What are the match rules for Mario Kart 8?
MARIO KART 8 RULES
1.1 Match Procedure
- Tournament Teams
- A “team” will consist of 1 Player. Multiple teams from each eligible institution will be allowed to participate in the tournament.
- Set Length
- All tournament sets will be time trials, to be executed asynchronously for each week of competition during the regular season.
2.1 Game Rules
- Game Settings:
- Game Lobby Setup: Time trials can be selected from the Single Player menu.
- Select “Single Player”
- Select “Time Trials”
- Choose your racer.
- Choose your car.
- Then select the track.
- Select “Solo Race.”
- Game Mode: Time Trial
- Course: Course will be announced each week via email from Vanta. Select the course that was communicated for each time trial each week.
- Character selection: Any available character.
- Car selection: Any available variation of car, wheels, and glider.
- CCs: 150cc
- Courses:
- Week 1 (Pre-Season): Mario Kart Stadium
- Week 2 (Pre-Season): Toad Harbor
- Week 3: Sunshine Airport
- Week 4: N64 Toad’s Turnpike
- Week 5: SNES Donut Plains 3
- Week 6: N64 Yoshi Valley
- Week 7: Mount Wario
- Week 8: Wii Grumble Volcano
- Week 9: Electrodome
- Week 10: Mario Circuit
- Week11: Moo Moo Meadows
- Week 12: Rainbow Road
3.1 Reporting
- Score Reporting Format: Each player’s recorded best time will be submitted, along with a screenshot of the reported time and the car and character used.
- Screenshots can be submitted here.
- Please review our screenshot submission guide for proper formatting. Screenshots not submitted in the correct format will be invalidated.
- Screenshot: The screenshot must show the time being submitted and the course that the time trial took place on. Failure to submit a screenshot of the reported score may result in your reported time being removed.
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Competition for Mario Kart 8 begins every Monday - coaches have until the following Friday to submit screenshots. This is a hard deadline - any screenshots submitted outside of that time window will not be validated
- The following points will then be added by the Vanta Ops Team for rankings:
- 1st Place: 21 Points
- 2nd Place: 18 Points
- 3rd Place: 15 Points
- 4th Place: 12 Points
- 5th Place: 10 Points
- 6th-10th Place: 9 Points
- 11th-20th Place: 8 Points
- 21st-30th Place: 7 Points
- 31st-50th Place: 6 Points
- 51st-100th Place: 5 Points
- 100th-150th Place: 4 Points
- 151st Place+: 3 Points