- We are all here to have fun so please be respectful of each other. No personal attacks directed towards another
player or staff will be allowed. - Good sportsmanship is required, anything less will not be tolerated.
- Lobby chat should be fairly modest. The "f" word should never be used under any circumstances; however, less
offensive words are allowed as long as they are not overused. Any direct sexual comment or reference is not allowed;
however, controlled reference and innuendo is allowed. - The hosting Tournament Director (TD) always has final decision. Please respect the position of all league staff, as they are
giving of themselves so you can enjoy tournaments and league play. - Members are allowed to play in 2 tournaments at a time, although fast play is expected.
Slow players will receive one warning. If there is no improvement, player will be asked to force forfeit the game of their choice. - Tables are always set to PROTECTED, RATED, KIBITZ OFF. The only exception is a Tag where tables are set
as unprotected to allow players to stand when necessary. - First name announced ALWAYS invites.
- Winners should announce in the lobby and the TD will update on tournament page.
- No table hopping or watching unless both players agree.
- Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!
THE LADDER
- Ladder movement is 50% between you and your opponent's rank. Example: #1 vs #10, if #1 loses, #10 will move to #5.
- Top ten players are dropped for inactivity after 5 days.
- Players are purged from ladder for inactivity after 255 days.
- Same players can play a maximum of 5 games per day (excluding tournaments).
- Highest rank allowed to utilize formal challenge is 20.
TOURNAMENTS
- Specific rules for tourneys are set out by the individual Tournament Director (TD).
- TD has final decision on rules if there is a discrepancy in lobby or main tourney page.
- If both opponents time out, the win shall be awarded to the player with the higher LEAGUE RATING.
- When a player dq's or times out in a tournament game, the advancing player gets the yahoo game
(if box comes up after opponent times out, winner of game can click FORCE FORFEIT/ if a player dq's
in a tournament they must quit & FORFEIT game). - If both players are booted from yahoo, regardless of score they shall restart their tourney match.
- Members cannot engage in a league game or other non-league game during tourneys they are registered for.
- Timers in tourneys are set at 5 min for single elimination. Swiss & double elimination (multiple rounds).
have 2 five minute timers (per round) totaling 10 minutes. TD's have final say on ALL timers. - Gin game time length is 20 minutes per game (unless unusually high scores or game type), in order for tourneys to
keep moving along. It is up to the TD to call the game at that time and the TD decision is final.
TAG TOURNAMENTS
- If one tag team player is MIA/frozen or booted, then the remaning team member can continue to play alone until partner returns
or tourney is over. - If tag table is set as rated in error, the table is remade as UNrated and the points accumulated at previous table
follow the pairs and the game is carried on with those points from previous table in place. The TD MUST be invited to
the table to verify the points to be carried over.
LEAGUE GAMES
- All rated games between 2 league members must be reported as a "league game". If two league members want to play
for fun, please make the game unrated. - League games in gin must be a minimum of 100 points.
- The same league members can play against each other in league games a maximum of 5 times in 24 hours.
- The losing member of the league game MUST report the loss to the "REPORT LOSS" link which can be found under
the "Standings" heading on main page) as soon as game is over. If the losing member does not report their loss within 24 hours
please notify admin or utilize the "unreported match" option on the league page. - Members can only play in 1 league game at a time, fast play expected.
- Members must offer league games in public lobby, asking "league game anyone?" in order to allow everyone to
have the opportunity to play. First person to answer in lobby should be given initial chance at a league game request.
FORMAL CHALLENGES
- Top 20 players may issue formal challenges.
- Formal challenges can be made to the same player only once every 2 days.
- Both players have 2 days to complete the challenge. It is the challenged players responsibility to arrange the game
not the challenger. The challenger should wait until contacted. The challenged player has the right to contact the challenger
via IM, email etc but the challenger does not have such rights. The game should be played as soon as both are available.
If the challenged player is found to be avoiding the challenge they will be penalized. - All challenge games must be rated and played in the rooms set out by these rules.
- Remember, if a formal challenge is not met, both players, the challenger and the challenged, receive a loss.
