If all goes well, Tournament 44 should begin coming Saturday and will last for 1 week.

• Starting BA = 100
• Tournament Bonus = random during the entire week.
• BA cap = yes, 2500
• Winner = highest MPR
• Lesser Tattoos = allowed (Full are not!)

Also some additional rules:
• You are not allowed to train Dispel Magic _at all_.
• You are _not_ allowed to use Guardian Angel while having Ablative Shield trained, or Ablative Shield while having Guardian Angel trained. (in short, choose between having AS or GA, cannot have both)
• You are _not_ allowed to use Fireball _without_ having Cone of Cold trained (or CoC without using FB, i.e. you are forced to have 2+ minions then)
• You are not allowed to use Shocking Grasp _without_ having Ethereal Chains trained. (same applies vice versa)
• You are not allowed to use Guardian Angel _without_ having Bloodlust trained on that minion. (or using Bloodlust on a minion without GA)

All normal Tournament rules apply and can be viewed in the Wiki.

Prizes:

Winner will be the character with the highest MPR.
1st prize: $1,000,000
2nd prize: $500,000
3rd prize: $250,000


If you send 50k to my admin character, you will get 25k on your tournament character on the day the tournament starts!


This tournament we have 11 pre sign-ups
of which paid:
ceslis
Joel
Admiralkiller
Demigod
Nayab (WhiteWolf)
BHT
kevlar
Dinh
Messbrutal
Kefeck

not yet paid (didn't make char yet):
Self Aware

yay.. Another one so soon :D

Yay!

Sweet, I am in and wish the bonus will randomize a lot from like -50% to 1000%.

Well this will be interesting! Just don't make the bonuses give to great an advantage to certain individuals please.

The bonus will be changed every day (almost 24 hours) to give all players an equal opportunity.

If you send 50k to my admin character, you will get 25k on your tournament character on the day the tournament starts!

Also some additional rules: (I'll make sure to include them on the final Tournament 44 page)
• BA cap will be ~2500 (perhaps a little bit more or a little bit less)
• You are not allowed to train Dispel Magic _at all_.
• You are _not_ allowed to use Guardian Angel while having Ablative Shield trained (or AS while having GA trained)
• You are _not_ allowed to use Fireball _without_ having Cone of Cold trained (i.e. you are forced to have 2+ minions then)
• You are not allowed to use Shocking Grasp _without_ having Ethereal Chains trained.
• You are not allowed to use Guardian Angel _without_ having Bloodlust trained on that minion.

This sounds like fun i am in =)

I'm in!

BHT (Storm Clash) 141.218.225.20 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- T44 6:11 PM EDT

How much is the cap?

BA cap will be ~2500 (perhaps a little bit more or a little bit less)

Self Aware
(DevelopmentlyDisabled) 156.34.176.13 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- t44 25k 5:12 AM EDT

sweet...all I can say is, Shade was the right person for the job!!! BTW Shade, we're going to be expecting multiple tourneys every month now :)

I'm planning on 2 tournaments per week if possible.

ehm, month :D

So far 4 people pre-applied for the 25k bonus cash at the first day of T44:

ceslis
Joel
BHT
Self Aware

{cb2}Dinh (Coheed) 74.138.26.110 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- t44 25k bonus 12:42 PM EDT

kevlar (Pack Mule Service) 71.240.56.147 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- tourney 44 1:15 PM EDT

Nayab (Alara United) 121.91.59.41 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- T44 4:55 PM EDT

Messbrutal (Xanthan) 76.67.210.114 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- T44 5:12 PM EDT

Admiralkiller (AK's revenge) 68.145.57.88 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 12:00 AM EDT

Demigod (Demigod) 68.60.22.97 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000

Kefeck (BrokenCyde) 24.177.150.59 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 12:24 AM EDT

So far 11 people pre-applied for the 25k bonus cash at the first day of T44:

ceslis
Joel
BHT
Self Aware
Dinh
kevlar
Nayab
Messbrutal
Admiralkiller
Demigod
Kefeck

bump

come on people, send Shade your money ;)

don't forget the 100k you win for a week of half decent fighting ;)

Is this still starting today or is the tourney going to get delayed due to the server moving going on Sunday at 9h00pm?

Why would I delay it?

Well I just came home and was worried I lost some tourney time, I guess I was just worried that there was no tourney character created yet.

Only reason I could see to delay this is the fact that server won't be saving data during the moving.
This could give an advantage to some to seek targets and make training tweaks during that window of time.

But it's not like only one contestant could do this anyway so it's all good.


On a side note, thanks again for the amazing job your doing on the tourney Shade.

I will not be online the first hour or perhaps 2 hours that the tournament starts. I'll send the money to the people who have pre-signed up when I can.

Yes lesser tattoos are allowed, full tattoos are not.

Think wisely though with Familiars:

Lesser Fire Familiar counts as FB.
Lesser Ice Familiar counts as CoC.
Lesser Electric Familiar counts as SG.

Newlin (Familiar Storage) 216.234.101.88 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 4:54 PM EDT

"You are _not_ allowed to use Fireball _without_ having Cone of Cold trained (i.e. you are forced to have 2+ minions then)"

Does this mean i can train CoC without FB?

No, that means you cannot have Cone of Cold without Fireball either.

Also: I sent back your money because the Tournament already was started when you sent it.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up.

I've been asked if a Fireball Spell had to be of the same level as the CoC: no it does not. (i.e. if you want CoC to be your main damage dealer, you can have a base FB basically)

Character Made, Sorry I was working. Awaiting the 25k bonus. Thanks Shade!

