League Rules

LEAGUE RULES

To strengthen OUR LEAGUE,we hereby present our LEAGUE’S RULES to be abided by all members upon their joining:

MEMBERSHIP. It is mandatory that all players join the league before participating in any tourney to get rung, rating, and trophies and to be included in leader board. It is not fair to league members rating and win/loss records. If you come across an opponent that is not a league member please help that person to join the league. email or IM them a link to the league’s main page or refer them to management in the room/league.

COMMUNICATION. All league members are strongly encouraged to read the information on our main page and on our message board as well as to visit our websites for the games to check on the information posted in them, since they might contain updated information regarding league events, games rules, guidelines, etc. compulsory to all league members.

COURTESY. No disruptive behavior, foul language, sexual remarks, racial or ethnic slurs, harassment, or any type of offense to players and/or another league and/or Ready4Spades League as a whole are allowed in the rooms. Along those lines, we try to maintain an atmosphere in which all ages are both welcome and comfortable

Common greetings for games such as gg, gl, gh, and nha are strongly encouraged, win or lose.    Show common respect to other players, as you would expect in return.

All problems and issues to be resolved with management need to be dealt with in private and within the highest confidentiality to respect the players’ privacy and alien issues to the league are to remain as external problems.

TOURNAMENTS are created within adequate time slots for your convenience and to allow those losing in the first round of a tournament to quickly join the next one.

At times Yahoo displays unexpected glitches during tournaments, whereof Ready4Spades League has no involvement or means to fix. In some instances, such as if Yahoo went down in the FINALS of a tournament, we would be willing to reschedule that game outside of the completed tournament, so that it may at least be finished and ratings adjusted and if such is the case, special trophies awarded. This is the only circumstance where Ready4Spades League management would be able to try and help our players out of the many occurrences beyond our control.

TABLES. If after starting a game a player finds out that for some reason he/she must leave, that player should offer to "QUIT AND FORFEIT" the game. All tables must be left by clicking the OK button to end the game to avoid leaving the opponent player uselessly sitting awaiting for the Forfeit option or the system to end the game.

All players must close the tables when done with them.

SUBSTITUTIONS. There will be no substitutions allowed.   No exceptions made

HOPPING persistently in and out the tables is not allowed. It is annoying and distracting to the players.

FORFEIT. There is no need to take this action under normal circumstances. However, no-shows (not in the lobby) for a tourney they signed up for may expect to be forfeited 10 min after the window pops up. For already started games, players must wait at least 10 min for the missing player to return. Player’s best judgment and courtesy are a must when forfeiting; if there are games from the same round still being played, the player may wait for them to finish, since that player would be waiting to play anyway and this waiting span may allow the missing player to make it back to the table and resume game.

Any league member who forfeits another player without proper justification may get a sanction at management’s discretion.

KIBITZING is not allowed unless authorized by all players at the table (as in training) or whenever the involvement of Management is required for the correct development of a special tourney. It is a good rule of thumb to make sure players disable the kibitz option at the beginning of each game, mainly during tournament game play.

RUNGS AND LADDERS.

Top 10 players must play at least 3 games within 24 hrs to maintain their rung or they will be moved 10 rungs down

Players among top 20 rungs idle for over 8 days, and not participating in tournaments, will be dropped 20 rungs. Players idle for 30+ days or with 0-0 records will be removed from the ladder.

League Management reserves the right to rung players based on activity as well.

Players may enter as many un-rated games as they like but these will not be accounted for rung purposes.
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CHEATING is not acceptable. This includes, but is not limited to, throwing games, using third party programs to enhance a player’s game, or using multiple accounts to hold his/her rung. Sending IMS to the player’s partner or talking about the hand, how, what to play, hints, clicking of the cancel button by a team, etc. during a doubles games is also considered cheating. It goes without saying that it is impossible to cover every aspect of cheating. However, that does not mean just because something is not listed here that it is acceptable. Use common sense. Cheating will foster that at management discretion cheaters be placed at the bottom of the ladder and/or stronger measures be applied if deemed appropriate to curb this behavior.

ARGUING and/or FIGHTING in the lobby or at any table is not allowed. If a player feels the need to assert him/herself, it should be taken outside the league or at least into a private table and may be willing to invite a member of the league Management to moderate the disagreement.

SPAMMING and/or SCROLLING in the league lobby is not permitted other than for the league own advertising and or promotion.

RECRUITING of any for any other league is prohibited here. If a player is found to be recruiting for another league, either by IM or by Email he/she will be subject to a sanction.

SANCTIONS. Failure to comply with the above rules, at management’s discretion, may result in the following: