FOREVERSPADES LEAGUE TOURNAMENT RULES

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FOREVERSPADES LEAGUE
Standard Rules for All Tournaments
(These rules are in addition to the rules of the specific game being played)
(The League Rules below will over ride any and all rules listed on the tournament page if there is a conflict between them)
Updated November 16, 2011

GAME

NO LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH SHALL BE USED FOR CHAT ON ANY
TOURNAMENT OR LEAGUE GAME TABLE.
ONE WARNING:
SECOND OCCURRENCE YOU MAY BE DISQUALIFIED AND/OR BOXED

ALL FOREVERSPADES TOURNEY GAMES ARE PLAYED TO THE SPECIFIED
LENGTH OF HANDS/TIME/POINTS AND IN THE CASE OF SUICIDE
A 500 POINT DIFFERENCE...WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

THEN THE MISBIDS ARE ASSESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER.
Example:
10 HANDS PLAYED..ASSESS THE MISBID TO DETERMINE THE WINNER
30 MINUTES..ASSESS THE MISBID TO DETERMINE THE WINNER
500 POINTS..ASSESS THE MISBID TO DETERMINE THE WINNER

NO ADJUSTMENT OF THE FINAL SCORE WILL BE MADE FOR BAGS
BAGS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL SCORE UNLESS INDICATED DIFFERENTLY ON THE
SPECIFIC GAME RULES AND POSTED TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE
PRIOR TO THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT.

THE WINNING TEAM IS TO REMAIN AT THE GAME TABLE UNTIL THE TD CALLS THE WINNING TEAM.

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MISBIDS

SEE TOURNAMENT PAGE FOR SPECIFICS

TD MUST BE CALLED TO THE TABLE TO VERIFY MISBIDS

ALL FOUR (4) PLAYERS MUST HAVE BID BEFORE A MISBID IS CALLED ON THAT HAND

EACH MISBID WILL BE PENALIZED
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF MISBIDS ALLOWED

INTENTIONALLY MISBIDDING WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC DQ AND 1 DAY BOX TIME

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PLAY

SLOW PLAY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED:
IF YOU HAVE PING YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY
1st--WARNING
2nd--PLAYER WILL BE DISQUALIFIED

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CALLING A GAME ON TIME

GAMES ARE CALLED AFTER 30 MINUTES OF PLAY EXCEPT UNDER THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TD IF ONE TEAM HAS CAUSED THE DELAY OF PLAY:

IF THE WINNING TEAM HAS CAUSED THE DELAY THE TD MAY ALLOW THE GAME TO FINISH ALL HANDS

IF THE TEAM CAUSING THE DELAY IS LOSING, THE GAME WILL BE CALLED AT 30 MINUTES
(This is so that no team who is playing at a steady pace is penalized for the slow play of the other team)

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TABLE TALK

ABSOLUTELY NO TABLE TALK IS ALLOWED
ANY TALK REGARDING THE CURRENT HAND MAY BE CONSIDERED TABLE TALK
1st--OPPONENTS HAVE THE OPTION OF SKIPPING HAND AND YOU ARE WARNED
2nd--OPPONENTS HAVE THE OPTION OF SKIPPING HAND, AND THE OFFENDING PLAYER WILL BE DQ'd AND BOXED

THE REMAINING PLAYER MAY GET A SUB TO COMPLETE THE TOURNEY
IF BOTH PLAYERS ARE GUILTY OF TABLE TALK THE TEAM WILL BE DQ'd

THE TD MUST BE CALLED DURING THE HAND IN QUESTION
IF THE HAND HAS BEEN COMPLETED NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN

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BRB's

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE BRB's DURING A HAND AND ESPECIALLY NOT DURING A NIL
IF YOU NEED A BRB PLEASE TRY TO DO SO BETWEEN HANDS ONLY

ANNOUNCE ALL "BRB's" AT THE TABLE FIRST
2 MINUTE TIMER WILL BE PLACED ON ALL BRB's AFTER WHICH YOU WILL BE REPLACED
WITH A SUB

TEAM DQ IF PLAY IS NOT RESUMED IN 5 MINUTES (including the 2 minute brb time)

