How To Play

To enter the Tournament register online at www.gamestop.com/nba2k8.

In order to register for the Tournament, you must have an Xbox Live Gold account prior to registration, own or have access to a Xbox 360 and a copy of NBA 2K8, have a broadband internet connection, be 18 years of age or older, and be a resident of and residing in the 50 United States or the District of Columbia (Excluding Arizona, Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont). Each entrant is allowed to register only once. To register online, log-in to your Xbox Live account via the Website and follow the registration directions to submit all required information and accept the Tournament Terms and Conditions.

Registration opens at 12:01pm EST on October 25, 2007 and ends on 11:59pm EST November 30,2007.

After registering for the Tournament, registrants must qualify and Check-In (see Official Rules for details) to participate in the Online Playoffs. The two (2) Finalists from the Online Playoffs will be invited to the Finals in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 16, 2008.

The Qualification Period begins on November 25, 2007, at 12:01am E.S.T. and ends on December 20, 2007 at 12:01 am E.S.T. During the Qualification Period, all ranked games played online will count towards an entrant’s qualification ranking. The Leaderboard will track player rankings, be displayed on the website, and updated daily. Rankings are calculated using an ELO rating system, a mathematical equation used to rank players based on the results of matches they have played.

On December 21, 2007, at 12:01 am E.S.T., the top sixty (60) Tournament registrants who have checked in (see below) with at least fifteen (15) completed games during the Qualification Period will advance to the Online Playoffs.

At the conclusion of the Check-In Period, the top sixty (60) registrants who have checked in on the Leaderboard will advance to the Online Playoffs. These qualifiers will be placed and scheduled into two (2), thirty (30) person single elimination online tournament brackets. The top two seeds in each of the two (2) tournament brackets (designated as those eligible qualifiers with the highest Leaderboard ranking) will receive a bye in round 1. Each thirty (30) person tournament bracket will consist of five (5) rounds of matches. The winners from each match advance to the next round. The loser of each match is eliminated from the Tournament. The ultimate winner of each thirty (30) person tournament bracket will advance and be awarded a trip to compete in the Finals in New Orleans at the NBA All-Star Game.

See Official Rules for additional details.