EFFECTIVE: April 7, 2008
APPROVED BY: Furqaan Clover, Chairman
World Series of Hip Hop
Atlanta, GA 2008
SECTION I – TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION
1. As used herein, “WSOHH” means World Series of Hip Hop and its parent, affiliates and subsidiaries including, but not limited to, Indie Film Exchange, Inc. World Series of Hip Hop reserves the right to refuse anyone entry into the tournament, in its sole and absolute discretion.
2. Any person or entity paying a registration fee for himself, herself on behalf of another
dancer warrants and affirms that he/she/it is not engaged in illegal activity and that no funds
derived from such activity will be used to pay the registration fee. World Series of Hip Hop will, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine its satisfaction with the warranty given anyone who registers for the tournament.
3. Entry into the World Series of Hip Hop is limited to dancers with proof of age that World Series of Hip Hop, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate.
4. One entry per person, individuals may not register with more than one Group. Groups may not substitute members at any time, only those members named on the registration form may dance.
5. World Series of Hip Hop may limit the number of entries into the WSOHH and may award entries in its sole and absolute discretion. World Series of Hip Hop may award a limited number of entries through satellite tournaments, third party marketing arrangements and or other promotional activities in its sole and absolute discretion.
6. There are three (3) registration categories: 1. Dance Troupe – Group of six (6) or more Dancers, each dancer must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. 2. Dance Squad – Group of five (5) Dancers or less, a minimum of two (2) Dancers. Each Dancer must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. 3. Break Dance – Break Dance category is an individual event, participants must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. Registering for the wrong category may cause a Group to lose their place in the tournament. Such Group will be refunded his/her registration fee.
7. Winners must show their valid picture identification (driver’s license, state identification
card, or military identification card) at registration, and in order to collect prize. If
participant is not a U.S. citizen, a current passport, consular identification or alien
registration card is required. Winners are responsible for any and all taxes, licenses, registrations and other fees.
8. Employees of World Series of Hip Hop and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, owned, operated or managed properties, contractors hired for the operation of the WSOHH or parent companies and immediate family members of such employees at director level or higher as determined by
World Series of Hip Hop are not eligible to compete in any WSOHH events, unless approved in advance by World Series of Hip Hop Chairman. Immediate Family is defined as: spouse, children, and any relative or other person residing in the employee’s place of residence.
SECTION II – DANCE BATTLE RULES
9. Dancers may not use or carry any ‘props’ in routines. No external items of any kind may be used to enhance a dancer’s routine. Judges are instructed to penalize the offending dancer.
10. While on stage dancers are not to touch opponents. Judges are instructed to penalize the offending dancer.
11. While on stage dancers are not to interfere with opponent’s routine in any way. Judges are instructed to penalize the offending dancer.
12. No tournament recycling. Dancers are not to recycle routines they used in an earlier round. At the conclusion of each round WSOHH staff members will review tapes of the winner’s previous rounds. The offending dancers will be automatically disqualified and their opponent will advance to the next round. This rule does not apply to Break Dance category.
13. No biting. Dancers are not to use routines used by any other dancer(s) whether these routines where used in the WSOHH tournament and/or from a music video or other performance. Using an unoriginal routine will result in the automatic disqualification of the offending dancer(s). Their opponent will advance to the next round.
14. Group choreography only. Any dancer(s) found to have used a choreographed routine of an individual not named on the registration form as a member of said Group shall be banned from the World Series of Hip Hop tournament for life. The offending dancer(s) will be required to return any and all prizes awarded by the World Series of Hip Hop in any current or previous tournament participation.
15. Each match will consist of three (3) rounds, with each dancer(s) having the same allotted time.
16. Championship matches will consist of five (5) rounds, with each dancer(s) having the same allotted time.
17. If the score is tied after three rounds, the competing dancers will continue into Sudden Death rounds.
18. In Sudden Death each dancer will have a turn; the allotted time will be doubled. At the end of the round Judges will score the round, if the scores remain tied Sudden Death continues for additional rounds until the tie is broken.
SECTION III – TOURNAMENT SCHEDULING
19. World Series of Hip Hop reserves the right to change WSOHH tournament times in its sole and absolute discretion.
20. World Series of Hip Hop may cancel, modify, relocate or reschedule the WSOHH for any reason with prior notification to all participating dancers.