IF A PLAYER IS FOUND TO BE DOING FREQUENT BRB's YOU MAY BE WARNED AND/OR DQ'd

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BOOTED FROM TABLES

ANY TEAM MEMBER WHO IS BOOTED FROM A GAME TABLE WILL BE ALLOWED
TO RETURN TWO (2) TIMES

TIMER WILL BE PLACED ON THE BOOTED PLAYER FOR A CUMULATIVE PERIOD
OF UP TO 5 MINUTES

UPON A THIRD (3rd) BOOT THE BOOTED PLAYER MAY NOT RETURN TO THIS GAME
AND THE REMAINING TEAM PLAYER MUST GET A SUB FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT GAME

THE PLAYER MAY CONTINUE IN THE TOUR FOR THE NEXT ROUND GAME WITH THE
ABOVE BEING EFFECTIVE FOR EACH GAME

SUBS--2 VS 2

5 MINUTE PLAYER REPLACEMENT TIME IS ALLOWED AND WILL BE INCLUDED
IN THE GAME TIME LIMIT

TIMER WILL START WHEN THE BOOTED PLAYER LEAVES THE TABLE
(CALL TD TO START TIMER)

GAME MUST RESUME PLAY WITHIN THAT 5 MINUTES
(ie: you have 5 minutes to find a sub and get the game resumed)

DQ OF THE TEAM WILL RESULT IF PLAY HAS NOT RESUMED

SUBS ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THEY ARE A LEAGUE MEMBER AND ARE NOT
PLAYING IN ANOTHER GAME OR TOURNAMENT

IF NO OTHER SUBS ARE AVAILABLE AND AS A LAST RESORT A PLAYER ON A BYE MAY
SUB BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE NOT WAITING TO PLAY THE WINNERS OF THE TABLE NEEDING A SUB

REFUSING AN AVAILABLE SUB IS A DQ AFTER THE 5 MINUTES HAS EXPIRED, HOWEVER
IF NO SUBS ARE AVAILABLE THE GAME WILL BE PUT 'ON HOLD' UNTIL A SUB BECOMES AVAILABLE

TDS WILL SUB ONLY AS AN EXTREME LAST RESORT AND MAY SUB ON ONE TABLE AT A TIME

SUBS SHOULD FINISH THE HAND THEY ARE PLAYING WHEN THE ORIGINAL MEMBER RETURNS
however, the sub must stand if either team member requests their seat back regardless if in the middle of the hand or not.

THE ORIGINAL PLAYER MUST PLAY AT LEAST PART OF THE FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNEY OR
THEY MAY BE REPLACED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT
(This choice will be the remaining original partners)

ONE ORIGINAL MEMBER MUST BE PLAYING AT ALL TIMES
DQ OF THE TEAM WILL RESULT WHEN NEITHER MEMBER IS PRESENT TO PLAY
THIS INCLUDES FINALS

IF BOTH ORIGINAL TEAM MEMBERS ARE MISSING THE TEAM WILL BE GIVEN
5 MINUTES FOR ONE OR THE OTHER TO RETURN
(Only one sub is allowed to be playing per team)

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SUBS--3 VS 3

IF ONE PLAYER IS MIA A SUB MUST BE OBTAINED FOR GAME TO CONTINUE
AT NO TIME WILL THE TWO REMAINING PLAYERS BE ALLOWED TO
STAY SEATED AND PLAY THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME

PLAYER ONE WILL REMAIN SEATED FOR ALL HANDS
A SUB WILL BE IN PLACE AND WILL ROTATE HANDS
WITH THE REMAINING SECOND PLAYER

IF THE CAPT OR PLAYER ONE IS MIA THEN PLAYER TWO WILL REMAIN SEATED AND
ROTATION WILL BE WITH THE SUB AND OTHER TEAM MEMBER

ALL OTHER SUB RULES APPLY

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SUBS--4 VS 4

IN THE EVENT A PLAYER IS MIA THE TEAM CAPTAIN
WILL REMAIN SEATED AND THE OTHER TWO TEAM MEMBERS
WILL ROTATE PLAYING

IF TWO TEAM MEMBERS ARE GONE AT THE SAME TIME
A SUB WILL PLAY EVERY OTHER HAND

ALL OTHER SUB RULES APPLY

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SUBS--1 VS 1 (with bots)

NO SUBS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY 1 VS 1 TOURNAMENTS WITH BOTS

