UPDATE: The tournament has been rescheduled to Wednesday~Friday of NEXT week; the post has been updated to reflect the change. We hope to use this additional time to more thoroughly prepare and promote the tournament in the interest of running an epic and memorable event. We apologize for any inconvenience this delay may cause.
Greetings, Knights!
It's hard to believe that nine tournaments have come and gone, and that we are now preparing for our tenth. Equally auspicious is the date of this posting, exactly one year after we kicked off our first tournament. Fight For Honor began on September 11th, 2008, and its conclusion saw BT crowned champion. Credit is due also to runners-up Zero, Blandy and Dracox.
Here at Ntreev USA we are extremely proud of our competitive community, and consider the tournaments to be the pinnacle of the art of war. The competition is fierce, and in honor of our first tournament's anniversary, we have been working hard to present a format which will encourage maximum participation from all comers. We are pleased to present to you the "Chase the Ace" tournament.
Key Details Who: 24 finalists selected by dominance from the qualifiers. Anyone who thinks they have what it takes to be King of the Hill may participate in the qualifiers. What: Single-elimination seeded King of the Hill tournament, entered by 8 hours of qualifier matches. When:
Where: Gardosen Server, Free Class PvP, in rooms specifically created and supervised by the GM staff. Why: To honor our competitive roots and open the playing field to everyone in the community who is interested in fighting. All Game Stats: Category: Survival Mode: Fight Map: ELVEN FOREST Room Size: 2 Items: Off Qualifiers:
Qualifying for entry into the Playoffs will be accomplished by winning as much as possible during the eight combined hours that qualifier rooms will be open. Similar to the Hells Bells tournament, rather than hold registration for entry we are going to allow anyone interested to enter a qualifier room and compete. Unlike the Hells Bells tournament, you are welcome to play in as many rooms as you can get into, because it's your overall record that will determine who makes it into the Playoffs.
Beginning at 4:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 23rd, each Game Master will create a room on the Gardosen server's Free Class PvP channel. These will be the only rooms created on Gardosen at the time, to make them easier to identify. The goal is for players to enter any one of the rooms and fight. When the rooms are created, the first player who enters will by default be considered the "King of the Hill", or King of that room, and the second player who enters will be the challenger. The same rooms will be re-used for the duration of the qualifiers. When a match is over, the winner stays in the room and is crowned King, the loser leaves for a new Challenger to enter. The King may keep fighting in the room until they lose, racking up more points for each win. The loser is welcome to try again by entering a different tournament room. But be warned, there are only so many rooms available and many players will be expected to be interested, so do your best not to lose your seat!
For each win, the winner will receive points based on the strength of the opponent they faced, as well as how many lives they had remaining at the end of the match. In turn, the loser will lose the same number of points won by the winner, so in essence, the loser has given their points to the winner. Since the games have a time limit of 7 minutes, 30 seconds, the server will activate "Fast Match" mode after 5 minutes to encourage match completion. Scoring will be based on the actual number of lives remaining at the end of a match, so a player seeking the most points is advised to end the game before the 5-minute mark. If a room reaches the time limit of 7 minutes, 30 seconds, the game will end in a tie. The challenger by default will be removed from the room, but the player with less points will actually gain points in the event of a tie because it is expected that the player with more points will win, not tie. Please see the "[POINTS]" post for more details on scoring.
At the end of the qualifiers at 8:00 PM PDT on Thursday, September 24th, the King of the Hill in each room will win an iPod. After that, the final scores will be posted, determining the roster and seeding of the final 24 competitors who will move on to fight in the Playoffs on Friday.
Playoffs:
The Playoffs will be a true King of the Hill competition, where the winner stays and the loser leaves, all the way up to the Finals. The very last qualifier, in the #24 seed, will play the #23 seed in a single-elimination 1v1. The winner will go on to play the #22 seed. The winner of that match will go on to play the #21 seed, so on and so forth until the winner of the match against the #1 seed is crowned champion. As specified in the rules, there is a 10 minute time limit in these matches until the final three. If that time limit is reached, both competitors will drop and the next two seeds will compete and move on. To help keep games on track, "Fast Match" will be activated after 5 minutes in each match as in the Qualifiers.
The final three matches will be played as all the others, with the exception that there will be no time limit. This will ensure that a defined first, second and third place may be identified for the purpose of awarding prizes.
Prizes
Notes: Players may only receive one "physical" prize, and therefore will receive the highest physical prize they qualify for (E.g. The player who wins 2nd Place in the tournament also was King of the Hill in their qualifier room at the end of the qualifiers. They would get the game console, and the second-most-recent King from that room would get the iPod). Armor Sets will be given for the most recent character played in the tournament. 1st Place Your choice of: PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 Console Black Champion Armor Set (30 Days) 2nd Place Game console not chosen by 1st Place (PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360) Black Champion Armor Set (30 Days) 3rd Place Black Champion Armor Set (30 Days) 10,000 points 5 Gacha Coins Qualifier Kings 3G 4GB iPod Most Qualifier Wins White Champion Armor Set (30 Days)
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