November 2021 Archmage Tournament

[Max Lager]

The November Archmage Tournament will be held on Sunday, November 14th at 8:00pm Eastern! The format will (likely) be double elimination (depending on entrants), and late entrants have no more than 5 minutes to arrive. Seeding will begin at 8:05pm, and casting will begin at 8:10pm.

Seeding will be based on the most recent RoK rankings. Early registration will cut off on Friday, November 12th at 8:55pm ET. Any late registrants or walk-ins will automatically be ranked below early registrants. Registrants tied with the same ranking will be seeded by WoL.

Please post your registrations as replies to this thread. Good luck everyone!

(( This is a reminder that we do have a 5 minute casting limit each round in order to try and keep the tourney from running too late. In the case anyone needs more than 5 minutes for an urgent/special circumstance, please alert the caller, opponent, and the room so that they know you need a few minutes and will return asap. Thanks! ))

Second place will also take home an additional prize in the form of the Keeper's Blessing.

Keeper's Blessing

1. Allows the wielder of this grant the ability to use a special one time use Elemental Fury crystal within a challenge against a Keeper. This crystal will allow its wielder the use of Elemental Fury up to three times within a challenge (should the challenge go to 3 full duels). The power of the Elemental Fury Crystal can only be used once per match. The Keeper's Blessing is available for use until the next Archmage Tournament.

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2. Allows the wielder to submit the Blessing to the Duel of Magic staff to be redeemed for a Challenge Grant that can be awarded to any non-Sorcerer duelist of their choice. This grant will allow its wielder to challenge one of the four elemental keeper titles so long as the keeper is not under a grace period. This grant must be used within 14 days.

(( Should 2nd place go to a current Elemental Keeper, they can only select the second option to give the grant away, and cannot select the EF crystal since they're already a keeper. ))

[Max Lager]

Wanting to be comfortable and cozy this evening, we've stocked up on comfort foods for the menu! Be sure to come hungry!

Try some fried mac and cheese balls, pour some hearty soup into a freshly baked bread bowl, or snack on some garlic knots!

There will be plenty of fried chicken, chicken pot pies and shepherd's pie to fill yourself up on!

For the sweet tooth, get some lovely cream puffs, stock up on pumpkin pie or some tart lemon squares!

Wanting to wash it all down with something? There will be plenty of mulled wine, hot toddies and apple cider, as well as creamy hot chocolate!

[Jackson]

I will try my best to show up

[Michelle Montoya]

I'm in.

[Morgan LaLuna]

I might be ready to move on.

-M. LaFey

[Caleb Feren]

This was perhaps the first time that he had paused when he approached the boards. He stood there a moment, looking at the notice. He hadn't talked to Karma about this, but he remembered her comment about her accomplishment.

Finally, he wrote his name on the bottom of the last note there... Morgan's.

I'll be there.

~Caleb

[Mairead Harker]

I have a temporary respite from my travels in the fey realms. Count me in.

M. E. Harker

[Haru Jeong]

Sorry for the late entry, but let’s have fun shall we?

[Szuzak Mos]

I'll.... try it..

[Helea Alwin]

The ending of this Archmage Tournament is written! The undefeated Michelle Montoya wins in a 5 - 2 finish and stands at the top of the mountain in victory! Congratulations to Michelle and good luck in your challenge against Archmage Jaycy!

Second Place in the tournament is Morgan LaFey, who walks away as second place and winner of the Keepers Blessing!

Thank you to all of our competitors and thank you to everyone who participated in the sport of magic throughout the cycle!

