Rules

• Discord server nickname must display your Start.gg username and your SF6 ID. Both names being displayed is crucial for both finding your opponent and clarity for the TO. Please respect everybody’s time and make yourself easy to find. Keep in mind, to ping someone in Discord you need to type “@” followed by the first few letters of their name, then hit TAB to autocomplete.
  • If your start.gg and SF6 IDs are different please use this format “<Start.gg ID> CID: ”.
  • Type “/nick “ to change your discord server nickname.
• You must Check In on Start.gg and be available in Discord prior to the start time of the tournament. Check In takes place 1 hour before the tournament begins. Signing up is not the same as Checking In.
• The higher seeded player is encouraged to create the lobby and invite their opponent but is not required to do so. Communicate with your opponent in Discord to determine who will create the lobby.
• Upon the request of the TO in Discord, join the stream lobby.
• BOTH players must report the match on Start.gg.
• Only one console/account per entrant.
• Only one entrant per console/account.
• WIFI IS NOT ALLOWED. Your console/PC must have a wired internet connection in order to compete.
• Players are prohibited from using macros, turbos, or any peripheral which tampers with standard game functionality. No bots.
• The Online Local follows the Fighting Game Code of Conduct. Please read this document if you aren't familiar with the FGCOC: https://fgcoc.com/
• DO NOT compete in any rounds until the TO has called for those rounds to start. You can use the “!status” command in Discord to inquire about which rounds are allowed to play. FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE RULES CAN RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION

GENERAL RULES/INFO

• Game - Street Fighter 6
• Console - PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X
• Entry Free - None, tournament is free to enter.
• Tournament Stream - https://twitch.tv/TheOnlineLocal
• Discord - https://discord.gg/pVUHbgX
• Tournament is Double Elimination Format.
• Matches prior to Top 8 are Best 2 of 3.
• All Top 8 Matches are Best 3 of 5 and are played on Stream, unless otherwise specified by the TO.
• After a game, the Loser has the option to change their character. If the Winner chose Random Select, they must choose Random Select again.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is allowed to enter this tournament?

Anyone in North America can enter this tournament. There are no rank or region locks. There are no connection tests to perform either, for now.

What do I do if my opponent and I are having an unplayable connection?

Contact your TO immediately. Do not play anymore of the set. We will take speed tests from both competitors for future use. As of now, we are not DQing competitors for poor connections unless a player has a consistent issue with multiple opponents. We cannot yet set a maximum allowed ping for competing until we’ve collected more data. Honestly, we’re hoping that we won’t have to set a maximum allowed ping.

As of now, you will be asked to play out the match unless one of the competitors has had connection issues with multiple players.

What do we do when a disconnect happens?

All games and rounds prior to the disconnect still count. If the disconnect occurs on round 2 or 3 of a game, players will recreate the round wins (via timeouts) before the disconnect occurred. If possible, try to recreate the state of the Super Meters at the beginning of the round where the disconnect occurred.

How are tournaments seeded?

During a season of play, players are seeded according to the points they’ve accumulated during a season. If a player has not acquired any points during the active season, they are seeded below any players that do and that player’s points acquired during the lifetime of the game are used to seed them against others in the same situation. If a player has no seasonal or lifetime points, they are seeded last.

If the tournament is outside a season, players will be seeded according to lifetime points.

If there is a tie in seeding (i.e. both players have the same amount of season points), players will be played above or below each other randomly.

Players with seasonal points

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Players with lifetime points

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Players with no points

How do seasons work?

There are 12 tournaments in a season. The first 11 tournaments are seeding tournaments in which players compete to acquire seasonal points. Points are awarded based on the number of entrants in a tournament divided by a player’s placement in the tournament. The 12th tournament is the season finals in which the eight players with the highest amount of seasonal points compete to be the seasonal champion. If there is a tie for 8th place, a tiebreaker match will occur to determine who gets to enter the finals.