2007 Lenovo International Electronic Sports Tournament

StarCraft® : Brood War™ Rules

　　1.Game Version: StarCraft®: Brood War™ v1.15

　　2.General

　　Competition Method : 1 vs. 1

　　Match Length : Until the winner is determined

　　If there is no battle for a certain amount of time during the match and the winner cannot be decided clearly, the match is restarted at the sole discretion of the referee.

　　Match Winner: The player who completely destroys the opponent or if the opponent surrenders

　　IEST may install third party program and/or join as an observer for tournament operations purposes, such as verifying match results or gathering match data

　　3.Game Settings

　　Competition Mode : Melee

　　Race Selection: Free Choice, Random is allowed. (Players must notify their race selection to the referee before the start of the match. If a player changes the race without referee’s permission, the player may be given a warning or lose by default at the referee’s sole discretion.)

　　Game Speed : Fastest

　　Maps : IEST_Longinus、IEST_Monty Hall、IEST_Python、IEST_Tau Cross
(* Each map may be modified by the IEST committee. Players will be informed before the tournament of any such modifications)

　　After the match is over, the players must allow the referee to check the match results and save the replay file. If the replay file is not saved, the player may be given a warning or lose by default at the referee’s sole discretion.

　　4.Intentional Use of Game/Program Bugs: A warning at the minimum or Loss by Default

　　Any other intentional practice that is determined as unfair and/or usage of a program bug, at the sole discretion of the board of referees, can result in a warning at the minimum or loss by default for the offending player.

　　Allied Mines not allowed

　　Stacked SCV not allowed

　　Turret Stalling not allowed

　　5.Disconnections

　　Disconnection: Any disconnection of the connection between match players due to System, Network, PC, and/or Power problems/issues

　　Intentional Disconnection: Upon judgment by the referee, any offending player will be charged with a loss by forfeit

　　When any disconnection occurs:

　　a)If disconnection occurs within 3 minutes of start of match: match restart

　　b)If disconnection occurs after 3 minutes of start of match:

　　If both players agree to a match restart, the match will be restarted.

　　If the players cannot reach an agreement, the winner will be determined by a referee after the analysis of the match replay file.

　　If the winner can not be decided by analyzing the match replay file, the players must agree to a match restart or forfeit the match.

　　6.Penalty for Unfair Play

　　Unfair Play

　　a)Use of any map hack program

　　b)Intentional disconnection

　　c)Use of any settings exceeding standard and permitted settings

　　d)Any unnecessary chatting during the match.

　　If referee decides that external conditions (Press, Team Leader, Player, Spectator, etc) give unfair advantage to a player, the player may be given a warning or lose by default at the referee’s sole discretion.

　　Upon discovery of any player committing any violations regarded as unfair play, that player will be disqualified from the tournament.

　　During the course of any match, the operations staff and/or referee may determine other actions to be unfair play at any time.

　　*Lenovo IEST 2007 Organizing Committee has the authority for the interpretation of the rules modify and interrelated things.