(( Tournament Results

Seeding
-- Early Entry / RoK Ranking --
1. Jackson
2. Michelle Montoya
3. Morgan LaFey
-- Late Entry / Sign-Up Order --
4. Mairead Harker
5. Haru Jeong
6. Szuzak Mos

Tournament Round 1
1. Jackson vs. 6. Szuzak Mos -- Szuzak Mos def. Jackson, 5 - 4 in 11 rounds. - dom (Jackson to consolation bracket)
2. Michelle Montoya vs. 5. Haru Jeong -- Michelle Montoya def. Haru Jeong, 5 - 3.5 in 5 rounds. - dom (Haru to consolation bracket)
3. Morgan LaFey vs. 4. Mairead Harker -- Morgan LaFey def. Mairead Harker, 5 - 1.5 in 7 rounds. - dom (Mairead to consolation bracket)

Round 1 Winners Bracket Results
2. Michelle Montoya
3. Morgan LaFey
6. Szuzak Mos

Round 1 Consolation Bracket Results
1. Jackson
4. Mairead Harker
5. Haru Jeong

Tournament Round 2

Winners Bracket
Bye: 2. Michelle Montoya
3. Morgan LaFey vs. 6. Szuzak Mos -- Morgan LaFey def. Szuzak Mos, 5.5 - 4 in 8 rounds. - dom (Szuzak to consolation bracket)

Consolation Bracket
Bye: 1. Jackson
4. Mairead Harker vs. 5. Haru Jeong -- Haru Jeong def. Mairead Harker, 8.5 - 7 in 11 rounds. - dom (Mairead out)

Round 2 Winners Bracket Results
2. Michelle Montoya
3. Morgan LaFey

Round 2 Consolation Bracket Results
1. Jackson
5. Haru Jeong
6. Szuzak Mos

Tournament Round 3

Winners Bracket
2. Michelle Montoya vs. 3. Morgan LaFey -- Michelle Montoya def. Morgan LaFey, 5 - 4 in 9 rounds. - dom (Morgan to consolation bracket)

Consolation Bracket
Bye: 5. Haru Jeong
1. Jackson vs. 6. Szuzak Mos -- Jackson def. Szuzak Mos, 5 - 0.5 in 8 rounds. - dom (Szuzak out)

Round 3 Winners Bracket Results
2. Michelle Montoya

Round 3 Consolation Bracket Results
1. Jackson
3. Morgan LaFey
5. Haru Jeong

Tournament Round 4
Winners Bracket Bye: 2. Michelle Montoya

Consolation Bracket
Bye: 3. Morgan LaFey

1. Jackson vs. 5. Haru Jeong -- Jackson def. Haru Jeong, 5.5 - 4 in 5 rounds. - dom (Haru out)

Round 4 Winners Bracket Results
2. Michelle Montoya

Round 4 Consolation Bracket Results
1. Jackson
3. Morgan LaFey

Tournament Round 5
Winners Bracket Bye: 2. Michelle Montoya

Consolation Bracket
1. Jackson vs. 3. Morgan LaFey -- Morgan LaFey def. Jackson, 6 - 4.5 in 11 rounds. - dom (Jackson out)

Finals
[Winners Bracket] 2. Michelle Montoya vs. 3. Morgan LaFey [Consolation Bracket] -- Michelle Montoya def. Morgan LaFey, 5 - 2 in 5 rounds. - dom (Morgan out)

Michelle Montoya wins the Archmage Tournament ))

[Jaycy Ashleana]

The tournament winner (congrats, Michelle!) and I will be fighting on Monday November 22 at 9pm ((ET)). Karma will be officiating.

[Jaycy Ashleana]

Something has come up, so Michelle and I will be rescheduling this match. It will happen next Monday, November 29th at 9pm ((ET)), with Karma calling.

[Strawberry]

Talk about a barn burner! We all got together tonight with some cookies, some awesome fans, and the wonder that was Olympus and to say it was a hell of a fight is an understatement. All three went to sudden death or more and as you can see by the final scores, it was a hard fought win for Jaycy in the end.

FINAL: Michelle Montoya def. Jaycy Ashleana, 5.5 - 4.5 in 8 rounds. - dom
FINAL: Jaycy Ashleana def. Michelle Montoya, 6 - 4.5 in 8 rounds. - dom
FINAL: Jaycy Ashleana def. Michelle Montoya, 6.5 - 5.5 in 12 rounds. - dom

Excellent showing, both of you.