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Results, Fairness, and Claims

Bald Sports uses one truth unit for match results: team advanced. That keeps the rules simple across extra time, penalties, forfeits, and other official match outcomes.

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Match Results

The app may show provisional match information while games are still being resolved. Only official result states are used for scoring, eliminations, and payouts.

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Oracle Finality

Bald Sports uses an oracle process for sports-result finality. Results may be proposed, checked, and finalized before they affect scoring, eliminations, or payouts. UMA is part of this finality process. If a result is wrong, incomplete, or disputed during the oracle window, it can be challenged before becoming final for game purposes. The app may show match information before finality, but provisional information is not the same as official grading.

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Provisional vs Official

Provisional means the app has a current result signal, but the game has not completed final grading for that match. Official means the result has completed the required finality process and is ready to be used for scoring, elimination, and settlement. Treat provisional states as informational.

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VOID Matches

If no official advancing team exists by the defined deadline, a match may become VOID for game purposes. VOID is designed for rare cases where the tournament cannot produce a normal advancing team in time. Effects:

• Survivor: a VOID pick does not eliminate the entry and does not consume team reuse.
• Bracket: a VOID match gives 0 points for that match.

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Survivor Safe Harbor

Safe Harbor is separate from VOID. Safe Harbor is a rare Survivor-only safety ruling for affected fixtures or teams. It can protect affected Survivor entries from elimination when a serious disruption would make normal Survivor grading unfair. It is not general forgiveness for a team losing. It applies only to the affected disruption case shown by the app or official rules notice.

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Extensions

When a normal result is delayed and a VOID outcome would create fairness issues, the game may use an emergency extension within defined limits. Extensions are bounded. They are meant to preserve fair play in unusual situations, not change the game rules.

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Claims

When a game ends and payouts are finalized, eligible winners can claim from the prize pool after the claim window is active. The app will show when a claim is available. Claims are tied to eligible entries. If an entry is eligible and the claim window is active, the holder can claim. If an entry is represented by an NFT, that NFT is soulbound and non-transferable. Claim access stays tied to the eligible entry and the wallet/account that entered. Before claims go live, the system must know the final winner set, complete the required finality and claim activation steps, and know the prize-pool state. If the pool is not already in USDC, it may need to be returned to USDC before payouts are made. An official result does not always mean claims are immediately available at that exact moment. The app should show the claim status for each eligible entry.

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Refunds

Refunds are limited to pre-start cancellation scenarios. After a game starts, there are no normal partial refunds.