ARC WORLD TOUR 2024 Official Rules
April 25, 2024 Initial Release
Arc System Works Co., Ltd.
ARC WORLD TOUR 2024 Administrative Office
These are the Official Rules (“Official Rules”) for “Arc World Tour 2024” (“AWT2024”),
which consists of worldwide tournaments managed by Arc System Works Co., Ltd.
(“ASW”)
Overview
AWT2024 is a tournament series for fighting games consisting of online and offline
events held in various countries and regions throughout the world. The competition will
include the three (3) titles below:
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising (“GBVSR”)
Guilty Gear -Strive- (“GGST”)
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes (“UNI2”)
Players selected based on their results in Qualifier Tournaments held internationallywill earn a spot competing in the Finals to be held in Spring 2025 in the United Statesof America.
The above may be subject to change under certain circumstances, in accordance with the
Official Rules.
Definitions
Qualifier Tournaments: Qualifier tournaments for AWT2024. Refer to the schedule on
the Arc World Tour 2024 Official Web Site for details regarding each Qualifier
Tournament.
(https://www.arcsystemworks.jp/awt2024/ )Qualifier Tournaments, excluding the Last Change Qualifier Tournament (defined
below) are divided into Platinum, Gold, and Silver tournaments.
Last Chance Qualifier Tournament: The final Qualifier Tournament held directly
before the Finals, open to participation from any Player who has not qualified for the
Finals (defined below) by that point..
Finals: An invitational tournament, currently scheduled to be held offline in 2025 in theUSA, in which invited Players who were selected through the Qualifier Tournaments
and Last Chance Qualifier Tournament will compete for Cash Prizes.
AWT2024 Tournament Group: All of the Qualifier Tournaments, Last Chance Qualifier
Tournament and Finals.
AWT Administrative Office: Arc World Tour 2024 Administrative Office, comprised ofstaff from ASW, Cygames Co., Ltd., and associated companies who manage and run
AWT2024.
Tournament Organizer: An organization or individual that organizes and operates all orpart of the AWT2024 Tournament Group.

Tournament Staff: All individuals or organizations related to ASW and associatedcompanies, in addition to Tournament Organizers.
Players: All participants in the AWT2024 Tournament Group.
Winners: Players invited to participate in the Finals.
Prizes: All cash prizes (“Cash Prizes”), travel and accommodation expenses, and otherprizes of any nature awarded to or provided for Players.
Tour Points: Points granted to Players based on their results in Qualifier Tournaments.
Player Eligibility
The AWT2024 Tournament Group is open to Players, but void wherever restricted or
prohibited by law. Players must meet the following requirements (“Eligibility
Requirements”) to participate in the AWT2024 Tournament Group.
Players must comply with the Rules.
Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives of any organization
involved in the development of the AWT2024 Tournament Group, or any Game(including legal, promotion, and advertising agencies) and their immediate family
members (defined as spouse, mother, father, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, uncles,
aunts, nephews, nieces, grandparents and in- laws, regardless of where they live) andthose living in their household (whether or not related), and each person or entity
connected with the production or administration of the AWT2024 Tournament Group,and each parent company, affiliate, subsidiary, agent and representative of ASW are noteligible.
Players may not enter the same qualifier tournament with multiple registrations.
Players must have been born before April 27, 2011, to take part in the Finals.
However, Players who are defined as Minors require approval from a legal guardian totake part in the Finals, on a form and through a process to be specified by ASW. ASW
may, in its discretion, require Minors to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardianat all times during the Finals.
Players: (a) will comply with all laws applicable to their Tournament-related
activities; and (b) may not be antisocial forces (members or associate members of anorganized crime group, persons who were members of an organized crime group within
the last five (5) years, or racketeers).
Finals Qualifications
Players who fulfill the Eligibility Requirements earn participation rights in the Finals
by fulfilling any of the conditions below.
・Placing first in a Platinum Qualifier Tournament.
・ Having the highest number of total Tour Points, excluding Winners, as of theconclusion of the last Qualifier Tournament excluding the Last Chance Qualifier.
・Placing within the qualifying line in the Last Chance Qualifier.
The number of qualifying players via Platinum Qualifier Tournaments, highest point
placement, and Last Chance Qualifier slots varies for each title. The number of

qualifying slots is subject to change without prior notice.
■List of Qualifying Slots per Title
Platinum Qualifier
Tournament Slots
Tour Point Ranking Slots
Last Chance Qualifier Slots
Total Finals Qualifiers

