the conclusion of the match, or that destroys the entire opposing team, is the winner.

If a team chooses to field less than 100 points, non-fielded points count towards the opponent's score.

If a fight is tied after 10 minutes, time dilation will be used to progressively speed up the tournament solar system and encourage a prompt end to the match.

In the very unlikely case that a fight is tied after 15 minutes, the victory will be awarded to the team that had more collective potential team DPS at the beginning of the match, as measured by the tournament automated “attack bar”.

Ship Bans

Banning of ships will occur before all matches.

Team captains must be online and available to conduct ship bans 45 minutes before the start of each match. At 44day of competition, some matches will require teams to be ready within 15 minutes after the completion of banning. We expect that many teams will find this time limit challenging. The best teams in New Eden will be the ones that can adapt quickly.

All bans apply to both teams equally.

Additional Rule Variation for the Final Day

This year there will be an additional adjustment to the rules for the two series that take place on the final day of the tournament (August 18th): the best of three elimination bracket final series and the best of five grand final.

For these two series, any time a team wins a match they will not be allowed to bring any of the ship types they fielded in that match for the rest of