🃏 OFFICIAL RULES — STREET FIGHTER WILD CARD

By participating in Street Fighter Wild Card, all players agree to follow these rules and any instructions issued by tournament staff.

Tournament staff will have final authority over competitive decisions, scoring, disputes, penalties, restarts, and situations not specifically covered by these rules.

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1. Teams

The tournament will consist of:

10 teams

Each team will have:

• 3 active players
• 1 official captain
• 1 optional substitute

A player may only be registered to one team for the duration of the event.

Once a player participates for a squad, they will be bound to that roster.

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2. In-Person Captains

There will be:

10 in-person captains

Each captain must compete physically from the:

Puerto Rico Convention Center

The captain must:

• Complete the in-person check-in.
• Play as one of the 3 active players.
• Remain available to staff.
• Follow the instructions of the venue and the tournament.
• Receive official communications from their team.
• Remain in the assigned competition area.

The captain cannot be substituted under normal circumstances.

Only tournament staff may authorize an exception in an extraordinary circumstance.

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3. Regional Requirement

Unless the tournament staff officially announces a change:

At least 2 of the 3 active players on each team must be from Puerto Rico.

The in-person captain will count as one of these players.

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4. Substitutes

Each team may register a maximum of:

1 substitute

The substitute must be approved before the start of the tournament.

A substitute:

• Cannot play for multiple teams.
• Cannot have previously played for another squad.
• Must meet all eligibility requirements.
• Must be approved by staff before participating.

Substitutions are not designed to strategically swap players between matches.

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🎮 5. Format

Street Fighter Wild Card will use:

5 Battle Royale matches

The 10 teams will compete in the same private lobby.

The results of the five matches will be cumulative.

After the fifth match, the team with the highest total points will be declared the overall standings winner.

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📊 6. Scoring System

Position1st place — 12 points
2nd place — 9 points
3rd place — 7 points
4th place — 5 points
5th place — 4 points
6th place — 3 points
7th place — 3 points
8th place — 2 points
9th place — 2 points
10th place — 2 points

Eliminations

1 elimination = 1 point

There is no limit on points earned from eliminations.

The points from the five matches will be summed to determine the overall standings.

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7. General Standings Tiebreakers

If two teams finish with the same total number of points, the following tiebreakers will be used:

1. Greater total eliminations.
2. More victories.
3. Best individual placement achieved.
4. Best result in the fifth match.
5. Additional competitive decision determined by the staff if the tie persists.

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🔥 8. Eliminations MVP

The only material prize of the event will be awarded to the:

Player with the most individual eliminations accumulated during the 5 matches

The prize will be:

🎁 Code for 4,350 Apex Coins

Eliminations will be counted individually, not by team.

The player does not need to belong to the overall standings-winning team to receive the prize.

MVP tiebreaker

If two or more players finish with the same number of eliminations, the tiebreaker will be:

1. Higher total damage during the five matches.
2. Highest number of eliminations in a single match.
3. Better position of their team in the general standings.
4. If the tie persists, the staff will determine the final tiebreaking method.

Official statistics recorded by the tournament staff will have priority in determining the MVP.

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9. Maps

The maps for the five matches will be announced by the tournament staff.

The staff may modify the order or selection of maps due to technical issues, bugs, or operational needs.

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10. Legends and Battle Royale Mechanics

Normal Apex Legends Battle Royale mechanics will be used.

Unless the staff announces a specific restriction, the following will be allowed:

• All Legend classes.
• Passive abilities.
• Tactical abilities.
• Ultimate abilities.
• High ground.
• Normal rotations.
• Weapons found on the map.
• Care Packages.
• Care Package weapons.
• Normal movement mechanics.

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🚫 11. Teaming and Collusion

Each team must compete independently.

The following are prohibited:* Teaming up with another squad.

• Coordinating fights with other teams.
• Sharing enemy locations.
• Feeding eliminations.
• Intentionally gifting kills.
• Coordinating who should win an encounter.
• Manipulating the MVP for eliminations.
• Manipulating the overall ranking.
• Coordinating rotations between teams through external communication.

Two teams independently choosing to avoid a fight does not automatically constitute teaming.

There must be evidence of coordination or intent for it to be considered a violation.

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12. Stream Sniping and Ghosting

It is prohibited to obtain information through:

• Streams.
• Spectators.
• Other players' screens.
• External communication.
• People inside the venue.
• Any source providing information that would not normally be available within the game.

Captains cannot intentionally watch other competitors' screens.