GBVSR
8

GGST
5

UNI2
7

7
1
16

10
1
16

0
1
8

Point System
To decide Player rankings, Tour Points will be awarded to top placing Players in
Qualifier Tournaments throughout AWT2024.
Qualifier Tournaments are classified within three levels: Platinum Tournaments, Gold
Tournaments, and Silver Tournaments. Tour Points are granted according to the levelof the tournament for each placement as outlined below. Points are not granted for theLast Chance Qualifier.
UNI2 will not employ the Point System, and all Qualifier Tournaments are classified as
Platinum Tournaments.
■Tour Point System Chart
Placement
Platinumst
1 Place
Finals
Qualification
2nd Place
100 pts
3rd Place
45 ptsth
4 Place20 pts
5th Place Tie
12 pts
7th Place Tie
8 pts
9th Place Tie
6 pts

Gold
100 pts

Silver
45 pts45 pts
20 pts
12 pts
8 pts
6 pts
-

20 pts
12 pts
8 pts
6 pts
3 pts
-

The total Tour Points qualifying Player will be selected regardless of their country/regionof residence, selected from the highest scoring players excluding those who have won
Platinum Tournaments. In the event 2 or more Players have the same total Tour
Points, the Player with the highest placement in a Platinum Tournament will beselected as higher in ranking.
In the event 2 or more Players have the same top placement in Platinum Tournaments,
the player with the highest placement in a Gold tournament will be selected as higher
in ranking.
In the event 2 or more Players have the same top placement in Gold Tournaments, theplayer who placed highest in a Platinum Tournament with the most participants will beselected as higher in ranking.
In the event multiple players placed highest in Tournaments with the same prize values
and participant numbers, the AWT Administrative Office will determine how to makethe final selection.

Finals Qualifications
If a Winner who has qualified for the Finals via winning a Platinum Tournament waives
their right to participate, already qualified for an invitation, or does not meet theeligibility requirements, the Platinum Tournament winner slot for that Player in the
Finals will go to the player in the same Platinum Tournament with the highest
placement who has not yet qualified for the Finals.
However, for GBVSR and GGST, in the event the 1st Place, 2nd Place, and 3rd Place
Players in a Platinum Tournament waive their right to participate, already qualified for
an invitation, or do not meet the eligibility requirements, that slot will be added to theTour Point qualification slots. As UNI2 does not use the Point System, any vacancies
created would be transferred to Players with the highest placing in the Last Chance
Qualifier below second place.
If a Player who qualifies for Finals by Tour Point ranking waives their right toparticipate, already qualified for an invitation, or does not meet the eligibility
requirements, their invitation will be transferred to the next highest ranking Player interms of Tour Points.
This rule applies until January 31, 2025. In the event a player waives their right toparticipate after February 01, 2025, the finals slot will not be transferred. The AWT
Administrative Office will determine how to fill the vacancy at their discretion.
In the event a Finals slot opens for any other reason, the AWT Administrative Office will
determine whether or not to fill the vacancy and the method of selecting the Player attheir discretion.
Promotional Rights
Each Player hereby: (a) grants ASW an irrevocable, sublicensable, perpetual, royaltyfree, fully paid, non-exclusive, license throughout the universe to utilize the Player’s
name, image, voice and likeness, including without limitation footage of the Player’s
participation in the AWT2024 Tournament Group, in connection with its business, thepromotion and advertising of its business, and any other lawful purposes, in all media
now known or hereafter devised including X, Instagram and other social media posts aswell as streaming on YouTube and Twitch; (b) waives any right to notice, inspection orapproval of any ASW use of the foregoing materials; and (c) releases ASW, its affiliates,
contractors, subcontractors, sublicensees, and suppliers from any claim or liability
related to ASW’s use of the foregoing materials. For purposes of illustration but notlimitation, ASW and its authorized Tournament Organizers may record, videotape, andphotograph Players, edit, adapt, post, stream, reproduce, display, perform, transmit,
broadcast, or otherwise use Player likenesses, whether alone or with others, in part orin its entirety, alone or in combination with other material.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Player has a management contract or other legallybinding agreement with a third party at the time of their participation in the AWT2024
Tournament Group that restricts use of their likeness, the Player shall give notice to
ASW in advance and grant ASW the written right to use such likeness within the scopeof the restrictions. If a Player has any restrictions on their likeness but does not give theforegoing advance notice, ASW will treat such likeness as unrestricted and will not beliable to any Player or for any resulting violation or infringement of third party rights.
Player will indemnify and hold harmless ASW from any such Player and/or third party

