Trios Cash Cup Official Rules

2019 Trios Cash Cup Official Rules

1.Introduction and Acceptance

1.1. Introduction

These 2019 Trios Cash Cup Official Rules("Rules") govern all stages of the 2019 Trios Cash Cup ("Trios Cash Cup" or "Event").

These rules have been designed to ensure the integrity of competitive play of Fortnite (the "Game") in connection with the event,and are intended to promote vigorous competition and to help ensure that all competitive play of the game is fun,fair,and free from toxic Behavior (as defined below). 

1.2 Acceptance

To participate in the event,each player must agree (or, if under 18 years of age or the age of majority as defined in such players's country of residence (a"Minor"), such player's parent or legal guardian must agree on such players's behalf). to follow these Rules at all time,including the Code of Conduct in Section 8.A player(or, if a Minor,such player's parent or legal guardian) may accept these rules by clicking to accept or agree to these rules,where this option is made available to you by Epic Games, Inc.("Epic") in the game client.By participating in any game or match that is part of the Event,a players is confirming that he or she(or,if a Minor, his or her parent or legal guardian) has accepted these rules pursuant to this section 1.2.

1.3 Enforcement

Epic will have primary responsibility for enforcing these Rules for all players at the event and may,working with the Event Administrators (as defined below)hand out penalties to players for violations of these Rules,as Further described in Section 9. 

1.4 Amendments

Epic may update,revise,change,or modify these Rules from time to time.For each player,his or her participation in the event after any update,revision,change,or modification to these rules will be deemed acceptance by such player (or, if a minor, such player's parent or legal guardian)of these rules as updated,revised,changed,or modified.

2. Event Structure

2.1 Definition of Terms

2.1.1 Arena

The in-game competitive playlist that will be live beginning March 27,2019 at 8:00 AM EST and will continue to remain active for the duration of the event.

2.1.2 Elimination

An occurrence where on player depletes the HP and Shield (if any) of another player.Subject to Section 7.1.2,elimination credit is determined by (a) the action feed located at the bottom left corner of the gameplay screen,and (b) the UI illustrating total number of eliminations earned during a single match,provided,that,in no event shall elimination credit be awarded to player for any portion of a match following such player's elimination.

2.1.3 Event Administrator

Any Epic employee or member of the admin team, broadcast team,production team,event staff,or anyone else otherwise employed or contracted for the purpose of running the event.

2.1.4 Game Mode

A specific ruleset,set of gameplay elements, or win conditions for a given match.Game modes can be very broad a may or may not different from on match to the next.Event Administrators will explain the specific parameters for each game mode before the beginning of a match.

2.1.5 Match

A single instance of competition within Fortnite that is played until a player or team either achieves a Victory Royale (as defined below) or certain victory conditions are otherwise met.

2.1.6 Placement

A player's team's time spent in play in a match,relative to that of other players or teams in such match,prior to being eliminated.Placement rank is illustrated in the UI after being elimination.

2.1.7 Session

A set of matches that played until a winner or multiple winners are determined by one of the following methods: (a) completion of a set number of matches or (b) completion of a set time period.

2.1.8 Victory Royale

An occurrence whee a player or team meets the victory conditions of the current game mode of the match being played.More typically,this refers to obtaining a first place placement finish.

2.2 Schedule

2.2.1 July 13: Round 1 Semi-Finals [All Regions]

2.2.2 July 14: Round 2 Finals [All Regions]

2.3 Rescheduling 

Epic may,in its sole discretion,reorder the schedule and/or change the date for any match or session of the event (or change any game mode to be played in connection therewith).However,if the event schedule is so modified,Epic will inform all players at its earliest convenience.

2.4 Event Format and Scoring

2.4.1 Trios

2.4.1.1 Format

Any eligible players(as determined by Epic in accordance with these Rules) may queue up and participate in Round One ("Round 1") of the event for trios.

