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TheStinkyTuna
04-20-2016, 12:52 PM
As you wander the East Commons tunnel, sifting through exotic clothing and armor that you certainly can't afford and hearing the shouts of auctioneers from all over, a slight breeze creeps through like whispers of the old Gods, slowly muting out the world and drawing your focus to a fluttering piece of parchment nailed to one of the wooden stands, it reads:


COME ONE. COME ALL.

THE BATTLEGROUND OF BUTCHERBLOCK AWAITS THEE

Doth Yee have what it takes to vanquish thine foes?!

Sharpen your axes! Dust off your spell books!

Test your mettle against other warriors from all over Norrath!

Prove that YOU ALONE are Norrath's greatest champion!

On the 24th of April, in the ancient and renowned Butcherblock Mountains.

Ready yourself, Champion.


In honor of the newest season of Game Of Thrones, I present to you all this event. It will take place this coming Sunday from 2pm-5pm EST well before the season premiere, and what better way to prepare by watching fellow players get killed? This is all for fun, no prizes, just a good ol' EQ beatdown. I WILL do brackets for players who want to be crowned by me as Norrath's Greatest Champion (this literally means nothing, I'm a nobody). I will do my best to make proper matchups, but it will probably fall apart and become a fun shit-show to watch. Come fight, or come and spectate!

Rules and Guidelines:

1- One entry per player & toon
2- Roleplaying is highly encouraged
3- Buffs are allowed, buff the shit out of yourself
4- No casting except by the duelers after the fight starts, any heals, buffs, or songs added to a dueler after the fight begins will disqualify that dueler from the match, albeit that match must finish.
5- Finish the fight, no running away.
6- Don't run all over the God-Damn zone, keep the fight within reasonable distance of it's starting location.
7- While I can't stop people from being cheap in a fight, at least try to make it fun to watch.
8- Be respectful of others (and the chat channel as well, please)
9- I reserve the right to make any possible judgement calls and rule changes if/as necessary.
10 - HAVE FUN

Norrath's Greatest Champion will almost certainly be a high-level toon, that's almost a given, I will do my best to make "weight classes" of champions, I will not pit a level 25 against a level 45.

If you'd like to enter your toon as a champion in the event, please comment on this thread with the Name/Level/Class of your toon. Registration ends Saturday the 23rd at 12pm EST

I will be streaming this event on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/stankytuna), and most likely doing a piss poor job of commentating

I highly encourage other streamers to join the event and stream it as well, PM me if you'd like to collaborate on this.

Any changes made will be posted in this thread, hope to see Norrath's finest champions on Sunday!

snead
04-20-2016, 01:08 PM
rewards for the winners?

Swish
04-20-2016, 01:11 PM
whoa - had to stop reading when you said Game of Thrones, no spoilers!

Sorn
04-20-2016, 01:21 PM
The Department of Fun (aka me) will be there and streaming!

TheStinkyTuna
04-20-2016, 01:31 PM
rewards for the winners?

This is all in good fun, no rewards unfortunately, I have neither the plat or items (that I'm not using anyway) to offer at this point. But down the road, if this event does well, I'll certainly try to work rewards into the next event!

whoa - had to stop reading when you said Game of Thrones, no spoilers!

There's no spoilers in the post man! I'll edit and clarify that for others :cool:


The Department of Fun (aka me) will be there and streaming!

PM me your twitch handle!

Sorn
04-20-2016, 01:33 PM
The DoF streams with p99dof on twitch :)

TheStinkyTuna
04-20-2016, 01:36 PM
Update: My 30 minutes to edit timer passed right before I went to edit! Sorry Swish!

Trungep99
04-20-2016, 02:19 PM
please add a rule about training guards on kos players or charming npcs in the fight.

where in BB do you want to hold the fight?

Spyder73
04-20-2016, 02:32 PM
I formally challenge Chest Rockwell to a duel to the death at this tournament.

TheStinkyTuna
04-20-2016, 02:35 PM
please add a rule about training guards on kos players or charming npcs in the fight.

