- Created and Hosted By: Mario Kart Central Event Organizer Staff, Type None Grand Prix
- Tournament Type: Squad FFA (2v2v2v2v2v2)
- Starting Date/Time: Saturday, August 8th @ 11:00 AM EDT (5:00 PM CEST), (12:00 AM JST)
- Registration Deadline: Saturday, August 8th @ 10:00 AM EDT (4:00 PM CEST), (11:00 PM JST)
- Help converting to your timezone: http://time.is/EDT / http://time.is/CEST / http://time.is/JST
- Limit: 768 Players
- Streamed Entirely At: http://twitch.tv/mariokartcentral
To celebrate two years of Mario Kart Central, we'll be hosting a pair of 2v2 FFAs this weekend, one of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and one on Mario Kart Tour. We're again going to partner with Type None Grand Prix and focus heavily on the streaming aspect of the event, with plans to stream one room every round.
Prizes
The Prize Pool for this tourney will heavily be based on the amount of donations made throughout the tournament. For more information on the cause and where donation money will go to, refer to the second post.
Donations are welcome: Click here to visit the donations page!
50% all of donations go to JDRF, the global leader in funding for type 1 diabetes research. The rest is divided between the Prize Pool and the Organizers. The prize pool will be divided in a 50/30/20 split for the top 3 placing teams, with exceptions at the very beginning.
- $0 raised - $10 prize pool (for 1st place team only)
- $100 raised - $20 (75% for 1st place team, 25% for runner ups)
- $200 raised - $40 (50/30/20 split for the top 3 teams for this and everything below)
- $300 raised - $60
- $400 raised - $80
- $500 raised - $150
- $600 raised - $170
- $700 raised - $190
- $800 raised - $210
- $900 raised - $230
- $1000 raised - $300
- $1100 raised – $320
- $1200 raised – $340
- $1300 raised – $360
- $1400 raised – $380
- $1500 raised – $450
- $1600 raised – $470
- $1700 raised – $490
- $1800 raised - $510
- $1900 raised - $530
- $2000 raised - $600
There will also be a raffle at varying milestones to those who donated at least $5 (via PayPal).
- At $250 total raised - $20 raffle
- At $500 - $20 raffle
- At $1000 - $25 raffle
- At $1500 - $25 raffle
- At $2000 - $30 raffle
1. Every $5 donated = 1 raffle chance (Donation amount/5 = number of raffle chances)
2. If a person wins, he/she no longer eligible to win future raffles
3. Each raffle includes only those people who donated $5+ since the last raffle
Players from both this and the Mario Kart Tour tournament will be eligible to win the raffle.
Signup / Registration
You must register on the MKCentral Tournament Page to sign up.
You will also need to join the MKCentral Discord Server and obtain the tournament role in #tournament-roles to participate.
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.
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.
a. Teams who sign up for the FFA agree to the rules and the final decisions of the FFA organizers.
b. Free choice of tracks, vehicles, and controllers.
c. All rounds will consist of normal items, and CPUs off. During the semifinals and finals, hard CPUs will be turned on.
d. All rounds will consist of 8 races until semifinals.
e. Repicking a track is -15 points and track picks 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, and controllers.
c. All rounds will consist of normal items, and CPUs off. During the semifinals and finals, hard CPUs will be turned on.
d. All rounds will consist of 8 races until semifinals.
e. Repicking a track is -15 points and track picks 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 of the races per round.
b. In rounds with no computers on, players who disconnect will receive +3 to their score per race missed.
b. In rounds with no computers on, players who disconnect will receive +3 to their score per race missed.
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 4 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)
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