General

• Enter from home with this purely online, cross platform tournament!

• Rules are subject to change at any time. All players must read and understand the rules before competing. In the event of any disputes, any District Beta staff will have final say.

• Any spam or disrespectful messages towards District Beta staff or other tournament participants may result in ban or ejection from the tournament.

• A Double Elimination Tournament Bracket will be randomly generated 10 minutes before official start time, all players must be registered before that time to be included in the tournament.

Player

• You must own your Playstation Network or Xbox Live account used in the tournament. If you are caught sharing your account with another player, you will be ejected from the tournament and banned from future competitions.

• All players must have complete and accurate Playstation Network/Xbox Live account information listed with registration.

• Players are only permitted to enter once per tournament. If you are caught evading this rule, you will be ejected.

• Players are allowed to choose any team including International teams, except for MLS teams.

No-Shows and Attendance

• Once a game is called, each player has a total of 10 minutes to show up for their match. If a player does not show up within 10 minutes they will forfeit that match.

• If you cannot contact your opponents directly, or the player stalls/causes delays you may contact District Beta staff via Discord to report a no-show.

• Players may agree to play matches ahead of the scheduled time if all players are ready. You may only play matches early if they have been published on the official bracket.

• If a match is played prior to being published on the tournament bracket, it will not count.

Match Procedures

• A District Beta staff will call matches in the discord based on the tournament bracket, from then on it is the team captains called responsibility to play through the games and report the results back.

• Each match is 1 game.

• The team in slot A (on top) of the match on the tournament bracket will host the match. The hosting team is responsible for using the correct match settings listed below.

• The hosting team is responsible for adding the opponent and providing lobby info. If you cannot contact your opponent via Playstation or Xbox, try our Discord server, private messages, and if all else fails contact District Beta staff.

• Players should each have a light-coloured jersey and a dark-coloured jersey and should choose the opposite of one another to avoid confusion. If Player’s can’t agree, the home player should choose dark-coloured jersey and the away player a light-coloured jersey.

• The winning team captain is required to submit a screenshot of the final scoreboard to our #fifa-match-results channel on Discord.

• Not submitting results or submitting false reports may lead to an ejection from the tournament.

Match Settings

• You must play your opponent through the Online Friendlies Game Mode.

• All games will use Online Friendlies default settings, including:

  • Half Length: 6 Minutes

  • Tactical Defending Required

  • Pause Rules governed by in-game mechanics

  • Trainer must be turned off

• The settings above are NOT allowed to be altered in any way unless specified by District Beta staff.

• Tampering with rules or settings will result in forfeit of the current game, players caught tampering more than once will be ejected from the tournament.

Game Setup

• Add opponent on PSN/XBL

• Go to Online>Online Friendlies then invite opponent

• Pick Teams. No MLS teams allowed.

• Turn off Trainer in Settings.

• Play Match

Connections and Disconnections

• If a player disconnects before the initial kickoff, the game must be restarted.

• If a player disconnects or quits during the match, it is considered a forfeit, unless both teams agree to a full replay.

• If both parties cannot connect to each other, you must contact District Beta staff to help resolve the issue.

• Once the game has started, players cannot harass, message, or in any way attempt to distract or direct others to distract their opponents.

• Abusing these rules by deliberately leaving matches or manipulating connections will lead to a ban.

Cheating

• Cheating or deliberately breaking rules in any way is prohibited, if caught cheating you will be ejected from the tournament and banned from future tournaments.

• Any exploits of glitches are prohibited.

• If you believe an opponent is cheating, you must provide proof with your claim. The accused cheating is innocent until proven guilty. If you submit a false report, you may be ejected or banned from future tournaments.