1. General Rules
– The tournament organizer reserves the right to make changes to the regulations based on new circumstances, identified violations, or previous precedents.
– Any changes to the regulations take effect upon publication, unless otherwise specified by the organizer.
– If a participant is unable to start or continue a match on time due to participation in another tournament, ongoing match, or any other official game, a tournament admin may issue a warning, award a technical loss, or disqualify the player/team from the tournament.
– The organizer reserves the right to temporarily suspend prize payouts in case of suspected rule violations, multi-accounting, account sharing, unfair play, match-fixing, or any other actions that may affect the outcome of the tournament.
– Participants, teams, and officials are strictly prohibited from:
- Participating in match-fixing
- Intentionally losing a match or map
- Betting on tournament matches, including betting for or against themselves
– Violation of these rules may result in disqualification, annulment of results, forfeiture of prize money, and an indefinite ban from tournaments.
2. Participants / Teams
– Participants are prohibited from taking part in multiple tournaments from the same organizer simultaneously. In such cases, the team will be disqualified from the most recently started tournament.
– Participation in tournaments hosted by other organizers is allowed; however, it cannot serve as a reason for match delays, technical pauses, or rescheduling.
– It is strictly prohibited to participate in the tournament using multiple accounts or to transfer an account to another person for participation. In case of violation, the team may be disqualified, match or tournament results may be annulled, and the player’s accounts may be suspended indefinitely without prior warning.
– Insults, threats, provocation, discriminatory statements, attempts to pressure referees, deception of referees or organizers, as well as toxic behavior directed at any participant, team, or official are strictly prohibited.
– Participants who are present in a match page, lobby, server, or otherwise involved in the tournament must respond to referee or organizer requests within 2 minutes. Failure to respond within the given timeframe, ignoring requests, or intentionally delaying responses may result in a warning, technical loss, or disqualification.
– Refusal to comply with referee requests, ignoring requests, delaying the submission of required materials, or providing incomplete or falsified information may result in an official warning, technical loss, disqualification, or an indefinite tournament ban.
– In case of repeated violations after an official warning, the referee may issue a technical loss, disqualification, or other penalties depending on the severity of the violation.
– Match postponements are allowed only in exceptional cases at the discretion of the referee or organizer.
– If a participant discovers a bug, server error, or platform exploit, they are required to immediately report it to a referee or organizer and stop using it.
– Exploiting bugs or vulnerabilities for personal advantage may result in a technical loss, disqualification, annulment of results, and an indefinite ban.
3. Referee Rights
– The referee has the right to request from a participant gameplay recordings, POV demos, screen recordings, camera footage showing the main peripherals, access to voice communication, or any other materials required to verify fair play.
– The referee has the right to request additional evidence in case of a technical issue.
– The referee has the right to change the server location without the consent of either team if the current location creates a significant ping advantage for one team, causes technical issues, or disrupts the normal flow of the match.
– If a server location change is requested solely by the participants and is not related to technical issues or a clear ping imbalance, it may only be made with mutual agreement of both teams and referee approval.
– Non-targeted profanity caused by emotional reactions during gameplay is not considered a violation of the regulations, provided it is not directed at humiliating a participant, team, referee, or organizer.
– Participants are prohibited from using nicknames, avatars, team names, team descriptions, or any other profile elements containing offensive, discriminatory, provocative, political, extremist, or otherwise inappropriate content.
– The referee or organizer has the right to require the removal or change of such profile elements. Failure to comply may result in a match ban, technical loss, or disqualification. In case of violation, the team may be disqualified without prior warning, match or tournament results may be annulled, and the participant and/or account may be suspended indefinitely.
– Decisions on situations not covered by these regulations are made by the organizer or referee based on the principles of fair play, sporting integrity, and maintaining the proper course of the tournament.
4. Gameplay and Technical Issues
– A round rollback may be performed only by decision of the referee in case of a technical issue, server failure, or any other unforeseen situation affecting the fairness of the round, provided that no damage has been dealt during the round.
– The organizer is not responsible for technical issues on the participant’s side, including internet connection problems, computer or peripheral failures, software issues, or game client errors.
– If a participant encounters a technical issue during a match, they are required to pause the match, contact technical support via the website or email support@fastcup.net, and request a technical pause to resolve the issue.
– If a technical issue is reported after the match has ended, a replay will not be granted.
5. Appeal Handling
– After the match ends, participants are given 1 minute to initiate an appeal using the “Appeal” button on the match page. Within 3 minutes after initiating the appeal, the participant must contact technical support or email support@fastcup.net, state the reason for the appeal, and provide evidence if available. Failure to meet the deadline or provide a reason may result in the appeal being dismissed without review.
– The referee’s decision on any appeal is final, not subject to further appeal, and cannot be discussed.