liability.
Code of Conduct
A Player will be immediately disqualified from the AWT2024 Tournament Group andforfeit the right to receive a Prize in the sole discretion of ASW or a Tournament
Organizer in the cases described below. ASW reserves the right to prohibit theparticipation of offending Players in future ASW events in its sole discretion.
Violations of state, Federal and/or Tournament COVID safety guidelines and/or
protocols;
Swearing, screaming or threats;
Harassment (as defined below) or intimidation of any other Player, tournament
personnel or spectator, either in person or through any online channels;
Physical or cyberviolence;
Collusion;
Cheating of any sort through any means, whether currently known or unknown,
which may include, without limitation, use of external software that directly tampers
with the game software to gain any kind of advantage or to create a disadvantage toother Players in the game, MOD and tampering game software by the use of a tampering
patch;
Interference with any infrastructure for the Tournament, including gaming
equipment/hardware, game servers (including the misuse or hacking of game servers) or
facilities provided for the
Tournament;
Intentionally delaying, slowing or manipulating gameplay;
Intentionally disconnecting network cables or attempting to interfere withanother Player’s
connection to the game service through Distributed Denial of Service (“DDoS”) or any
other means;
Intentionally interrupting network connectivity;
Disobeying or showing noticeable or disruptive dissent at the reasonable
instructions or requests of ASW or a Tournament Organizer or tournament personnel,
or failure to comply with these
Official Rules, or the official tournament rules below (“Tournament Rules”);
Players will adhere to all health and safety protocols outlined by Tournament
Organizers or within Player agreements for the duration of an event when applicable.
Posting violations tosocial media will result in immediate expulsion from the Tournament and a forfeiture ofPrizes, if applicable;
Any other known or unknown manner of tampering with gameplay;
Personal conduct, whether inside or outside of the Tournament, that, in ASW’ssole discretion,reflects or may reflect badly on the Games’ communities or on ASW, including
communications on social media;
Players may not share, repost, screen share or stream any communications
between any Player
and any Tournament Organizer, and/or ASW staff. This includes but is not limited to (a)emails, voicemails and direct messages on social platforms and communications services,
and/or (b) disclosing or screen sharing any communications with ASW staff and/or any
Tournament
Organizer in any Player stream. Players streaming their participation in a Tournamentare strongly encouraged to utilize separate internet connections for the stream and theGame;
Providing false entry information; andAny other conduct deemed offensive or inappropriate, in ASW’s sole discretion.
“Harassment” includes but is not limited to: (a) threats of physical violence, (b) insults
related to any Game, Player, event personnel or event attendee, (c) offensive statements
or actions related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation,
disability, physical appearance, body size, race, and/or religion; (d) sexual images inpublic spaces, (e) deliberate intimidation including but not limited to stalking or
following, (f) harassing photography or recording, (g) sustained disruption of talks orother events, and (h) inappropriate physical contact and unwelcome sexual attention.
Harassment should be reported to the ASW Esports team immediately.
