Looking for action now? Find your rival by going to any of the Game Arenas. There, you’ll find both the online and offline rivals, along with their stats, Skill Ranking, and Player Feedback. Rivals can be challenged from the Main Arena, by clicking on any of their profiles. Or you can select a specific Game Arena and console, and see which rival has made themselves available to play your game and console of choice.

Now, if you want other rivals to see whether you’re game to play, you need to select your Rivalspot.com games. This is done by logging on, going to your profile, and selecting the “Manage Games” tab. Here, you select your console, and then check the game boxes that you want as part of your Rivalspot.com profile. And then... game on!

Really want to make things easy for you and all rivals to get in on some game? Then all you need to do is create an Open Match. Log in, then click "Create Challenge" from your log in widget, or from any game arena, and then enter in all the game details (Entry Fee, Console, Game, Game Type, Game Mode, Difficulty, Period Length, Date and Time). It’s that easy – you’ve just created an Open Match for all the rivals to size up and accept. To see if there are any Open Matches you’d like to be part of, click on your game of choice, and select the “Open Challenges” tab. There, you’ll see any Head-to-Head challenges that your rivals have set up.

If you want to take part in one of the Open Challenges, click on the “Details” button. Once you find a match that suits your needs, click the "Join Now" button, agree to Rivalspot.com’s Terms and Conditions, then play ball!

Once a rival has accepted your match, you’ll be notified who your rival is, and their Gamertag/PSN ID. However, if the start time of your match arrives, and the challenge still hasn’t been accepted, you’ll be refunded money to your account.

Rivalspot.com strongly recommends adding your rival to your Xbox Live or Playstation Network Friends List prior to your scheduled match (Head-to-Head game or Tournament). You can view their Gamertag or Network ID on the challenge card, and on your rival’s profile page. In order to make any necessary arrangements, Rivalspot.com also urges you to use all of our site’s methods – chat, messages, forums – to touch base with your rival before your scheduled game begins.

Rivalspot.com recommends that you gear up your console at least 10 minutes before your scheduled game match.

You can cancel your match by going to the "Challenges" section under "My Rivalspot." Then, under “Outbound,” you will find the challenge you have created.  By clicking "View," you will then go to the challenge detail page, where you can edit or delete your challenge.

You can only cancel a match up to 30 minutes before any game’s scheduled start time. If it’s less than 30 minutes before the game’s scheduled start time, you can’t cancel. This one’s not up for debate.

If, by any reason, you don’t show up for your scheduled game, you will lose your Rivalspot.com game management fee, as well as your entry fee. Be sure to notify Customer Service and your rival if something comes up and you can’t make your scheduled game time (note: “the dog ate my homework” ain’t gonna cut it here).

The only rival who’s permitted to cancel a challenge is its creator.

It could happen – you’re kicking someone’s ass online... and the game disconnects. Rivalspot.com knows that a technology glitch can really screw up your day, and we strive to rectify the situation.

If you think the game disconnect was by accident, just contact your rival and replay the match from the beginning; the results of the newly completed game will show up on Rivalspot.com. Easy as that.

However, if you think your rival pulled a fast one and disconnected the game on purpose, use the “QUIT AND COUNT GAME” option. Report the event to our helpful guys at Customer Service, giving a full account of what went down (keep it clean, please.) Also, this calls for a good use of our eBay-like feedback system. A negative feedback is something we take very seriously, and will be handled individually.

Though you may be tempted to finish playing against the computer, DON’T. It’s just going to screw things up; it will hold up the process of declaring the winner, and in case it was an accidental disconnection,  it will mess up the process of giving a refund to both users (not to mention if it was an accident, you’ll really piss off your rival!)

Rivalspot.com will be able to verify if the game was disconnected on purpose, or this was just a glitch with the game servers. Rivalspot.com’s trusty Customer Service team will handle each disconnection on a case-by-case basis. Once the Customer Service team has come to a verdict, they will report back to all users involved in the game with their decision.

Entry fees for Rivalspot.com’s featured tournaments vary – we strive to offer different tournaments tailored to suit our gamers’ skill levels. Entry feels range from $5 - $100.

For player created tournaments, entry fees are determined by the creator of the tournament.

Rivalspot.com’s tournament winnings vary, depending on what type of tournament you compete in – we have a series of different payouts. For more information on our payouts, visit the tournaments page.

