Eligibility and identity
One account per person. GitHub and verified primary email are unique. KYC-lite identity verification is required only for prize eligibility and finals participation.
Submission rights
You retain your intellectual property. You grant Continual Research a limited right to run the submitted artifact, retain private audit evidence, and publish public match replays and standings.
Fair play
- No multi-accounting, collusion, side channels, or coordinated P&L transfer.
- No sandbox, protocol, engine, or infrastructure exploitation on the ladder.
- No attempts to recover another entrant's source, secrets, or private signals.
- Responsible security disclosure is protected and rewarded.
Operational decisions
Determinism failures void the affected match. Confirmed collusion or undisclosed exploitation may bench submissions, void results, forfeit prizes, or ban accounts. Material decisions are logged with reviewer notes.
Season patches
A critical integrity or balance patch may activate once mid-season with notice, a pinned manifest, and a public before/after report. Ratings continue; uncertainty may be widened uniformly.