- Clans will be organized based upon their ELO rankings. ELO is gained every time a clan wins a battle, and is forfeited every time a clan loses a battle. More ELO will be gained for beating a higher ranked clan, and more will be lost for losing to a lower ranked clan.
- All ELO calculations will be handled by the Sr. Staff using this calculator:
http://www.3dkingdoms.com/chess/elo.htm
- A "k" value of 64 will be used for all calculations.
- Clans may challenge any clan up to three ranks above them, or down to two ranks below them.
- Once a clan has been challenged, the battle MUST be accepted within 48 hours and played within the next 7 days or the clan being challenged will forfeit the match.
- Once a clan challenges or is challenged by another clan, they are locked in, and cannot be challenged by anyone else until the conclusion of their battle.
- If a clan declines a match, it will count as a loss in terms of ELO. However, if a clan disbands before the battle is fought, no ELO will be gained by the challenging team.
- If a clan fails to accept multiple challenges in a row, they WILL be removed from the leaderboards.
- After battling a clan, you must battle at least two other clans before challenging them again.
- There will be NO POSTPONEMENTS. Any inconveniences will be the clan's/member's fault, unless it's uncontrollable. (Ex. Server Lag, Hackers) In this case, the battle can be moved at later time, but must be finished within ONE DAY.
- Any clan must be able to clan battle AT MOST twice on one day.
- Once two clans have battled, they will both send me the results of the battle. (Ex. Rebels vs Trivium - 3:2 Rebels) These results will be shown on the news for EVERYONE to see, but will be taken down the following week.
- If there are no referees online and present for the battle, then the battle can either be postponed or, if both clans agree, the battle can continue without refs. If there is a ref online, this cannot be used as a reason to postpone a battle.
- Clans will not be accepted to the leaderboards with under 8 members.
- The decisions of the US Clan Leaderboards Staff are final. If you have any issues with a battle or another clan on the leaderboards, bring it to them.