Event Rules (in English only, sorry):

1. - Have fun!
Open flaming in in-game messaging is encouraged!..
A form for this is also available.. in the forms section.

2. - 1 person to 1 race per game.
Any player found to be using multiple planets registrations, or multiple accounts and playing multiple races in the same game, gets an immediate disqualification. No Vote on this.

3. - All players are expected to validate
via test game #35 / email validity & compatibility test.

4. - This Host is not responsible for late / delayed or misdirected email, inbound or outbound. A 2ndary email will be set to auto-forwarded to for inbound turn files.

5. - Dos & Winplan Registered players only.

6. - Sharing RST or any other game files with others outside of the games ability to do so is prohibited. Alliances are possible if the individual game settings allow this.

7. - Any client-side programs are allowed for information gathering purposes, not for alteration / hacking outside of winplan / dosplan abilities.

8. - Should 'The TIM Continuum' attack anyone in a game,
that player may be subject to a disqualification review, which will be done by majority VOTE by the players in that game and with this host counting for 2 votes.

9. - Any paid tournament player who is disqualified will
not receive any refund.

10. - There may be game delays for major holidays..
If so, they will be as follows...
Christmas-New Years - delay from Dec 23 thru Jan 2, resuming Jan 3.
Easter - Delay for 3 days, before during and after. Apr-7 to Apr-9.
July 4 (USA) - Delay for 3 days, July 3 - 5.
Thanksgiving (USA) - delay for 5 days, 2 before and 2 after.
other (Europe) delay ??    Let this ignorant host know!!
other - extreme exceptions, family illness/death and such. 1 week.
Player vacation time - 1 host date delay is allowed per game.

11. - Rules can be amended at any time without notice before game play begins. After game start, any changes will have been decided by  email vote.  In the event no one votes, this host will make the determination.

12. - Entry fee refund, if any, will be allowed only if request is received before contest lock-out is done.
Lock-out will be 23.00 hours before 1st round games are set to run.
Lock-out will not occur if too many open race positions exist.
*Any refund will be the balance of what is deposited to this host, minus cost to return mail or transaction fee.

13. - In the event of a drop out by a player, no refund will be made.
No player will be auto dropped by the host.
A replacement player can take over an inactive position, but must pay the entry fee, agree to all current rules and have the permission of the previous player before being allowed. A vote by all active players in all games will be made to allow a replacement player, in order to subdue any collusion.

14. - All players are responsible for having the correct game data files, which will be emailed and online for download.
Custom game maps & alternate data files may be needed.

15. - In the event of vacation, hardware or other undesired problems, game hosting may be delayed.

16. - If catastrophic and unrecoverable crash of the game host pc/hd, etc...(this event was experienced by me in Sept 06, as my new hd let out a loud noisy death scream), then the following will be done:

(a) If this happens within the 1st round of play and after turn 50, all paid players *actively engaged in a tournament game, at that time of crash, can choose to either be refunded, as described to the right and not be eligible for any prizes OR prizes for runner-ups will be awarded but not the grand prize or 1st prize choices. If before turn 51, then each player can either restart or accept a refund as described to the right.

(b)  If this happens within the 2nd or 3rd  round of play and after turn 50, all paid players *actively engaged in a tournament game, at that time of crash, can choose to either be refunded, as described to the right and not be eligible for any prizes OR prizes for 1st & runner-ups, but not the grand prize, will be awarded, with first choice position based on wins & combined score of rounds & current round.

(c)  If this happens in the final game of play and after turn 50, all paid players *actively engaged in this tournament game, at that time of crash, can choose to either be refunded, as described to the right and not be eligible for any prizes OR prizes for will be awarded, with first choice position based on wins & combined score of rounds & current round.

*Actively engaged is defined as a player who has submitted at least ONE valid turn file within the previous 3 game turns, preceding the crash & as posted on the website, of the current round.

17. In all voting, majority votes rule any decisions, except with...
In the case of allowing a replacement player, 100% yes votes by the affected game is required and >66% yes by all other active players.

18 - If this host dies, in a fiery car accident or some other undesirable form of earthly departing event, then have a party for me!
If possible the tournament game files will be given to another host to resume play. Prizes will still hopefully be available and sent.
Death to King George Dubya!!

3 rounds of combat will determine who
the final game 11 prize winning players are.

The winner selection each round will depend
on the number of players initially involved, and
win / score combination at the end of each round.

RSTs will NOT be available for any game until it is ready to start.
Round 1 will be all standard, except for home worlds.
R1 game hconfig will be 100% default, and max planet settings.
The following game rounds will have a custom map, at least.
Starting home world locations will always be different.
Turn 1 of round 2 and above may not have
an RST file due to construction needs.

In order to speed things up, each round will have
an accelerated startup, with many planets at various
stages of development with many pre-constructed &
positioned ships filled with clans & other nice goodies.

Games will run early if all turns have been submitted.
So don't be the last one to do so, unless certain!!!
After turn 10, when there is at least 1 day between turns,
games will run on time, no delays for lates.

Hosting time is Daily for turns 1- ~10.
From turn 11 to ~25 : Su-Tu-Th-Sa.
From turn 26 to ~49 : M Th Sa.
From turn 49 to ~70 : M & Th.
From turn ~70+ : Th.
Hosting time will be ~11:49pm GMT,
This is considering NO time change for daylight savings...
12AM GMT  will be thought as 7PM EST
This is also as 4PM my time.. MST (Arizona)

For Round 1, race choices will be by player at top of the
signed-up list and progress to the next and so on.
#2 players choice will be attempted in game 1 if available,
if not then he will be put into game 2
#3 player, g1 then g2, etc.
Number of R1 games is determined by total players in signed-up list.
For rounds 2 & 3, it will be based on the NFL draft...
Worst / last place position advancing gets 1st choice.
For final round, 1st choice will be taken by player with
highest total AutoScore points from all prior games,
2nd choice for 2nd highest...
Choice 1 will go to game X position X, choice 2 to game X, etc.
until each game is full then further selections go to
the next game pool for the round.
This will ensure an even distribution of
skills amongst each rounds game players.

Game configuration & add-ons list will be
posted online before round 1 begins.

"The Q" will be the AI in use for anyone
needing to use it for a limited* time.
Allowed only after game turn 15.
The Q will be removed from the game *after turn 55 host
is run to minimize any prize position it may be in.

Several game log files will be online for all to see.