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Tournament’s Rules
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By reading this agreement you confirm that you are familiar with the rules and the
modalities of the Open Hungarian Mahjong Championship Online (OHMC-Online):
Starting Dates:
Tournament Weight: 1 MORSE points
Tournament Rounds:
- Tournaments rounds are held on March 1 and 2, 2008 . Three rounds on March 1 and three rounds
on March 2.
Time Frame for Playing:
- Each round consists of 16 hands or one hour and a half of play, whichever comes
first.
- Each participant will play six 16-hand rounds with each lasting no more than one
hour and a half.
- The Playing time for all six rounds will be up to but not greater than 9 hours.
- Please note that the next round does not start until all the tables in the first
round are completed .You will receive an online notification shortly before the
next round starts. Please respond promptly when you receive the notification. If
you do not respond in timely manner, you are automatically disqualified for the
round and an auto player that can’t win will play for you.
- Each player has a maximum of 15 sec. per move. Each player is responsible for a
good Internet connection since the clocks WILL NOT stop in case of disconnection or offline. In the unlikely event of internal technical
problems of the server, MahjongTime reserves the right to restart the game at the
specific position before such an incident might occur or ask the players to replay
the unfinished hand.
- The player with the highest score wins the tournament.
Registration & Check-in:
The registration closes 24 hours before the starting time. The registered players
are required to check-in(login to the game) 15 minutes before the tournament starts.
Scoring:
At the end of each round, each player will receive a “table point” according to
the score. The table point assignment is as follows:
-> highest score: 4 pts
-> 2nd highest score: 2 pts
-> 3rd highest score: 1 pts
-> Lowest score: 0 pt
If two (or more) players tie for a position, they share equally the added points.
For example: 0.5 points each (half of 1 + 0) for two players sharing the last position.
Tournament rankings are determined through table points. Players with more table points in a game earn higher placement in the tournament. If a tie in table points occurs between players, the player with the highest overall score will be ranked higher. In the unlikely event that two players are tied in both table points AND overall score, the player that won more hands in the game will be ranked higher.
Prizes:
Prizes for the 3 highest ranked, plus a prize for the highest ranked Hungarian Player.
First Highest ranked player recives a collectable gold platted tile. View image:
Fees:
- Full price is $25
- Early Bird Special- Receive $5 off the full registration fee if register before
February 1, 2008
- MahjongTime League Members receive 50% off the registration fee:
- $10 if register before February 1 and $12.5 if register after.
All players MUST be the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction or at least
21 years (whichever is greater). Nobody under this age limit is permitted to the tournament.
The Tournament is played by Mahjong
Competition Rules (Chinese Official). See the game info section of this
web site for a detailed description of the rules: http://www.mahjongtime.com/Mahjong-Game-Info.html.
Computer programs are not to be used to gain advantage. We will analyze every played
game on our server and the detailed results will pass some sophisticated algorithms.
Once you’ve registered for a qualifier tournament and the necessary number of players
is reached, the Tournament will automatically start and unregistering is not possible
anymore.
MahjongTime reserves the right to publish the name, the nationality, the match of
the winners and the runner up of the qualifier games or tournaments.
The winner of the tournament grants MahjongTime the right
to use his/her name and likeness for promotional purposes without further compensation.
In case of any disputes regarding any terms or conditions of the OHMC-Online
2008 the decision of the MahjongTime management is final.
The Terms and Conditions of the MahjongTime account agreement apply can be found
here:
http://mahjongtime.com/mahjong-terms-conditions.html
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