Insults are punishable (i) whenever they are made, including but not limited to insults
made during tournament matches, and (j) whether they are made in-person and/or
electronically, including but not limited to text messages, blog postings and/or social
media.
Release of Claims and Limitation of Liability
ASW and Tournament Organizers cannot be held responsible for the following.
・The accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of information provided with respect to
AWT2024, including without limitation any printing, typographical, administrative, or
technological errors in any related materials;
・Delays or other problems caused by malfunctions of servers, network lines, internet,
wireless system, telephone system, telephone, or computer hardware, software, or othertechnical orcomputer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors;
・Damage to or loss of the life, body, or property of Players caused by their participation
in AWT2024; and・Liability or loss caused by an act of a third party, such as infection by a computer virus.
ASW reserves the right to postpone, cancel or suspend all or part of the AWT2024
Tournament events, including without limitation Qualifier Tournament and Final dates
due to circumstances beyond its control, including without limitation natural disasters,
acts of God, accident, riots, war, terrorist acts, computer virus infection, bugs,
interference, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, epidemics andpandemics, including without limitation the COVID pandemic (collectively “Force
Majeure Events”). ASW will not be liable to any Player for the failure to perform its
obligations related to the Tournament due to a Force Majeure Event or any damage
suffered by a Player rising from such failure.
If the AWT2024 Tournament Group, in whole or in part, fails to proceed as planned,
ASW or the Tournament organizers reserve the right to redo, cancel, terminate, modify,
or postpone the AWT2024 Tournament Group or any match, in whole or in part, in theirdiscretion.
If ASW or a Tournament Organizer determines, in their sole discretion, that anindividual game, a match, or the AWT2024 Tournament Group has been disrupted, orthe legitimacy of a game, a match, or the progress of the Tournament has been
compromised for any reason, ASW or the Tournament organizer can remove that gameor match and proceed with the Tournament on the basis of the remaining games,
matches, or progress of the Tournament.
Players shall be solely responsible for completely resolving, at their own expense, any
problems or disputes among Players or with third parties arising from or in connection
with their participation in the AWT2024 Tournament Group, and neither ASW nor the
Tournament organizers guarantee that any Player will be compensated for any damages
related to such disputes.
Revision and Amendment of Official Rules
ASW reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise, update, alter, modify, add to,
supplement, or delete the Official Rules. Such changes will be effective with advancenotice on the official AWT2024 website. The latest version of the Official Rules shall be
posted on the official AWT2024 website.
Prizes
The total in Cash Prizes for Finals is two hundred fifty thousand dollars (250,000 USD).
The Winners will be provided with Cash Prizes as follows.
■Breakdown of Cash Prizes for Finals Unit: USD
Placement
GBVSR
GGST
st
1 Place
50,00050,000
2nd Place
20,00020,000
3rd Place
10,00010,000
4th Place
5,000
5,000
th
5 Place Tie
2,500
2,500
7th Place Tie
1,500
1,500
9th Place Tie
1,000
1,000
th
13 Place Tie
750
750

