Roster signups for the first Official EU 5v5 (http://forum.melee.org/official-crpg-5v5-eu-tournament/) & Duel (http://forum.melee.org/events/eu-melee-duel-tournament/) Tournaments are now OPEN, with the NA (http://forum.melee.org/official-crpg-5v5-na-tournament/) side opening in one week. We want to give ample time for signups, so we'll be giving two weeks for the duel tournament and 1 month for the 5v5. Head over to the Events section (http://forum.melee.org/events/) to apply and check out further details for the EU (http://forum.melee.org/official-crpg-5v5-eu-tournament/) or NA (http://forum.melee.org/official-crpg-5v5-na-tournament/) side, which will be updated shortly. Although this is cRPG, we decided that in the spirit of competition, we should restrict these tournaments to STF only and are therefore doing so.
Official 5v5 & Duel Tournament Prizes
Each player on the team will receive the following:
1st Place: One +3 item of their choice, the Crowned Helm (until the conclusion of the next major Tournament/League), and one Name Engraved item of their choice *.
2nd Place: Two Heirloom Points.
3rd Place: One Heirloom Point.
4th Place: 200K gold
5th Place: 100K gold
6th Place: 50K gold
Note: These are general prize lists to give players an idea of what to look forward to, as prizes won't necessarily be the same for all tournaments.
*Temporary item, duration subject to change at developer's behest.
We are of course, doing more than just tournaments. We’ll be holding casual, fun events periodically that anyone can participate in. Tuetensuppe has already prepared the first of these events, which will take place later this week on both EU and NA event servers. You can check the event's thread in the main Events section for more details.
Raffles
Events and Tournaments will each have their own, separate raffle pots. To obtain a ticket, all you need to do is participate in an event. For Official Events you get 1 event ticket for showing up, and 1 event ticket for staying till the end (Event hosts will take screenshots for record keeping). For Official Tournaments, you get 2 tournament tickets for being on a team that is participating, 2 tournament tickets for every match/session that you participate in (even if you’re just a substitute and don’t spawn in any of the rounds during a match), and 1 tournament ticket for every hour of a match/session that you spectate.
Tournament raffle drawings will be held at the end of each tournament and Event raffles will be held at the end of each month. Exact prizes will be decided upon at the time of the drawing, but will look something like the following:
Raffle Prizes
1 person (Grand Prize) – 1 free character respec
2% (Max 2) of participants – 1 MW item
2% (Max 3) of participants – 500K gold
5% of participants – 1 Heirloom point
5% of participants – 200K gold
5% of participants – 100K gold
10% of participants – 60K gold
20% of participants – 25K gold
Note: All prize amounts and values are subject to change.
Betting
Unfortunately, betting will have to be player managed as we do not currently have the means to organize this ourselves. If players have ideas or would like to manage them, feel free to post so here. It’s worth mentioning, that many admins (myself included) have access to marketplace logs, which can be used to verify whether or not any specific bookkeeper is operating appropriately.
Community Made Event Items
Recently we started talking about getting more Event Items added. We know there are a lot of OSPs we could likely get (Panos has made that clear, on several occasions) but I also know that we have a lot of talent within this community as well. While we’re still going to look at OSPs that we can use to add things here and there, I’d prefer to get player made items added. Perhaps we can give rewards, as well as the item itself, to any players who have items that get accepted. Autobus said he’d help out with a few things if the OSP stuff doesn’t work out, so we’ll certainly be getting more Event Items. For now though, we’ll have to go with what we have. This means the Crowned Helm, the return of the Boulder on a Stick and the Looney Toons Axe, as well as the items you’ve seen in the past, such as the Donkey Helm, Beer Mug, Santa Hat, etc.
If you have any questions, feel free to either ask them here or in the Q&A thread located in the Events forum.