X-Wing Alliance RULES
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1. First and most important: You have to conduct yourself as a good sportsman/sportswoman when participating in this Event.
   
2. Match making will take place in the Zone, Room: Melee Skirmishes. Game Rooms should be titled: WOW [ShipTypeHere].
   Direct LAN play is NOT allowed.
   
3. Game Rooms MUST BE created in Rooms 31-51. Game Rooms should be passworded to prevent newbies from entering. The designated password is wow
   
4. Players must have an XWA Pilot Name that matches their club name ... club prefix and club name. ie: TFA_Hero, UPA_Drewhead, XWA_Pnuts.
   
5. Games will be played as 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, or 4v4 with an equal number of players on each team.
   
6. You may not use any patches, edits, or Modifications of the XWA.exe during WoW Events, EXCEPT the ver 2.02 patch
   This will cause false packets to be sent, and severly hamper game play
   
7. FFAs are acceptable as long as you don't fight against members of your own club.
   
8. You may under no circumstances fly WoW Matches against members of your own club.

1. If any player have such a bad connection they cannot finish games most of the time ... they need to voluntarily not participate in the event (or find alternative solution like playing during non-peak times)
   
2. Should connections be unfavorable to any player/team, the option to quit must be exercised prior to the 2 min mark.
   
3. If a player drops out of a game at any time, game play MUST STOP IMMEDITATELY.
   
4. If Game Play is not stopped immediately, then the Match has to be VOIDED and should not be reported.
   
   Please look at Submitting Reports and Disputes for further information
   

1. Only Flyable craft can be used
   
2. Ships should be agreed upon by all participants.
   
3. Mixing of ships is allowed, as long as all players agree.
   
4. Each Player/Team MUST mirror the other Player/Team in ship configuration.
   
   This is to eliminate the mis-match of ships and to make sure the outcome is based upon the skills of the pilots and not the poor choice of ships. (ie: One Team wants to fly a X-Wing and Y-Wing ... the other team would match, 1 X-Wing and 1 Y-Wing)

1. 1 vs 1 Matches are to be played in 5/5 (due to the Host lag).
   That means that 1 player hosts 5 mins, then the other player hosts 5 mins.
   
2. The 2nd game has to mirror the first game in settings/ships.
3. Both games will be totaled and submitted as 1 Game.)
   Note: Both Games on both hosts have to last at least 2 mins to form a valid report.
   
4. Every opportunity must be made to accomodate players that are booted from the game/zone (i.e. E-mail, contacting on the zone, Messenger programs, Group Leader(s), or Group Website)
   Players leaving the game before their host is played and not returning will be subject to disciplinary action, and the first five minute match scores will be doubled.
5. All games OTHER then 1v1 matches, are to be set at 10 min in length, so the stats on which pilots scored the most points per game are accurate.
6. The fastest connection should host, in all matches, other then 1v1s

1. You may challenge a player that is ranked in the WoW (played at least 10 games) at any given time.
2. You must not have fought against the player during the current WoW.
   
3. Player Ranking is refering to the Player Ranking which can be found at the "Overall Score" Link of the Event Info.
   
4. Game Format will be determined by the challenged player. (1vs1, 2vs2...).
   
5. Crafts will have to be agreed on by both sides.
6. If no agreement of crafts can be made, then playing 2 Games is acceptable. (One match in each chosen craft.)

1. For the Game Setup the following rules apply:

   Option	Setting		Option	Setting
   Piloted By:	SuperAce AI level		Craft Selection:	On
   # Craft Per Wave:	1		# of Teams:	2
   Number of Waves:	Unlimited		Setting:	Deep Space
   Warheads:	NONE		Time Limit:	10 Minutes (2v2)
   Beam weapons:	NONE		Start Distance:	3 Km
   Countermeasures:	NONE		Collisions:	On
   Primary FG:	No		Primary FG:	No
   Duty:	Superiority		Host Server Update is to be set to:	NORMAL

2. ICQ, Email, IRC, etc, must be TURNED OFF
3. Games played in violation of any of these settings can be deleted if requested
4. It is recommended that before starting the game you compare the Team Points for each side, as they must match.
5. You're encouraged to take a screenshot of the scores screen by hitting Alt+o (that is the letter, NOT the Zero). This will create a "frontscreen#.bmp" file in your XWA Main Directory.
6. A screenshot is usually the best prove you can have played a match.

1. No "Running to Hold a Lead"
   
2. No ejecting unless your ship has been FULLY disabled by Ion fire, or Enemy has not targeted and fired at you for 10 seconds in a partailly disabled ship (2 or more systems out)
   
3. Ion Cannons MAY be used if those ships are chosen.
   
4. You may not deny a match against any players entering your game room, unless you played him/them already this WoW.
5. You may not leave a hosted game room, once opponents have entered the room, without a given reason, and attempt to re-schedule the match.
   Failure to follow this rule will follow with Disiplinary action by the Event Staff
   
6. Players do not have to play back to back games versus the oppenent(s) they just won/lost to.
7. Participants can request that 2 games are played. One game of all Rebel Ships, and One game of all Imperial Ships.
   This needs to be requested BEFORE the first game begins.
   
8. If you observe any such behavior you should e-mail one of the Admins, explaining the situations (proof is highly recommended) so proper actions can be taken.
   
9. Players/Leaders are NOT allowed to blackball members from the other side. ie: "Don't play so and so ... they are too good."
   Players/Leaders/Clubs caught doing this could be disqualified from the Event.

1. If the match lasts less than 2 mins it will not be reported.
2. If the match is longer than 2 mins it can be reported, unless the participating teams agree not to report it.
3. The scores are running off a Database and will be available seconds after they are posted. A copy of each submission will be sent to each player participating in that game for verification purposes.
   DO NOT respond to the e-mail unless THERE IS a problem.
4. To dispute a game, please visit the "Submit Disputes" page. If you were one of the players in the game to be disputed, and you are sumitting the dispute within 48 hours, the database will process the dispute immediately and scores will be updated on the spot. If you are not one of the players listed in the game, or you are past the 48 hour period, your dispute will go into the database with a status of "pending". A Disputes Admin will review the dispute and either accept it, deny it, or ask for more info.
5. Rules regarding Conduct will mirror the Zone Conduct Rules, both in the Zone and in the game. (ie: no foul language, no harrassment of a player, etc.). Participants found breaking the rules can and will be disqualified from the Event depending upon the severity and/or frequencies of the incident(s).
6. To Report incidents, logs and/or screenshots and/or witness's are needed. Participants found altering logs/screen shots or lying will likewise be subject to disqualification.
7. If any person/club/side are found to be in wanton disregard of the rules, that person/club/side will be disqualified from the Event. (ie: The side or cetain parties basically doesn't give a owl's hoot about the rules, especially prevelent when a side/parties is/are losing).

1. At the end of the "dispute clearing phase" of the WoW, Games without a complete set of Pilots may be deleted.
   
2. Pilots found repeatedly submitting false matches/knowingly submitting fake matches WILL have to deal with the disqualification from the Event, in worse cases with a ban from BSC AFTER they are proven guilty.
   
3. Reports that are not "complete" will be deleted; "complete" meaning:
   
   All Points, Kills, Shared-Kills, Deaths Fields are correctly filled.
   The submitted crafts are mirrored for all teams.
   All Players are listed; in case a pilot is not in the database at the time you submit the report, put his FULL name into the Comment field.
   Disputes without a reason (or with no changes) will be reversed. Unless the changes made are obvious and reasonable, the "dispute reason" field MUST be filled.