2010
North American Grand Prix Rules:
Player Eligibility:
A player must compete
in at least two Grand Prix events to be eligible to win.
Event
Eligibility:
Tournaments
must announce their intent to participate in the 2010 Grand Prix by December
31, 2009. Tournaments may announce their intent by emailing Grand Prix
Administrator Jim O’Kelley at jimthegrey1013 (at)
yahoo (dot) com.
The email
of intent should include the name and contact information of the tournament
director, the approximate date of the tournament, and the location of the
tournament.
First-time
tournaments will not be considered for the 2010 Grand Prix, nor will tournaments
that have not been held within the past two years. The World Diplomacy Database
will be used to verify an event’s track record.
(http://eurodip.nuxit.net/php/rencontre/index.php?lang=Ang)
Event
Qualification:
To qualify
for the 2010 Grand Prix, eligible events must meet the following requirements.
1) The event must take place in
2) If its email of intent did not list a firm date,
the event must notify the Grand Prix Administrator of the firm date at least
three months in advance.
3) The event must be publicized in the Diplomatic
Pouch’s listing of upcoming conventions at least two months in advance.
4) The event must feature a total of at
least six boards over the three largest rounds.
5) The results of the event must be reported to the
Grand Prix Administrator within one month of the event.
Scoring:
1) An event will be worth 10 times the total number of
boards played in the three largest rounds of the tournament, up to a maximum of
300 points.
2) The event winner will earn these points. Each
subsequent position will earn 90 percent of the previous position, down to a
minimum of 5 points just for showing up.
Note
that Tournament Directors who play in their own tournaments will not receive
any Grand Prix points for the event.
3) For the North American Diplomacy Championship (DipCon), the minimum score is
10 points; for a World Diplomacy Championship (WDC) in
4) Each player’s cumulative score will consist of his
or her highest scores from up to four qualifying tournaments.
5) The Grand Prix champion will be
the player who earns the greatest cumulative points total from two or more
qualifying events.
6) If players tie for the Grand Prix
championship, the tie will be broken as follows:
a) The player with the highest single tournament score
will win the Grand Prix championship.
b) If players remain tied, then the player whose top
two scores are greater will win the Grand Prix championship.
c) If players remain tied, then the player whose top
three scores are greater will win the Grand Prix championship.
d) If players remain tied, then they will share the
Grand Prix championship.
Awards:
The Grand
Prix champion will receive a plaque. In addition, the champion’s name will be
inscribed on the permanent NADF Grand Prix plaque.