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Note: In game observers:

No observers outside of designated Admins. Their IDs will be listed above. If your opponent tries to have observers, you must stop the game and contact a referee. This means you can leave if he invites his friends or just starts the game. It is your responsibility not to allow it.

64 Man Single Elimination

Tournament will be held on the Battle.net NA Server on Saturday, October 1st 9:00pm EDT (GMT-04:00).

Bracket will be displayed on Z33K. Participants must log in to view opponent IDs and Codes to contact their opponents for matches.

Players must contact each other through Bnet chat and arrange a host.

Winners will report results and upload replays after each round.

If a game's results are disputed (both players report win), Tournament Referees will check replays and determine who advances. 

Best-of-1 until Round of 16.

Best-of-3 Ro16, Ro8, and Ro4.

Best-of-7 Finals (Round 6).

Check-In starts 30 mins prior to start of tournament on Z33K.

All Players must join the "NYVGF Tournament" chat channel on Battle.net after Check-In

Any violation of Tournament Rules may result in game forfeit and future suspension from tournaments and other events.

No cheating in any way. This includes any sort of hack or illegal program and receiving messages from friends watching the stream. This also includes account sharing or playing under an ID that you did not register under.

Players must set status to busy during tournament matches.

Players may not have any stream open in the background when playing.

If your opponent is not present for 10 minutes, they are disqualified.

Players may change race between games.

Referees may warn and disqualify players for chat violations, including excessive or abusive insults toward players, observers, or referees.

Games will be hosted on one of the approved maps. 

In a Bo1, host must create on designated map for that round.

In a Bo3, first game will be played on designated map, loser picks the next map from the pool.

Maps cannot be played twice in a series.

It is the player's responsibility to check the map pool. If a player protests an incorrect map after playing a game on it, the game will not be replayed.

Map Pool: GSL Bel'Shir Beach, MLG Testbug, Antiga Shipyard (Blizzard), MLG Tal'Darim Altar, GSL Terminus SE, MLG Xel'Naga Caverns, MLG Metalopolis, MLG Shakuras Plateau, MLG Shattered Temple and MLG Dual Sight.

If your opponent is disconnecting, players should take a screenshot of the lag screen and contact the tournament referee.

If a disconnect happens in the first five minutes and there has been no player-opponent contact, game will be replayed.

In a Bo3, if a disconnect happens after player-opponent contact, disconnecting player may receive a loss. The Referee will make the final decision after reviewing the screenshot and replay.

In a Bo5, if a disconnect happens after player-contact, player must contact Referee immediately and Referee will decide how to proceed after reviewing the evidence.

Referees and Tournament Administrators reserve the right to overturn results or award wins based on evidence they see.

In a disconnecting situation, both players can agree to a regame.

If there is persistent unplayable lag (lag screen comes up more than once in a short time), players must contact a Referee who will decide how to proceed.

No observers are allowed in games other than those designated by NYVideoGameFreak.

Admins are also allowed to be in game.

There will only be a maximum of one observer in each match.

If the host invites a non-approved observer to the game and starts, game does not count.

If game lags with an approved observer in game, that observer must leave at the request of a player. If an admin is in game, he will make this decision. 

Observers and broadcasters are subject to the same rules for cheating and abuse as players. Players may be suspended from future events if violations occur.