Guidelines

FLAG SUBMISSION PROTOCOL
MANDATORY SYNTAX
Official Tournament Flag Format RTCTF{flag_content_here}
Strict Flag Format Requirement:

All competition challenges accept flags strictly formatted with the RTCTF{...} wrapper. Legacy or alternative prefixes are not accepted. Ensure you submit flags exactly in the RTCTF{...} format.

  • Flags are case-sensitive and must be submitted exactly as extracted or verified.
  • Ensure there are no leading or trailing whitespace characters when pasting into the submission box.
  • Always include the complete wrapper: RTCTF{...}.
DYNAMIC SCORING ARCHITECTURE
DECAY ENGINE

Challenges employ dynamic scoring with Linear Decay down to a 50% floor value as more teams solve them:

Difficulty Initial Points Minimum Points Solves to Minimum
Easy 100 pts 50 pts 1 solve
Medium 200 – 300 pts 100 – 150 pts 9 solves
Hard 500 pts 250 pts 25 solves
Dynamic decay rewards early breakthrough solves while maintaining competitive score balance.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
ZERO TOLERANCE
Prohibited Actions
  • Attacking scoring infrastructure or hosting servers.
  • Denial of Service (DoS/DDoS) against any target.
  • Automated brute-forcing on platform login forms.
  • Flag sharing or cross-team collaboration.
Authorized Scope
  • Reverse engineering challenge binaries and files.
  • Exploiting designated challenge web services.
  • Analyzing provided network pcaps and memory dumps.
  • Use of automated recon tools within reasonable rate limits.