"Zero Hour Tournament" Fridays in Tulimshar

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Weekly "0" Hour Tournament

When: Friday Night (20:00 EST) or Midnight 0:00 UTC. This technically makes it "Saturday" UTC.

Where: Tulimshar (Desert Town). (1) We start collecting "ante" from championship fight participants in the "Main Area", next to the Soul Menhir (the rock). (2) After we have determined who is entering the championship, we will take bets on who will win the overall championship for that week. (3) Everyone moves into the Tulimshar PvP Arena and surround the "ring". The ring's boundaries are within the 4 statues surrounding the fight square.

Tournament Ante Cost: To fight in our weekly tournament, the cost is 10k.

Pick-Me-Up Games: After the main championship tournament, there is the option for some to hold "pick me up" fights. LV suggests and encourages a 5k fee for pick me up games. However, space can be provided for "fun" games.

Bets: After registration is complete, the Bookie will briefly take bets on who will win the weekly championship.

Tournament Roles

Judge - Sits in middle of ring to see entire fight. The Judge announces fights, keeps the fight schedule moving. They also call "faults", "smears", end fights and disqualify fighters.

Bookie - Takes bets before the fight. Keeps record of name of the better, the bet amount and who they betted for.

Fighter - Sits at the south end of the ring when not fighting. They are only to fight when called on to speed rounds by.

Spectator - They sit around the parameter of the ring. Spectators are asked to whisper or talk in between rounds to prevent confusion.

Tournament Rules: "One-on-One, 5 Rounds, Most Points"

Fight Matches always lasts 5 rounds. Each round can last upto 3 minutes. One opponent defeating the other using any style of combat counts as a point. Fighters begin "naked" and progressively get better armor on as the rounds pass. The winner is the one that has the most points after 5 rounds. Due to the possibility of faults taking points and causing ties, a tie breaker round can be used to determine the winner of the match. Winning the final match determines the winner in most fights.

Round One: Naked (no visible armor and no "naked" spell)

Round Two: + Gloves and Boots

Round Three: + Leggings

Round 4: + Breastplate

Round 5: + Helmet

Tie-Breaker: repeat Round 5

Round Protocol: (1) Fighters take off visible armor while Judge announces Fighters. (2) Fighters announce they are ready. Fighters: "Ready". (3) Judge tells fighters to touch. Judge: "Touch". (4) Judge asks to confirm if fighters are indeed ready. Judge: "Ready, yes or no?" Fighters: "Yes" or "No" (5) Judge announces the fight is now ready. Judge: "Ready.." (6) Judge begins fight. Judge: "Fight!". Using this protocol as a model may make fight run smoothly.

Faults: Diliberate or Accidental shooting the timekeeper, bookie or judge anytime during the fight. Diliberate or Accidental shooting of opponent before timekeeper says "fight". Diliberate or Accidental shooting of fighters or spectators outside of fight rounds. 3 faults can cause a fighter to lose a point off their match. judge calls faults.

Disqualifications and Smears: If a fighter outside their tournament rounds attacks or disrupts fighters or judges during their tournament rounds, the judge may give a warning of disqualification to that fighter, even if their fighting round has already passed or is yet to pass. If it occurs again, the judge may disqualify them. If a spectator does the same (including a disqualified fighter, who may now be a spectator) the judge may warn the spectator they may be smeared by the tournament. There after, should the spectator continue, the judge may pause the tournament and call a smear on the spectator. In a smear, everyone in the tournament is asked to attack who should be smeared. If the tournament is disrupted, the judge may continue the fight after things have calmed down or end the fight prematurely, giving the weekly tournament title and pot to the fighter with the most points.

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Next fight is the 12th of December (this coming Friday). You can pre-register by emailing hpwombat(at)yahoo(dot)com or by posting in the Los Viscerales forum.

Our website, as always, can be reached at tinyurl.com/streetgang or wombat.arawakcity.org/losviscerales