Post by Tazz (UGK) on Aug 30, 2006 23:34:52 GMT -5
What: Announcing Baja's NEW Shard Wide Jousting Tournament - Hosted by UG.K!
When: Saturday September 9th 2006 10:00pm Central Time
Where: The Jousting Arena is located in Fel, we will provide Gates at Luna Bank & Tram Skara Bank.
Why: Why the hell not? We wanted to have some friendly competition for all the people/guilds on Baja. We are also hoping that having a controlled environment for PvP will bring people into Fel that normally would never even consider it. Hopefully they have a good time and it will inspire them to start playing around with PvP. As an incentive the prize for the winner of the tournament will be a nice shiny check for $$$1 Million Gold $$$[/i] the glory of being Baja's Jousting Champion for an entire month. a goody bag and the tournament trophy will be set in your honor until next month’s tournament.
Also the entire tournament will be written into a book and kept in the tournament museum forever for people to read about for years to come.
Second place will win a check for $$$500,000 Gold $$$[/i]!
Third place will win a check for $$$250,000 Gold $$$[/i]!
If you are not interested in competing in the tournament you are still encouraged to come, the arena seats a ton of people and alcohol/food will of course be available!
We are planning to have a betting service available before the start of each match. The minimum bet will be 10k so make sure to bring checks in the form of 10k. You are welcome to bet higher then 10k but it needs to be in increments of 10k. (ie. 20k, 50k, 100k, etc. Something like 25k will not be acceptable!)
Once the first round of the match begins betting will close until the following match. There is also a 10% betting fee to help cover the expenses of our tournaments. (This will be subject to us finding one of our guild mates to run the betting!)
What you will need: This will be a free tournament, there will be no entry fee! This tournament will require you to wear GM Armor and use GM Weapons that we will provide! Your own crafted GM armor will not be allowed, so don't bother bringing any!
Everything else will be banned, including Rings, Bracelets, Clothing that give bonuses (ie. Crimson, Vet Robes, etc.), Talismans, etc. You will only wear the GM armor and use the GM weapons you are given. Every type of Fighter can participate in this tournament (Macers, Swordsman, Archers, Fencers, and hell I guess even Wrestlers), there will be Use Best Weapon Skill Lances provided to joust with. The only exception to the GM rule will be the Use Best Weapon Skill Lances, these Lances will be as crappy as possible. Again WE WILL PROVIDE THEM, if you bring your own Lance it will not be allowed! You are welcome to donate a Use Best Weapon Skill Lance to the tournament and if it is approved it will be added and handed out randomly!
To be clear, if you choose Platemail for example, you can then choose a weapon type, (say you choose a War Fork). You will then be given a Lance for Jousting, a entire set of Platemail and a War Fork.
You will have the following choices to choose from, these will be the only choices you will have! We will not be making new suits of armor!
Platemail w/ Platemail Helm and Shield - May or may not be GM! We will run off a bunch of pieces, some will be GM some won't. We will hand the pieces out randomly, what you get is what you get! We will not exchange pieces!
Leather - Will be GM!
Weapons: Three types of weapon for each weapon skill (Fencing, Macing, Swords). One will be one handed, one will be two handed and the final will be a heavy weapon.
This is a Jousting Tournament so you will first Joust until you knock your opponent off of their Mount and then pull out your other weapon and fight to the death without healing! The one still on their horse will have an advantage, thus you don't want to be the one that is knocked off your horse. Yes you read above correct, Healing is BANNED!! It will be a fight to the death using your own natural PvP skills!
People will die, but there will be no looting and a res will obviously be provided. If someone loots, or breaks any of the rules they will be banned forever from the Jousting Arena, NO EXCEPTIONS! I would suggest bringing NOTHING to the tournament, those fighting I would suggest that you come Nakek. Naked will save you any insurance costs and will make you less interesting to PK's. We will suit you up and there is then no interest from thieves to rob you of your GM stuff.
Other Info: Before each tournament everyone that wishes to fight will have to register with us. Then each member will be squared off against other members randomly. The tournament will last as long as it takes to end up with one final winner! Each match will be the best 2 out of 3 and pets/summons are not allowed!
Registration: There will be a book at the Jousting Arena for registrations on the night of the tournament. Everyone who plans to fight MUST and I repeat MUST sign their name into this book to fight. If your name is not in the tournament then your name will not be placed in the line up. The book will be up before the tournament begins giving everyone plenty of time to sign up. If someone removes a name or tamers with the book they will be banned from the Jousting Arena.
