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While rare, game crashes can occur in tournaments, and some rulings exist as to what the appropriate course of action is in response to them. | While rare, game crashes can occur in tournaments, and some rulings exist as to what the appropriate course of action is in response to them. | ||
If a game crash was caused by the | If a game crash was definitively caused by the actions of the players, whether intentionally or unintentionally, tournaments typically have a rule that states all players considered responsible for triggering the crash either immediately lose the match, lose the whole set, or are even disqualified, as triggering a crash can be considered disruptive behavior, a particularly extreme form of [[stalling]], or even a cause of [[bracket manipulation]]. | ||
No | No universal ruling exists in the rarer case of "{{S|wikipedia|act of God}}" crashes in which no active players can be considered responsible for the crash, so when they do occur, TOs have to decide how to proceed on the spot. Typically, the match is restarted with the same characters on the same stage, with some TOs adding the additional stipulation that players [[self-destruct]] to get stocks back to what they were when the game crashed. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||