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[[Image:Ready_Steady_Pan_Participant_Scout.png|right|thumb|300px| The Ready Steady Ham medal awarded to participants.]]


:''This article is for [[competitive play]].''

'''Ready Steady Ham''', commonly abbreviated as '''RSH''', is a competitive tournament ran by [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/readysteadyham the Official Ready Steady Ham staff]. It houses European, North American, South American (as of Season 3) and Oceanic/South East Asian (as of Season 3) regional divisions.

The tournament is synonymous with the multi-class melee weapon, the [[Ham Shank]]. It was organised as a result of the addition of the Ham Shank in the game in the [[March 12, 2013 Patch]]. It is widely regarded as a semi-serious competition.

== Format ==

Ready Steady Ham takes the form of a 6 vs 6 match, restricted mostly to melee weapons. The maps played in the tournament can greatly vary, but the most commonly played modes are [[King of the Hill]] and [[5CP]]. As of Season 2, the '''Stopwatch''' (standard Attack Defence and certain payload maps) format was introduced in the official map cycle.

==== Class Restrictions ====

The Tournament restricts the use of any class which cannot use the Ham Shank, in addition to restricting the number of classes allowed on each team. The allowed classes are:

{| class="wikitable grid" 
! class="header" | Class
! class="header" | Quantity
|-
| Scouts
| 2
|-
| Soldiers
| 2
|-
| Pyros
| 2
|-
| Demomen
| 2
|-
| Heavies
| 0
|-
| Engineers
| 0
|-
| Medics
| 0
|-
| Snipers
| 1
|-
| Spies
| 0
|-
|}

==== Weapon Restrictions ====

All weapons are banned, with the exception of the following:

* Bonk! Atomic Punch
* Crit-A-Cola
* Mad Milk
* Rocket Jumper
* Gunboats (you may use Gunboats to prevent accidental discharging of the soldier's secondary)
* Sticky Jumper
* The Bootlegger
* Ali Baba’s Wee Booties
* Jarate
* Ham-shank
* Machina (To prevent accidental discharge of the sniper's primary)

A full list of the rules and allowed weapons can be found [http://ham.int.tf/r/hsp-s01/ here].

== External links ==
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/readysteadyham Ready Steady Ham Subreddit]
* [http://ham.int.tf/ RSH Main Page]

== See Also ==
* [[Ham Shank]]
* [[Ready Steady Ham Participant]]
* [[Ready Steady Ham Participant Season 2]]

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