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Blood Pit Tournament - Fall 2008

New blood challenges the old order . . . "We must know . . . who is the best in the Arena!"

Time and Place:

Saturday, October 18th 2008 in the Veteran's Blade Arena @ 8:00 PM

See the tournament schedule below

Format:

This event will be a standard double-elimination tournament. Normal surrender/mercy rules will apply. As in the past, the tournament will be broken up into three segments: Elimination Rounds, Semi-finals Rounds, and the Championship Round.

For the elimination rounds, all warriors will fight in singles match-ups. Singles fights will continue until 32 or fewer warriors remain. At that point, the semi-finals round will begin. The semi-finals will be 4-man free-for-all fights where the winners of each of the 8 semi-finals fights will move on to the championship round. The final championship fight will be an 8-man free-for-all. The last warrior standing will be declared Tournament Champion.

Brackets for each round will be pre-generated and posted approximately 24 hours prior to the next round start. The server will be up and available to accept strategy changes during that time. This means you will know who your warriors are matched with prior to their next fight, and you can adjust your strategies accordingly. You will be downloading and reviewing results on a round by round basis while preparing and uploading for the next match.

Rules:

Any warrior is eligible for this tournament - there are no maximum/minimum fight requirements.

Each manager may enter up to four (4) warriors from any teams in their stable.

Once a warrior has entered the competition, he may leave it only by elimination or death.

Normal surrender and mercy rules apply, however all deaths are real and final.

The normal ranking match-up range applies for one-on-one fights. If an in-range opponent is not available for your warrior, he will fight an appropriately enhanced Peasant.

Your warriors may be matched with opponents from their own stable - the normal manager restrictions for matching do not apply.

Entry Instructions:

You may enter up to four warriors into the Tournament. Warriors are entered into the Tournament by selecting the Arena Event fight option and uploading your orders to the server. Specifically, you should set the following items on your account to enter the Tourney:

Manager -> Run This Turn = Always

Team (with one or more entered warriors) -> Run This Turn = Checked

Warrior (entered) -> Fight Options = Arena Event

Warriors with fight option settings other than Arena Event will not fight during the Tournament, even if their team and manager are set to run. The Arena Event fight option will become available for selection immediately following turn #441 on Friday, October 17th. If you wish to participate in the Tourney you will need to upload after turn #441 has run, but before Tourney start time at 8:00PM on Saturday, October 18th.

Turn #441 will run exactly at 9:00PM Friday night to provide as much time as possible for players to upload their Tourney entries.

Schedule:

The tournament will run a full week from Saturday October 18th through Saturday October 25th 2008

All times GMT-7 (currently the same as PST)

Date Day Time Action

Oct 17th Friday 9:00pm BP Server goes down for turn #441

10:00pm Turn results posted. BP Server available accepting Tournament entries (and orders)

Oct 18 Sat 8:00pm Tournament Start - BP Server goes down to collect Tournament entries. BP Client Event selections become locked.

9:00pm Match-ups for round 1 posted. BP Server is available accepting orders for round 1.

Oct 19 Sun 8:00pm BP Server goes down for round 1 fights.

9:00pm Results for round 1 fights and match-ups for round 2 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 2.

Oct 20 Mon 8:00pm BP Server goes down for round 2 fights.

9:00pm Results for round 2 fights and match-ups for round 3 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 3.

Oct 21 Tues 8:00pm BP Server goes down for round 3 fights.

9:00pm Results for round 3 fights and match-ups for round 4 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 4.

Oct 22 Wed 8:00pm BP Server goes down for round 4 fights.

9:00pm Results for round 4 fights and match-ups for round 5 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 5.

Oct 23 Thurs 8:00pm BP Server goes down for round 5 fights.

9:00pm Results for round 5 fights and match-ups for round 6 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 6.

Oct 24 Fri 8:00pm BP Server goes down for round 6 fights.

9:00pm Results for round 6 fights and match-ups for round 7 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 7.

Oct 25 Sat 12:00pm BP Server goes down for round 7 through the Championship fight.

1:00pm Tournament Champion is declared. Results for all remaining rounds and the final fight are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for Turn #442.

Purse:

The Purse will be split among the Tournament Champion and Semi-Finalists using a points system, with point values awarded as follows:

Tournament Champion - 12 points
Semi-Finals Round Winner - 8 points

The Tournament Champion will receive 20 points total (8 for the Semi-Finals + 12 for the Championship).

Points awarded do not need to be spent immediately following the Tournament. Any points won may be saved and added to winnings from future events. However, restrictions for prizes that may be used only on the winning warrior/team still apply.