UNI2
25,00010,000
5,000
3,000
2,000
1,500
-

Cash prizes are subject to change based upon the country in which tax withholding
occurs. In addition, all Winners shall receive a Trip to Finals from ASW. Receipt of any
Prize is contingent upon the Player’s compliance with all of these Official Rules, as wellas any Prize-related third-party provider requirements, including but not limited to age
requirements for travel and hotel accommodations. Prizes are subject to change basedon current market conditions at time of Prize fulfillment, the date and time of travel,
and the distance between Winner departure location and the Finals location.
Winners must possess valid travel documents, including without limitation all
documentation necessary to legally enter into the United States of America, including
without limitation all COVID-related testing documents, in time to be admitted to theUnited States of America and arrive on schedule in California, USA in accordance withthese Official Rules. All winners will provide ASW with legal documentation of theforegoing COVID documents immediately upon request. ASW reserves the right tosubstitute ground transportation in lieu of air transportation if the Winner resides
within one hundred (100) miles of the Finals location.
Prize Eligibility

Each Player that has been declared the winner of a Prize in the AWT2024 TournamentGroup will not be an official Prize winner unless and until they execute (or, if thepotential winner is a Minor, their parent or legal guardian executes) an Affidavit of
Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where legal, a Publicity Release and any required
payment information and tax forms (“Winner Forms”) in order to receive payment.
Prize Payment Method
A Player (or a Minor Player’s parent or legal guardian) must sign and return all theWinner Forms within ten (10) days after receiving them.
If a Player is disqualified, ASW reserves the right, but has no obligation, to award theaffected Prize to the Player that last lost to the disqualified Player. Within thirty (30)days of receiving an executed copy of the Winner Forms, ASW will deliver the applicablePrize(s) to the Winner. Refusal to take delivery of any Prize may result in forfeiture, and
ASW may award such Prize to an alternate Winner. Prizes will not be paid, transferredor assigned by ASW until after a Winner has complied with all his or her obligations
under these Official Rules. ASW reserves the right to substitute a Prize in whole or inpart with another Prize of comparable or greater value if the intended Prize is notavailable for any reason as determined by ASW in its sole discretion. ASW has not andwill not obtain or provide insurance of any kind relating to the Prizes.
Winners will be responsible for all taxes (including but not limited to federal, state,
local and/or income) on any Prize won and on the value of any items or value transferredto the Player by ASW and will be required to provide their Social Security number, IRS
Form W8BEN, IRS Form W9, or equivalent information for tax reporting purposes (at atime to be determined in ASW, and which may be prior to participation in a particularround or prior to receipt of any Prize by Player). ASW will file an IRS Form 1099 orequivalent tax withholding documentation for the retail value of any Prize or other itemsof value transferred to the Player by ASW in accordance with IRS requirements, and
ASW may also share such documentation with a state or local government agency as
required by law.
Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
All issues and questions concerning these Official Rules shall be governed by andconstrued in accordance with Japanese law without reference to conflicts of law
provisions.
Any dispute arising under or relating to these Official Rules or Player’s relationship with
ASW shall be finally settled by binding arbitration between Player and ASW, or Player’s
parent or legal guardian if Player is a Minor, and Player and ASW agree to attempt ingood faith to resolve any dispute before commencing arbitration. Unless Player and ASW
otherwise agree in writing, the time for informal negotiation will be sixty (60) days fromthe date on which Player or ASW provides written notice of the dispute. Players and
ASW agree that neither will commence arbitration before the end of the time for informal
negotiation.
If informal negotiations are unsuccessful, the arbitration shall be resolved in accordancewith the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association,with the place of arbitration being Tokyo, Japan. Notwithstanding any provision of
applicable law to the contrary, the arbitrator does not have authority to give a ruling inconflict with these Rules. The arbitrator's ruling shall be put in writing, be binding toboth parties, and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

PLAYER, AND PLAYER’S PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIAN IF PLAYER IS A
MINOR, UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BY AGREEING TO BINDING
ARBITRATION, PLAYERS ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE (OR
PARTICIPATE IN AS A PARTY OR CLASS MEMBER) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES IN
COURT BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY. INSTEAD, PLAYER, AND PLAYER’S
PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIAN, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ALL
DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED BEFORE A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR, WHOSE
AWARD (DECISION) WILL BE BINDING AND FINAL. ANY COURT WITHJURISDICTION OVER THE PARTIES MAY ENFORCE THE ARBITRATOR’S AWARD.
Player further understands that, in some instances, the costs of arbitration could exceed
the costs of litigation. Further, all parties understand that the right to discovery may be
more limited in arbitration than in court. Neither Player nor ASW will participate in aclass action or class-wide arbitration for any claims arising under or related to these
Official Rules, the Tournament, or Player’s relationship with ASW. If the prohibition
against class actions above is found to be unenforceable, then all of the preceding
language in this section will be null and void with respect to Player.
Notwithstanding the parties’ decision to resolve all disputes through arbitration, either
party may bring an action in the district court of Tokyo that only asserts claims forpatent infringement or invalidity, copyright infringement, moral rights violations,trademark infringement, and/or trade secret misappropriation.
This section will survive the termination of Player’s participation in the Tournament.
Privacy Policy
Players must consent to the ASW Privacy Policy; it may be accessed here:
https://www.arcsystemworks.jp/portal/privacy/en/