Attention Ground Zero participants!

The Philippines` premier FPS battleground will be conducting a SPECIAL GROUND ZERO TOURNAMENT when GM Zeta visits Davao on July 10, 2010.

• Up to 32 team slots will be available for this tournament
• A MAXIMUM of 2 teams PER CLAN will be allowed to join the event
• All players regardless of what city/town they reside in are allowed to join
• All teams will automatically be rewarded 4 PRO POINTS upon registration!
• CHAMPION team will get a total of 24 points for their clan!
• 1st place (team) will win P10,000 + limited edition K.O.S. ProTour. 2nd place (team) will win P5,000

Full details are posted below:

LOCATION: Netopia – Ateneo de Davao, Davao
SCHEDULE:
10:00AM – 12:00PM: EVENT REGISTRATION
12:00PM – 1:00PM: LUNCH BREAK
~12:30PM – 1:00PM: BRIEFING WITH TEAM CAPTAINS
1:00PM – 10:00PM: TOURNAMENT PROPER

The mechanics for the tournament is posted below:

I. Eligibility:
• Open to all registered K.O.S. players.
• Participating teams must consist of 5 members.

II. Registration:
• Show up at the designated venue on the specified date of the tournament.
• Sign up with GM Zeta who is present at the location. He serves as the official for the tournament and will assist teams who wish to register.
• Registration is on a “first come, first served” basis.
• All players regardless of what city/town they reside in are allowed to register.

• A MINIMUM of 8 teams and a MAXIMUM of 32 team slots are available.
o Should a venue not be able to yield the MINIMUM of 8 teams, Ground Zero will be cancelled for that venue.

• Inform the Field Marshal if your team is already a part of an EXISTING clan in-game, or if your team is not part of any in-game clan.

• For teams that are not yet part of an EXISTING in-game clan:
o Properly inform GM Zeta that your team is not a member of an EXISTING in-game clan.
o The tournament official will guide you on the registration process for NEW clans.
o Once registration is complete, your team will be eligible to join the tournament.

• If a NEW clan has 2 teams (10 members) participating on the same day, the system will allow those teams to accumulate points as a clan on that day.
o The first NEW clan to register a valid clan name will be treated as that clan`s team 1. In order for a team from another venue to contribute for the NEW clan`s points, they should coordinate with team 1 and input the same clan name registered (correct spelling and capitalization) in order to count as that new clan`s team 2.

• Two teams per clan (new clan or old clan, 5-members per team) will be allowed to register.

III. Mechanics:
• Teams must designate a Team Captain who will handle all decisions for the team. The tournament official will only consider decisions made by the team captain as final for the entire team.
• Each team shall consist of 5 members belonging to the same clan.
• Teams must be present and complete by the time their match schedule starts.

• Setup period is STRICTLY 5 minutes ONLY.
o Players may change the keyboard configuration, weapon handedness, and mouse sensitivity.
o Players may select their primary weapons and backpack alternate weapons.
o Players may purchase any weapon that isn`t already owned by the character and use that as their primary and/or alternate weapon.
o Players may not change their class nor delete/create characters.
o Players may bring their own keyboard, mouse, headset for the tournament.
o The café management per location has the right to refuse participants from changing the PC settings, or not allow participants to use contestant`s hardware. In that case, participants will have to make do with only the settings that can be changed.

• Players who fail to take advantage of the 5 minute setup time must begin playing with whatever configuration and character setup they are left with. No time extension for the setup will be given.
• If teams are incomplete by the end of the setup period the team with the most members will automatically win.
• A toss coin will settle which team will be on which side for the first set (red or blue).
• If a player gets disconnected, the game will still continue, and the disconnected player must log back in again as soon as possible. If an entire team gets disconnected, the opposing team will automatically win.

• If both teams get disconnected, the following rules will apply:
o If the disconnection occurred within the first 5 minutes of the game, the entire match will be restarted.
o If the disconnection occurred after the first 5 minutes of the game, the team who has the most points before the disconnection will be considered the winner of that set.

• Technical issues encountered during the event will be assessed by the Tournament Official. Only major technical problems will merit game suspension and/or restart at the discretion of the Tournament Official.
• Matches and the tournament tree will be randomly generated by the online Tournament Management Tool once registration is complete. This is a single-elimination tournament so only the winning team will advance.

• FIRST ELIMINATIONS: Bombing
o Room Settings: Round Count: 3 rounds. 3 min/round. Team switch per set. “Indicate enemies” option turned OFF.
o Best of 3. Match winners will advance to the SECOND ELIMINATIONS.

• SECOND ELIMINATIONS: Bombing
o Room Settings: Round Count: 3 rounds. 3 min/round. Team switch per set. “Indicate enemies” option turned OFF.
o Best of 3. Match winners will advance to the QUARTERFINALS.

• QUARTERFINALS: Bombing
o Room Settings: Round Count: 3 rounds. 3 min/round. Team switch per set. “Indicate enemies” option turned OFF.
o Best of 5. Match winners will advance to the SEMIFINALS.

• SEMIFINALS: Bombing
o Room Settings: Round Count: 3 rounds. 3 min/round. Team switch per set. “Indicate enemies” option turned OFF.
o Best of 7. Match winners will advance to the FINALS.

• FINALS: Bombing
o Room Settings: Round Count: 3 rounds. 3 min/round. Team switch per set. “Indicate enemies” option turned OFF.
o Best of 9. Winner will be hailed as the champion and their clan will yield the most points!

• PROTOUR POINT accumulation:
o +4 points for ALL registered teams. (Total yield: 4 points)
o +4 points if the team advances to the SECOND ELIMINATIONS. (Total yield: 8 points)
o +4 points if the team advances to the QUARTERFINALS. (Total yield: 12 points)
o +4 points if the team advances to the SEMIFINALS. (Total yield: 16 points)
o +4 points if the team advances to the FINALS. (Total yield: 20 points)
o +4 points if the team is hailed as the champion. (Total yield: 24 points)

OTHER GUIDELINES
1. Participants must follow the rules interpretations and guidelines set forth by the KOS PROTOUR Tournament Committee, the Tournament Director, the head judge, and other tournament officials.
2. Players are expected to behave in a respectful and sportsmanlike manner at all times.
3. Players who argue with or fail to follow the instructions of the Tournament Director, head judge or other tournament officials are subject to the appropriate penalties as dictated by the severity of the case.
4. Level Up! and/or officials of the KOS PROTOUR Tournament Committee shall reserve the right to suspend or ban a player or clan without prior notice for any reason deemed necessary.
5. The decision of the Referees, Game Masters, and tournament officials ARE FINAL.
6. Employees, suppliers and service providers of Level Up, Inc. and their relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity are disqualified from joining any stage, including the finals, of KOS PROTOUR 2010. This also includes the use of characters they own and accounts they maintain.

IV. Prizes
• First Place Winner – P10,000 for the winning team + limited edition K.O.S. ProTour shirts
• Second Place Winner – P5,000 for the winning team

This tournament is under the K.O.S. ProTour
Per DTI NCR permit No. 1552 Series of 2010

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