Spoils:

Winning managers may use points awarded to purchase any of the following items:

Resurrection - Bring back a fallen hero from the past (no time limit). Warrior rejoins your roster in a team and slot of your choosing.
Unnatural Insight - Ask The Keeper a question (game related). The more specific the question, the more detailed the response will be.
Restoration - Restore a slain warrior. Must be requested within 4 turns of death. Warrior rejoins your roster in their original team and slot.
Ultimate Team - Manager selects starting Base Stats (55 points) for five warriors for a replacement or new team.
Metamorphosis - Change a warriors race. Applicable to the winning warrior only.
Benefit of Hind-Sight - Transfer a warriors current skill-level in a single skill to a new skill. For example move a warriors Master in Short Sword to Great Sword. Applicable to the winning warrior only.
Transference - Transfer a "winning warrior only" item to any warrior in your stable. This augments another item and cannot be purchased alone. You must pay transference once for each Stat, Skill, or Perm you are applying points to, for example: To use Transference to increase a target warriors Strength, and Wisdom by 1 point each you would need to pay transference twice, once for Strength, and once for Wisdom. If instead, you wanted to increase a target warriors Strength by 2, you would only pay transference once (for Strength).
Ultimate Warrior - Manager selects starting Base Stats (55 points) for any single replacement warrior.
Gift of Aptitude - Add one point to the current value of any Stat (including Size) Applicable to the winning warrior only.
Gift of Knowledge - Add one level to the current value of any Skill. Applicable to the winning warrior only.
Regenerate - Subtract one level from the current value of any Permanent Injury. Applicable to the winning warrior only.

The following table lists the purchase cost of each item:

Prize
Point Cost

Resurrection 20

Unnatural Insight 16

Restoration 14

Ultimate Team 10

Metamorphosis 8

Benefit of Hind-Sight 5

Transference 3

Ultimate Warrior 3

Gift of Aptitude (CurrentStatValue / 7.0) rounded down *

Gift of Knowledge (CurrentSkillLevel / 2.5) rounded down *

Regenerate 1

* Purchase cost can never be less than 1

Prize	Point Cost
Resurrection	20
Unnatural Insight	16
Restoration	14
Ultimate Team	10
Metamorphosis	8
Benefit of Hind-Sight	5
Transference	3
Ultimate Warrior	3
Gift of Aptitude	(CurrentStatValue / 7.0) rounded down *
Gift of Knowledge	(CurrentSkillLevel / 2.5) rounded down *
Regenerate	1

Keeper's Notes:

Please note that turn #442 has been pushed out one week to make room for the tournament schedule. There is no weekly turn run on Friday October 24th.

A new version of the BP Client may possibly be required before the tourney. I will give as much notice as I can if this becomes necessary, but please plan accordingly.

Just like past tournaments, you do not actually have to be online to participate in the Tourney. Any warriors that have been entered will run each round automatically until they are eliminated.

I may run 1 or 2 warriors of my own in this tournament . . . it just looks like too much fun to miss!

See you in the Pit!

Date	Day	Time	Action
Oct 17th	Friday	9:00pm	BP Server goes down for turn #441
		10:00pm	Turn results posted. BP Server available accepting Tournament entries (and orders)
Oct 18	Sat	8:00pm	Tournament Start - BP Server goes down to collect Tournament entries. BP Client Event selections become locked.
		9:00pm	Match-ups for round 1 posted. BP Server is available accepting orders for round 1.
Oct 19	Sun	8:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 1 fights.
		9:00pm	Results for round 1 fights and match-ups for round 2 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 2.
Oct 20	Mon	8:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 2 fights.
		9:00pm	Results for round 2 fights and match-ups for round 3 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 3.
Oct 21	Tues	8:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 3 fights.
		9:00pm	Results for round 3 fights and match-ups for round 4 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 4.
Oct 22	Wed	8:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 4 fights.
		9:00pm	Results for round 4 fights and match-ups for round 5 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 5.
Oct 23	Thurs	8:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 5 fights.
		9:00pm	Results for round 5 fights and match-ups for round 6 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 6.
Oct 24	Fri	8:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 6 fights.
		9:00pm	Results for round 6 fights and match-ups for round 7 are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for round 7.
Oct 25	Sat	12:00pm	BP Server goes down for round 7 through the Championship fight.
		1:00pm	Tournament Champion is declared. Results for all remaining rounds and the final fight are posted. BP Server available accepting orders for Turn #442.