Lornius Corporate Challenge Rules and Regulations

[Max Dirks]

Welcome to the Lornius Corporate Challenge, Althanas' infamous 2v2 tournament.

Here are the Registration rules:

• Registration begins Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 at 12 AM EST.
• Only 8 teams (16 players) are allowed to register. Participation will be determined on first come first served basis.
• Players must register for the tournament in teams, but only one player needs to post in the registration thread. Individual signups are not allowed, so please find a partner prior to registration
• Only one character per player may participate (i.e. multiple characters are not allowed - pick your best character).
• Match ups will be determined at random and a bracket will be published before the start of the first round.
• There is no AP requirement to participate.

Here are the Combat Rules:

• The tournament will begin on Tuesday, March 15th at 12 AM EST. There will be three rounds of combat. Each round will last 2 weeks and will be followed by a week for judging.
• Typical Althanas Battle Rules and Tournament Rules will apply. This means no bunnying or powergaming. In addition, all characters must be registered and character abilities and items will be fixed at their pre-tournament levels for the duration of the tournament.
• Players who do not post will be disqualified. If one player does not participate, his partner may continue.
• There are no posting time or order requirements; however, inactive players will be docked story, pacing and wildcard points as applicable.
• The first poster chooses the setting. There is no requirement to acknowledge the tournament in your thread.
• Battle will continue until both character have fallen, the posters have agreed to a mutual conclusion or the time expires

Here are the Judgment/Rewards Guidelines:

• Each thread will be judged like a normal battle, and the team's score will be determined by averaging each player's individual score. The group with the highest team score will then advance.
• The winners of the tournament will receive 6,000 EXP and 20 AP each, second place will receive 2,000 EXP and 15 AP each, and the third place will receive 1,000 EXP and 10 AP each in addition to normal battle rewards.

That's it. If you have any questions, please ask them here.

[Storm Veritas]

Why are the rules different than the rules cited HERE, which clearly states there are up to 24 team slots available, and that a player's vote determines seeding?

[Shinsou Vaan Osiris]

Why are the rules different than the rules cited HERE, which clearly states there are up to 24 team slots available, and that a player's vote determines seeding?

I'm guessing those rules are either outdated or superceded by Dirks's post above.

[Breaker]

Who will be judging?

[Storm Veritas]

That's fine and completely reasonable, but underscores the need for centralization of information. When admins/mods are putting in the hours to create new content and work their butts off, using a centralized source would eliminate these potential points of conflict.

On a related note, the FAQ that was linked to is a FANTASTIC splash page / starter, and deserves a hotlink button on the top banner. It's exactly the type of clear, condense, centralized info that I've been clamoring for - now we just need to make sure everyone sees it.

Presuming this thread's rules are the go-to rules for the tourney, we're good to go.

[SirArtemis]

Question: Is there a consolatory reward for participating, and are there rewards for making it through the rounds, or just top 3 rewards?

[Hawl]

Will the threads required to be battles, or can we have threads that are not outright fitefitefite?

IE: Can we have a thread where the two teams race to escape an area for example, or try to swindle the others?

[Max Dirks]

Who will be judging?

That hasn't been determined at the moment, but probably Logan.

That's fine and completely reasonable, but underscores the need for centralization of information. When admins/mods are putting in the hours to create new content and work their butts off, using a centralized source would eliminate these potential points of conflict.

I'm not going to change the core rules each time I veer slightly off the established set. In this instance, there are not 24 active players on Althanas, and we only have the moderator resources to allow 16 maximum participants.

On a related note, the FAQ that was linked to is a FANTASTIC splash page / starter, and deserves a hotlink button on the top banner. It's exactly the type of clear, condense, centralized info that I've been clamoring for - now we just need to make sure everyone sees it.

Until yesterday, if you clicked "Guide" at the top of EVERY PAGE, it would take you to that FAQ. Now you can click through to it VIA the Guides and FAQ forum. Your inability to find it, frankly, is on you because it was in the most visible spot possible on the site FOR YEARS.

Question: Is there a consolatory reward for participating, and are there rewards for making it through the rounds, or just top 3 rewards?

Nope, only the top three teams will receive rewards.

Will the threads required to be battles, or can we have threads that are not outright fitefitefite?

IE: Can we have a thread where the two teams race to escape an area for example, or try to swindle the others?

There has never been a rule mandating that tournament threads be FIGHTS. That's simply how they've played out in most instances. Keep in mind though that if all four players aren't on the same page, it could reduce the overall score of the battle. If two acknowledge the tournament and are looking to fight whereas two are looking to set up The Big Short, there might be some issues.

Keep the questions coming.

[Logan]

You still get EXP and GP as per normal for completed tourney threads. While there isn't an exact "consolatory" prize for 4th place or anything, there might be some form of moderator discretion involved. I won't say what, but you should all participate. It will be worth it.

[SirArtemis]

How are we justifying the tournament from an in-character standpoint?

Is this a tournament being held where participants are aware it's a tournament?

Is it Citadel sponsored like the Serentii? (this one I was told is not Citadel)