1. Tournament Rule Enforcement
1.1 Tournament Rule Acceptance
All members of the team participating in the Revelation Global Championship Tournament must agree to and approve these competition regulations in order to participate in the tournament.
When teams register to participate in the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, it implies that all members of the team agree to and approve the competition regulations at the Revelation Global Championship Tournament.
1.2. Change to the tournament rules
Due to the constant changes and development of the mobile game and Revelation, the competition regulations at the Revelation Global Championship Tournament needs to be changed and supplemented to adapt to the development of the mobile game and the latest updates of Revelation. Any significant changes in the competition regulations at the Revelation Global Championship Tournament will be sent via email and Discord channel to the Team Leaders of participating teams or announced through public media channels. Team Leaders are responsible for providing the latest information and discussion content to the team members. Participating in the Revelation Global Championship Tournament implies that all team members agree to the changes, interpretations, and directives of the Revelation Global Championship Tournament Organizer.
1.3. Compliance with tournament rules
The Revelation Global Championship Tournament Organizer is responsible for operating the Revelation Global Championship Tournament competition (referred to as the "Organizer"). The Organizer will be responsible for providing referees and staff for each match (referred to collectively as the "Organizer Staff"), and ensuring the proper enforcement of the competition regulations at the Revelation Global Championship Tournament.
2. Team member eligibility
2.1. Participation eligibility
Age requirement: To be eligible to participate in the competition, participants must be at least 18 years old (18 years according to the Gregorian calendar from the date of birth) as of the official competition date at the Revelation Global Championship Tournament. The Organizer has the right to refuse participation if participants do not meet the age requirement mentioned above.
2.2. Organizing Staff, VNG employees and VNG partners
During the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, the Organizer staff, VNG, and authorized VNG partners are not allowed to participate in the competition.
2.3. Character Name
Character names must not violate the game's terms and conditions as specified at https://revelation.vnggames.com/vn/news/news/dieu-khoan-s-dung.html.
In case of any issues regarding character names, the Organizer will have the final decision.
2.4. Registration
Teams must register according to the provided form and within the designated timeframe set by the Organizer.
3. Team
3.1. Team Requirement
3.1.1. Team Members
Each team must ensure to have five (5) members throughout the Revelation Global Championship Tournament. The Revelation Global Championship Tournament Organizer has the right to refuse the playing eligibility of teams that do not comply with the team requirements set by the Organizer. In addition, team members cannot be changed throughout the Revelation Global Championship Tournament.
3.1.2. Team Leader
Each team, during the registration process, needs to designate one (1) member as the Team Leader (referred to as the "Team Captain"). The Team Leader will represent the team in the registration for the Revelation Global Championship Tournament and will be responsible for communication with the Organizer. The content exchanged between the Team Leader and the Organizer represents the team's collective opinion. The team is not allowed to change the Team Leader during the tournament.
3.2. Registration for Tournament
Before the start of the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, all teams must register for the competition according to the regulations set by the Organizer. The team cannot change the registered lineup once a confirmation email of successful registration is received.
4. Code of Conduct
4.1. General Code of Conduct
4.1.1. Participants standard
All teams and participants must be honest and demonstrate high sportsmanship. Team members, when interacting with other team participants, Organizer, VNG staff, authorized VNG partners, Organizer members, media, sponsors, and fans, should display professionalism and sportsmanship.
4.1.2. Compete in Fair Play manner
All teams and participants must perform to the best of their abilities and compete fairly.
4.1.3. Penalties
Violations of behavior rules will be detailed in the following sections. Participants who violate behavior rules will be penalized by the Organizer. All decisions made by the Organizer regarding violations and penalties in the Competition Regulations are final and binding.
4.2. Violation Behavior
The following are examples of violations of behavior, including but not limited to:
4.2.1. Collusion
Any collusive actions by any participants are prohibited. Examples of collusion include:
(A) Any agreements between two or more participants from the same or different teams to not compete to their fullest abilities, giving an advantage to the opposing team or opposing member.
(B) Prearrangement of prize distribution and/or other compensatory actions
(C) Intentionally losing in the competition for compensation or any other reason, or enticing other participants to engage in similar behavior.
4.2.2. Cheating
Cheating behaviors are prohibited. The use of cheating devices, cheating programs, or any other cheating methods such as signaling devices, hand gestures, or similar methods is considered cheating. Downloading any third-party program onto the gaming device is also considered cheating and will be penalized.