21. World Series of Hip Hop is not responsible for electronic transmission errors or delays resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or
destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, hardware, software, or telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by World Series of Hip Hop, users, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may limit, restrict, or prevent a participant’s ability to participate in the tournament.
22. World Series of Hip Hop is not responsible for injuries or losses arising or resulting from participation in the WSOHH and is not liable for any acts or omissions by employees, whether negligent or willful, in the conduct of the WSOHH, and is not liable in the event of any equipment or software malfunction.
23. If for any reason the tournament is not capable of running as planned, including infection
by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or
any other causes within or beyond the control of World Series of Hip Hop which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this tournament, World Series of Hip Hop reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the tournament.
SECTION IV – DANCER CONDUCT AND TOURNAMENT INTEGRITY
24. World Series of Hip Hop may impose penalties upon any person or Group, who gives, makes, issues, authorizes or endorses any statement or action having an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interest of the tournament as determined by World Series of Hip Hop, acting in its sole and absolute discretion. This may include, but shall not be limited to expulsion from the event and property, forfeiture of a dancer’s entry fee(s) and prize monies entitled and/or loss of the right to participate in this or any other tournament conducted by World Series of Hip Hop. World Series of Hip Hop may hold responsible and may impose penalties on an individual dancer for the actions and/or conduct of members of his/her Group.
25. World Series of Hip Hop may disqualify any person for any prize based upon fraud, dishonesty, violation of promotional rules or other misconduct while on the property or otherwise occurring in relation to the World Series of Hip Hop or as otherwise reasonable or necessary for World Series of Hip Hop to comply with applicable statutes and regulations, in its sole and absolute discretion.
26. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any program or to undermine the legitimate operation of this tournament may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, World Series of Hip Hop reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent of the law.
27. All decisions regarding the interpretation of World Series of Hip Hop rules, dancer eligibility, scheduling and staging of the tournament, and penalties for misconduct lie solely with
World Series of Hip Hop Chairman, whose decisions are final.
28. World Series of Hip Hop employees will use reasonable commercial efforts to consider the best interest of the tournament and fairness as the top priority in the decision-making process, with the understanding that “best interest of the tournament and fairness” shall be determined by World Series of Hip Hop, acting in its sole and absolute discretion. Unusual circumstances can, on occasion, dictate that the technical interpretation of the rules be balanced against the interest of fairness. World Series of Hip Hop decision is final and non-appealable and shall not give rise to any claim for monetary damages.
29. The WSOHH is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
30. Tournament Rules and any and all changes in the rules effective as of April 7, 2008 through April 6, 2009 will be available at the tournament facilities.
31. Where a situation arises which is not covered by these rules, World Series of Hip Hop shall have the authority to render a judgment, including the imposition of a penalty, in accordance with the best interests of the tournament and the maintenance of its integrity and public confidence.
SECTION V – DANCER LIKENESS AND IMAGE
32. Prior to entering and competing in the Tournament, dancers must execute a Dancer
Release Form. Failure to do so may, at the option of World Series of Hip Hop subject the dancer to immediate disqualification at any point in the Tournament. If the dancer is disqualified he or she shall forfeit all entry fees and not be entitled to any Tournament prize monies or any other prize consideration that he or she may have qualified for at the point of disqualification.
33. World Series of Hip Hop reserves the right at all times to ban any apparel or other means of advertising that contains obscene images or words or is otherwise deemed objectionable by World Series of Hip Hop. World Series of Hip Hop also reserves the right to exclude any individual(s) acting in a disruptive or inappropriate manner.
SECTION VI – PRIZING AND STAGE ASSIGNMENTS
34. First three (3) opening rounds of the tournament will consist of one (1) minute rounds. Subsequent rounds will consist of one minute and thirty seconds (1:30). Final 4 through Championship rounds will consist of two minute (2) rounds.
35. Prize structures depend upon number of entrants and the category entered, and are set
forth in Section IX. Prizes and entries are non-transferable.
