TRACKMANIA NATIONS FOREVER
Tournament administrator
Rules Summer 2010 in Czech/Slovak Language
Tournament system
- 1st stage - lining up on one randomly chosen map in Time Attack mode till 10min
- 2nd stage - depending on placing from the first stage players will be seed to 4 man groups, which they will fight in Cup mode until reach of 120 point, always in tree maps, each 5 rounds. In WB only 2 players continue and the rest of players drop down do LB. In LB it is similar, but the two worse players are off from the whole tournament and the best 2 continue. In the Grand finals the first one will gain +10 points jump, and the second one +6 points jump (solving issue when one round will be "unfeigned"
General rules
- used SW will be the most recent update of the game
TrackMania Nations Forever - every player is responsible for himself and will bear responsibility for all communications done with admins
- every players is responsible for watching websites and schedule. Matches will not be postponed because of non presence of players
- every player is obligated to use same nickname during whole tournament (does not include clan tag)
- every person involving in the tournament has to know the rules and has to agree with them, for appropriate unfamiliarity with rules will not be considered
Settings and ingame rules
- view: free to choose
- audio: free to choose
- if a player has technical problems during a tournament (for examples with HW, SW, server issues etc), he should immediately contact admin - in the end of the round admin can announce time-out (break), which can take until problem will not be solved
- the time-out (pause) can be announced only by admin - every other announcement of the break can be penalized
System
- details level: free to choose
- minimum of enemies: free to choose
- driver settings: free to choose
- adjusting configuration behind boundaries of these settings is not allowed, changes going to unfair game will be penalized
- if you are not sure if doing the right way, contact an admin
Match and warm-up
- before every match there should be 5 min long warm-up which can be used for setting to warm-up
- ingame warm-ups before every new map will be yet considered
Server failures, internet disconnections or electricity outages
- if the connection between players during a match is dropped, players have to pause the game until all players will not be able to connect again and able to play the rest of the round
- if no points are restored to player that connected back again, admin will count those points in
- players who drops from server on purpose will be banned from the match (for example restart PC on purpose, sign out from the game)
Fair-play
- it is not allowed to offence, insult or manipulate with a player or admin or make a damage on other possession
- it will not be tolerated if players will help to their teammates or friends to slowing on purpose or stopping on purpose on the final line - this is consider as cheating and will be punished
- it is prohibited to destroy possession of the managers, partners or other attendants of the tournament
- during the match do not sound repeatedly - this is because fair-play and the breach will be punished
In an effort to ensure smooth process of the match, we recommend all players to show fair and correct behaving.
Punishments and disqualifications
- if rules are broken, admin can decide to punish according to his decision
- punishments can be following:
- warning
- round penalty (player will not be able to finish last round)
- match penalty (players will not be able to attend match and he will be on the last place)
- disqualification from a tournament
- punishments depend on the level of breaking and on decision of the admin
- disqualification can be decided on case with one voice after discussion with all admins and can lead to the ban valid for next tournaments organized by the organizer
Match rules
- every change of the map means 1 warm-up
- TimeAttack seeding: TimeAttack, time 10 min, 1 map
- play-off: (upper bracket/lower bracket/consolidation-finals/grand final): Rounds mode, maximum points/map 40, 3 maps
- settings will be decided by admins - the aim is to have the most ravishing matches and to enjoy the most of the fun
- server settings can be changed
Point system
- 10 points - 1st place
- 6 points - 2nd place
- 4 points - 3rd place
- 3 points - 4th place
If player doesn't finish a round, he will not get any points.
Announcing of results
- all result have to be announced to admin immediately after the match
- players have to be able to provide screenshots of the score
Players take responsibility for their computer peripherals and software.
Rules can be changed.
Maps
MapPack download (54 kB)
LanCraft on the web