Hi members of the top 8 guilds after Swiss competition,

 

Congratulations on making it to the top 8 single elimination quarter
finals that starts at 16:00 GMT Sunday December 17.

 

Here are the pairings for the 1st round based upon your finish in the
Swiss rounds.

 

*       The Celebrities (1)         vs. Time Is Running (8)

 

*       Peace and Harmony (2) vs. Necro Raiders (7)

 

*       Frozen Flame (3)           vs. Ominous Latin Name (6)

 

*       Team Quitter (4)            vs. Oo The Ancients Oo (5)

 

As a reminder here are the rules again.  The same skills limitations are
in place but you will be playing in best 2 out of 3 with the higher
seeded guild having map advantage.  This means the higher seed from the
Swiss rounds NOT your ladder rank.  

 

Single Elimination Semi-Finals Sunday December 17 16:00 GMT

Match Structure

The single elimination matches will be best 2 out of 3 battles.

 

The first battle of the match will take place in the Guild Hall of the
higher seeded guild.  This means that the lower seeded guild must
challenge the higher seeded guild.  Please do this BEFORE the scheduled
match start time.

 

For the second battle of the match, the higher seeded guild will
challenge the lower seeded guild and the battle will take place in their
guild hall.

 

For the third battle of the match (if needed), the lower seeded guild
will again challenge the higher seeded guild and the battle will take
place in their guild hall.

 

There is a maximum of 15 minutes time allowed between battles.  If a
guild is not ready to start the next battle within those 15 minutes,
they will forfeit that battle and the next battle of the match will take
place.  Only ArenaNet personnel can make this call.

 

We will play through all 3 rounds of single elimination play on Sunday
so be prepared for a possible long day if you make it to them.  

 

Round 1: 16:00 GMT

 

We will each guild a 30 minute break following the end of each round
(this can be declined if both guilds want to start early).   Guilds must
be prepared to start the next round at the designated time.

 

Skills Allowed

As stated in the rules, we are testing out a tournament format in this
tournament.  Players are ONLY allowed to use Core or Guild Wars
Nightfall skills for their character builds.  The complete list of
skills is available online at
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/funseason/winterfestplayoffs-allowe
dskills.zip
<http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/funseason/winterfestplayoffs-allow
edskills.zip> .

 

This does mean that players can create Assassins or Ritualists as their
primary class BUT may only use skills on the allowed list.

 

Please note that items, weapons, armor, and runes are allowed from all 3
expansions.

 

Any guild found using non-format skills in a match will cause that match
to be forfeited. If this occurs a second time, that guild will be
disqualified from the playoffs and forfeit all prizes.

 

Please invite as guests Admin Mike, Admin Isaiah, and Admin Johann for
these games.

 

Good luck!

 

Michael Gills

ArenaNet Tournament Coordinator

tournament@arena.net <mailto:tournament@arena.net>
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