TOURNAMENT IV - THE SMALL PRINT
Gist of the Christmas Grist
The Undead have risen across the continent of Elgea, and are being drawn to Active Standing Stones.
When they reach these Active Standing Stones, they depart this realm and go to the Netherworld.
The Circle Of Five faction doesn't like this at all: Who is gathering the souls of the dead and why? What's on the other side of the Rift?
The Circle Of Five believes that the best way to combat whatever is going on is to stop the undead from getting to their destination.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
They also believe that - as time progresses - the strength and numbers of the undead will grow each night.
Anyone can participate in this tournament - all you need is an army with a Commander, although you would also be wise to have some troops as well :)
... and a horde led by rotting zombies
a) Send your armies to occupy Standing Stones (either Active or Inactive) anywhere on Elgea, or
b) Occupy a square at The Rift in Ursor.
Your army should arrive before nightfall (1845 Server Time) in order to be guaranteed that the Standing Stone will become Active for that night.
I see dead people
The Undead will rise throughout the night (1900 to 0700 Server Time) and attempt to reach the Active Standing Stones.
You want to kill them as they arrive.
Ranking the ranks
This is a Tournament for COMMANDERS to win. Not towns, not armies, not alliances, not players. This is important, as it will influence strategies quite substantially.
The Top 3 COMMANDERS who gain the most amount of experience points (XP) from slaying the undead during the Tournament will be the winners in each League.
7 Leagues-a-Slaying
We have assigned every player in the game to one of seven league, according to the total city population of each player as sampled a couple of days ago.
We have done this to help ensure that different players of different sizes all have a chance of winning a prize.
But I wanted a pony! It's not fair!
Changing your town's population will *not* change your League. These Leagues are pre-assigned, and no amount of wishing, begging or cajoling will get these leagues re-distributed, so please don't ask.
You can see which League you have been assigned to on the Tournament Page (linked from the World Map button on the top navigation bar ingame).
To the victor goes the T-shirt-based-spoils
For each league:
- 1st Place
450 Prestige and a custom-made Illyriad T-Shirt with your playername displayed underneath your choice of existing T-Shirt design, colour and size.
- 2nd Place
250 Prestige and a non-custom Illyriad T-shirt of your choice (Design, Colour and Size)
- 3rd Place
150 Prestige and a black-on-White Illyriad T-shirt of your choice of Size.
All good things must come to an end
In this case, at 1200 (Server Time / UTC) on Wednesday the 18th of January, 2012.
Miscellotherousany
1. Should you win, in order to claim your prize you will need to provide us with your name and shipping address.
2. As this is not a Council of Illyria tournament, there are no changes to the normal rules regarding the Peace of the Camp. The regular friend/neutral/hostile rules *are* in force.
3. Your commander does not need to be alive at the close of the tournament in order to "win".
We wish all commanders the very best of luck!
SC
EDIT: Miscellotherousany 3 added
Edited by GM Stormcrow - 09 Jan 2012 at 11:45