Equipment: This tournament we will be paying homage to old school UO by requiring everyone that enters into this tournament to use GM Crafted Weapons and Armor! These items will be created by a blacksmith that will be on location, what you get is what you get! All the items will either be made with Iron ingots or plain ol' Leather, there will be NO runic crafting used to make these items.
Once you choose your weapon/armor you will be stuck with them for the entire tournament! This means if you choose a warfork and studded leather armor you MAY NOT change it later to a Leafblade and platemail! You will get one weapon and one set of armor! If a piece breaks in the middle of the tournament, well then you are going to have to roll with it and pray for the best [wink]
You can choose either Metal or Leather armors, you may only choose the type though. So for example if you want platemail, you will get everything platemail. If you want leather, you will get everything leather!
Rings, Bracelets, necklaces, talismans, etc will NOT be allowed in this tournament! I will allow all skills that do not conflict with the other tournament rules (ie. still no poisoning)! [/i]
Rules
1. ONLY GM made weapons/armor will be allowed, we will create them for you at the tournament! They may not be poisoned!
2. No attacking people not participating in the tournament, that includes me! You may spar with other people outside providing they agree before you start sparring! Sparring inside the house while the tournament is going on will result in you getting banned from the house. It only causes confusion if a ton of people are fighting all over the place.
There is a place to practice Jousting in the Jousting Arena, you are welcome to go down there and practice with other people but again it requires their permission.
3. No pets, No Summons (this includes anything off of talismans!), No Magery or other Spell's, No Healing (this includes potions!), etc.
4. No using illegal programs or cheats!! If you are caught cheating, banned!
5. No stealing items off of a person's dead body or attacking them before you are told to begin.
6. Weapon Skills are NOT allowed! Only weapon to weapon..or I guess weapon to fist fighting!
7. Rounds will be timed! Once a round hits 10 minutes it will start up a our new SUDDEN DEATH! At this point a dedicated person will step into the arena and starting throwing Greater Explosion to end the match quicker. The person left standing is the winner
8. THERE WILL BE NO GUILD WARS AT THE JOUSTING TOURNAMENTS! I don't care if SI hates M!S, or H8 hates Cartel, if you start a fight, you get banned and the ban WILL BE PERMANENT!
Finally please understand this will be the first time we are running this tournament. It will not be perfect, there will be mistakes made and there will more then likely be problems. We will modify the rules after we see how the tournament goes and keep doing so until we get it right. We ask for your patience in this until we get everything worked out. Consider this a test run
If you have any questions or suggestions please let me know!
When: Saturday September 9th 2006 10:00pm Central Time
Where: The Jousting Arena is located in Fel, we will provide Gates at Luna Bank & Tram Skara Bank.
Why: Why the hell not? We wanted to have some friendly competition for all the people/guilds on Baja. We are also hoping that having a controlled environment for PvP will bring people into Fel that normally would never even consider it. Hopefully they have a good time and it will inspire them to start playing around with PvP. As an incentive the prize for the winner of the tournament will be a nice shiny check for $$$1 Million Gold $$$[/i] the glory of being Baja's Jousting Champion for an entire month. a goody bag and the tournament trophy will be set in your honor until next month’s tournament.
Also the entire tournament will be written into a book and kept in the tournament museum forever for people to read about for years to come.
Second place will win a check for $$$500,000 Gold $$$[/i]!
Third place will win a check for $$$250,000 Gold $$$[/i]!
If you are not interested in competing in the tournament you are still encouraged to come, the arena seats a ton of people and alcohol/food will of course be available!
We are planning to have a betting service available before the start of each match. The minimum bet will be 10k so make sure to bring checks in the form of 10k. You are welcome to bet higher then 10k but it needs to be in increments of 10k. (ie. 20k, 50k, 100k, etc. Something like 25k will not be acceptable!)
Once the first round of the match begins betting will close until the following match. There is also a 10% betting fee to help cover the expenses of our tournaments. (This will be subject to us finding one of our guild mates to run the betting!)
What you will need: This will be a free tournament, there will be no entry fee! This tournament will require you to wear GM Armor and use GM Weapons that we will provide! Your own crafted GM armor will not be allowed, so don't bother bringing any!
Everything else will be banned, including Rings, Bracelets, Clothing that give bonuses (ie. Crimson, Vet Robes, etc.), Talismans, etc. You will only wear the GM armor and use the GM weapons you are given. Every type of Fighter can participate in this tournament (Macers, Swordsman, Archers, Fencers, and hell I guess even Wrestlers), there will be Use Best Weapon Skill Lances provided to joust with. The only exception to the GM rule will be the Use Best Weapon Skill Lances, these Lances will be as crappy as possible. Again WE WILL PROVIDE THEM, if you bring your own Lance it will not be allowed! You are welcome to donate a Use Best Weapon Skill Lance to the tournament and if it is approved it will be added and handed out randomly!
