The rules for all tournaments are the following:
1) To win a duel (which will be fought in Blood Moor) the following must happen: a) you kill your opponent, b ) your opponent leaves Blood Moor (by exiting the game, returning to town, entering den of evil or entering cold plains), c) if your opponent runs away from you for more than 30 seconds, check more about this on rule #2.
2) No time limit, each duel is gonna be either a victory or a defeat. If you run away from your opponent for more than 30 seconds it counts as a loss. (This is to prevent a mockery like mike14e's sorc against my Barb, in which he got owned in the first seconds of the duel and right after he ran out of juvs, he ran away from me for like 20 minutes and started begging for a draw).
3) To advance to the next round you have to win 2 out of 3 duels or if you kill your opponent.
4) Each duel will be fought in private games, and each dueler will be allowed to bring their lvl 1 looters in case they die. Also I (referee) must be in each duel to witness the duel actually happened. There can be more spectators/witnesses too, but everyone (except the duelers) must be level 1.
5) Each dueler in each round will be given 5 days to fight their current round, then another 5 days for the next round and so on.
6) Potions are allowed (this is Hardcore after all, so it is allowed here).
7) Prebuff is allowed with your own dueling char.
8) No shrines can be used (combat, skills, armor shrines, refilling, etc), also no life/mana refilling wells.
9) No hybrid aka "pay-to-win" items allowed.
10) No hacks allowed. This is a 100% legit tournament.