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💻 13. Cheating and Unfair Advantages

It is strictly prohibited to use:

• Aimbots.
• Wallhacks.
• ESP.
• Scripts.
• Macros.
• Recoil scripts.
• Movement scripts.
• Unauthorized third-party software.
• Input manipulation.
• Titan Devices.
• Cronus-style devices.
• Unauthorized control modifications.
• Hardware or software providing an unfair competitive advantage.

Staff may request evidence, recordings, configurations, or inspect devices when necessary.

Intentional use of cheats may result in immediate disqualification.

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14. Bugs and Exploits

It is prohibited to intentionally exploit:

• Map glitches.
• Out-of-bound areas.
• Locations inaccessible through normal gameplay.
• Bugs.
• Glitches.
• Broken mechanics.
• Clearly unintended interactions.

Staff will have the final authority to determine whether a mechanic constitutes an exploit.

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🔌 15. Disconnections

An individual disconnection does not guarantee a lobby restart.

When a technical issue occurs, the player must immediately inform staff.

The staff will consider:

• Time of disconnection.
• Number of affected players.
• Match progress.
• Server status.
• Competitive impact.

A general server or lobby failure may result in a restart.

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16. Restarts

Only tournament staff can order a restart.Players must not abandon a match on their own, hoping that it will be replayed.

Until staff indicate otherwise:

The match continues.

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🎧 17. Discord

All participants must be available within the server:

ms_edeel

Players must use the channels indicated by staff.

Repeatedly failing to respond to staff instructions may result in penalties.

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18. Lobby Codes

Lobby codes will not be published publicly.

The code will be provided directly to the registered captains.

Captains are responsible for sharing it only with the registered players of their team.

Sharing the code with unauthorized individuals may result in penalties or disqualification.

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⏰ 19. Check-In

Captains must complete their check-in at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.

Before starting they must:

• Be physically present.
• Confirm their competitive identity.
• Confirm their roster.
• Be connected to Apex Legends.
• Be available on Discord.
• Have the game fully updated.
• Be prepared to enter the lobby.

The captain's absence may result in the loss of the team's slot.

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20. Conduct Within the Venue

Prohibited:

• Observing other captains' screens.
• Receiving information from spectators.
• Interfering with another player.
• Manipulating others' peripherals.
• Interrupting the competitive area.
• Sharing information obtained visually within the venue.

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🎥 21. Evidence

Staff may request:

• Clips.
• POV.
• Recordings.
• Screenshots.
• Statistics.
• Post-match information.
• Timestamps.

Players are encouraged to record their matches whenever possible.

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🎫 22. Disputes and Support

Disputes must be submitted via:

#support-dudas

on the ms_edeel server.

Players must provide all available evidence.

Public discussions do not replace the official ticketing process.

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23. Official Results

The staff will record:

• Each team's placement.
• Team eliminations.
• Individual eliminations.
• Individual damage when necessary for tiebreakers.
• Total points.

Statistics will not be considered final until confirmed by staff.

Players must report any errors as soon as possible.

---⚠️ 24. Penalties

Depending on the severity of a violation, the staff may impose:

• Warning.
• Point deduction.
• Removal of recorded kills.
• Zero points in a match.
• Disqualification of a player.
• Disqualification of the team.
• Loss of eligibility for the MVP award.

Attempting to artificially manipulate the number of eliminations to win the Apex Coins code may result in immediate disqualification from the prize.

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25. Fair Play

May result in sanctions:

• Harassment.
• Threats.
• Excessive toxicity.
• Discriminatory behavior.
• Interference with other players.
• Refusal to follow staff instructions.
• Conduct that disrupts tournament operations.

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🏆 26. Official Prize

The only tangible prize will be:

🔥 Elimination MVP — Code for 4,350 Apex Coins

The code will be awarded to the player who finishes the five matches with the highest official number of individual eliminations.

The result must be confirmed by the staff before awarding the prize.

A player disqualified for cheating, teaming, fraud, manipulation of statistics, or any major violation will lose eligibility to receive it.

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👑 27. Staff Authority

The tournament staff will have final authority over:

• Scores.
• Eliminations.
• Statistics.
• MVP.
• Tiebreakers.
• Results.
• Resets.
• Disconnects.
• Eligibility.
• Substitutions.
• Exploits.
• Teaming.
• Penalties.
• Disqualifications.
• Situations not specifically covered by these rules.

Any major modification will be officially communicated to participants via the ms_edeel server.