2020 Summer Co-Op
Rules & Guidance
Schedule
- Co-Op sign-up cutoff: July 17th
- Co-Op Play-In Races: July 19th - July 25th
- Sweet 16: July 26th - Aug 1st
- Elite 8: Aug 2nd - Aug 8th
- Final 4: Aug 9th - Aug 15th
- Championship: - Aug 16th - Aug 22nd
We will attempt to use fluid scheduling - meaning if all teams are ready to move on to the next round, we will do our best to let them do so at their convenience rather than waiting for the next calendar week.
Flags
- Sweet 16 - july 22-Aug 1
- 8 match-ups / Best-of-3
- 24 potential races (The majority of these will NOT be restreamed due to time/crew restraints)
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- Elite 8 - Aug 2-Aug 8
- 4 match-ups / Best-of-3
- 12 potential races
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- Final 4 - Aug 9-aug 15
- 2 match-ups / Best-of-3
- 6 potential races
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- Championship - Aug 16-Aug 22
- Best-of-3
- 3 potential races
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Summary of Co-Op for New Players
- Once both team members have successfully loaded the LUA script - a green dot will appear in the upper right hand corner of your screen to indicate successful communication to the co-op server.
- As you play the seed, you may notice that dot flicker from green to yellow rapidly - this is normal behavior as your game checks in with the server roughly every 7 seconds or so.
- When you obtain a key item, your game will pass that information to the server on its next check-in. Depending on the timing of the last check-in cycle - it may take between 1-7 seconds for the co-op server to receive the information about the key item you obtained.
- From there, the co-op server will then "send" that item to your co-op partner on their next check-in, which may take up to 7 additional seconds (depending on their last check-in with the server)
- In summary, once you obtain an item - it will take between 2-14 seconds before your partner receives the item and is notified with red text along the top of their game.
- It's important to note, that once an item has been successfully sent/received to the co-op server - it is there for good. A useful example of this is buying the vendor item - waiting for it to sync to the co-op server - and then resetting your game. Since the co-op server has it, it will sync the item back into your inventory on next check-in
Tournament Rules
All races will use the FFrBot in the Final Fantasy One Randomizer Discord. FFrBot will determine the winner of each match based on the time recorded when the Team Captain enters their team's "?done". We recommend saving a local copy of your stream in case of technical difficulties. In the event of a dispute, we will use this to determine a winner.
All races will start from the overworld. During the setup for your race you will create your party and proceed to the overworld. Once there, you and your teammate need to confirm that the Lua icon (circle) at the top right of your screen is green - indicating a successful connection to the co-op server - before you ready up. DO NOT MOVE until both teams have readied up and the race countdown has completed.
BOTH members of a team must defeat Chaos in order to submit their "?done" command in the race room. Once one party member finishes the race, they may begin watching their partners stream to provide coaching - but they may NOT watch the live restream of the race.
NPC Guillotine has been enabled on our Beta flags. This is still broken in Beta and will allow you to bypass the LUTE and ROD blocks by talking to them. DO NOT ABUSE THIS. It will be considered cheating - and cheating will not be tolerated (see below). If you have the LUTE and/or ROD and accidentally talk to the block instead of using the appropriate item - go straight to your item screen to show that you have the item, and then pause your gameplay for 3 full seconds as a mini-penalty.
There are no forced parties or drafts - however, if both teams agree that they want to draft or play with a specific party of their choosing via any reasonable draft method (i.e. standard/random/dodgeball draft, etc.) they are free to do so. Teams are free to let the randomizer site choose the forced party by way of the "Party" tab, as this does not effect the overall seed - especially if all parties agree and do it as well. Black Belts ARE allowed if both teams agree to include them in the party draft, but will remain banned otherwise. If your team and your opponents agree to use Black Belts in your draft, you will need to update your race flags to include them in the party pool.
In the case of a tie (any race with a finish of exactly 3 seconds or less), runners will need to race again with a different seed at a time of their choosing. If this is not feasible/convenient, both teams may elect to have the tournament admins determine the winner via random.org.
No cheating allowed! Cheating includes but is not limited to: watching your competitors stream, watching the restream, watching your partner's stream (before finishing), getting any spoilers or help from any outside sources (including your own chat or Discord), using programs to analyze the ROM or RAM, etc. If you believe your chat cannot be trusted not to spoil or backseat, don’t watch your chat! (Or put your chat in emote-only mode for the duration of your race)
Don’t spoil anything yourself! Posting anything related to the seed in the designated Discord chat channel before the race is done ruins the experience for the other racer, even if you have already finished. This is a DQable offense.
In the case of unforeseen accidents or emergencies, tournament staff have the authority to issue fixes at their own discretion.
In cases of unsportsmanlike conduct, you will be strung up by your toenails and IRONGOLs will use you as target practice. Don’t be a jerk to anyone, don't bully your opponents or teammates about party drafts, don’t ruin anybody else’s fun, and above all else don’t start the Cardian Missile Crisis. Failure to follow these guidelines will likely lead to an immediate disqualification for you and your teammate - and may also lead to further administrative action in Discord.
In the case that a member of the tournament staff is in violation of these rules, they may not rule on their own behalf - and the arbiters will be brought in to handle the issue.
In the event that a team member needs to drop out of the tournament, the remaining team member is free to search for another teammate. They cannot select someone that is part of another active team, nor can they select someone from a team that's already been eliminated.
Should an entire team need to drop out of the tournament for any reason, that team's current opponent will be awarded with an automatic victory for that stage.
Sprite Hacks
On the subject of sprite hacks: If your patch is found to interfere with RNG or normal play, there will be consequences. You can test this yourself; record an input movie of you playing an entire race, and play it back without using your sprite hack. If it doesn’t sync up, you did something wrong. If you feel you need assistance with this, please let a tournament admin know.
- You are free to alter your character sprites at will. If you do so, please share your sprite hack with a tournament admin before the tournament starts. If it is found that you've altered your characters beyond anything easily recognizable by a random twitch viewer, you will be required to name your characters after their classes to assist the commentary team with keeping up to speed.
- You are NOT allowed to alter BOSS sprites except to change the color palette - At no point should the commentary team have to wonder which boss you're fighting, or take their attention off calling the race to answer the inevitable questions from chat asking "lol, what boss is this?"
- You are NOT allowed to alter ENEMY sprites except to change the color palette
- You are NOT allowed to alter in-game text except to change capitalization. (Such as the Valkyries of Light hack does)
If your sprite hack contains any changes not listed above - or you need further clarification, please consult a tournament admin so we can work with you directly to make a determination.
Failure to comply with these rules will result in immediate disqualification of your team from the tournament. There will be no appeal process.