To be clear, if you choose Platemail for example, you can then choose a weapon type, (say you choose a War Fork). You will then be given a Lance for Jousting, a entire set of Platemail and a War Fork.
You will have the following choices to choose from, these will be the only choices you will have! We will not be making new suits of armor!
Platemail w/ Platemail Helm and Shield - May or may not be GM! We will run off a bunch of pieces, some will be GM some won't. We will hand the pieces out randomly, what you get is what you get! We will not exchange pieces!
Leather - Will be GM!
Weapons: Three types of weapon for each weapon skill (Fencing, Macing, Swords). One will be one handed, one will be two handed and the final will be a heavy weapon.
This is a Jousting Tournament so you will first Joust until you knock your opponent off of their Mount and then pull out your other weapon and fight to the death without healing! The one still on their horse will have an advantage, thus you don't want to be the one that is knocked off your horse. Yes you read above correct, Healing is BANNED!! It will be a fight to the death using your own natural PvP skills!
People will die, but there will be no looting and a res will obviously be provided. If someone loots, or breaks any of the rules they will be banned forever from the Jousting Arena, NO EXCEPTIONS! I would suggest bringing NOTHING to the tournament, those fighting I would suggest that you come Nakek. Naked will save you any insurance costs and will make you less interesting to PK's. We will suit you up and there is then no interest from thieves to rob you of your GM stuff.
Other Info: Before each tournament everyone that wishes to fight will have to register with us. Then each member will be squared off against other members randomly. The tournament will last as long as it takes to end up with one final winner! Each match will be the best 2 out of 3 and pets/summons are not allowed!
Registration: There will be a book at the Jousting Arena for registrations on the night of the tournament. Everyone who plans to fight MUST and I repeat MUST sign their name into this book to fight. If your name is not in the tournament then your name will not be placed in the line up. The book will be up before the tournament begins giving everyone plenty of time to sign up. If someone removes a name or tamers with the book they will be banned from the Jousting Arena.
Equipment: This tournament we will be paying homage to old school UO by requiring everyone that enters into this tournament to use GM Crafted Weapons and Armor! These items will be created by a blacksmith that will be on location, what you get is what you get! All the items will either be made with Iron ingots or plain ol' Leather, there will be NO runic crafting used to make these items.
Once you choose your weapon/armor you will be stuck with them for the entire tournament! This means if you choose a warfork and studded leather armor you MAY NOT change it later to a Leafblade and platemail! You will get one weapon and one set of armor! If a piece breaks in the middle of the tournament, well then you are going to have to roll with it and pray for the best [wink]
You can choose either Metal or Leather armors, you may only choose the type though. So for example if you want platemail, you will get everything platemail. If you want leather, you will get everything leather!
Rings, Bracelets, necklaces, talismans, etc will NOT be allowed in this tournament! I will allow all skills that do not conflict with the other tournament rules (ie. still no poisoning)! [/i]
Rules
1. ONLY GM made weapons/armor will be allowed, we will create them for you at the tournament! They may not be poisoned!
2. No attacking people not participating in the tournament, that includes me! You may spar with other people outside providing they agree before you start sparring! Sparring inside the house while the tournament is going on will result in you getting banned from the house. It only causes confusion if a ton of people are fighting all over the place.
There is a place to practice Jousting in the Jousting Arena, you are welcome to go down there and practice with other people but again it requires their permission.
3. No pets, No Summons (this includes anything off of talismans!), No Magery or other Spell's, No Healing (this includes potions!), etc.
4. No using illegal programs or cheats!! If you are caught cheating, banned!
5. No stealing items off of a person's dead body or attacking them before you are told to begin.
6. Weapon Skills are NOT allowed! Only weapon to weapon..or I guess weapon to fist fighting!
7. Rounds will be timed! Once a round hits 10 minutes it will start up a our new SUDDEN DEATH! At this point a dedicated person will step into the arena and starting throwing Greater Explosion to end the match quicker. The person left standing is the winner
8. THERE WILL BE NO GUILD WARS AT THE JOUSTING TOURNAMENTS! I don't care if SI hates M!S, or H8 hates Cartel, if you start a fight, you get banned and the ban WILL BE PERMANENT!
Finally please understand this will be the first time we are running this tournament. It will not be perfect, there will be mistakes made and there will more then likely be problems. We will modify the rules after we see how the tournament goes and keep doing so until we get it right. We ask for your patience in this until we get everything worked out. Consider this a test run
If you have any questions or suggestions please let me know!