4.2.3. Exploiting Vulnerabilities
The Organizer will announce the functions in the game that are considered vulnerabilities and deliberately using these vulnerabilities to gain an advantage in the competition is strictly prohibited. Exploiting vulnerabilities include using functions that have effects beyond the intended design of the game.
4.2.4. Impersonation
Using someone else's account or name to compete or entice others to perform similar actions is strictly prohibited.
4.2.5. Vulgar language and Provocation
In all online and offline competition activities, interviews, media activities, or any communication related to the Revelation Global Championship Tournament and Revelation, participants are not allowed to use vulgar, discriminatory, obscene language or any form of language that threatens, attacks, humiliates, defames, or harms the dignity of others. Participants are not allowed to post, share, or distribute unauthorized content. Participants are not allowed to use vulgar language or provoke hatred on social media or during the Revelation Global Championship Tournament using any language. In addition, participants are also not allowed to encourage the community to engage in unauthorized activities as defined by this regulation.
4.2.6. Match Manipulation
Participants are not allowed to propose, agree, collude to manipulate matches, or use other actions intended to alter or attempt to alter the result of a match (or part of a match) unfairly. Match manipulation will receive the highest penalties in each match. If a participant is asked to participate in controlling the match or engages in any behavior contrary to the competition rules, participants must immediately report the situation to the Organizer.
4.2.7. Information Provision
The Organizer may require the provision of information such as prize information, power of attorney, guardianship papers, or other documents. Failure to provide the requested information by the Organizer will be considered a violation and will be subject to penalties according to the decision of the Organizer.
4.2.8. Term of Use
Any behavior that (A) violates the Terms of Use of Revelation, (B) violates the policies and guidelines published on the website or official channels of Revelation, or (C) obstructs others from using Revelation is prohibited and will be penalized.
4.2.9. Refusal to Compete
Participants or teams are not allowed to withdraw or refuse to participate in matches and activities related to the Revelation Global Championship Tournament. Absence without specific reason will be considered a violation and will be dealt with according to the provisions for handling violations.
4.3. Forms of Disciplinary Action
4.3.1. Investigation by the Organizer
The Organizer has the right to monitor compliance with the tournament rules by participants and investigate any misconduct. By agreeing to the tournament regulations, participants have agreed to cooperate with the Organizer in conducting internal or expanded investigations into suspected violations of the tournament rules, registration, or laws. Participants, when cooperating with the Organizer in the investigation, are responsible for declaring the truth and not obstructing the investigation, deceiving investigators, or concealing evidence.
4.3.2. Penalties.
If the Organizer determines that a participant or team has violated the tournament rules or registration regulations, the Organizer will apply the following penalties based on the severity of the violation:
(a) Public warning through verbal or written means;
(b) Deduction of a portion or all of the prize money;
(c) Forfeiture of one or more matches;
(d) Forfeiture of achievements in the Revelation Global Championship Tournament;
(e) Disqualification from participating in the tournament;
(f) Temporary suspension from the competition;
(g) Ban from future tournaments, including the Revelation Global Championship Tournament.
4.3.3. Repeated Violation
The severity of the disciplinary action will increase if the violation is repeated multiple times.
4.3.4. Final Decision
Unless otherwise specified, any violation of the tournament rules, whether intentional or not, will be subject to penalties. Attempted violations will also be penalized. The corresponding disciplinary decision of the Organizer will be final and binding.
5. Copyrights and Data Permission
5.1. Granting Data Permission to the Organizer
All participants grant authorization to the Organizer, VNG, and VNG's partners to livestream, commentate, and record during the Revelation matches and related activities at the Revelation Global Championship Tournament. All participants allow the Organizer full rights to use and completely waive any fees to copy, publish, distribute, modify, store, use, and display the full name of the Participant, character name, images, avatars, photographs, profile pictures, voice, videos, in-game images, gameplay statistics, and biographical information to create derivative works of the aforementioned in media products during and after the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, associated with (a) commentary and live streaming of all or part of the matches; (b) advertising and promotion for other Revelation tournaments; and (c) advertising and promotion for Revelation.
5.2. Livestream Ownership
All participants must acknowledge and agree that the relevant portions of livestreams, commentary, and audiovisual materials belong to the Organizer of the Revelation Global Championship Tournament and authorized parties. The appearance in any livestream of matches or audiovisual materials does not imply the participants' ownership of the livestream and audiovisual materials.
