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Rules of Play:

Each participating group have to play 6 games in the Elimination period ending December 28, 2004

Each group should choose a country and stick to it until the end of the tournament

The game’s duration is for 1 hour during the Elimination period and half an hour during the Finals

Each winning group from the 4 different internet cafés will qualify to the Finals


The 4 groups will be divided into 2 categories
Each 2 groups will compete against each other and they will be chosen according to a draw done on location.

The groups will play 1 game; however, timing should not exceed half an hour

The group who declares victory in the 1 stcategory will compete against the winning group of the 2 ndcategory for 3 games

The group who wins 2 games out of 3, will be the declared the ORO COMMANDERS

The Score:

At the end of the period of 1 hour during the elimination period or the half hour during the semi-finals and the finals, the group having the highest score will be declared the winner.

The group having the highest score from each of the 4 internet cafés will qualify to the semi-finals.

By the end of each game the scores will be registered by the owner/representative of the network on the score sheet as well as on the Oroplanet’s website.

The owner/representative of the network and the participants will sign on the score sheet at the end of each game to keep the integrity of the game.

NB: In case of a tie in the total score, an additional game should be played and the group who wins will be qualified


Final Event Procedure:

The location of the Semi-Finals and the Finals will be declared at a later stage. Please check the website frequently or refer to the Internet Café’s Owner/Representative

Game Breaks:

No breaks are allowed during the elimination period.

Miscellaneous Rules:

Use of map hack will result in a disqualification of the player in question.

Players are not allowed to purposely stall the game longer then it should take. Examples of this include clearly losing the game and hiding buildings merely for the purpose of delaying defeat, clearly winning the game and not finishing off the opponent to drag on the game. Players caught doing so will be asked to finish off game or surrender immediately.

Except for control drivers and device settings, no commands are allowed outside the game or in command line. Except for control drivers and device settings, no alteration, deletion, or addition of files is permitted. All maps used must be original and non-altered. Questions regarding setting of variables and commands and how they relate to cheating should be brought to a tournament official before your first match.

A Tournament Official reserves the right to disqualify and dismiss any registered player from the tournament, at their discretion, at any stage of the tournament, with no prior warning to the player.

Forfeits:

If any group forfeits the game, it will receive 0 points and the opposing group will be declared a winner.

Grounds for Group Suspensions/Expulsion:
Violation of Rules
Violation of Conduct

NOTICE:

If you fail to abide by these rules, you will be expelled from the tournament.

This tournament will take place on a monthly basis in different major internet cafés all over the Lebanese territory.

This tournament will last for 12 months. At the end pf the period, all the 12 winning groups will participate in the final event and compete against each other until one group remains and be declared the ORO COMMANDERS of LEBANON.