KCS Public Standards
Standards& Policies
The official public home for KCS event terms, competition rules, judging standards, participant safety, media policies, fan picks disclaimers, and reporting guidance.
Report a Concern
Use the KCS report form for safety, conduct, minor-safety, boundary, venue, or event-integrity concerns.
Event Terms
Review ticket, registration, venue, and event-change standards.
Payment Status Inquiry
Request a review only if an approved payment has not been received after the Net 30 window.
Judging Rules
Understand prelim scoring, bracket judging, rankings, and appeals.
Policy Library
Public rules and standards
KCS Legal
Terms of Use
Public terms for using KCS websites, digital platforms, event pages, merchandise pages, rankings, brackets, KCS Picks, and related services.
Events
Event Terms & Ticket Policy
Ticket, registration, event-entry, event-change, third-party provider, and venue-rule standards for KCS events.
Purchases
Refund, Returns & Cancellation Policy
Public standards for merchandise returns, made-to-order products, ticket refunds, registration refunds, event changes, postponements, cancellations, and force majeure.
Competition
Competition Rulebook
General competition standards for KCS prelims, brackets, official battles, eligibility, corrections, conduct, and event integrity.
Judging
KCS Judging & Tournament Rules
How KCS prelim judging, bracket battle judging, tournament rankings, official 1v1 judging, and score transparency work.
Rankings
Rankings Rules
Public rules and disclaimers for KCS 1v1 rankings, Tournament Rankings, Bubble Rankings, records, points, corrections, and eligibility review.
Safety
Code of Conduct & Participant Safety
KCS standards for safety, professionalism, respect, event conduct, reporting, enforcement, and immediate action when needed.
Youth Safety
Youth and Minor Participant Safety
Parent/guardian consent, supervision, adult/minor boundaries, communication, media, restricted access, reporting, and KCS authority to act when minors are involved.
Disputes
Appeals & Disputes
How KCS handles procedure-based appeals, scoring concerns, ranking corrections, bracket corrections, evidence, deadlines, and final review.
Discipline
Penalties, Disqualification & Discipline
KCS penalty categories, official deductions, disqualification authority, discipline, payment limitations, and enforcement discretion.
Media
Media, Livestream & VOD Policy
Public media, filming, photography, likeness, livestream, archive, VOD, sponsor, and replay-access standards for KCS events and platforms.
Fan Picks
KCS Picks Disclaimer
No-gambling, no-purchase, no-prize, no-cash-value, and official-results disclaimer for KCS Picks fan prediction features.
Payments
Payments & Contracts
Net 30 payment terms, invoice/payment information requirements, written agreement protection, and approved event-service payment standards.
Partners
Sponsor & Partner Integrity
Public standards for sponsors, partners, collaborators, logo/name references, endorsement boundaries, and promotional relationships.
Integrity
Judge Conflict of Interest & Integrity Policy
Judge independence, conflict disclosure, scorecard integrity, influence restrictions, substance restrictions, and review standards.
Access
Accessibility & Accommodation Requests
How participants, attendees, staff, and media may request reasonable event-access support or accommodations.
Venue Rules
Security, Bag & Venue Rules
Event-entry, venue, bag, prohibited-item, screening, emergency, and safety rules that may apply at KCS events.
Important Notice
Event-specific rules may apply
KCS may update these policies from time to time, and event-specific rules may supplement these standards. Participation in KCS events, use of KCS platforms, ticket purchases, merchandise purchases, and app activity may be subject to additional KCS terms, event-specific rules, venue rules, third-party provider terms, and applicable law.