RyanB
Legacy of Elijah Guild Leader
Ok, so the title is only mostly misleading. ANet has not announced any such thing. But you can count this as the official announcement of the...
Hearts of the Norn Tournament League
The goal here is simple - provide tough challenges that encourage teamwork. I'd love to get participation here from folks in all walks of GW, so I plan on making the "base" challenge very doable, with a hike in difficulty for bonus marks. Just because someone isn't super experienced doesn't mean they shouldn't have fun trying new things here. I also plan to encourage teamwork with "minimum number of human player" requirements.
I will announce the prize pool somewhere around week 3 based on participation, but I will say that I plan to make it a fun, friendly competition that is worth the time spent for all participants.
Eternal glory! That's what awaits the player who wins The Hearts of the Norn Tournament, but to do this that player must survive ten tasks. Ten EXTREMELY DANGEROUS tasks.
Be warned that I plan to participate and defend as much of my money as possible. Hey, it worked for Ben Stein.
Tentative Rules - please offer suggestions if you think these should be changed. These are designed to meet my objectives listed above.
Final note: there will be no entrance fee, but donations (if you're rich, you know who you are) are of course welcome. Depending on how things go, future events like this may have an entrance fee.
Hearts of the Norn Tournament League
The goal here is simple - provide tough challenges that encourage teamwork. I'd love to get participation here from folks in all walks of GW, so I plan on making the "base" challenge very doable, with a hike in difficulty for bonus marks. Just because someone isn't super experienced doesn't mean they shouldn't have fun trying new things here. I also plan to encourage teamwork with "minimum number of human player" requirements.
I will announce the prize pool somewhere around week 3 based on participation, but I will say that I plan to make it a fun, friendly competition that is worth the time spent for all participants.
Eternal glory! That's what awaits the player who wins The Hearts of the Norn Tournament, but to do this that player must survive ten tasks. Ten EXTREMELY DANGEROUS tasks.
Be warned that I plan to participate and defend as much of my money as possible. Hey, it worked for Ben Stein.
Tentative Rules - please offer suggestions if you think these should be changed. These are designed to meet my objectives listed above.
- This tournament will be comprised of ten challenges (nine + final) over ~10+ weeks.
- Each challenge will reward points to players
- Point totals for the tournament will be calculated from a player's top 8 scores, so no worries if you need to take a vacation or don't have a certain area unlocked. I can't promise equal opportunity for folks who are straight up missing games, but that goes with anything GW.
- The scoring system (yet to be decided) will be similar to Zaishen quests - objective, bonus objective, etc
- Unless otherwise specified, anything goes - cons, builds, alt accounts, gimmicks, etc. Of course, don't expect prize money to cover spamming multiple consets each and every week, so use with caution.
- Results will be verified via appropriate screen shots.
- I will be giving hints about a week ahead as to where the next event is, should players need or want to get a character there, or need to beat a campaign for HM.
- Participants must be a member in good standing of one of our alliance guilds
- Participants must be registered on these forums; it takes somewhere around 15 seconds to do so. I will be putting the weekly event in the Alliance Discussion forum (Huh? We have forums outside of the main one?) and receiving screen shots via PM. There will be a sign-up thread in a few weeks.
Final note: there will be no entrance fee, but donations (if you're rich, you know who you are) are of course welcome. Depending on how things go, future events like this may have an entrance fee.
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