[RULES]

VENUE RULES

• You are not allowed to bring your own drinks and food into the venue. 

• No use of illegal drugs in or around the venue.

• No smoking inside the venue.

• Acts of physical violence towards players/staff or damage to the equipment will be handled with a disqualification and a report to the police if necessary.

• Harassment of any kind towards players/staff will have consequences based on the number and severity of the offenses. Consquences may range from warnings to disqualifications to bans. Harassment may mean: sexual, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.

• You are obligated to follow instructions from the staff and TOs.

GENERAL TOURNAMENT RULES

• Coaching between games is allowed. Players are limited to one (1) coach per match. Coaching time is limited to 60 seconds max.

• Main Events will use a double elimination bracket.

• Pools (if necessary) will consist of 8-man/16-man double elimination brackets with three players advancing to the semi finals (one player on winners and two on losers side). A loss in the pool bracket carries over into the semi finals.

• By default, a winner of a match must keep the exact character/team, while the loser may change their selection. Exceptions to this rule may be found in the ruleset of certain games.

• After a match, the loser of the match has to report the result to the score keeper.

• TitanOne und CronusMax converters are banned

• If a player fails to play their match for 10 Minutes, without letting a score keeper know, a game loss will be given. If both players fail, the game win will be given to the higher seeded player.

• Pausing will result in a game loss

• You must bring your own controller. Also please ensure the compatibility of your controller with the game system your tournament is played on. Failing to play might result in a game loss.

PRIZING

Bracket for less than 64-People has the following split for the pot:

• 1st 60% of the Money from the pot

• 2nd 25% of the Money from the pot

• 3rd 15% of the Money from the pot

 Specific Pot Rules for King of Fighters 15:

• 1st 50% of the Money from the pot

• 2nd 25% of the Money from the pot

• 3rd 10% of the Money from the pot

• 4th 7,5% of the Money from the pot

• 5th/6th 3,75% of the Money from the pot​​​​​​​

Bracket for more than 64-People has the following split for the pot:

• 1st 50% of the money from the pot

• 2nd 20% of the money from the pot

• 3rd 13% of the money from the pot

• 4th 7% of the money from the pot

• 5th/6th 3% of the money from the pot

• 7th/8th 2% of the money from the pot

REFUND POLICY

• For refunds please contact info@fighters-fest.com with the subject Refund Request and your start.gg name and info.

• The full amount will be refunded except for the processing fee

• Refunds will be possible until the end of registration: 11th January 2026

GAME RULES

Street Fighter 6

• Played on PlayStation 5

• 2/3 games (Top 8 3/5 games)

BlazBlue CentralFiction

• Played on PlayStation 4

• 2/3 games (Winners, Losers and Grand Final 3/5 games)

Guilty Gear Strive

• Played on PlayStation 5 (PS4 Version)

• 3/5 games

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

• Used Ruleset can be found here

Fatal Fury: CotW

• Played on PlayStation 5

• 2/3 games (Winners, Losers and Grand Final 3/5 games)

2XKO

• TBD

Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising

• Played on PlayStation 5

• 2/3 games (Winners, Losers and Grand Final 3/5 games)

Under Night In-Birth 2 Sys:Celes

• Played on PlayStation 5 (PS4 Version)

• 2/3 games (Winners, Losers and Grand Final 3/5 games)

Tekken 8

• Played on PlayStation 5

• 3/5 rounds per game

• 2/3 games (Winners, Losers and Grand Final 3/5 games)

• Random stage before every game

• Loser may switch stage and can't change their character OR switch their character but a random stage has to be selected

• No customizations before or during a match. Doing so will result in a game loss

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