FOR MIA OR NO SHOW PLAYERS A 3 MINUTE TIMER IS PLACED
AFTER WHICH THEY ARE DQ'd FROM THE TOURNAMENT

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SUBS--1 VS 1 (with humans)

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE

1 VS 1 WITH HUMANS ALLOWS FOR "PLAYER HELPERS"

PLAYER HELPERS ARE USED TO COMPLETE A MATCH IN ROUND ONE IF NECESSARY
TO KEEP THE "HUMAN" CONCEPT OF THE TOURNEY

PLAYER HELPERS ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED IN THE FINALS
ONE HELPER FOR EACH OF THE TWO PLAYERS MAKING IT TO THE FINALS

GAME CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL WINNING HELPERS

ANY LEAGUE MEMBER MAY BE A PLAYER HELPER
INCLUDING THOSE IN THE TOURNEY
(NOTE: This is different than 2 vs 2 tourneys where subs are required)

IM's & MESSENGER

ABSOLUTELY NO PRIVATE IMS TO YOUR PARTNER IS ALLOWED
WHILE AT ANY LEAGUE TABLE
IMMEDIATE DQ AND BOX TIME WILL BE GIVEN WITH POSSIBLE
BANNING FROM THE LEAGUE DEPENDING ON THE THE CONTENTS OF THE IM
(Screen Shots required)

OTHER GAMES

TO BE FAIR TO ALL PLAYERS YOU MAY NOT BE IN ANOTHER GAME OR TOURNAMENT
IF CAUGHT DOING SO YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DQ'd FROM THE TOURNEY
YOUR PARTNER MAY GET A SUB FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT

THE DQ'd PLAYER WILL HAVE STATS ADJUSTED--ANY WINS WILL BE REMOVED
ANY LOSES WILL REMAIN
DQ'd PLAYER MAY ALSO BE BOXED 1-3 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES

TABLES

UNRATED PROTECTED TABLES (unless otherwise stated)

KIBITZ OFF AS SOON AS YOU SIT (unless otherwise stated)

HOST IS ASKED TO KEEP TRACK OF HANDS

DO NOT START TABLES UNTIL THE TD ANNOUNCES PAIRINGS IN THE LOBBY

NEW TABLES MUST BE MADE FOR EACH GAME
(You can not stay at a table for your next round game)
(You can only be at one table while playing with the exception of tds if there are many tables to watch)

NEXT TOURNAMENT

PLAYERS MAY ENTER THE NEXT TOUR ONCE THEY ARE ELIMINATED FROM
THEIR CURRENT TOUR OR
RIGHT BEFORE THE FINALS GAME BEGINS, IF THIS APPLIES

THE PREVIOUS TOUR MUST BE IN THE FINALS ROUND

THIS APPLIES TO THE TD OF THE PREVIOUS TOUR AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS

IF ON THE NEXT TOURNEY THEIR GAME IS CALLED THEY HAVE A CHOICE OF
GETTING A SUB FOR EITHER GAME.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN A PLAYER PLAY BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

BEHAVIOR

NO RUDENESS OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE TO THE TD OR OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE TOLERATED
1st--WARNING
2nd--DQ'd AND POSSIBLE BOX TIME

TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PLAYERS
ALL ISSUES/PROBLEMS ARE BEST SOLVED IN PRIVATE TABLE OR MESSENGER

OUT BURSTS IN THE LOBBY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE
AND ARE AN ACT OF POOR SPORTSMANSHIP

IF THERE IS A PROBLEM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE THE TD
AND, IF POSSIBLE, A PRIVATE TABLE CAN BE MADE AND ANOTHER TD
CALLED TO HELP RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE

THE GALLERY

VISITORS TO GAME TABLES MAY WATCH BUT MUST REMAIN QUIET
IF REQUESTED BY THE PLAYERS OR TD

IF A VISITOR ON A GAME TABLE IS CREATING A PROBLEM OR OTHERWISE INTERFERING
WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF ANY PLAYER THE VISITOR MUST LEAVE
IF ASKED TO DO SO BY THE TD OR PLAYERS

NO PLAYER MAY BOOT ANOTHER LEAGUE MEMBER FROM A TABLE WITHOUT THE
TD DIRECTING THEM TO DO SO.....BOX TIME WILL BE GIVEN

DO NOT BOOT A VISITOR WHO KIBITZES YOUR GAME
(THIS MAY BE A POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER)
BUT EXPLAIN TO THEM THIS IS A TOURNAMENT GAME AND PLEASE DO NOT KIBITZ

