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BOSTON AREA DOOM TOURNAMENT NO. 1



  The following rules and regulations are for a Doom Tournament being
set up in the 617 area code.  Anyone may enter, but if you do not live
in the 617 area code you must pay the long distance charges.



IMPORTANT STUFF

  The rules stated here are NOT placed in the interest of fairness.
I am of the opinion that when you are hunting someone through the halls
of hell with heavy weaponry fair play is a mute point.  After playing a
little deathmatch myself I found that these rules make the fight
significantly more interesting.

  HOWEVER!  Most of these rules are merely suggestions.  Anything goes
as long as BOTH combatants agree to it.  If two people want to duke it
out with BFG9000's while standing on toxic waste, that's fine.
Chainsaws at twenty paces, fine.  As long as BOTH combatants agree.
If two combatants can not agree on how they want to battle, however,
they MUST abide by the rules listed here.  If dissension occurs between
entrants as a result of this freedom of choice we will revert to the rules
set here.

  WHINERS NEED NOT APPLY!  As I mentioned earlier, fair play is a mute
point.  A truly great Doom player can overcome any adversities.  No
screaming foul when lady luck turns against you and you have to fight
a shotgun-toting baddie with your fists (It's true that everyone is
created equal, but luckily ID Software created chain guns to alleviate
this problem.), and no complaining 'cause you turfed it and got fragged
while you were sleeping at your keyboard and standing on toxic waste!
(You should be more careful!)  It's only a game, and its main purpose is
to have fun.  If you get fragged don't be a wuss about it.  Either
congratulate your opponent for being a badass (preferebly send this
message attached to a bullet), kick their ass for being a thorn in your
side, or shut up!  It's a nasty game, and that's why we like it!



RULES OF THE FIGHT

 The following rules are mandatory:

  1.  All matches are Deathmatch (duh).

  2.  Anyone who violates established rules (cheats, I think that's
the word), by using restricted weapons, firing during a cease fire,
etc., etc. is automatically expelled from the tournament, and may be
barred from future tournaments.
  Anyone using software that allows you to cheat will be shot, literally.
I mean it!  I won't take kindly to it at all!  I'll...I'll...well, you
just don't want to know what I'll do!  I know, I'll expell you from the
tournament, FOREVER!!!!!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3.  If you win, you are the winner.  If you lose, you are a...I mean
THE, loser.

 The following rules are optional, and default rules:

  1.  Weapons:  The rocket launcher, plasma gun, and BFG9000 are outlawed.
Reason being that with these weapons it becomes a matter of who sees
who first, and sometimes just becomes a duck shoot.  These
unreasonable weapons can end in a split second what would otherwise
be an interesting, teeth-grinding fight.  All other weapons are fine,
including chainsaws and berserker packs.

  2.  The pause button is effectively considered to be a cease fire,
but should not be used while even remotely engaged with your opponent.

  3.  Players may start on the episode of their choice, the default
being Knee Deep.  All matches are played with nomonsters.  Since the
first level on all the episodes are very linear and tend to start one
player near all the goodies the first level will be played under a
mutual cease fire.  Grab as much stuff as you can or race to the exit,
but no fragging!  It's just too easy for the lucky player to end the
fight before it begins.  (Okay, this rule is in the interest of fair
play.  Sorry.)

  4.  All frags count.  That is, if the computer says it's a frag, it's
a frag.



RULES FOR WINNING

  I don't have a set system for this yet, so I'll suggest two separate
terms for winning and everyone can vote on their favorite.  If anyone
has a system that works better please let me know.  Since I'm doing a
lot of work here I get the final word on this matter.

 Version 1:

  Two frags on any one level constitute a win.  I.E. If you get fragged
twice without exiting to the next level, you lose.  If the fight rages
all the way to the final level of an episode the combatants will remain
on that level until there is a winner.  Ties are decided by sudden
death (heh-heh).

 Version 2:

  Whoever gets 8 frags first, or ends an episode (not a level) with
more frags, wins.  This is my preferred version, as it mostly eliminates
the possibility of one player getting lucky and allows players the chance
to make a come-back.  It's a truer test of you Doom skills.  Its
down-side is that the players must keep track of the frags from
level-to-level.



HOW DO I ENTER YOUR COOL TOURNAMENT?

  Contact me via Compuserve.  My address is:

Shade  73651,2312

or call me at:
(617)-628-9947 (ask for Jay)



HOW LONG DO I GOT?

  If there are a decent # of entrants by April 30th the tournament
is on.



WHAT DO I NEED?

  The registered version of Doom, version 1.2.  If you don't have the
registered version, get it today!  If you have an earlier version there
is a file in the Arcade/action library of the gamer's forum on
compuserve provided by ID Software that allows you to update to 1.2.
Go ahead, It's free!



HOW WILL IT WORK?

  I will be the middle man.  Opponents will be assigned to one another
randomly on a collapsing tree branch structure, winners in the first
round going on to the second, then the third, and so on.  Empty slots
will be given out randomly as a wild card.  I will give everyone their
opponents name and preferred means of being contacted.  NO PHONE NUMBERS
WILL BE GIVEN OUT WITHOUT PERMISSION!
  Once both parties are contacted they will have one week to stomp one
another If one of the combatants can not make it within that week he
forfeits and is permanently removed from the tournament (no wild cards
for you!).  If neither makes it both forfeit.  Obviously the quicker your
battle is resolved the better.
  Once a battle is resolved the winner and the loser must notify me so
that I can update the branch and assign new opponents.  A score of some
sort would be appreciated (level and episode fragging occured,
respective # of frags).  IN THE ISSUE OF FAIRNESS A WIN WILL NOT BE
CONFIRMED UNTIL I HEAR FROM BOTH THE WINNER AND THE LOSER.  Remember,
even if you lose, you could still make a wild card.  The preferred
method of contacting me is via Compuserve so that I can store all the
files and more easily keep track of results.  The final results including
scores will somehow be sent to all the participants so they can see how
well they did, and who to gun for in the next tournament.

Yes, there will be a tournament #2 if this one is successful.



WHAT DO I GET IF I WIN?

  What is this, a game show?!?  YOU'RE A BADASS!  What else do you need?!?
Okay, you'll be deemed "Grandmaster Badass", and everyone will be gunning
for you in the next tournament.  Your name will be etched on a marble wall
in the halls of the ass-kicking Gods, and if you live near enough, I'll
by you a beer.  How's that?



WHAT DO I GET FOR SECOND PLACE?

  Second place sucks!



FINALLY!

I must thank ID Software for making truly one of the greatest games I've
ever played!  Anyone not in possession of the registered version of Doom
should register today!  Anyone illegally in possession of the registered
version should get a life!  Few people are more deserving of truckloads
of money than ID!


Please distribute this file freely to as many people you know!  The more
the merrier!  If you know someone who isn't on Compuserve please tell them
about the tournament!  Spread the word so that this can be a success!  I
greatly appreciate it.


Shade (a.k.a. Jay)