Not training guards on KoS players falls under rule #8, I have very little power other than DQing people who do this (who may be there not to fight but to simply spectate and troll). There may be some willing to volunteer in keeping nearby guards dead for this event, which would be awesome.

When you say charming NPCs in the fight are you referencing charming another's pet? Or charming a guard and bringing it into the fight? Or both? Can you even charm pets? I've never dived deep enough into caster classes.

where in BB do you want to hold the fight?

The location in BB is yet to be determined, I will circle the area on a map and post it in this thread once I find a suitable area, I've got a few in mind already.

Trungep99
04-20-2016, 03:28 PM
When you say charming NPCs in the fight are you referencing charming another's pet? Or charming a guard and bringing it into the fight? Or both? Can you even charm pets? I've never dived deep enough into caster classes.


charming npcs other than a players pet i guess.

TheStinkyTuna
04-20-2016, 06:17 PM
charming npcs other than a players pet i guess.

I have taken this request into consideration and am willing to make it part of the updated rule set:

RULE 4a- Charming of anything not involved in the fight is prohibited

Let's just all keep in mind that rule 10 is the most important!

WHO WANTS EARN THE TITLE - CHAMPION OF NORRATH?!

Csihar
04-20-2016, 06:37 PM
What is it with people and writing such a large number of sentences? Do you really expect me to read more than three? LOL!

Detoxx
04-20-2016, 07:07 PM
In the name of Game of Thrones, I will donate a Fungi to be awarded to the winner. PM me OP and we can arrange a time to meet up, if you so desire!

You can sell it and maybe award values per weight class or however you wish to use it.

TheStinkyTuna
04-21-2016, 09:43 AM
Well folks, it looks like from the generosity of Detoxx via his Fungi Tunic donation, I will be able to award a to-be-determined amount of platinum to the champion in each weight class.

Registration ENDS on Saturday, please read the announcement for registration details.

Sorn
04-24-2016, 11:22 AM
Isn't this today?

TheStinkyTuna
04-24-2016, 11:28 AM
Isn't this today?


It was supposed to be today, but a total of 0 people registered for the event unfortunately Sorn! A shame, but I will try to organize better and get people more amped about it next time.

Sorn
04-24-2016, 11:41 AM
Did you do advertising in-game? Only asking since maybe 5% of players regularly use the forum anyway, so you're not going to see a lot of activity here unless there's drama involved.

TheStinkyTuna
04-25-2016, 02:16 AM
Did you do advertising in-game? Only asking since maybe 5% of players regularly use the forum anyway, so you're not going to see a lot of activity here unless there's drama involved.


Alas, this time I did not, and will certainly do so next time!

EatitNerd
04-25-2016, 08:09 AM
Someone give me access to a level 60 I'll win this event for you since I am already one of the best pvp'ers on red

TheStinkyTuna
04-25-2016, 11:29 AM
GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE EVENT YESTERDAY!



http://i.imgur.com/d4Q1FkF.jpg

Jotei
04-25-2016, 11:45 AM
Regrettably I was unable to attend this event. I had toyed with the idea, but ultimately decided I was too inexperienced and underfunded to properly compete, resolving instead to spend my time competing with degenerates of Karnor's Castle for the right to exceptional experiences. I was justly rewarded for my efforts with an advancement of two additional ranks in my discipleship on the long road to Mastery and hope to find myself in a more agreeable position by the time if he next event. Quelliois willing of course.

Swish
04-25-2016, 11:47 AM
GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE EVENT YESTERDAY!



http://i.imgur.com/d4Q1FkF.jpg

:( People too busy selling items in EC

TheStinkyTuna
04-25-2016, 03:20 PM
It's all good guys no need to let me know about other obligations, just thought everyone would get a good laugh out of the screenshot and caption :)


I'll do a better job at getting it together properly for next time!

Swish
04-25-2016, 06:31 PM
The sad thing is if there was an AoN or CoF being handed out to someone for something, 100s would have been there.

Herpa Derp
04-26-2016, 12:30 AM
I was going to show up for the hell of it, but it seemed like the event was off...