January 2023 Archmage Tournament

[Max Lager]

The January Archmage Tournament will be held on Sunday, January 29th 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, January 27 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]

Tonight's menu is an assortment of sweet delights -- that is to say: Donuts! Pack up a box of a baker's dozen and watch our top caster's compete for the chance to take on Archmage Gatito!

Celestial Chocolate has been utilized for those sensitive to regular chocolate.

[BardGallant]

Maybe three is my lucky number.
Count me in for this again!

- Governor Dris

[Mairead Harker]

Count me in!

Maggie

[Max Lager]

Tonight with 4 participants we opted to have this tournament Round Robin Style!

Round One
BardGallant vs Droet the Bold – Droet the Bold def. BardGallant, 5 - 1 in 5 rounds.
Mairead Harker vs Rhys Germain – Mairead Harker def. Rhys Germain, 5 - 3.5 in 10 rounds.

Round Two
BardGallant vs Rhys Germain – Rhys Germain def. BardGallant, 5 - 3 in 8 rounds.
Droet the Bold vs Mairead Harker – Droet the Bold def. Mairead Harker, 5 - 3 in 9 rounds.

Round Three
Bard Gallant vs Mairead Harker – Mairead Harker def. BardGallant, 5 - 3.5 in 7 rounds.
Rhys Germain vs Droet the Bold – Rhys Germain def. Droet the Bold, 5 - 2.5 in 11 rounds.

Official Results Ranking


Link to results can be found here.

Rhys Germain is the Winner of the Archmage Tournament!!

And as runner up, Mairead Harker has been awarded the Keeper’s Blessing!

Congratulations everyone and thanks for coming out tonight!

[Rhys Germain]

A couple of days after the tournament, Rhys turned up at Kitten's Confections to have a talk with Gatito about their challenge—or rather, about why he wouldn't be challenging. When asked about his decision later, he would only cite mysterious "complications" that prohibited him from doing so.



(( It took me forever, but there's finally an In Character conclusion for the sake of the records. Thanks for your patience. ))