5.3. Feedback
All participants may provide suggestions, comments, or feedback (collectively referred to as "Feedback") to the Organizer in a spirit of respect and with the intention of improving the operation of the Revelation Global Championship Tournament or Revelation. The participants' feedback should be voluntary and self-initiated. All participants agree that the content of the feedback, even if considered confidential by the respondent, will not impose any confidentiality obligation on the Organizer in the absence of any related written commitment. Furthermore, unless the Organizer receives and signs a relevant document stipulating otherwise, the Organizer may freely use, disclose, copy, permit, and otherwise expand and apply the appropriate feedback, without any limitations on intellectual property rights or other arising forms.
6. Scope of Responsibility
6.1. Exemption from liability
Within the limits allowed by law, the Organizer of the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, VNG, and authorized companies (collectively referred to as "the Parties related to the Organizer") shall not be liable for any direct or indirect loss, consequential, special, or punitive damages resulting in the delay or inability to operate the matches, Registration Regulations, or any matters related to the Revelation Global Championship Tournament or Revelation, regardless of any errors or foreseen losses by the Parties related to the Organizer.
6.2. Limit of compensation
Within the limits allowed by law, the cumulative limit of compensation for direct losses incurred by team members due to losses related to the Gameplay Regulations, the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, and Revelation shall not exceed 5,000,000 VND per person. The degree of compensation does not affect this limit. Even if the compensation amount is insufficient to cover the damages, the limit of compensation and exclusion of liability still apply. The Organizer shall not assume, nor authorize any organization or individual to assume, any responsibility beyond what is specified.
7. Final decision-making authority
All decisions regarding the status of participants, sponsorship limits, match arrangements and scheduling, and penalties for misconduct with the Organizer, or decisions made by the Organizer and/or its staff, shall be final and binding, and shall not give rise to any claims for monetary compensation or other remedial measures.
8. Contacting with Organization Board
8.1. Emergency contact
In necessary cases, participants need to quickly contact the Organizer or the staff through either Discord, Email or in-game Customer Support Channel. Accordingly, all participants agree to respond to all requests from the Organizer or the staff regarding the collection of information and opinions from the participants (which may be through phone calls, text messages, voice messages, emails, or other communication applications provided by the participants as contact information to the Organizer, referred to as "Formal Requests").
8.2. Official requirement through email
Participants must respond to all formal requests via email from the Organizer within 48 hours of receiving the formal request.
8.3. Receipt of formal request
Any formal request sent via email, text message, voice message, Discord, or other communication applications will be deemed "received" by the participant after one (01) hour from the time it was sent (as displayed on the sending device). Any formal request provided (or attempted to be provided) by the Organizer and its staff through a phone call will be deemed "received" by the participant after thirty (30) minutes from the time the call was made (as displayed on the calling device), regardless of whether the participant answered the call at that time or not.
8.4. Failure to respond to formal requests
Participants who fail to respond to formal requests as stipulated in Article 8 shall be considered in violation of the Gameplay Regulations and may be deprived of any rights and benefits associated with that formal request. In the event of a failure to respond to a formal request, the Organizer has the right to take necessary disciplinary actions, including those specified in Article 4.3. All decisions regarding the handling of violations under Article 8 are at the sole discretion of the Organizer.
9. Interpretation
9.1. Organizer’s Right of Interpretation
Any issues related to the Revelation Global Championship Tournament that are not addressed in these Gameplay Regulations shall be explained and provided by the Organizer through updates or interpretations based on these Gameplay Regulations. All decisions of the Organizer, including the authority to interpret, shall be considered official and final.
9.2. Additional Terms
Participants may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions from the Organizer. While participating in the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, participants are required to comply with the Terms of Use/Licensing Agreement for Revelation. The Organizer reserves the right to change or update the Gameplay Regulations, modify or cancel part or all of the tournament at any time.
9.3. Regarding Orrganizer’s Decision
The Gameplay Regulations provide and reserve the right for the Organizer to conduct activities, control or approve, agree or disagree with activities, and make decisions unless specifically stated otherwise. The Organizer has the discretionary power to participate in any activities based on their own assessment to ensure the best interests of the Organizer and the short-term and long-term benefits of the Revelation Global Championship Tournament, Revelation, and the business operations of the parties involved. All teams and participants will not take any actions or file any complaints regarding the refusal or unreasonable delay by the Organizer and the staff in the application, approval, decision, or other matters related to these Gameplay Regulations.
