this include voice communication, teaming in-game, and anything else that could give players an advantage. If it’s questionable, it’s probably not allowed.
g.ii. Players that are found to be teaming will be immediately disqualified and will receive a punishment to be determined by Mario Kart Central staff.
h. Players must not use any form of hacking or other exploitations.
h.i. Should a player hack, the host is to immediately close the room, remove the offender(s), and re-open the room. The race will not count and the player will be disqualified and banned from mariokartcentral.com.
i. Should a player lap-troll, the host is to immediately close the room, remove the offender(s), and re-open the room. The race will not count and the player will be disqualified.
a. A player’s total score will be the total points they scored in each race of the round.
b. Prior to the finals, players who disconnect will receive +3 to their score per race missed.
b. Prior to the finals, players who disconnect will receive +3 to their score per race missed.
a. Groups will be seeded based on circuit results. For later rounds, players will be re-seeded with respect to the original seed order at the beginning of the tournament.
a. The host must add all players 5 minutes before the round’s starting time.
b. Players must add the host by the round’s posted starting time.
c. In each round, players have 10 minutes to join the room after the start time. (For example, 2:10 EDT if the start time is 2:00)
d. The host must open the room at the time posted by the organizers.
e. Failure to join the room within the allotted time will result in an automatic disqualification.
f. In the rare event that there are not enough hosts available, the tournament organizers will disqualify the last x amount of participants.
h. If 3 or more players are missing from the results screen after a race, the race will not count and the room must be restarted.
i. If a player not intended to be in a room joins, any races played with that player will not count and the room must be restarted.
b. Players must add the host by the round’s posted starting time.
c. In each round, players have 10 minutes to join the room after the start time. (For example, 2:10 EDT if the start time is 2:00)
d. The host must open the room at the time posted by the organizers.
e. Failure to join the room within the allotted time will result in an automatic disqualification.
f. In the rare event that there are not enough hosts available, the tournament organizers will disqualify the last x amount of participants.
f.i. For example, if there is one room without a host, the last 12 participants to sign up will be disqualified.
g. If a host is found to be breaking hosting rules, they will be banned from hosting future tournaments.h. If 3 or more players are missing from the results screen after a race, the race will not count and the room must be restarted.
i. If a player not intended to be in a room joins, any races played with that player will not count and the room must be restarted.
a. Hosts are responsible for taking screenshots of the room’s final results and posting them on the tournament thread.
b. Hosts who do not take pictures will not be allowed to host future tournaments.
c. When posting results make sure to clearly mark what room you were in, show who is proceeding to the next round, and post every player’s switch FC next to their name. (Copy and pasting from the rooms post is the easiest way to do this)
b. Hosts who do not take pictures will not be allowed to host future tournaments.
c. When posting results make sure to clearly mark what room you were in, show who is proceeding to the next round, and post every player’s switch FC next to their name. (Copy and pasting from the rooms post is the easiest way to do this)
Registration:
Sign-ups will now be done through the MKCentral Event Signup page, found here. Please note additional registration rules in the next post.
Please note this is an invitational tournament, so only those who have played in the qualifiers will be eligible to participate in the 36-person tournament.
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