Clash Royale Showdown

Joining the Tournament

1. Create a user account on our website.
   https://www.gamers.com.mt/register
    
2. Connect your Clash Royale account to your Gamers.com.mt account.
   https://www.gamers.com.mt/profile/game-accounts
    
3. Register for the tournament.
   https://www.gamers.com.mt/tournament/232/clash-royale-showdown/register

General

The following are tournament rules in addition to guidelines that may be helpful for all players. These rules are subject to change if necessary, and Gamers.com.mt administrators reserve the right to make additional decisions outside the defined ruleset if necessary. If any changes are made, all relevant parties will be notified.

• Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clashroyalemalta/

• The tournament admins are the Gamers.com.mt community managers. They will have the last word in all situations. The decisions taken by the referees shall be binding upon all players. The admins reserve the right to, at any time, remove or change the rules in this document, even during a tournament. All players are encouraged to read all the rules regularly.
   
• By joining this tournament, all players agree to the rules provided in this page. Where a rule is not clear or there is some question about its application, the administrators have the final say in all matters. Their decision will be taken as final in all matters.

• All players must take screenshots of loss and win screens as proof of the result.

• Both players must report the results on the website after each match.

• Players may not substitute another player, even using their own account. The account owner must be the one playing in all parts of the competition.

Game Format

Before the match

• At the start of each match the players will have the responsibility of communicating with their opponent via the facebook group.

• If players are not present at the time the game was to begin and there is no good reason for this (i.e. network is verified down in their area), one (1) gamewin will be awarded to the opponent after 10 minutes. 

During the match

• All matches will be best-of-3. The first player to win 2 games within the match is considered the winner of the match3
   
• Seeding required for the tournament will be decided by the admins.

• All players must use the nickname they used at the time of sign-up, including on Discord.
   
• All players must behave themselves. Examples of poor behavior are spamming in-game chat, racism, misogyny, etc.
   
• If a server crashes before the end of a game, and the match cannot be resumed from where it disconnected, the match will be restarted unless one player has 100% lethal and a screenshot to prove it.
   
• In case of disconnection, under no circumstances should a game be abandoned. If a player has disconnected and there is no interruption on connectivity, the player who abandoned the game may be disqualified. At the very least, the game will be given as a win to the other player. In either case, the administrator should be contacted immediately by BOTH parties.

After the match

• The match will go on even if a player believes the other player has cheated. The player must then notify an admin and file a complaint after the game. After the complaint has been accepted, the complainant has a window of 10 minutes to gather all evidence and hand it over to the admin. The admins may need some time to process the complaint. Any player caught cheating will be banned from playing in the current tournament.
   
• All players must show respect to their opponents and the admins, even if a complaint has been made.

Cheating

• No form of cheating is allowed. This includes any form of third party software, script or other method that changes the way the game is played.
   
• Exploiting of bugs will not be tolerated and may result in disqualification of the player from the tournament regardless of stage of play.
   
• Exploits not specifically mentioned in this list should be assumed to be illegal. If you are in doubt about this, please speak to an administrator immediately. The administrator will have the last word on any potential hack, exploit or cheat.

Behaviour

• All players must act professional and display good sportsmanship throughout the tournament.
   
• Acts of racism, sexism or others forms of discrimination will not be tolerated.

Warnings

• Player may get a warning if he does any of the following:
  • Refusal to follow the instructions of any game administrator.
  • Using foul language and/or displaying poor behavior.
  • Behaving in an unsportsmanlike manner.

Disqualifications

• A player may be disqualified for one of the following:
  • Getting more than one warning.
  • Any act of intimidation, bullying, or violence (physical or verbal) against participants, observers or game administrators.
  • Using cheats or other unfair gaming tactics (i.e. interruption of opponent, physical blocking, exploits, cheat codes, etc.).
  • Misleading a judge in any way, including falsification of identification documents for country or age.
  • Exploiting any bugs that clearly alter the game's functionality.