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What are the match rules for Mario Kart 8?
MARIO KART 8 RULES
LAST UPDATED: August 15th, 2024
1.1 Match Procedure
- Tournament Teams
- A “team” will consist of 4 Players and up to 4 allowable substitutes for a total of 8 players per roster. Multiple teams from each eligible institution will be allowed to participate in the tournament.
- Set Length
- All tournament sets will be a series of 8 races. The points for each race scored by each player will be tallied, and the team with the most points at the end of 8 races will be the winner.
2.1 Game Rules
- Lobby Hosting: The captain of the “Home” team will host the lobby. It is the responsibility of both teams to communicate via the Vanta platform’s match chat to get all players from each team into the lobby.
- The captain of the “Home” team will place all of their team players on the RED team, and all “Away” team players on the BLUE team.
- Game Settings: From the Main Menu, follow these steps:
- Select “Online Play”
- Select “Friends”
- Select “Create Room” and confirm.
- Choose your character and kart.
- Once in the room, press A to access the Game Settings and set them accordingly:
- Game Style: 150cc Race
- Teams: Team Game
- Items: Normal Items
- COM: No COM
- - SKIP COM VEHICLES -
- Race Count: 8 Races
- Course: RANDOM - All players must select Random during track selection in order to ensure that a random track is selected during the match. If a player does not do this, it will give unfair advantage.
- If a player is found doing this, a deduction of 10 points will be taken from their team’s score.
- Please make sure to take screenshots of any of these instances so that it can be reported properly to Vanta in the event of any score disputes.
- Please take a screenshot of the incorrect track selection by the player.
- Please take a screenshot of the final point result after the 8 races as well so points can be deducted properly.
- Character Selection: Any available character.
- Car Selection: Any available variation of car, wheels, and glider.
- CCs: 150cc
- Players are allowed to change character and kart configurations ONLY between races when all teams are back in the lobby after FOUR races.
- Win Conditions: The points for each race scored by each player will be tallied, and the team with the most points at the end of 8 races will be the winner.
3.1 Reporting
- Score Reporting Format: Scores will be reported in W-L format. Teams will report scores in the following styles: 1-0, 0-1
- Forfeits: Forfeits will be considered a 1-0 win for the team that showed up to play.