Ok, I am just wondering this, but how in the world has ceslis fought 1000 battles already. We start with 100 BA and the tourney has been open for maybe 9 hours. By my calculations he shouldn't have been able to fight over 400 even without missing a single BA.

This must be some kind of bug. I got 1000 starting ba and i thought everyone else did as well or i would have not even bothered with burning it all. So with that being said I shall retire this character considering the unfair advantage it has given me.

The 1000 starting BA was a small error on my behalf.

Ceslis, you can retire the character if you want, you'd have a disadvantage atm.

Its a capped tourney, i fail to see the benefit or disadvantage for anyone starting with that much BA.

disadvantage would be that the tournament bonus could become 1000% tomorrow or on any other day during the week?

alright, now i see your point Shade.

sent the bonus to a few more people, only Self Aware and Kefeck are left.

tournament rule from the wiki:

You may not use tattoos unless told otherwise. Only lesser tattoos will ever be allowed.

it seems there are quite a few using tats but it doesn't say in this thread that they are allowed so what is the ruling on tats?

AdminShade October 10 3:25 PM EDT
Yes lesser tattoos are allowed, full tattoos are not.

my mistake then. i do think all rules should be added to the main posting in the future as well though.

My two cents.. The tourney bonus is pathetic..

Its random, so every so often it will change to some random new number.

I realize that but.. The 1% is massively depressing..

I do believe your two cents were just refunded.

KrossOut (R.I.P.) 70.75.71.32 AdminShade (Shades Admin Char) $50000 -- Tourney Oct 8

That was given oct 8 i should be in pre-signup list :) I'm gonna make my character now

I did not see your pre subscription, when you made your character I will put the money on it this(my) afternoon

So do we have any idea of when the bonus changes? Or is the time of change random as well?

So far the bonus changed around noon server time (as in it changed every 24 hours). next change then would be in 10 1/2 hours if I'm correct.

Im not so sure your correct.

Tournament bonus 1000%

really not?

wierd.. Must of changed at 12:05 o.O

"...around noon server time..."

I have to change it manually so I did when I could ;)

Oh.. That makes sense now :)

Are we able to use named items?

No.

Some people have spells trained which aren't allowed, remove them or I'll reset your character this afternoon.

Admiralkiller (BL but no GA)
KrossOut (Decay)
Uchiha.Itachi (Decay)
xwindsx (Decay and GA while having AS)
Jiraiya (no CoC trained while using a lesser FF)
Merrit (no CoC trained while using a lesser FF)
Hatchetman (no EC while using Shocking Grasp)

And I hereby request somebody to update the dictionary

You're a full admin, you can do it :p

done...Bl was base and i am not even using a melee. Had it on from at start of tourny and forgot to take off...surry.

Still some people, but some of them haven't received my CM yet:

Uchiha.Itachi (Decay)
xwindsx (Decay and GA while having AS)
Jiraiya (no CoC trained while using a lesser FF)
Merrit (no CoC trained while using a lesser FF)

I don't think that any tourney char's are supposed to be bidding on that ELB because its being sold by someone in the tourney.

kefeck has GA and AS without having bloodlust ._.

Yep. I removed it.

are halidon familiars allowed in tornament?

as long as its a lesser i think

There are no lesser HAL or JKF so neither of those are allowed in the tourney.

Uchiha.Itachi (no FB trained while using a lesser ice familiar)
xwindsx (Decay and GA while having AS)

pending disqualification:
Merrit (no CoC trained while using a lesser FF)

Rules regarding auction use will be updated in the wiki whenever that is fixed; in the meantime you may purchase auctions from other players within the tournament.

You may not buy items via auctions from any player participating in the tournament, including yourself.

Is this what you are referring to, Slayer? It is in the rules, I just posted something about it and Nem/KO pointed it out. It is in the wiki

Yes, the wiki is broken, I can't update it.

Can you confirm the ending time of 12:00 noon server time Saturday shade please and thank you.

Yes, noon on the 17th

are enforcer bow allowed?
o.o

yes.

Admiralkiller: Duration: Oct 10 to Oct 17 12:00 PM EDT

&

You already have a Character in the current tournament, which ends in 1 day 17:52:13.

"You may auction any non-rare item as a tournament character, in addition, you may auction rares, as long as they are fully disenchanted."

Updated the rules.

The last day.. Really? ;)... haha..

Tournament bonus -20%

Looks like Joel fought at just the right rate.

Wow! I thought I was going to lose! I guess my gamble paid off!
I was thinking the last bonus was going to be 10000%; thanks Shade for not making a pattern appear in this randomness tourney!

I figured that the 5000% was the max, but I was just too busy with RL to make use of it. Looks like I'm bound for the middle.

not so sad people, we still have a day...

Bonus 500%

1st prize goes to Nemeritz
2nd prize goes to KrossOut
3rd prize goes to kevlar

consolidation prize goes to dudemus

Too bad Nem's MPR was so amazingly bigger than the rest, otherwise more people would have gotten the consolidation prize...

thanks for the awesome tourney!

It was funny to see all the crazy bonuses haha... -99% anyone?
I now know that with -99% even ur wins against 100% targets gives $4 and 0 exp hehehe and a bonus of 12345% can give you $100k every 2-3 fights haha

Thanks again for the fun tourney =)

Thanks for an interesting tourney. :)

Was fun! Thanks :) I'm lucky I had to wake up at 4am to go to the airport this morning or I would have slept through that 12345 time, talk about randomness

Yeah thanks Shade, although very simple the tourney was actually one of my favs.