Introduction - Competition Prerequisites - Tournament Overview - Tournament Details - Rules of Play
Tournament Terms of Service - Battle.net Terms of Service

Cheating and Tournament Officiating
Cheating will not be tolerated in the Brood War Tournament. In the event that a Brood War Tournament Official has determined that a player has engaged in cheating, punishment is the immediate resetting of any player's ranking on the Brood War Tournament Ladder and/or the disqualification of the player from the Brood War Tournament. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, use of bots or proxies during a game, use of cheat utilities during a game, ping flooding, hacking the ranking system, playing under another player's screen name or abusing the ladder system for the purpose of padding a player's ranking or any violation of the rules as set forth herein.

Suspicion of cheating or attempts to defraud Blizzard Entertainment, its sponsors and/or other competitors on the part of any player may, and most likely will, result in the player being disqualified and any prize awards may be forfeited.

Brood War Tournament Officials, Blizzard Entertainment staff or its designee will oversee and manage all events and operations related to the Brood War Tournament. Brood War Tournament Officials can be identified by the Blizzard icon in front of their screen names and may serve as Referees, Match Observers or Game Recorders.

Brood War Tournament Officials will be the ultimate judges on all issues related to the Brood War Tournament. ALL DECISIONS MADE BY THE BROOD WAR TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS ARE FINAL.

If You Have a Problem with a Player
If you are the victim of abusive behavior, suspect a player of abusing the Battle.net ladder system or suspect a player of cheating, we ask that you do a few things to help us resolve the issues.

1. If another player's behavior is annoying or if it is abusive, you should make your best efforts to avoid that person. Use Battle.net's /squelch command to block the player's chat text. Also, if you feel comfortable doing so, ask the player to stop communicating with you and/or bothering you.
   
   

2. If you suspect a player of abusing the Battle.net ladder system, please report the suspected ladder abuses to the Battle.net Ladder Discussion Forum at http://www.battle.net/forums/starcraft-ladderdiscussion/.
   
   

3. If you suspect a player of cheating, please report the suspected cheating to the Battle.net Ladder Discussion Forum at http://www.battle.net/forums/starcraft-ladderdiscussion/.
   
   

Dispute Resolution
Should a dispute arise between two players, a formal protest shall be filed with Blizzard Entertainment via e-mail. All e-mail correspondence related to disputes should be sent to SCDisputes@blizzard.com where Brood War Tournament Officials will review them. Upon receipt and review of the dispute related correspondence, Brood War Tournament Officials will notify those related to the dispute of their decision. THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION DETERMINED BY THE BROOD WAR TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS SHALL BE FINAL.

Results
Upon the completion of a Regular Season Tournament, Brood War Tournament Officials will review the rankings data and the Starcraft: Brood War Ladders before making any public announcement of the qualifiers for each Regular Season Finals. Thereafter, the names of the winners will be posted on Blizzard's web page located at http://www.blizzard.com.

Speed of Play
In the interest of all involved, participants should make their best efforts to play without any unnecessary delay. All players are encouraged to come to their matches early and be prepared to play. All hardware, software and Internet connections should be tested by the player prior to starting or joining any game. Players will forfeit any match for which they do not show up at the scheduled time. Regardless of what decision is made by the Brood War Tournament Officials, players are expected to display good sportsmanship.