September Archmage Tournament

[DUEL Topaz]

It is time for another Arch Mage Challenge Tournament. On Monday, September 3rd at 8:30 pm EST (that's half past eight), a tournament will be held on Twilight Isle to determine which mage is worthy of challenging the Archmage for his title. Anyone who is listed as at least a Mage in the rankings as of that Monday evening is able to enter. Please contact Duel Topaz ((PM)) with your intent to enter.

[Tasslehofl Momus]

As with the WLT, pending nothing happens on my end, I will be there.

[Lem DeAngelo]

I plan to be there as well.

[SinfuiDawg]

I am up for the challenge, and hope all have fun and duel well.

Respectfully,

Keeper of The Tower of Air

Russel A. Strong

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[DUEL Topaz]

Last evening three mages met on Twilight Isle to duel for the right to challenge the Archmage, William Wulfson. The tournament was dueled in the round robin format.

The tournament started off with quite a bit of excitement. The first two mages in the ring were Lem DeAngelo and Vincent Smith. The casting was fast and furious. It took Lem only 5 rounds to grab 5 points, leaving Vinny without so much as the tiniest advantage. But, as we might expect from great and experienced mages, Vinny did not allow that result to shake his confidence.

After the first round of duels we had a three way tie and a second round of duels had to be fought.
Of the second round only two duels were fought. Vinny rallied and took two more wins in quick succession, leaving no chance for either of the other contenders to win the tournament in the third duel.

Results:
Round 1
Lem def. Vinny 5-0
Vinny def. Russel 5-3
Russel def. Lem 5-4
Round 2
Vinny def. Lem 5-4
Vinny def. Russel 5.5-3
Vinny 3 wins, Russel 1 win, Lem 1 win

Congratulations, Vinny.

Thank you to everyone for a great tournament with lots of cheering and excitement for everyone who got to be there to witness the event or participate in it.

Vincent Smith has challenged and will meet the Archmage at 10 pm est this evening on the isle. I hope to see you all there. Azjah will host regular duels prior to the challenge match.

[DUEL Topaz]

Archmage Challenge Results

On the evening of the 4th of September the winner of the tournament, Vincent Smith, and the reigning Archmage, William Wulfson, met in the ring of challenge. As always the format of the challenge was best of three duels.
Will to the win in a very close first duel 5-4 in 12 rounds. The second duel was less of a nail biter, ending 5.5-2.5 after only 9 rounds in Vinny's favor. Everyone there was appreciative of the small break for their nerves. The third duel stretched for 13 rounds and remained close throughout. The mages managed to stretch out "Sudden death" for 3 rounds before Will took the win with a final score of 5.5-4.5.
Congratulations to Will Wulfson for a fine defense.

Topaz
DoM Coordinator.