Ragnarok is Here!

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Ragnarok is Here!

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--Until the IC posts go up (sometime around Mid-April), all info contained here is strictly OOC.--

Starting May 10th, Twilight Isle will be home to a (hopefully) annual multi-week event known as Ragnarok. Length is dependent upon number of teams. Each team may have up to 4 players. One of the 4 is designated captain. The captain may designate an optional co-captain but this is not a requirement. The Ragnarok schedule is composed of overlapping ten-day "weeks". The weeks run from Sunday (Day One) to the FOLLOWING Tuesday (Day Ten).

Captains are expected to comply with deadlines, which are as follows::

Day Three (Tuesday at 8:59 PM ET): Captains must have contacted each other and completed the match up process (outlined below) then emailed lineups to their team and the league commissioner. Please include captains on all scheduling emails. The league commissioner does not need to be included on scheduling emails unless issues arise that need to be addressed

Day Eight (Sunday): By the end of this day, all duels should be either completed, or firmly scheduled for completion by Tuesday. At this time, if there are ANY scheduling difficulties, the league MUST have been notified in order to assist captains in completing the match. Also, captains must remember that the FOLLOWING week begins at this point, and must be proceeding toward the following week's schedule.

Day Ten (Tuesday): All duels must be completed.

In all cases, the "scheduled time for a match (or duel)" is the time both parties who are to duel have agreed to meet, either by independent scheduling or by agreement that they will be present at a team's default match time. In all instances, there will be a twenty minute grace period from that time before any penalty is applied.

Matchups

By Tuesday of the scheduled week, the Captains need to have arranged line-ups in the following fashion. This can be done via email, PM, or instant message but email is the preferred method

The "away" team states their dueler for the first match.
The "home" team then states their dueler for the opening match, and then their
selection for the second match.
The "away" team then selects their duelers for the second and third matches.
The "home" team chooses their duelers for the third and their substitute dueler.
The "away" team, then names a substitute dueler, to be used in the event a dueler is unable to schedule or appear for a scheduled duel. The substitutes named MUST fill any vacancies that occurs for these reasons, and inability to do so will result in penalties as stated below.

Substitution

Teams may substitute under the following conditions:

- If the team has named a substitute at the time the matchups were made; or
- By using a free-agent as outlined below.

The only circumstance in which a team will be allowed to substitute other than as mentioned above is if the opposing captain has no objections. If the captain objects, and a substitute was not named, a free-agent must be utilized. If the team has used its allotment of four free-agent substitutions for the season, the duel is forfeited.

Use of free-agents

Teams may utilize free-agents under the following three circumstances:

- By naming a selected free-agent as eligible for team use prior to the beginning of match scheduling, and informing the league and opposing captain of their intent; or
- When a substitute dueler is required, by requesting that a free-agent be assigned by the league.

If a free-agent is required as a substitute in an already-scheduled duel, a request must be sent to the league. The league will randomly select 2 duelists from the free agent pool. The first selected may be vetoed by the opposing captain, which would leave the second option as the substituting player.


Rules of Play

Individual duels during Ragnarok are contested according to the commonly known rules of the sport of dueling, with some exceptions as outlined below.

Individual Duels

There are no ties.
All duels will continue until a dueler achieves a full-point victory, with at least five points scored.
Duels must be officiated by callers sanctioned by the League Office. The home team retains the right to choose the caller, or reject a caller suggested by the visiting team.
Duels may not be officiated by officials who are, at the time, on duty as officials of another dueling venue.

Foci/Rank

All duelists will fight at Wizard Rank (3 Foci) and will not have access to mage spells (NR/IMM) or Keeper spells (EF) unless they obtain an artifact or other items that permit their use.

Artifacts

Periodically, Ragnarok Island’s unstable setting may produce a number of useful resources in the form of Twilight Artifacts. These resources can be won, selected at certain points thresholds or traded amongst teams for use in duels. Unless otherwise noted, these are often times single time use items and are expended once used in a duel.

Match Scoring

Matches are scored as follows:

Each duel won: 5 points to dueler and team.
Each point scored within a duel: 1 point to dueler and team, to a maximum of 5 points.
Bonus points to dueler and team are awarded as follows:
- Shutout: 3 points to dueler and the team.
- Five-round shutout: 5 points to dueler and to the team.
-Four-round shutout: 6 points to dueler and to the team.

Thus, the maximum score for the winner of a non-shutout duel is 10 points; for the loser, 5 points. A shutout is 13-0; a perfect shutout is 15-0.


Standings

Teams are ranked based on standings points, awarded as follows:

Each duel won: 1 point
Match win: 4 points
Match sweep (3-0): 1 additional point

Therefore, a Match Sweep results in eight points for the victor (three points for the five duels won, four points for winning the match, and one point for the sweep).


The points accumulated here reflect in the standings.

The team which, at the end of the season, has accumulated the most points wins the season championship and will get first pick of resources for the end of season Boss Battle.

Boss Battle

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--Until the IC posts go up (sometime around Mid-April), all info contained here is strictly OOC.--
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