2K10 GAME RULES

PLATFORM: The Tournament is being played on XBOX 360. All games will be played on Xbox 360. Any Standard 360 controller can be used. 360 wireless can be used as well. If caught cheating using wireless baller will be disqualified from the tournament as well as that baller cheating for him put on blast on stage in front of the entire tournament.

ARRIVAL TIME: Please Arrive in a timely fashion. Doors will open up at (schedule time). All Ballers please try to arrive between (schedule time). Those ballers that arrive early once registered  will begin play shortly afterwards as they are put into 3 man brackets. Those that arrive late will risk being put into brackets with some other better ballers who like to stride in there late. You will see that coming early and playing early you give yourself an advantage especially if you win your bracket then you can take a break go eat and chill and watch other games and scout  as you wait for the playoffs to being later on that day. Come late you will find yourself fighting through some very tough brackets to get into the playoffs. Those that have pre-registered online and arrive early  between 10am 10-30am will get the first dibs at bracket selection. What does this mean if you pre-register and come early you may find yourself in a easier  bracket then showing up to the tournament right in the thick of everybody registering. Remember those prime time ballers don’t like to get there early cause they been up all night playing so if you want to avoid them get there early.

GAMES: All Ballers are guaranteed at least 2 games for this Major Harrisburg Ballers Club tournament. Each baller must defeat his or her opponent in the qualifying 3 man bracket randomly chosen as you register. Once a winner is determined out of that 3 man bracket that winner will advance to the Single Elimination Play Offs Bracket later on that day scheduled to start between  5pm-6pm. For the Ballers that didn’t qualify for the Playoffs after playing in their 3 man bracket, if you still choose to attempt to qualify for the Playoffs they can by entering another 3 man qualifying bracket as long as there are slots remaining to fill the single elimination Playoff Bracket. See Tournament official
 at front desk to re-enter Qualifying Brackets.

TEAMS: Players will be allowed to use any of the 32 NBA teams (Latest UP TO DATE ROSTERS Pre-existing Injuries Off ). You do not have to use the same team throughout the tournament. Players will be allowed to use the same teams within a game.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT:  For this Tournament as you enter all ballers will be put in groups of 3 randomly. These are called qualifying brackets to get you to the single elimination PLAYOFF bracket later on that day. You will be required to play each baller in your group one time. Once complete we will take the winner of that group and they will be sent to the Single Elimination Playoffs later on that day. If it comes to a tie between ballers then the winner of the group will be determined by tie breaker POINT DIFFERENTIAL. We will take winners from all groups all day till we have from 32 to 64 winners depending on the total amount of ballers for that day and time permits. Once you are knocked out of a group you can still qualify for the playoffs by entering into a brand new group and you still have a chance to win a group. The number of the Single Elimination brackets are determined by the total amount of ballers. We usually allow at least half into the single elimination bracket. Once we have our 32 to 64 winners of the groups the single elimination bracket will be set.

Qualifying Brackets : To Make the Playoffs you have to win your 3 Man Qualifying Bracket.. Qualifying brackets will begin once doors open at 10am:  Qualifying brackets will  continue till at least 4pm or until all Playoff Seeds are filled which is 32-64 Slots. In the beginning of play 2 out of the 3 ballers of the bracket will play. Who ever is declared the loser of that game will stay on the sticks and then proceed and play the remaining baller. Once that game is over the baller that won the first game then plays the remaining baller he has to play. Who ever has the best record out of the 3 once all 3 have played each other will move on to the  playoff bracket. If there is a 3 way tie (1-1)  then the tie breaker will be pt. differential. If after that there still remains a tie then the tie breaker will come down to total offensive points scored. Remember this is just the qualifying brackets which is the only way you can make the playoffs. If you do not WIN YOUR BRACKET and wish to re-join another qualifying bracket with all new ballers and take another shot at making the playoffs you are allowed to do so as many times as you like as long as playoff spots remain.  After your bracket has been completed and you realize you are not going to win that bracket, See Tournament Director with the EA SPORTS JERSEY about joining another bracket.

PLAYOFFS:  Playoffs will consist of 32-64 Qualifying Bracket Winners. The only way you can qualify for the Playoffs is to win a Qualifying 3 man Bracket. Playoffs will be Single Elimination all the way through to the Championship Game. For those that do not understand single elimination, once you loose you are out of the tournament and done playing for the day. Once you loose in the PLAYOFFS you CANNOT GET BACK INTO THE TOURNAMENT.

CREWS PLAYING SAME CREW: H.B.C will guarantee as much as possible that you will not play your crew or league member or buddy in the 3 man bracket. As we said the earlier you arrive this will enable us to separate the individual players from their crews.  The only way to do so is to arrive early day of the tournament or arrive on time or pre-register. If you arrive late (after 12) you risk a chance of playing your crew or league member in one of those preliminary rounds. You must inform the person or persons at the desk that you all came together so when the brackets are being generated you will not play each other and be separated accordingly. As the rounds proceed and if Crew member meets another crew member in the later rounds they will play it out. If two of the same crew are to play each other and they do not play when the official tells them to play then one of those ballers will be selected by the official and that will be the one to advance. We are not going to play that lets wait and see who wins in the other bracket so we can see who we have to play and then we will play our game. That’s not going to work here and will not be tolerated.  With so many heads coming from the different leagues and them advancing its hard to separate all the ballers from playing each other when it gets down to the later rounds.  So once the playoff bracket is set we will let it play out from there and finish out the tournament. THERE WILL BE NO SWITCHING BRACKETS PERIOD. DON’T EVEN ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF COMING UP TO THE OFFICIAL AND ASKING US TO SWITCH cause its not fair to the other ballers in the tournament who played it out and got that far.

 

Tournament registrants must strictly adhere to all game play guidelines and these Official Rules or risk the possibility of disqualification.

Tournament Playoff Game Settings: There are no in-game setting restrictions during the Leader board Period. As long as the match is "ranked" and both registrants agree to play, the match is considered fair play.

The game settings will be as follows:
View - players can flip for view.
Skill Level - Hall of Fame
Period length- 3 minutes
Rules - NBA Rules
Injuries: Off
Trading: Off
Fatigue: On
Clutch Factor: On