Eligibility
• Participants shall have a valid eGO website user ID.
• Participants shall be verified through MAUL.
• Participants shall not violate the VAC system.
• Participants shall be in good standing with EdgeGamers Organization. No one will be admitted to participate who is currently banned from EdgeGamers Organization servers for any reason.
• Participants do not need to be members of EdgeGamers Organization.
• Participants must sign up under a name appropriate by EdgeGamers Organization standards. Participants must maintain that name whenever on any EdgeGamers Organization servers.
• Participants must agree to all rules established by the EdgeGamers Organization Code of Conduct.
• Failure to abide by any eligibility rules will be grounds for automatic dismissal from participation.
Conduct and Behavior
• All EdgeGamers Organization rules are in effect at all times on EdgeGamers Organization servers. Variation or departure from the rules established by the EdgeGamers Organization Code of Conduct will not be tolerated.
• Good sportsmanship and self-restraint is expected of all participants.
• Communications between participants shall not be used to insult, alarm, annoy, or otherwise harass other participants.
• All participants shall have permission to communicate via text chat. Use of text chat should be restricted to ask to begin an event or ask to pause an event.
• All participants shall have permission to communicate via team voice chat. All-talk shall be disabled whenever an event is in session.
• Any participants who are EdgeGames Organization members with protocols to use administrative abilities shall not make use of said administrative protocols at any time. EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinators shall not make use of said administrative protocols when acting as a referee.
• Participants may communicate with each other via third party communication media such as Ventrilo or Mumble. Any communications through said third party communication media that violate any rules outlined in this section will be grounds for dismissal from participation.
• Participants may contact the referee at any time if they believe another participant has violated any of the Olympiad rules. The referee is the final judge of comportment with the rules.
• With respect to sprays, sv_pure 2 will be enabled.
Client/Server Configuration
• Only default skins and models are permitted. Usage of any non-standard skins or models shall result in forfeit for the event.
• Only default sprites may be used. Usage of any non-standard sprites will result in forfeit for the event.
• Editing existing standard configuration files is permitted. Adding any non-standard configuration files is impermissible and shall result in forfeit.
• Reasonable scripting is permissible. Use of scripts to exploit game flaws, map flaws, or other features normally inaccessible to players without the use of scripts is impermissible.
• In the event that an error causes the server to malfunction or otherwise cause the match to be unplayable within the first ten minutes of event play, the event shall be restarted. In the event that said error occurs after the first ten minutes of event play, the event shall be suspended and its disposition shall be adjudged by an EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinator.
• EdgeGamers Organization reserves the right to examine any participant at any time for comportment with these rules.
• Participants shall record all gameplay from prior to the start of the event to the end of the event. These demo reels are to be kept for two weeks after the event. EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinators are empowered to request the demo reels at any time and for any reason within those two weeks. Demo reels must be submitted within forty-eight hours of request. Failure to provide a demo reel shall result in forfeit. This standard shall be irreversible.
Scheduling
• Events shall be scheduled by the EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinators. The schedule will be made available to all participants.
• Failure to appear at an event by the time set for the event will result in forfeit. Participants may not enter an event after the event has begun.
• An EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinator shall be available as a referee for each event, watching the event in spectator mode. No other spectators may enter the server. Events may be observed via SourceTV by outside spectators.
Event Play
• Events shall take place on designated servers. Upon receiving the server password, participants shall connect and log onto the appropriate server.
• Certain events shall require certain classes to be played:
Archery - Sniper
Fencing – Demoman
High Jump – Soldier
Long Jump – Demoman
Triple Jump – Scout
Dodgeball – Pyro
Boxing – Heavy
• Points shall be distributed to each participant who completes an event. The participant with the largest number of aggregate points will win the gold prize. The participant with the second largest number of aggregate points will win the silver prize. The participant with the third largest number of aggregate points will win the bronze prize. All participants will receive an award for their participation.
