AVCon 2010 Mario Kart DS Tournament



Mushrooms, Blue Shells, Banana Peels, Blue Shells, Red Shells - BLUE SHELLS

Day & Time - Saturday 11:30am - 2:00pm
Rating - G
Platform - DS
Format - Free For All / Single Elimination
Team or Player Cap - 64
Gametype - 150cc Race

Rules updates - last updated on 05/07/2010
* These rules are correct at the time of posting.
* Please check back leading up to the event for any possible revisions to these rules.

Player/Audience behaviour
- Players must exercise sportsmanship before, during and after their matches. Players that exhibit any form of unsporting conduct (swearing at the other player, trash-talking, etc.) will automatically be disqualified.
- Onlookers in the audience who are rowdy or verbally/physically abuse the players before, during or after the tournament will be forced to leave the premises.
- AVCon does not tolerate cheating. Teams or players caught cheating, glitching, or game fixing can face disqualification.

Hardware and Software pre-requisites
All entrants are required to bring their own:
- DS/DS Lite/DSi/DSi XL handheld system.
- A retail copy of the Mario Kart DS card.

Game Specific Rules
- Speed: 150cc
- No characters or vehicles are banned.
- Rounds will be run with up to 8 players per pool, each pool competing in sets of 4 races. The top scoring half (i.e.: 4 players if 8 in a round, 3 if 6, etc) will advance to the next round.
- Tracks will be decided on the day, so practice all of them!

Other rules
- If a player is disqualified they will forfeit the match, with the opposing player(s) advancing in the tournament
- If a problem occurs which is not the fault of the player (hardware failure, disconnected controller, etc), the players will engage in a rematch.
- The Referee and AVCon gaming staff reserve the right to ban any player or group for whatever reason from the tournament before, during or after the tournament.
- For any other situation which arises which is not covered by this rule set, the AVCon gaming staff will confer with the referee(s) and render a decision. Whichever decision is reached by the Tournament Referee is FINAL.

If there are any queries in regards to this tournament or any other aspect of the convention please don't hesitate to contact the videogames committee on videogames@avcon.org.au

retail version?

cant you be flexable with that?

No.