Cheating will not be tolerated. The head judge reviews all cheating allegations, and if he or she determines that a player cheated, the head judge will disqualify him or her from the tournament without prizes. All disqualifications are subject to later Player Alliance review, and further penalties may be assessed.
Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following intentional activities:
Receiving outside assistance or coaching
Looking at opponents' card faces while shuffling or cutting their decks
Collusion to alter the results of a game
Misrepresenting rules or card texts or errata
Using marked cards/sleeves
Drawing extra cards
Manipulating which cards are drawn from your deck or from an opponent's deck
Stalling to take advantage of a time limit
Misrepresenting or obscuring public information (starbase shield totals, income per turn, number of cards in deck, etc.)
4.2 Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Unsportsmanlike conduct is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at any time. Players who engage in unsportsmanlike conduct will be warned, and later disqualified if their poor attitude continues. Judges, players, spectators and officials must behave in a polite, respectable, and sportsmanlike manner. In addition, players must not use profanity, argue, act belligerently toward tournament officials or one another, or harass spectators, tournament officials, or opponents.
4.3 Slow Play
Players must take their turns in a timely fashion. Whereas taking a reasonable amount of time to think through game strategy is acceptable, playing excessively slowly or stalling for time is not. If a judge determines that a player is stalling for time or playing excessively slowly at any point during the tournament, the responsible player will be subject to a warning. If the judge feels it is warranted, extra time may be granted to the game in response to a delay or stall.