For round 1, players who rank in the Champion league within Arena in their respective region by the start of Round 1 will be eligible to compete in a single session during their respective region's Round 1 window as listed in-game.Each session will last approximately 3 hours.Players may only participate in a maximum of 10 matches during the session.Players will earn points based on the scoring system listed in Section 2.4.1.3 or 2.4.1.4 (as applicable).Matches will count only if the match begins before the round 1 window closes.Players may only participate in a single region's Round 1 window each week.

At the conclusion of Round 1,the Top 1000 point earning teams from each server region will advance and be able to queue up for Round 2 of the applicable Event week("Round 2") for trios; provided,that,such players enable (if not already enabled)Two-Factor Authentication ("2FA") on their Epic accounts.It will not be possible to enter Round 2 without (a) ranking in a region's top 1000 teams during that week's round 1; and (b) having 2FA enabled on a players'Epic Account. To enable 2FA, players must visit epicgames.com/2FA,log in to their Epic Accounts,and follow the onscreen instructions.

Round 2,players will compete in a single session during their respective region's Round 2 window as listed in-game.This session will last approximately 3 hours.Players may only participate in a maximum of 10 matches during the session.Players will earns points based on the scoring system listed in Sections 2.4.1.3 or 2.4.1.4 (as applicable).Matches will count only if the match begins before the Round 2 window closes.Players may only participate in a single region's Round 2 window each week.

At the conclusion of Round 2 ,the top point earners from each region as set out in Section 2.4.1.2 will be sent an Eligibility Survey(as defined below) and be awarded prizes as set out in Section 2.5.1 if found eligible.

2.4.1.2 Scoring System

Victory Royale: 12 point

2nd: 9 points

3rd -4th: 6 points

5th - 8th: 3 points

Each Elimination: 1 point

2.4.1.3 Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers will be determined in the order presented here:(1) total points scored;(2) total victory royales in the session; (3) average eliminations in the session;(4)average placement per match in the session;finally(5) a coin flip.

2.5 Prizes

2.5.1

The following prizes will be awarded to each team based on its placement within the in-game leaderboard ("Leaderboard") at the conclusion of Round 2.

Event Prizes - NA East

Rank     Prize

1st      $12000

2nd     $9900

3rd      $9000

4th      $8100

5th      $7200

6th      $6000

7th      $5400

8th      $4500

9th      $3600

10th    $3000

11th - 30th $2400

31st-50th   $1800

51st-75th   $1200

76th-150th $900

Event Przies - NA West

Rank     Prize

1st      $9000

2nd     $7500

3rd      $5400

4th      $4800

5th      $4200

6th      $3600

7th      $3300

8th      $3000

9th      $2700

10th    $2400

11th-20th $1800

21st-30th $1500

31st-40th $1200

41st-50th $900

Event Prizes - Europe

Rank     Prize

1st      $15000

2nd     $12900

3rd      $10200

4th      $9300

5th      $8100

6th      $7200

7th      $6300

8th      $5400

9th      $4500

10th    $3600

11th-20th $3000

21st-30th $2700

31st-50th $2400

51st-75th $1800

76th-100th $1500

101st-200th $1200

201st-250th $900

251st-274th $600

Event Prizes - Asia

Rank     Prize

1st      $7500

2nd     $6600

3rd      $5400

4th      $4500

5th      $3900

6th      $3600

7th      $3300

8th      $2700

9th      $2100

10th    $1500

11th-20th $9000

Event Prizes - Brazil

Rank     Prize

1st      $9000

2nd     $7500

3rd      $5400

4th      $4800

5th      $4200

6th      $3600

7th      $3300

8th      $3000

9th      $2700

10th    $2400

11th-20th $1800

21st-30th $1500

31st-40th $1200

41st-50th $900

Event Prizes - Oceania

Rank     Prize

1st      $7500

2nd     $6600

3rd      $5400

4th      $4500

5th      $3900

6th      $3600

7th      $3300

8th      $2700

9th      $2100

10th    $1500

11th-20th $900

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