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)
(Updated November 18, 2008)
(The League Rules below will over ride any and all rules listed on the tournaments page
if there is a conflict between them)

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...WHICHEVER COMES FIRST
IN THE CASE OF SUICIDE A 500 POINT DIFFERENCE
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

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.

MISBIDS
SEE TOURNEY PAGE FOR SPECIFICS
TD MUST BE CALLED TO VERIFY
EACH MISBID WILL BE PENALIZED
ALL 4 PLAYERS MUST HAVE BID BEFORE A MISBID IS CALLED ON THAT HAND
THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO THE NUMBER OF MISBIDS ALLOWED

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 AND POSTED ON THE TOURNAMENT PAGE
PRIOR TO THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT

UNRATED PROTECTED TABLES WITH FF'S OFF (unless otherwise stated)

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

HOST TO KEEP TRACK OF HANDS AND TIME

DO NOT START TABLES UNTIL 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)

5 MINUTE PLAYER REPLACEMENT TIME IS ALLOWED
AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE GAME TIME LIMIT
TIMER WILL START WHEN 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 TEAM WILL RESULT IF PLAY HAS NOT RESUMED

IF GAME TIME IS UP THE CURRENT HAND WILL BE COMPLETED
AND THE GAME WILL END AT THAT POINT

ANNOUNCE WINNERS BY TEAM NAME IN THE LOBBY IN CAPS

SUBS
2 VS 2

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

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

SUBS SHOULD FINISH THE HAND THEY ARE PLAYING
WHEN THE ORIGINAL MEMBER RETURNS TO THE GAME

THE ORIGINAL PLAYER MUST PLAY AT LEAST PART OF THE
FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNEY OR MAY BE REPLACED FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNEY
(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 there is a sub and the second original team member is booted that member
will be given 10 minutes to return)

(Only exception is BOTS TOURNAMENTS
NO SUBS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY TOURNAMENTS USING ROBOTS!)

SUBS
1 VS 1 (with bots)

NO SUBS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY 1 VS 1 TOURNAMENTS

FOR MIA OR NO SHOW PLAYERS A 3 MINUTE TIMER IS PLACED
IF THEY DO NOT RETURN IN THAT TIME THEY ARE DQ'D FROM THE TOURNEY

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 PLAYER 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
(This is different than 2 vs 2 tourneys where subs may not be in the tourney)

PLAY

SLOW PLAY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED:
IF YOU HAVE PING YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY
1ST--WARNING
2ND--PLAYER WILL BE DQ'D

ABSOLUTELY NO TABLE TALK IS ALLOWED,
1ST--SKIP HAND AND YOU ARE WARNED
2ND--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

(Any talk regarding the current hand may be considered table talk)

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

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
CONTENTS OF THE IM
(we will require screen shots)

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 TOURNEY
AND THE DQ'D PLAYER WILL HAVE STATS ADJUSTED
YOU MAY ALSO BE BOXED 1-3 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES

NEXT TOUR

PLAYERS MAY ENTER THE NEXT TOUR ONCE ELIMINATED
FROM THE PREVIOUS TOUR OR
RIGHT BEFORE THE FINALS GAME BEGINS, IF THIS APPLIES.

THE PREVIOUS TOUR MUST BE IN THE FINAL 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.

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 AT WHICH TIME YOU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SUB
TEAM DQ IF PLAY IS NOT RESUMED IN 5 MINUTES
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 MEMBER 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

BEHAVIOR

NO RUDENESS OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE TO TD OR OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE TOLERATED
1ST--WARNING
2ND--DQ'D AND POSSIBLE BOX TIME

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

OUTBURSTS 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 MAY WATCH BUT MUST REMAIN QUIET
IF REQUESTED BY THE PLAYERS OR TD