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FOREVERSPADES LEAGUE Standard Rules for All Tournaments (These rules are in addition to the rules of the specific game being played) (The League Rules below will over ride any and all rules listed on the tournament page if there is a conflict between them) Updated November 16, 2011 <hr color="#000000" width="80%"> GAME NO LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH SHALL BE USED FOR CHAT ON ANY TOURNAMENT OR LEAGUE GAME TABLE. ONE WARNING: SECOND OCCURRENCE YOU MAY BE DISQUALIFIED AND/OR BOXED ALL FOREVERSPADES TOURNEY GAMES ARE PLAYED TO THE SPECIFIED LENGTH OF HANDS/TIME/POINTS AND IN THE CASE OF SUICIDE A 500 POINT DIFFERENCE...WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. THEN THE MISBIDS ARE ASSESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER. Example: 10 HANDS PLAYED..ASSESS THE MISBID TO DETERMINE THE WINNER 30 MINUTES..ASSESS THE MISBID TO DETERMINE THE WINNER 500 POINTS..ASSESS THE MISBID TO DETERMINE THE WINNER NO ADJUSTMENT OF THE FINAL SCORE WILL BE MADE FOR BAGS BAGS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL SCORE UNLESS INDICATED DIFFERENTLY ON THE SPECIFIC GAME RULES AND POSTED TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT. THE WINNING TEAM IS TO REMAIN AT THE GAME TABLE UNTIL THE TD CALLS THE WINNING TEAM. ---------- MISBIDS SEE TOURNAMENT PAGE FOR SPECIFICS TD MUST BE CALLED TO THE TABLE TO VERIFY MISBIDS ALL FOUR (4) PLAYERS MUST HAVE BID BEFORE A MISBID IS CALLED ON THAT HAND EACH MISBID WILL BE PENALIZED THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF MISBIDS ALLOWED INTENTIONALLY MISBIDDING WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC DQ AND 1 DAY BOX TIME ---------- PLAY SLOW PLAY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED: IF YOU HAVE PING YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY 1st--WARNING 2nd--PLAYER WILL BE DISQUALIFIED ---------- CALLING A GAME ON TIME GAMES ARE CALLED AFTER 30 MINUTES OF PLAY EXCEPT UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TD IF ONE TEAM HAS CAUSED THE DELAY OF PLAY: IF THE WINNING TEAM HAS CAUSED THE DELAY THE TD MAY ALLOW THE GAME TO FINISH ALL HANDS IF THE TEAM CAUSING THE DELAY IS LOSING, THE GAME WILL BE CALLED AT 30 MINUTES (This is so that no team who is playing at a steady pace is penalized for the slow play of the other team) ---------- TABLE TALK ABSOLUTELY NO TABLE TALK IS ALLOWED ANY TALK REGARDING THE CURRENT HAND MAY BE CONSIDERED TABLE TALK 1st--OPPONENTS HAVE THE OPTION OF SKIPPING HAND AND YOU ARE WARNED 2nd--OPPONENTS HAVE THE OPTION OF SKIPPING HAND, AND THE OFFENDING PLAYER WILL BE DQ'd AND BOXED THE REMAINING PLAYER MAY GET A SUB TO COMPLETE THE TOURNEY IF BOTH PLAYERS ARE GUILTY OF TABLE TALK THE TEAM WILL BE DQ'd THE TD MUST BE CALLED DURING THE HAND IN QUESTION IF THE HAND HAS BEEN COMPLETED NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ---------- BRB's PLEASE DO NOT TAKE BRB's DURING A HAND AND ESPECIALLY NOT DURING A NIL IF YOU NEED A BRB PLEASE TRY TO DO SO BETWEEN HANDS ONLY ANNOUNCE ALL "BRB's" AT THE TABLE FIRST 2 MINUTE TIMER WILL BE PLACED ON ALL BRB's AFTER WHICH YOU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SUB TEAM DQ IF PLAY IS NOT RESUMED IN 5 MINUTES (including the 2 minute brb time) IF A PLAYER IS FOUND TO BE DOING FREQUENT BRB's YOU MAY BE WARNED AND/OR DQ'd ---------- BOOTED FROM TABLES ANY TEAM MEMBER WHO IS BOOTED FROM