Rivalspot.com players have the option to compete in several different styles of tournaments. We offer:

Multiplayer tournaments

Rivalspot offers major multi-level tournaments for all games available on the site. You can view these tournaments in the sponsored tournaments section and register to play. These tournaments range in size from 4 to 32 players and offer Huge Jackpots and Payouts! To enter and play the first round (hey, you wanna play, you gotta pay!), you must pay a fee, but all following rounds are free. Each round is a two-player competition. While the winner advances to the next round, the loser is eliminated from the tournament. Generally prizes are awarded after every round, with the prizes growing larger with each round. These tournaments will keep going until one player survives a set number of rounds, and all other players have been eliminated. You got what it takes to come out on top? Then prove it!

Head-to-head and direct challenges

Players face off in a two-player competition, with the challenger choosing the game, entry fee and duration of the challenge. Winner takes all.

For certain games such as NHL 10, NBA Live 10 and FIFA 10, automatic verification are not always possible. For these games, please allow for up to 12 hours before results are verified and winnings are deposited into the proper accounts.

The head-to-head and tournament games each have different limits in which they’re played. Rivalspot.com strongly urges you to read through the rules, as well as the Terms and Conditions, very carefully.

In Rivalspot.com’s head-to-head games, you have up to 30 minutes to complete the game. Rivalspot.com has picked this amount of time in order for you to have enough time to locate your opponent and start the game. Please refer to the tournaments schedule, posted in the details for each specific tournament.

So, here’s the deal – Rivalspot wants to make sure you know how to tell the top players from the, well, not-as-good players, so you can determine which ones you’re ready to take on. In order to do that, we have a formula. Each of our seven games (NHL, NFL, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, FIFA, Fight Night) has their own points: NHL points, NFL points, etc. – each game’s points are their own separate entity. Meaning, your skill points for FIFA are not combined with your skill points for Madden.

Anyway, here’s the skill points formula that shows you who rules any specific title (and who needs to go back to the minors):

PTS = GP + (W - L)

GP = Games played until now;
W = How many times he won until now;
L = How many times he lost until now;
PTS = Total points.

Just so you know, games without a clear winner or loser are not counted in the skill points formula. Because, well, there’s no clear winner or loser – it would kind of screw up the stats, now wouldn’t it?

In the Banking section, you have the option to withdraw funds from your Rivalspot.com account via Rivalspot MasterCard, your PayPal account, or by check. Please be sure to select the correct method in which you’d like your payment sent to you. Also, make sure to go to the Banking page to view any fees associated with withdrawing funds from your account.

Important: It’s Rivalspot.com’s policy to refund any and all deposits in full back to your credit card or PayPal account with which you used to deposit before. Any excess winnings that you’re withdrawing can be sent to you in your preferred manner. You will receive an email with all details of your withdrawal when it is approved and completed or declined.

Just so you know – this isn’t a Rivalspot.com policy. This is a policy that was determined by PayPal that we at Rivalspot.com do not have control over. They established this particular withdrawal process in order to maximize the speed and minimize the costs to you, the players.

At Rivalspot.com, we know you want to get your cash, fast! And we’re doing our best to get it to you. Rivalspot.com users can request a withdrawal of funds from their available account balance at any time. Processing of your withdrawal back to your Rivalspot MasterCard or PayPal account may take up to 5-10 business days. Check shipping delays are strongly connected to the method of shipping selected at withdrawal request time.

If for some reason, it takes longer than 5-10 business days, please contact Customer Service

Presently, Rivalspot.com uses Letter Post to send out all hard copy checks. We also offer Registered Mail (5-10 days) for an additional fee of $15.00 (USD), Xpresspost (2-3 days) for an additional fee of $25.00 (USD) and Priority Shipping (Next Day) for an additional fee of $45.00 (USD).

Or, if you’re looking for something just as fast but way less expensive, you can expedite processing to your Rivalspot MasterCard for an additional fee -- $2.00 (USD) for 2 business days, or $5.00 (USD) for immediate (within 2 hours). Likewise, you can also expedite processing to your PayPal account for an additional fee – check with PayPal to find out the current fees.

Rivalspot.com is currently running a Bonus for all first time depositing users, as well as a “Refer a Friend” Bonus.

You can keep track of and manage your bonus money through your Rivalspot.com account’s Banking section. You can see how much of your bonus has been earned, and which games earned you your bonus. Keep track of the expiration date; even bonuses don’t last forever.