
Character switches for winner side are allowed between games if the game supports it (e.g. If you are having issues, please notify the tournament-lobby text chat on Discord ASAP so that others may assist. It's highly recommended you have the JSON ROM Manager (listed below). Limited time will be given for ROM download, configuration, and testing. For grand finals, loser's side must win a FT3 to reset the bracket, and then another FT3 to win the tournament. Matches will be First to Two (FT2) game wins until semi-finals, losers finals, winners finals, and grand finals where they will be First to Three (FT3). This tournament's game is Street Fighter III: The New Generation for Arcade on FightCade 2. After your match, the winner should report the score. Pausing mid match without consent of both players will result in forfeiting a round by the player who paused. If a participant is not present after all playable matches, they will have five minutes to show or take a loss. If a player is not present when a match is called, we'll run other available matches to give them time. Please notify the TO if your Fightcade and Discord names are different. At five players the format will be double-elimination under that number round robin is the preferred format. A minimum of three players is required to run the tournament. If the issue will take too long to fix (over 10 minutes), the TOs may give a loss to the player to keep things moving if there are no other available matches to play. A player having other technical issues (controller doesn't work, emulator crashing, etc.) should report this via Discord (see above). Please use wired connections if possible. If both cannot, a coin flip (2 out of 3) will decide the winner. If one player cannot maintain reliable connections, they may take a loss or be DQ'ed.
Players having connection issues may need to run lag tests as well as connect to alternate players / the TOs. In the event of a connection loss, players will restart that game (unless TO deems otherwise).
Tournament organizers will announce what matches are to be played via Discord & Fightcade please wait otherwise. Matches are usually streamed (unless there are too many matches to be done, usually when there are eight players or more).
Participants should be ready to go five minutes before tournament time (includes setting up emulator, testing game, configuring controls, etc.). We will use the tournament-lobby text chat and tournament voice chat to help coordinate matches, troubleshoot issues, and so on. Please join the Discord server (listed below). Rage quitting, abuse, racism, sexism, etc. Violations may result in disqualification/bans/etc. Mortal Kombat), otherwise they are not (e.g. This tournament's game is Street Fighter III: New Generation for Arcade on FightCade 2.