Basic rules for all BOTY eliminations & finals
For the year 2006 the following basic rules are fixed for all national german and international "Battle Of The Year" events.

The reason for fixing the rules is to make the worldwide BOTY series more equal and fair to all participating b-boy crews. It is an absolute task for our worldwide BOTY licence partners to take those rules very serious!

The rules give a strict guideline and support for all local organisers,
help to develop the art of b-boying, dancing and performing in general,
make the BOTY events more interesting to the participating crowd.

The rules also will avoid discussions with participating b-boy crews complaining about fairness or other topics if the local organizer sticks to them seriously.

The rules were fixed by the demand of some of our national and international BOTY partners and of course by the demand of the international b-boying scene.

Rules:

» after the showround there will be two semi final battles (place 2 vs. 3 and place 1 vs. 4 of the showround ranking). After that there will be one final battle between the two winners of the semi finals. Suggested time for the semi final battle is 10 minutes each, suggested time for the final battle is 15 minutes

» crew ranking number 1 after the showround automatically wins the price for the best showcase

» the maximum length of the show is 6 minutes which will be very strictly adhered to in 2006

» we prefer to have a maximum number of crewmembers of 8 persons per crew. The local BOTY organizers only have to pay the trip (flight, train, bus, car) for 8 persons of the winning crew. Extra members of the crew have to pay their trip to the BOTY World Finals on their own expanses, they also have to pay their local accommodation in Braunschweig/ Germany on their own expanses

» only real crews are allowed to participate in the competition. Real crews means dancing, practising and performing together beside the BOTY

» the individual dancers are only allowed to join one national or international elimination

» involved members of the local BOTY organisations are not allowed to participate in the competition as a dancer

» the jury should consist of 3 to 5 members, selected very carefully in close agreement with the BOTY Headoffice/ Germany. At least one member of the jury should be one of our BOTY judging team