IF A VISITOR IS CREATING A PROBLEM THE VISITOR MUST LEAVE
IF ASKED TO DO SO BY TD OR PLAYERS

DO NOT BOOT A VISITOR WHO KIBITZS YOUR GAME
(THIS MAY BE A POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER)
BUT EXPLAIN TO THEM THIS IS A TOURNAMENT GAME AND PLEASE NOT TO 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) (Updated November 18, 2008) (The League Rules below will over ride any and all rules listed on the tournaments page if there is a conflict between them) <hr color="#000000"> 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...WHICHEVER COMES FIRST IN THE CASE OF SUICIDE A 500 POINT DIFFERENCE 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 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. MISBIDS SEE TOURNEY PAGE FOR SPECIFICS TD MUST BE CALLED TO VERIFY EACH MISBID WILL BE PENALIZED ALL 4 PLAYERS MUST HAVE BID BEFORE A MISBID IS CALLED ON THAT HAND THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO THE NUMBER OF MISBIDS ALLOWED 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 AND POSTED ON THE TOURNAMENT PAGE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT UNRATED PROTECTED TABLES WITH FF'S OFF (unless otherwise stated) KIBITZ OFF AS SOON AS YOU SIT (unless otherwise stated) HOST TO KEEP TRACK OF HANDS AND TIME DO NOT START TABLES UNTIL 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) 5 MINUTE PLAYER REPLACEMENT TIME IS ALLOWED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE GAME TIME LIMIT TIMER WILL START WHEN 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 TEAM WILL RESULT IF PLAY HAS NOT RESUMED IF GAME TIME IS UP THE CURRENT HAND WILL BE COMPLETED AND THE GAME WILL END AT THAT POINT ANNOUNCE WINNERS BY TEAM NAME IN THE LOBBY IN CAPS <hr width="35%" color="#000000"> SUBS 2 VS 2 SUBS ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THEY ARE A LEAGUE MEMBER AND ARE NOT PLAYING IN ANOTHER GAME OR TOURNEY IF NO OTHER SUBS ARE AVAILABLE AND AS A LAST RESORT A PLAYER ON A BYE MAY SUB AND ONLY IF THEY ARE NOT WAITING TO PLAYER THE WINNERS OF THE TABLE IN NEED OF A SUB SUBS SHOULD FINISH THE HAND THEY ARE PLAYING WHEN THE ORIGINAL MEMBER RETURNS TO THE GAME THE ORIGINAL PLAYER MUST PLAY AT LEAST PART OF THE FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNEY OR MAY BE REPLACED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNEY (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 there is a sub and the second original team member is booted that member will be given 10 minutes to return) (Only exception is BOTS TOURNAMENTS NO SUBS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY TOURNAMENTS USING ROBOTS!) SUBS 1 VS 1 (with bots) NO SUBS ARE ALLOWED IN ANY 1 VS 1 TOURNAMENTS FOR MIA OR NO SHOW PLAYERS A 3 MINUTE TIMER IS PLACED IF THEY DO NOT RETURN IN THAT TIME THEY ARE DQ'D FROM THE TOURNEY 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 PLAYER 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 (This is different than 2 vs 2 tourneys where subs may not be in the tourney) <hr width="35%" color="#000000"> PLAY SLOW PLAY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED: IF YOU HAVE PING YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY 1ST--WARNING 2ND--PLAYER WILL BE DQ'D ABSOLUTELY NO TABLE TALK IS ALLOWED, 1ST--SKIP HAND AND YOU ARE WARNED 2ND--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 (<blink>Any talk regarding the current hand may be considered table talk</blink>) THE TD MUST BE CALLED DURING THE HAND IN QUESTION IF THE HAND HAS BEEN COMPLETED NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN 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 CONTENTS OF THE IM (we will require screen shots) 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 TOURNEY AND THE DQ'D PLAYER WILL HAVE STATS ADJUSTED YOU MAY ALSO BE BOXED 1-3 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES NEXT TOUR PLAYERS MAY ENTER THE NEXT TOUR ONCE ELIMINATED FROM THE PREVIOUS TOUR OR RIGHT BEFORE THE FINALS GAME BEGINS, IF THIS APPLIES. THE PREVIOUS TOUR MUST BE IN THE FINAL 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. 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 AT WHICH TIME YOU WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SUB TEAM DQ IF PLAY IS NOT RESUMED IN 5 MINUTES 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 MEMBER 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 width="35%" color="#000000"> BEHAVIOR NO RUDENESS OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE TO TD OR OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE TOLERATED 1ST--WARNING 2ND--DQ'D AND POSSIBLE BOX TIME TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PLAYERS ISSUES/PROBLEMS ARE BEST SOLVED IN PRIVATE ROOM OR BY MESSENGER OUTBURSTS 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 width="35%" color="#000000"> THE GALLERY VISITORS MAY WATCH BUT MUST REMAIN QUIET IF REQUESTED BY THE PLAYERS OR TD IF A VISITOR IS CREATING A PROBLEM THE VISITOR MUST LEAVE IF ASKED TO DO SO BY TD OR PLAYERS DO NOT BOOT A VISITOR WHO KIBITZS YOUR GAME (THIS MAY BE A POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER) BUT EXPLAIN TO THEM THIS IS A TOURNAMENT GAME AND PLEASE NOT TO KIBITZ