Rock Off Draft Rules

Preliminary matters
1. The inaugural Guitar Hero contest (hereinafter “the Rock Off”) shall take place on Saturday 28 July 2007 at a time and venue to be determined, being mutually convenient for all parties concerned. The contestants will be Chris Lowe and Andrew Roff (hereinafter “the Contestants”).

2. The contest shall be adjudicated by David Nelson (hereinafter “the Judge”). Any disputes arising in the course of the Rock Off that cannot be resolved by reference to the rules shall be determined by the Judge. The Judge’s interpretation of the rules is final.

Song Selection
3. By 6:00 pm Sunday 15 July 2007 the Contestants shall each publish two songs that they wish to be included in the Rock Off, along with the difficulty level the songs are to be played at. Contestants may choose any two songs contained in the game, including bonus tracks, on any difficulty level, but the two songs must be different, and neither song shall be Free Bird.

3(1). Publication for the purposes of the Rock Off shall constitute posting of the songs on The Salmon Conversations website (URL: http://www.salmonchat.blogspot.com). Publication will also be deemed to have taken place if a Contestant conveys the required information to Andrew Roff via email or short message service text message by 4:00 pm Sunday 15 July.

3(2). If a Contestant does not make publication of his song selections by the relevant date and time, the Contestant shall forfeit his right to choose songs for the Rock Off. That Contestant’s songs will be selected by the Judge, without consideration of any advantage that might be given to either Contestant from a particular song selection. If the Judge is required to make selections under this section, he must do so by 6:00pm Wednesday 18 July.

3(3): If Contestants choose the same song at the same difficulty level, there shall in the first instance be an opportunity for either Contestant to amend their selection within one (1) day. If, after this period has elapsed, publication of an amended song has not taken place, that song will be included once in the order of proceedings as Contestant one’s song (see section 4 below). Contestant two’s song shall be selected by the Judge in the manner described in section 3(2). Other song selections shall not be affected. This section does not apply in instances where Contestants choose the same song at different difficulty levels.

Order of Play
4. The order of proceedings for the Rock Off shall be as follows:
- Contestant one, song one
- Contestant two, song one
- 10 Minute Break
- Contestant one, song two
- Contestant two, song two
- 10 Minute Break
- Free Bird, Difficulty Level Medium

4(1). Determination of which Contestant is Contestant one and which Contestant is Contestant two shall be by ‘best of one’ game of rock, paper, scissors. The Judge shall decide the victor of this game in the event of a dispute. The victor shall be Contestant one for the purposes of the Rock Off.

4(2). Both Contestants shall play each song. The Contestant who chose the song will play the song first, followed by the other Contestant. For example, Contestant one, song one shall be played first by Contestant one, then by Contestant two

4(3). Free Bird shall be played first by Contestant one.

Scoring
5. Once each player has completed each song, the score the player achieved for that song shall be recorded by the Judge. ‘Score’ in this context refers to the number of points gained by the contestant, and not by the star rating achieved.

5(1). If a Contestant skips past the screen displaying their score before the score can be recorded by the Judge, the contestant will receive zero (0) points for that song.

5(2). If a Contestant fails a song (that is, if the song is halted before the end due to the large number of notes missed by the Contestant) the Contestant will receive zero (0) points for that song.

5(3). The winner of the Rock Off shall be determined by adding the scores of each player for the five rounds of the contest. The player with the highest aggregate score shall be the winner. The Judge will perform the necessary calculations. The Judge’s decision is final.

Miscellaneous
6. Spectators are permitted to observe the contest. Spectators must remain silent during performance of songs, or the Judge shall be entitled to insist that offending spectators leave the venue.

7. Following the Rock Off there shall be a party. The loser of the contest (that is, the contestant not declared the winner by the judge) shall provide a bottle of Jagermeister and a commensurate quantity of Red Bull for the enjoyment of guests.