Streamwood Park District FIFA 20 Online Tournament Friday, June 19 6 - 9p

ONLINE FIFA 20 TOURNAMENT RULES This tournament is not affiliated with or sponsored by Inc. or its licensors. GENERAL RULES • The tournament will be played with FIFA 20 in Kick-Off mode. • The tournament will be played on the latest live patch. • Each player must use their own Xbox Live or PlayStation Network account. • 85-Overall Team Strength Equalizer must be turned on, if possible. If not, teams should be of relatively even strength, but players are permitted to choose any team they feel comfortable with. Players WILL NOT be utilizing Ultimate Team clubs. • You are permitted to change cosmetics during the tournament. TOURNAMENT SPECIFICATIONS • Number of Players: 16 • Format: Best-of-1 Single Elimination • Prizes: t-shirt for all participants in the finals from NIU REQUIRED EQUIPMENT (per participant) • Copy of FIFA 20® on your preferred console • ® or PlayStation 4 console™ • Online subscription (Xbox Live® or PlayStation Network™, as necessary) • Discord account • Get your Discord account here. • NIU will provide a Discord communication server for use during the event • Stable internet connection GLITCH RULES • *Remember, once this happens you must pause the game immediately and call for the organization to review the play. DO NOT take the liberty of reviewing the play before contacting the organization. CONDUCT • Trash talking is allowed. We understand that it comes with the territory, but let’s keep it respectful. SWEARING DURING THE TOURNAMENT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL LEAD TO AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION. • No verbal or physical abuse, nor threats thereof, are allowed. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL LEAD TO AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION. • If an extreme situation occurs where power goes out, accidental unplugging, or some other event where players have no control then the game will be completely restarted. • Please refrain from using “in-your-face” foul language. Also, please be respectful of all other players. The organization has final say over what is “respectful”, and you may be disqualified from the tourna- ment and removed from the location if you do not cooperate. • If you are more than 5 minutes late to a game’s posted time, you forfeit that game. You will have a maximum of 5 minutes to change settings between games. • If a player purposely turns off or quits a game while it is in progress, that player will forfeit that game. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION • The Streamwood Park District and NIU reserve the right to add, delete, or change rules at any time during the tournament, especially when a new glitch is found. • By agreeing to participate in the following tournament, you understand that any pictures from the tournament may be posted for promotional purposes at the organization’s website, social media, or in a future brochure.

Streamwood Park District • FIFA 20 Online Tournament Rules TOURNAMENT FORMAT • Prior to the event, each participant will be randomly assigned to a bracket, with all bracket seedings and match ups randomly determined. In the case that a “perfect bracket” cannot be accomplished and byes must be assigned, these will also be assigned randomly. The bracket will be distributed to all participants. • At the time of the game, the participant with the lower seed number (i.e.: closest to 1) will set up the game. All games must be played with the “even-strength teams” option turned on, as applicable. Games should use standard rulesets • 6-minute halves • Difficulty set to Pro • default game settings • The lower seed will serve as the home team in the match up. • At the conclusion of the game, a screen shot must be provided to the tournament organizers. This screen shot must show who won the game and the score. The tournament organizers will record this score in the bracket. • The Finals will be contested as a Home-and-Away Leg through that designated game mode, with rulesets otherwise identical. • At the conclusion of the event, prizing may be awarded to the finalists and semifinalists, as well as the champion of the event. SCHEDULE • 6:00:00 – 6:10:00 = Opening/Rules • 6:10:01 – 6:30:00 = Round of 16 • 6:30:01 – 6:50:00 = Quarterfinals • 7:50:01 – 8:10:00 = Semifinals • 8:10:01 – 8:50:00 = Finals • 8:50:01 – 9:00:00 = Closing/Spillover Time This tournament is not affiliated with or sponsored by Electronic Arts Inc. or its licensors.

Streamwood Park District • FIFA 20 Online Tournament Rules