• In individual events, points shall be distributed as follows:
1st Place – 12 points
2nd Place – 10 points
3rd Place – 9 points
4th Place – 8 points
5th Place – 7 points
6th Place – 6 points
7th Place – 5 points
8th Place – 4 points
9th Place – 3 points
10th Place – 2 points
11th Place – 1 point
12th Place or below – 0 points
• In team events, each participant on the winning team shall receive 11 points. Each participant on the losing team shall receive 5 points.
• Random critical hits and bullet spread will be turned off during event play.
• No full class set bonuses may be used by any participants.
• In general, participants may not use the Phlogistinator, the Holiday Punch, the Enforcer, the Pomson 6000, the Machina, the Ullapool Caber, the Atomizer, the Soda Popper, the Vita-Saw, the Buffalo Steak Sandvich, the Fists of Steel, the Dalokohs Bar, the Fishcake, the Back Scratcher, the Buff Banner, the Concheror, or the Battalion’s Backup.
Cheating, Exploits, and Punishment
• Before each event, participants shall take a screenshot with net_graph 1 enabled, to provide information about their connection, if that should prove to be an issue. Screenshots are to be taken with the in-game .jpeg command and kept for two weeks after the event.
• Intentionally using glitches or exploits is impermissible. The EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinators are the final arbiters in any matter where cheating or exploitation is raised as a question.
• Participants who believe that a fellow participant is engaging in cheating or exploitative activity should first alert the referee and also be certain to record the activity in question. Unfounded complaints of cheating or exploitative activity will result in sanctions for the participant, up to forfeiture in the event.
• Disobeying the rules of an event for the first offense will result in a warning to the participant. Continued disobedience of the rules as a second offense will result in a kick. If the event is already underway, this is tantamount to forfeiture. If the event has not yet begun, the participant may still return to participate, provided he/she complies with the rules thenceforth. Any participant who commits three offenses of disobedience to the rules in a single event will be barred from further participation in the Olympiad. Any attempts to abuse this system, such as a participant routinely disobeying rules twice in a single event but never thrice, will be adjudicated by the EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinators Advisors to determine the participant’s fitness for continued participation.
• Any participant who violates the rules outlined in the section titled “Conduct and Behavior” is subject to sanctions at the discretion of the EdgeGamers Organization Event Coordinators Advisors, up to dismissal from the Olympiad.
Events
• Archery – Snipers compete to gain the most points in a set amount of time. Played on 4fortsniper_tf. Participants are randomly assigned to a team. Participants may only use the Huntsman. Participants may not use the Croc-O-Style Kit.
• Basketball – Randomly chosen teams of Soldiers and/or Demomen must try to be the first team to score 3 points in a match. Event play follows a single-elimination tournament tree until a winning team is declared. Participants may not use the Rocket Jumper or Sticky Jumper.
• Boxing – Heavies participate in one-on-one melee boxing matches. Adversaries are chosen at random. Event play follows a single-elimination tournament tree until a winner is declared. Participants may only use the stock Fists, Apoco-Fists, Killing Gloves of Boxing, or Fists of Steel.
• Dodgeball – Pyros compete to survive. Participants are randomly assigned to a team. The Dodgeball mod is enabled and participants airblast rockets at each other in an attempt to eliminate participants from the opposing team. Last participant left alive wins.
• Fencing – Demoknights participate in one-on-one melee fencing matches. Adversaries are chosen at random. Event play follows a single-elimination tournament tree until a winner is declared. Participants may not use the Ullapool Caber, the Half-Zatoichi, or the Claidheamh M?r.
• Jump – Race to the finish competition. Participants are randomly assigned to a team. Three variations will be made available: High Jump for Soldiers, Long Jump for Demomen, and Triple Jump for Scouts. Participants may not use the Rocket Jumper, the Sticky Jumper, the Force-A-Nature, or the Atomizer. Participants may not attack fellow participants on the opposing team.
• Soccer – Randomly chosen teams must try to score the most points before a total match time of fifteen minutes lapses. Event play follows a single-elimination tournament tree until a winner is declared.
• Volleyball – Randomly chosen teams must try to score the most points before a total match time of fifteen minutes lapses. Event play follows a single-elimination tournament tree until a winner is declared.
