Tournament rules

The Snakes Loose weekly tournament is organised by Sime Forge. Taking part is free and needs no purchase. These rules are part of the terms of use.

1. Who can play

• Anyone with the game can play the tournament.
• Only players signed in with Google are placed in the rankings and earn points. Others still play and see the place they would have. When you sign in, the rounds you played that week count.
• One person, one account. Your account, tries and results are the same on every phone you sign in to.

2. When

• A tournament week runs from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59 (UTC).
• Every UTC day has a new round of 3 boards, the same for every player.

3. A try

• You play the 3 boards in a row. The clock stops between boards.
• Your time for a board is the time you took plus 3 seconds for each error (a snake that bumps into another).
• A 3rd error on the same board ends the try. That try does not count.
• Leaving a round before it ends uses up that try.
• The result of a try is the total of its 3 board times.

4. Tries per day

• Up to 3 tries a day: the first is free, the second and third after watching a video.
• Your best completed try of the day counts.

5. Day ranking and points

• Players are ordered by their best try of the day: lower total time first, then fewer errors, then the earlier result.
• Day points = 100 × (players behind you) ÷ (ranked players that day − 1). First place gets 100 points, last place 0. A day with a single player gives 100.

6. Week ranking

• Your week score is the sum of your 5 best days (at most 500 points). Missed days count as zero.
• Ties: the lower total time over those days wins, then the earlier first result.

7. Checking results

Every result is sent with its moves and replayed by our server. Results that cannot be reproduced, or that are faster than humanly possible, are rejected. A result played without a connection counts if it reaches the server by the end of the next UTC day.

8. Fair play

Bots, modified apps, several accounts and other cheating are not allowed. We may remove results and exclude players who break these rules (see the terms of use).

9. Prizes

The tournament has no prizes. If prizes are ever offered, their own rules will be published here before that tournament starts.

10. Changes

We may change these rules for future weeks, and pause or cancel a round after a fault. Changes are shown here with a new date at the top. Questions: simeforge.games@gmail.com