Rules of Conduct

Be nice to each other. ECSC is a competitive event, but also an opportunity for teams to learn from each other and have fun. Players should help foster that environment.

The following rules outline behavior prohibited during the competition, beyond those defined by common law (and common sense):

• Sharing flags, challenge details or solutions to anyone outside your own team before the end of the competition is strictly prohibited.
• Giving or accepting assistance from anyone outside the own team and organizers for issues related to the competition is strictly prohibited.
• Gathering and / or taking advantage of insider information relating to the competition is prohibited.
• Attempting to elicit unintended behavior in any devices or services not designated as challenges for the competition running in the game network is strictly forbidden.
• Physically interacting or digitally tampering with the physical infrastructure provided by the organizers without permission is prohibited.
• Any action with the effect of creating excessive load for the contest or team infrastructure is prohibited, even if such actions are in the interest of the competition.
• If you are not sure if something is allowed or not, use the ticketing system to ask before doing it.
• Any unfair behavior with respect to the competition or the other players is forbidden, even if not explicitly described in the rules above; the organizers, the jury and any other relevant authority reserve the right to evaluate each case independently.
• Any action with the effect of intentionally making a service unavailable or non-functioning when interacted with by players or the checkers is prohibited.
• The deployment of fake flags is prohibited.

Please be aware that the entire game network traffic is logged, and will be accessed in case of a suspected rule violation.