Broadcast matches and Anti-cheat precautions

• Tournament Operators might ask all. participating players to provide access to Screenshare via Discord or similar application to be able to share mouse movements for production purposes.
• Tournament Operators might ask all Players to participate in Voice comm applications, for Production reasons.

Ability to participate in Grand Finals

• Participants qualifying to the World Championship will be offered travel and hotel to the Grand Finals in Stockholm Sweden. All travel and accommodation costs is covered by Organizer.

Tournament Operator reserves the right to give your qualified status to the next player in the qualifier, if you as a participant is unable to provide necessary information or/and can’t participate in the LAN Grand Finals in Stockholm.

Age

• Participants must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Names & Images

Participants aren’t allowed to use any names, including but not excluded to, in-game names nicknames, or players, on the tournament platform that: 

• Bear a resemblance to any brand or trademark that they don’t own.
• Is protected by third-party rights and the player does not have written permission to use it.
• Is trying to imitate a real person or entity other than themselves.
• Is discriminatory, including but not limited to any language and appearance in regards to ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, religion, and/or sexual orientation.
• Any type of sponsor(s) brand.
• Any type of advertisement.

Tournament Operators reserve the right to change the name or image if deemed inappropriate or breaching the above rules.

Attire & Clothing

For all LAN matches, the following rules apply during ongoing matches in the tournament.

• Participants are allowed to wear caps, beanies, and equivalent headwear that does not interfere with provided headphones, etc.
• Participants are not allowed to wear ski masks, facemasks, or any other face-obscuring faceware.
• Participants are required to wear their World Championship shirts.
• Participants are prohibited from wearing any political or otherwise divisive statements or messaging.

Accounts

• The player must have a Polytopia  account, You are not allowed to participate if you have an active Polytopia account ban.

Failure to adhere to the above-mentioned conditions or trying to circumvent them may lead to a penalty or disqualification. The determination of this is at the sole discretion of the administration, and the penalty will be determined based on the infraction that occurred.

Ownership

To preserve the integrity of the Competition, the following rules apply to any individual, entity, or group that owns, operates, controls or has an interest in a player that is competing in the Competition.

1. An individual, entity, or group cannot directly or indirectly own or operate more than one player globally.
2. An individual, entity, or group cannot directly or indirectly participate in the financing, operation, marketing, or management of more than one player globally.
3. No two Participants can operate under the same brand or organization name or variations of the same brand or team name in more than one team globally.
4. No two individuals, entities, or groups that own, operate, control, or have an interest in two different Participants can enter into a business or financial relationship with a common interest that can directly or indirectly benefit both parties based on performance in the competition.

Conflict of interest

All participants agree and confirm that they don’t have any conflict of interest before the start of the tournament. In case a participant is not sure how to consider certain situations he/she should contact the administration beforehand and receive confirmation of his/her eligibility to take part in the tournament.

Communication

Communication between the administration and Participants is specified in the rules. The official communication resource is the official tournament discord server.

a) Communication with the administration

Any communication with the administration by discord or other means is considered confidential and cannot be publicly shared. All discord messages sent to the administration or by the administration are recognized as official messages and cannot be shared with third parties. The administration has the right not to react to messages sent by an unofficial source of communication.

b) Communication Channels

The primary communication channel is via the official tournament discord.

c) Support Requests

To request support from the Administration, you go to the questions channel on Discord and write.

Media activities

Participants are obligated to join remotely or on-site for any media activities scheduled by the administration during the whole stay for the World Championship. Each player will be notified before any media activities are scheduled for them during the tournament period.

During the Polytopia  World Championship tournament, every player needs to be ready for an after-match interview as well as on-site press. The interviews will be done in English.