The Arena is proud to announce the 2nd Annual Duel of Swords (DoS) Round Robin Cup!
ConceptThe DoS Round Robin Cup is a sporting competition where teams of armed duelists test themselves against each other in a battle of wits, skill, and camaraderie. Every team will fight each other once within a four-week period, pitting three of their duelists against the opposing team on a single night.
Prizes
The first-place prize is the Duel of Swords Round Robin Cup! Winning team members will receive bragging rights plus a DoS Round Robin Cup 2021 Icon.
The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Round Robin Cup will receive the Barony of Seaside. MVP is determined by how many points you have won for your team. If there is a tie, the number of duels fought for your team will act as the tie-breaker. If there is still a tie, the duelist with the best single performing match will be awarded MVP (e.g. a 5-1 will beat a 5-3 victory). If the MVP is already a title-holder, or if the MVP declines the prize, then the Barony of Seaside will be awarded to the runner-up. If both the MVP and the runner-up are title holders/decline the prize, the Barony of Seaside will remain vacant.
Number of Teams & Matches
Due to the short time-frame of this tournament, we are accepting a maximum of five teams for this tournament. With five teams in a Round Robin format, you can expect to have four team fights, once with each other team. (ie. 1 v 2, 1 v 3, 1 v 4, 1 v 5, 2 v 3, 2 v 4, 2 v 5, 3 v 4, 3 v 5, 4 v 5)
Rosters & Registration
Each team will have a roster of four to five duelists including a captain OR four to five duelists plus a non-fighting team manager. The captain/team manager will be responsible for making sure all team fights are scheduled and conducted in a timely manner, and for submitting duelists the night of a scheduled match.
Due to the limited number of teams, you may only submit one (1) character to the tournament —in other words, no alts are allowed. Every duelist must fight at least one duel in the Round Robin Cup.
Registrations will open in this thread on Sunday, August 29th at 8:30pm ET. Any registration before then is considered invalid. Registrations will remain open until Saturday, September 4th at 9:00pm ET. Valid registrations are taken first come first serve until we have five teams.
Required Information for Team Registration
Team Name:
Team Captain/Manager: (please specify if you are a Captain or a Manager)
Names of the duelists on the Team: Please include their Forum Username if different from their character name. e.g. Matt Simon (Goldglo)
Matchups
Matchups will include three (3) duelists from each team. The captain/team manager is responsible for coordinating matchups with all the other teams. You must pick a date where at least three of the duelists on your team are available on the same night. The “Home” Captain is responsible for posting the date, time, and location of the match to the Public Notice Board under the “DoS Round Robin Cup 2021 Scheduled Matches” thread. As a change from last year, the “Home” team may choose any dueling venue for their match (the Outback, the Arena, the Arcade or Twilight Isle).
All scheduled matchups MUST be posted by Saturday, September 25th at 9pm ET.
All matchups MUST be completed no later than Saturday, October 9th at 11:59pm ET.
Matchups can occur on any night, in any venue (chosen by the Host team), between 7pm - 2am ET. Note: We have extended the time beyond regulation dueling for one hour earlier.
On the night of a scheduled match, starting at the arranged time, the captains/team managers will put forward duelists in this format:
“Visitor” team A puts forward Duelist A1
“Home” team B counters with Duelist B1
“Home” team B puts forward Duelist B2
“Visitor” team A counters with Duelist A2
Both team captains/managers then submit their third duelist to the DoS official for the third blind match.
Once all of the matchups are announced, duelists may duel simultaneously or sequentially in whatever format works best for them.
Example
Atrebla is the “Home” team with TinyTopaz as the Team Manager. The Pirates from Heck are the “Visiting” Team with Napoleon Bonarat as the Team Captain.
Napoleon publicly announces Tick Tock Croc as their first duelist.
TinyTopaz counters with Mathias DeWinter
TinyTopaz then announces Secondat as their second duelist.
Napoleon counters with Jingo.
Topaz and Napoleon both send a DM to Conner Reid with their third duelist. Topaz submits Will Wulfson, Napoleon submits himself as the third duelist. Conner Reid announces the third match is Will Wulfson versus Napoleon Bonarat.
The duelists decide to all watch Secondat and Jingo fight first since Jingo has to leave earlier, followed by Tick Tock Croc vs. Mathias then Will Wulfson vs. Napoleon.
Ranks & Individual Fights
Each individual duelist, regardless of rank, has three fancies during a DoS Round Robin Cup match. Duelists must use the format [?stab a “Opponent Name” 1] format to complete the match. The 1 is important as these fights do not count towards your official standings record. Matches are completed in the dueling venue chosen by the Home team.
Officials
Matchups will be officiated by a member of the Duel of Swords Staff (Conner Reid, Tippletoe Timbers, Cajsa Storm) or an appointed substitute. You do NOT need to arrange a caller.
No-Shows / Incomplete Rosters
If a team is unable to field three duelists on the night of the arranged match, they will forfeit each duel they cannot provide a duelist to fight. Forfeits are counted as victories for the opposing teams.
Match Scoring
For each fight, the first duelist to reach five points with at least a one-point lead is considered the winner. The results of a fight apply to the overall score as follows:
Point Difference: You earn as many points as you earn over your opponent. So a 5-4 win is one (1) point for your team, 5-3.5 is one-and-a-half (1.5) points, a 5-1 win is four (4) points etc.
Victory Points: You earn three (3) points for winning the fight.
Forfeits: A forfeit is worth three (3) points for the ‘winning’ team.
Example: Atrebla vs Pirates from Heck
First Match: 5-3 victory for Atrebla
Second Match: 5-0 victory for Pirates from Heck
Third Match: 5-4 victory for Atrebla
Total: 9 points for Atrebla, 8 points for Pirates from Heck
Tournament Scoring
All points earned by a team are tallied at the end of the Round Robin Cup. The team with the most points wins. Should two teams earn the same number of points at the end of the Round Robin tournament, the team with the most individual matches won will be the victor.
Example: Round Robin Final Results
Atrebla: 20 points,
Pirates From Heck: 24 points, 5 matches won
Dangerous Curves: 22 points,
Team Twilight: 24 points, 6 matches won
Team Twilight wins the DoS Round Robin Cub: 2020.
2021 Schedule
- Registrations Open: August 29th, 8:30pm ET
- Registrations Close: September 4th, 9:00pm ET
- Administrative Break: Sep 5th - Sep 11th
- Deadline to Schedule Matches: September 25th 11:59pm ET
- Scheduled Matches: Sep 12th - Oct 9th
