SWEETSAFARI RULES
AND POLICIES

GENERAL CONDUCT

1.) COMMON COURTESY:

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE TREAT PLAYERS, HOSTS, ADMINS, AND GUESTS WITH COURTESY AND KINDNESS.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS DONATE THEIR TIME OFTEN WITHOUT EVEN SO MUCH AS A THANK YOU. OUR HOSTS WORK VERY HARD JUST TO BRING YOU FUN AND GAMES AND AT NO TIME WILL WE TOLERATE THEM BEING SUBJECT TO ABUSE. IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A HOST, PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS IT IN MAIN CHAT, BUT RATHER BRING IT TO A TABLE, OR PC (PRIVATE CHAT) OR IM (INSTANT MESSENGER).

IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY THE HOST, PLEASE CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE ADMIN STAFF, AND THEY WILL MAKE A FAIR AND HONEST DECISION WITH REGARD TO THE ISSUE. PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL DECISIONS BY THE ADMIN STAFF ARE FINAL.

THE REVERSE IS TRUE FOR HOSTS ABUSING PLAYERS, AS WELL.

ABUSE ON ANYONE'S PART WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE HOSTS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING ON HOW TO HOST THEIR TOURNEYS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLAYTIME'S STANDARDS AND PRACTICES. PLEASE GIVE THEM THE RESPECT OF ALLOWING THEM TO DO SO. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OVERSTEP A TD'S AUTHORITY IN A TOURNAMENT. THIS INCLUDES STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HOSTING AT THE TIME.


2.) POOR SPORTSMANSHIP:

GOOD HAND (gh), NICE PICK UP (npu), GOOD GAME (gg), WAY TO GO (wtg), THANK YOU VERY MUCH (tyvm), YOU'RE WELCOME (yw), ETC. ARE ALL CONSIDERED STANDARD PRACTICE WHEN PLAYING IN OR HOSTING A TOURNEY AND DIPSLAY GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.

EXITING A GAME BEFORE A MATCH IS FINISHED (UNLESS CAUSED BY BEING BOOTED OR AN EMERGENCY), NOT SAYING ANYTHING TO YOUR OPPONENT OR HOST, LEAVING A TOURNAMENT BEFORE IT IS OVER (EXCEPT AS IN SITUATIONS AS MENTIONED ABOVE), ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF POOR SPORTSMANSHIP WHICH WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.


3.) PROFANITY:

ALTHOUGH WE ARE PRIMARILY AN ADULT LEAGUE, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS ARE CHILDREN AND/OR TEENAGERS AND PROFANITY OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. TOPICS OF A SEXUAL NATURE, EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS, REFERENCES TO ANATOMICAL PARTS, OR ADULT ORIENTED DISCUSSIONS ARE TO BE KEPT PRIVATE AND OUT OF MAIN CHAT.

WORDS LIKE "CHIT" ARE ALLOWED, AS IS INUENDO WHICH IS NOT SPECIFIC AND CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN ADULT SUBJECT MATTER.

VIOLATIONS OF THIS RULE ARE SUBJECT TO PENALTIES LISTED BELOW, DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE OFFENSE.

1.) TIMER RULE:

DUE TO THE DELAYS EXPERIENCED IN SEVERAL TOURNEYS, WE ARE REVAMPING OUR 'TIME-OUT' RULES TO ENSURE THAT TOURNAMENTS ARE RUN SMOOTHLY AND ON A TIMELY BASIS. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

FROM NOW ON, THERE IS A 5 MINUTE **CUMULATIVE** TIMER, WHICH WILL BE USED IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:

A. BRB'S THAT RESULT IN THE PLAYER NOT BEING IN THE ROOM WHEN PAIRS ARE SET,

B. PLAYER IS MISSING FROM ROOM,

C. ABSENCES DUE TO MECHANICAL, TECHNICAL, OR SERVER ERRORS WHICH RESULT IN THE NEED TO REBOOT,

D. NOT JOINING YOUR OPPONENT AT HIS/HER TABLE WHEN CALLED, OR

E. LATE TO THE TOURNAMENT ROOM WHEN FIRST ROUND HAS BEEN STARTED.

**CUMULATIVE** MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE PLACED ON A TIMER FOR ANY REASON OR BOOTED YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO RETURN TO THE GAME. IF YOU RETURN IN 2 MINUTES, YOU STILL HAVE 3 MINUTES LEFT, SHOULD YOU BE ABSENT AGAIN DUE TO ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED REASONS.


2.) AUTO-CHEAT PROGRAMS:

THE USE, OR THE SUSPECTED USE, OF AUTO PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM THE TOURNAMENT AND POSSIBLE BANNING FROM OUR LEAGUE.


3.) REGISTERING FOR MULTIPLE TOURNEYS:

MEMBERS SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN REGISTERING FOR BACK-TO-BACK TOURNAMENTS. IF YOU ARE PLAYING IN ONE TOURNAMENT AND REGISTER FOR THE NEXT TOURNEY ON THE SCHEDULE:

A. WE WILL NOT DELAY THE START OF A TOURNEY IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FINISH PLAYING IN A PREVIOUS TOURNEY THAT YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR.

B. WE WILL NOT REMOVE YOU FROM THE TOURNEY UNLESS YOU HAVE CONTACTED THE HOST AND HAVE ASKED SAID HOST TO REMOVE YOU.

C. IF NOT IN ROOM WHEN TOURNEY STARTS, YOU WILL BE PLACED ON TIMER.

D. YOUR BUXS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED IF YOU HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE HOST PRIOR TO THE TOURNEY BEING CLOSED.

1st OFFENSE: A MEMBER MAY BE GIVEN A VERBAL WARNING VIA IM (INSTANT MESSENGER) OR PC (PRIVATE CHAT), FROM EITHER THE HA OR C0-ADMIN.

2nd OFFENSE: A MEMBER WILL BE GIVEN A FORMAL WRITTEN WARNING VIA E-MAIL.

3rd OFFENSE: A MEMBER WHO CONTINUALLY COMMITS OFFENSES AGAINST THE LEAGUE, WILL BE BOXED FOR A PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY THE HA AND CO-ADMIN. THE HA AND CO-ADMIN MAY CONSULT WITH ASST. ADMIN, HTD'S OR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHEN NEEDED. IN THIS CASE A JOINT DECISION WILL BE MADE AND ABIDED BY. THE OFFENDING MEMBER MAY ALSO BE BANNED FROM THE LEAGUE FOR MAJOR VIOLATIONS AND OR NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS.

***ALL DECISIONS BY THE ADMIN STAFF ARE FINAL. HOWEVER, ALL RULES ARE SUJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.***