1 Hour Challenge Season 6 Rules

1 Hour Challenge Tournament Rulesets and Clauses

Breaking any of these rules, unless otherwise specified, will be subject to a point penalty, a match forfeiture, or a full DQ from the tournament. Please understand that we are enforcing this rule to ensure the fairness of this tournament for everybody involved.

RULES:
I. All mods that alter gameplay are forbidden
II. All mods that heavily alter visuals, or a modlist with many visual changes, are to be used with discretion.
	i. Visual mods have been shown to create certain glitches that can provide an advantage for a player. Should this occur, you are subject to a full DQ from the tournament. It is advised to run with no cosmetic mods.
III. Mods that alter sounds, or remastered textures, are acceptable.
IV. Final fights (entering engine core and fighting the last 3 bosses) may not be entered past 59:59.99. This is determined by:
	i. Sora selects the correct prompt on the door on top of the World That Never Was.
	ii. The screen begins to fade when Sora touches the door in the Promise Charm pathway leading to final fights.
	Rather than a strict DQ, the points gained after the player enters the final door will simply be subtracted from the player's total score.
V. You may only soft reset if you are softlocked.
	i. The only exception to this is soft resetting after dying once in Dark Thorn arena to get around the "Retry Dark Thorn" option.
VI. "Farming" an arena for extra points is not allowed. You may only gain the arena bonuses one time. Like Rule IV, this will cause points to be subtracted rather than a full DQ.
VII. All matches must be streamed live to either YouTube or Twitch. You may not play any match offline.
	i. Asyncs are only allowed in the most extreme circumstances. Please discuss with Zeddikus if asyncs are to be needed for the tournament. All asyncs must be recorded and uploaded to YouTube as an unlisted video.
VIII. Matches are to be played within 2 days of being announced. The exception is the start of bracket, where bracket will be posted at noon EST on the 20th, and players will be able to schedule their matches for July 21st and 22nd.
	i. If scheduling conflicts arise that are completely unavoidable, an async may be scheduled. This may only happen in the most extreme of circumstances. It is heavily encouraged that every match is played live.
	ii. A player may be DQ'd from this rule for purposefully scheduling a match late, or being uncooperative with their opponent when scheduling a time (not answering DMs in a timely manner, for example).
IX. Top 8 of Championship Bracket will be best of 3 matches. Grand Finals will still be best of 3, but will include a bracket reset. Only Grand Finals of the Redemption Bracket will be best of 3.
X. Any unforeseen sofltock, or consistent crash, are treated on a case-by-case basis. The ruling in the event one of these happens is at the discretion of the tournament organizers.