.: RULES

Important: NO refunds will be given for entrance fee once paid.


Qualifiers: Qualifiers will be played to determine the order in which the participants seed. Qualifiers will be played on Heavy by default. However, if a player's skill limits them to Standard, Light, or Beginner mode, they will be allowed to drop down to the appropriate difficulty for the qualifier.

Matches: Matches in the tournament will be played in a best-out-of-three format. Players beat their opponents on individual songs by having a higher score than their opponent at the end of the song. If there is a tie after the first two songs, a random tiebreaker song will be played to determine the winner.

Tournament processes:

Song Selection:

1. The decision to pick the first song or not goes to the higher seed. The player with the higher seed also has choice over which side of the pad to use.

2. The player with song choice chooses their song.

• The player without song choice may play the selected song on any difficulty desired. The only case in which this does not apply is when a song has both heavy and oni steps. If the player with song choice picks a song with heavy and oni steps, and picks either heavy or oni difficulty, then the player without song choice will be required to play the song on the same difficulty as they picked or drop down to Standard, Light, or Beginner mode. Standard stepcharts with a foot-rating below 8 will not be permitted at the tournament. However, if a player is technically incapable of playing on Standard difficulty or above, they will be permitted to play on either "Beginner" or "Light" difficulty.

3. Important: Once a song is completed, players may NOT fast forward the score screen until the arbiter gives permission to do so.

4. If there is a tie for score on an individual song, the song will be thrown out. Play will continue as long as necessary until one player reaches two wins.

5. Song choice switches to the other player for the second song and steps 2 and 3 are repeated.

6. If there is a tie after the second song, a random tiebreaker will be played to determine the winner. Random tiebreakers are played on the “Heavy” difficulty by default. If a tiebreaker has an oni difficulty, the tiebreaker may be played on oni based on player agreement.

Pad Misses: If a player loses a bout because of what an arbiter deems to be a pad miss, then the players will switch sides on the pad, and play the same song on the same difficulty. Each player’s highest score will be used to determine the winner on that particular song.

Failing Songs and Giving Up: If a player fails or gives up on a song that they picked, then they will automatically lose on that particular song, and the other player will not be required to keep playing the song in order to win. If a player picks a song and the other player fails it or gives up, then they will be required to pass it in order to win on that particular song.

Scoring: Players will earn points towards their score for each song by earning Perfects, Greats, and O.K.’s during a song. For each “Perfect” and “O.K” a player achieves, 2 points will be awarded. For each “Great” achieved a player will be awarded 1 point.

~Grounds for disqualification~

• Sportsmanship is required at all times during the tournament, whether on or off of the dance pad. Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated.

• Swearing or indecent language will not be tolerated at any time during the tournament.

• A warning will be given the first time either one of the above two rules is broken. A second violation will result in a loss of the current match or the current round. If a third violation occurs the player will immediately be eliminated from the tournament and their name will be replaced with a bye. Any arbiter reserves the right to bypass giving a warning should they feel that the first violation was severe enough.

~General Rules~

• Nonstop courses, Oni courses, and Edit stepcharts are not allowed in the tournament.

• Players automatically lose a match if they cannot pay the Pay-Per-Play fees. If a player cannot pay the fee in time, the match will be postponed. If a player cannot pay the fee at the postponed match, they automatically lose.

• If a player cannot be found in time for their matchup, then the bout will be postponed until later in the round. If the player cannot be found for their postponed bout then the player shall lose the bout by default.

• Any player that passes out during a bout will lose the match by default if they are not revived in time for the next song.

• Permissible modifiers:

-Speed modifiers, stealth, hidden, sudden, boost, flat, and dark may be used at any time during the tournament.

-“Little” may be used, and freeze arrows may be turned off, but players will not receive points in any way for arrows/freezes removed by said modifier.

-“Solo” and all turn modifiers may be used at any time during the tournament based on player agreement.

• Players may not pick the same song more than once during the tournament. The “Random” select function may be used as many times as a player wants during the tournament. Players may still pick the qualifier song after the qualifiers have ended.

• There will be no limit on the number of entrants.

To register:

You can register via two methods-

1. Paypal- The website should be up for the tournament soon, and you'll be able to order a ticket via paypal.

2. Mail- Mail your pre-registration fee to 33 Lambert Lind Highway in an envelope marked "MMG9 TOURNAMENT PRE-REG". You can pay with either cash or check- please make checks payable to "NSL Tournaments". Printable copies of the registration cards will be available to download online once the website is set up. Once your registration fee has been received, your name will be added to the attendance list and a ticket for the tournament will be sent out to the return address.

* Please make sure all information is clearly printed.

* Please do NOT, use nicknames on the registration card. If you wish you can include them with your full name, but please do not send a registration card with just your nickname/tag.

* Treat your ticket like CASH! Even though you will be added to the attendance list and will be able to get into the tournament without your ticket, your ticket will also be used as a raffle ticket for any and all raffles to be held at the tournament.

* By pre-registering/registering, you agree to the tournament rules as listed. The tournament rules may be changed at any time without notice.