A GAME TABLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TWO (2) TIMES TIMER WILL BE PLACED ON THE BOOTED PLAYER FOR A CUMULATIVE PERIOD OF UP TO 5 MINUTES UPON A THIRD (3rd) BOOT THE BOOTED PLAYER MAY NOT RETURN TO THIS GAME AND THE REMAINING TEAM PLAYER MUST GET A SUB FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT GAME THE PLAYER MAY CONTINUE IN THE TOUR FOR THE NEXT ROUND GAME WITH THE ABOVE BEING EFFECTIVE FOR EACH GAME <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> SUBS--2 VS 2 5 MINUTE PLAYER REPLACEMENT TIME IS ALLOWED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE GAME TIME LIMIT TIMER WILL START WHEN THE BOOTED PLAYER LEAVES THE TABLE (CALL TD TO START TIMER) GAME MUST RESUME PLAY WITHIN THAT 5 MINUTES (ie: you have 5 minutes to find a sub and get the game resumed) DQ OF THE TEAM WILL RESULT IF PLAY HAS NOT RESUMED SUBS ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THEY ARE A LEAGUE MEMBER AND ARE NOT PLAYING IN ANOTHER GAME OR TOURNAMENT IF NO OTHER SUBS ARE AVAILABLE AND AS A LAST RESORT A PLAYER ON A BYE MAY SUB BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE NOT WAITING TO PLAY THE WINNERS OF THE TABLE NEEDING A SUB REFUSING AN AVAILABLE SUB IS A DQ AFTER THE 5 MINUTES HAS EXPIRED, HOWEVER IF NO SUBS ARE AVAILABLE THE GAME WILL BE PUT 'ON HOLD' UNTIL A SUB BECOMES AVAILABLE TDS WILL SUB ONLY AS AN EXTREME LAST RESORT AND MAY SUB ON ONE TABLE AT A TIME SUBS SHOULD FINISH THE HAND THEY ARE PLAYING WHEN THE ORIGINAL MEMBER RETURNS however, the sub must stand if either team member requests their seat back regardless if in the middle of the hand or not. THE ORIGINAL PLAYER MUST PLAY AT LEAST PART OF THE FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNEY OR THEY MAY BE REPLACED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT (This choice will be the remaining original partners) ONE ORIGINAL MEMBER MUST BE PLAYING AT ALL TIMES DQ OF THE TEAM WILL RESULT WHEN NEITHER MEMBER IS PRESENT TO PLAY THIS INCLUDES FINALS IF BOTH ORIGINAL TEAM MEMBERS ARE MISSING THE TEAM WILL BE GIVEN 5 MINUTES FOR ONE OR THE OTHER TO RETURN (Only one sub is allowed to be playing per team) ---------- SUBS--3 VS 3 IF ONE PLAYER IS MIA A SUB MUST BE OBTAINED FOR GAME TO CONTINUE AT NO TIME WILL THE TWO REMAINING PLAYERS BE ALLOWED TO STAY SEATED AND PLAY THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME PLAYER ONE WILL REMAIN SEATED FOR ALL HANDS A SUB WILL BE IN PLACE AND WILL ROTATE HANDS WITH THE REMAINING SECOND PLAYER IF THE CAPT OR PLAYER ONE IS MIA THEN PLAYER TWO WILL REMAIN SEATED AND ROTATION WILL BE WITH THE SUB AND OTHER TEAM MEMBER ALL OTHER SUB RULES APPLY ---------- SUBS--4 VS 4 IN THE EVENT A PLAYER IS MIA THE TEAM CAPTAIN WILL REMAIN SEATED AND THE OTHER TWO TEAM MEMBERS WILL ROTATE PLAYING IF TWO TEAM MEMBERS ARE GONE AT THE SAME TIME A SUB WILL PLAY EVERY OTHER HAND ALL OTHER SUB RULES APPLY ---------- SUBS--1 VS 1 (with bots) NO SUBS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY 1 VS 1 TOURNAMENTS WITH BOTS FOR MIA OR NO SHOW PLAYERS A 3 MINUTE TIMER IS PLACED AFTER WHICH THEY ARE DQ'd FROM THE TOURNAMENT ---------- SUBS--1 VS 1 (with humans) IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE 1 VS 1 WITH HUMANS ALLOWS FOR "PLAYER HELPERS" PLAYER HELPERS ARE USED TO COMPLETE A MATCH IN ROUND ONE IF NECESSARY TO KEEP THE "HUMAN" CONCEPT OF THE TOURNEY PLAYER HELPERS ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED IN THE FINALS ONE HELPER FOR EACH OF THE TWO PLAYERS MAKING IT TO THE FINALS GAME CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL WINNING HELPERS ANY LEAGUE MEMBER MAY BE A PLAYER HELPER INCLUDING THOSE IN THE TOURNEY (NOTE: This is different than 2 vs 2 tourneys where subs are required) <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> IM's & MESSENGER ABSOLUTELY NO PRIVATE IMS TO YOUR PARTNER IS ALLOWED WHILE AT ANY LEAGUE TABLE IMMEDIATE DQ AND BOX TIME WILL BE GIVEN WITH POSSIBLE BANNING FROM THE LEAGUE DEPENDING ON THE THE CONTENTS OF THE IM (Screen Shots required) <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> OTHER GAMES TO BE FAIR TO ALL PLAYERS YOU MAY NOT BE IN ANOTHER GAME OR TOURNAMENT IF CAUGHT DOING SO YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DQ'd FROM THE TOURNEY YOUR PARTNER MAY GET A SUB FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT THE DQ'd PLAYER WILL HAVE STATS ADJUSTED--ANY WINS WILL BE REMOVED ANY LOSES WILL REMAIN DQ'd PLAYER MAY ALSO BE BOXED 1-3 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> TABLES UNRATED PROTECTED TABLES (unless otherwise stated) KIBITZ OFF AS SOON AS YOU SIT (unless otherwise stated) HOST IS ASKED TO KEEP TRACK OF HANDS DO NOT START TABLES UNTIL THE TD ANNOUNCES PAIRINGS IN THE LOBBY NEW TABLES MUST BE MADE FOR EACH GAME (You can not stay at a table for your next round game) (You can only be at one table while playing with the exception of tds if there are many tables to watch) <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> NEXT TOURNAMENT PLAYERS MAY ENTER THE NEXT TOUR ONCE THEY ARE ELIMINATED FROM THEIR CURRENT TOUR OR RIGHT BEFORE THE FINALS GAME BEGINS, IF THIS APPLIES THE PREVIOUS TOUR MUST BE IN THE FINALS ROUND THIS APPLIES TO THE TD OF THE PREVIOUS TOUR AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS IF ON THE NEXT TOURNEY THEIR GAME IS CALLED THEY HAVE A CHOICE OF GETTING A SUB FOR EITHER GAME. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN A PLAYER PLAY BOTH AT THE SAME TIME <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> BEHAVIOR NO RUDENESS OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE TO THE TD OR OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE TOLERATED 1st--WARNING 2nd--DQ'd AND POSSIBLE BOX TIME TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PLAYERS ALL ISSUES/PROBLEMS ARE BEST SOLVED IN PRIVATE TABLE OR MESSENGER OUT BURSTS IN THE LOBBY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AND ARE AN ACT OF POOR SPORTSMANSHIP IF THERE IS A PROBLEM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE THE TD AND, IF POSSIBLE, A PRIVATE TABLE CAN BE MADE AND ANOTHER TD CALLED TO HELP RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE <hr color="#000000" width="50%"> THE GALLERY VISITORS TO GAME TABLES MAY WATCH BUT MUST REMAIN QUIET IF REQUESTED BY THE PLAYERS OR TD IF A VISITOR ON A GAME TABLE IS CREATING A PROBLEM OR OTHERWISE INTERFERING WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF ANY PLAYER THE VISITOR MUST LEAVE IF ASKED TO DO SO BY THE TD OR PLAYERS NO PLAYER MAY BOOT ANOTHER LEAGUE MEMBER FROM A TABLE WITHOUT THE TD DIRECTING THEM TO DO SO.....BOX TIME WILL BE GIVEN DO NOT BOOT A VISITOR WHO KIBITZES YOUR GAME (THIS MAY BE A POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER) BUT EXPLAIN TO THEM THIS IS A TOURNAMENT GAME AND PLEASE DO NOT KIBITZ <hr color="#000000" width="50%">