36. Dancers will be assigned a Stage and slot time through a random computer selection.
37. If the dancer is not present at his/her assigned Stage no more than two (2) minutes after the slotted time, his/her opponent shall advance to the next round and the offending dancer shall record a defeat. If dancer shows up after his/her slot time but enters the Stage before two minutes have elapsed he/she may compete. Judges will award first round to opponent of offending dancer.
SECTION VII – WSOHH SCORING RULES
38. Matches are scored on a three (3) category; five (5) points must system. The three categories being: 1. Synchronization/Control (for Break Dance category); 2. Choreography/Difficulty (for Break Dance category); 3. Style. Judges must award five points in each category to the dancer they believed to be most efficient in the respective category of the round.
39. Judges will penalize dancers for violations on the Stage during a match. Stage violations are: 1. Interference (I) - Judges may penalize 3 points to the offending dancer(s) for interfering in any way during opponent’s routine. This penalty may also be incurred by a dancer(s) for not exiting stage promptly after their time has lapsed. 2. Props (P) - Judges my penalize 3 points to the offending dancer (2) for the use of any items inside the Stage to enhance his/her performance.
40. “Body”: If judges award the first two rounds to a dancer, the so awarded dancer automatically advances to the next round, his/her opponent records a defeat. The dancers forgo the third and final round.
41. Score Card Decision: If the first two rounds of a match are split between dancers, they will continue for a third and final round. At the conclusion of the third round the score cards are collected by WSOHH staff and delivered to the onsite score card panel. At the end of the respective round results will be posted along with matches for the next round.
Sample Score Card:
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Dancer A |
Dancer B |
Dancer A |
Dancer B |
Dancer A |
Dancer B |
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Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Round 3 |
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Sync/Ctrl |
5 |
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5 |
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5 |
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Chor/Diff |
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5 |
5 |
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5 |
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Style |
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5 |
5 |
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5 |
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Penalties |
I, I |
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I, I |
P |
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TOTALS |
-1 |
10 |
15 |
-6 |
2 |
10 |
MATCH RESULTS:
In round 1 Dancer B earned 10 points for exhibiting a better Choreography and Style, while Dancer A had better Synchronization of the round. Dancer A was penalized twice, for interfering with opponent’s routine, thus Dancer A ends the round with a deficit of -1. AFTER ROUND 1 – DANCER B LEADS 10 to -1
In round 2 Dancer A came on strong winning all categories and earning 15 points for the round. While Dancer B incurred two penalties ending the round with a deficit of -6. AFTER ROUND 2 DANCER A LEADS 14 (-1 + 15) to 4 (10 + -6)
NOTE: The first two rounds are split so we continue to a third and final round.
In round 3 Dancer A is awarded 5 points for having better Synchronization of the round and is penalized for using a prop in the match, ending the round with a total of 2 points. Dancer B is awarded for both Choreography and Style and does not incur any penalties for the round for a total of 10 points.
DANCER A WINS THE MATCH 16 (-1 + 15 + 2) to 14 (10 + -6 + 10)
NOTE: Dancer B won rounds 1 and 3 but lost the match because of penalties.
By submitting a Pre-Registration form and Registration Fee to World Series of Hip Hop for registration in and/or participation in the WSOHH, such persons and/ or entities agree to these rules.
SECTION IX – DANCE BATTLE TOURNAMENT PRIZE STRUCTURE*
Dance Troupe
Final 4-Groups who advance to the final 4 round and suffer defeat in that round earn a cash prize of $50,000.
Championship Round-Group who suffers defeat in the championship round earns a cash prize of $100,000.
DANCE TROUPE CHAMPION earns cash prize of $500,000.
Dance Squad
Final 4-Groups who advance to the final 4 round and suffer defeat in that round earn a cash prize of $25,000.
Championship Round-Group who suffers defeat in the championship round earns a cash prize of $50,000.
DANCE SQUAD CHAMPION earns cash prize of $250,000.
Break Dance
Final 4-Dancers who advance to the final 4 round and suffer defeat in that round earn a cash prize of $25,000.
Championship Round-Dancer who suffers defeat in the championship round earns a cash prize of $50,000.
BREAK DANCE CHAMPION earns cash prize of $250,000.
*Prize structure based on minimum amount of registrations, WSOHH may increase or decrease prize structure based on total number of registrants. Final prize structure will be posted on http://www.wsohh.com/ August 1, 2008.