June 2020 Archmage Tournament

[Max Lager]

The June Archmage Tournament will be held on Sunday, June 28th at 9:00pm 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 9:05pm, and casting will begin at 9:10pm.

Seeding will be based on the most recent RoK rankings. Early registration will cut off on Friday, June 26th 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! ))

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Second place will also take home an additional prize in the form of a newly minted 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. ))
((Edited to reflect that the Keeper's Blessing is usable for the cycle / until the next Archmage Tournament. - Max Lager 7/8/2020))

[Eregor]

I'll sign up for this.

Eregor Túr Gairdín

[Bellamere]

The Sublime Bellamere with this notice, officially signs himself up to participate in this event.

[Xune]

Xune shall sign up for this event.

[Michelle Montoya]

I will attend.

[Eden Parker]

I'll try!

Eden Parker

[Shadowsoul]

Having newly acquired the rank of mage, I believe I now qualify for this specific tournament.
I shall add my name to the roster.
Mathian Shadowsoul

[MC]

Sign me up.

Morgan Chae

[Rachael Blackthorne]

Barring duties that may interfere, I will enter this tournament.


--Rachael Blackthorne

[Strawberry]

Better late than never. I'll throw my name in.

[Goldglo]

Later than Lilith; also throwing.

--Matt

[Royal]

Strawberry Armstrong wins the Archmage Tournament and the right to challenge Archmage Bailey Raptis!

As second place Gloria Blaze is awarded the Keeper's Blessing! It's waiting for her to pick up at Twilight Isle bar!

Seeding
[Early / Ring of Klytus Rankings]
1. Bellamere
2. Eregor
3. Mathian (Shadowsoul)
4. Morgan (MC)
5. Rachael Blackthorne
6. Michelle Montoya
7. Eden Parker
[Late / Sign Up or Walk In]
8. Strawberry
9. Matt Simon (Goldglo)
10. Gloria Blaze

Round 1 Matches

1. Bellamere vs. 10. Gloria Blaze -- Gloria Blaze def. Bellamere, 5 - 2.5 in 11 rounds. - dom
2. Eregor vs. 9. Matt Simon (Goldglo) -- Eregor def. Goldglo, 5 - 2 in 7 rounds. - dom
3. Mathian (Shadowsoul) vs. 8. Strawberry -- Strawberry def. Shadowsoul, 5 - 3.5 in 10 rounds. - dom
4. Morgan (MC) vs. 7. Eden Parker -- MC def. Eden Parker, 5.5 - 4 in 10 rounds. - dom
5. Rachael Blackthorne vs. 6. Michelle Montoya -- Michelle Montoya def. Rachael Blackthorne, 5 - 4 in 9 rounds. - dom

Winners
2. Eregor
4. Morgan (MC)
6. Michelle Montoya
8. Strawberry
10. Gloria Blaze

Losers
1. Bellamere
3. Mathian (Shadowsoul)
5. Rachael Blackthorne
7. Eden Parker
9. Matt Simon (Goldglo)

Round 2 Matches

Winners Bracket
Bye: 2. Eregor
4. Morgan (MC) vs. 10. Gloria Blaze -- Gloria Blaze def. MC, 5 - 1.5 in 8 rounds. - dom
6. Michelle Montoya vs. 8. Strawberry -- Strawberry def. Michelle Montoya, 5 - 3.5 in 11 rounds. - dom

Consolation Bracket
Bye: 1. Bellamere
3. Mathian (Shadowsoul) vs. 9. Matt Simon (Goldglo) -- Shadowsoul def. Goldglo, 5 - 4 in 8 rounds. - dom
5. Rachael Blackthorne vs. 7. Eden Parker -- Rachael Blackthorne def. Eden Parker, 5 - 0 in 6 rounds. - dom

Winners
2. Eregor
8. Strawberry
10. Gloria Blaze

Losers
1. Bellamere
3. Mathian (Shadowsoul)
4. Morgan (MC)
5. Rachael Blackthorne
6. Michelle Montoya

Round 3 Matches

Winners Bracket
Bye: 8. Strawberry
2. Eregor vs. 10. Gloria Blaze -- Eregor def. Gloria Blaze, 6 - 5 in 8 rounds. - dom

Consolation Bracket
Bye: 3. Mathian (Shadowsoul)
1. Bellamere vs. 6. Michelle Montoya -- Bellamere def. Michelle Montoya, 5 - 3 in 7 rounds. - dom
4. Morgan (MC) vs. 5. Rachael Blackthorne -- Rachael Blackthorne def. MC, 5 - 4 in 9 rounds. - dom

Winners
2. Eregor
8. Strawberry

Losers
1. Bellamere
3. Mathian (Shadowsoul)
5. Rachael Blackthorne
10. Gloria Blaze

Round 4 Matches

Winners Bracket
2. Eregor vs. 8 Strawberry -- Strawberry def. Eregor, 5 - 1 in 7 rounds. - dom

Consolation Bracket
1. Bellamere vs. 10. Gloria Blaze -- Gloria Blaze def. Bellamere, 5.5 - 2 in 7 rounds. - dom
2. Mathian (Shadowsoul) vs. 5. Rachael Blackthorne -- Rachael Blackthorne def. Shadowsoul, 5 - 4 in 9 rounds. - dom

Winners
8 Strawberry

Losers
2. Eregor
5. Rachael Blackthorne
10. Gloria Blaze

Round 5 Matches

Winners Bracket
Bye: 8. Strawberry

Consolation Bracket
Bye: 5. Rachael Blackthorne
2. Eregor vs. 10. Gloria Blaze -- Gloria Blaze def. Eregor, 5 - 2 in 9 rounds. - dom

Round 6 Match

Winners Bracket
Bye: 8. Strawberry

Consolation Bracket
5. Rachael Blackthorne vs. 10. Gloria Blaze -- Gloria Blaze def. Rachael Blackthorne, 5.5 - 3 in 7 rounds. - dom

Round 7 Match
(Winners Bracket) 8. Strawberry vs. (Consolation Bracket) 10. Gloria Blaze -- Strawberry def. Gloria Blaze, 5.5 - 1 in 8 rounds. - dom

Strawberry wins the Archmage Tournament.

[Strawberry]

Bailey and I are meeting next Monday at 9 ET to see if I live up to the hype. Andrea Anderson is calling.

[Andrea Anderson]

Three exciting matches made up the Archmage Challenge. The trio of matches started off with an escaping Karma in the first round and an explosion of traded blows in the second. Bailey took the lead in the third round and extended right into match point by the fifth.. but Karma wasn't out yet! With a combo of focused spells she pushed her way to 4.5 to Bailey's 4 before securing the first match by a defensive obscuring of the ring. A change of scenery came in the second match with the summoning of Olympus — and perhaps that is what Bailey needed to turn the tide. Favor shined brightly on the Archmage in the second round as he was able to bounce back and score a 5 - 2.5 victory in 7 rounds; though that light soon turned a little dim. The third match saw Karma gaining 3 - 1 in 4 rounds and she sought to turn it to match point as she sent the sky raining on top of Bailey — at least that was the plan, until the Archmage reversed the spell and had it reflecting back. Karma put up some defenses during the following round that gave her an edge of an advantage, but Bailey snuck in a massive blow in the 7th before finally blasting his way to victory in the 9th with an ending score of 5 - 3.5.

Strawberry def. Bailey Raptis, 5 - 4 in 8 rounds. - dom
Bailey Raptis def. Strawberry, 5 - 2.5 in 7 rounds. - dom
Bailey Raptis def. Strawberry, 5 - 3.5 in 9 rounds. - dom