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::Occasionally there will be special events in which it is team based, ranging from 2v2 to 6v6, or free-for-all mode.
::Occasionally there will be special events in which it is team based, ranging from 2v2 to 6v6, or free-for-all mode.
::Meant to be a fun activity - no griefing or harassment allowed, and bickering kept to a minimum. Feel free to taunt your opponent(s) during the fight though!
::Meant to be a fun activity - no griefing or harassment allowed, and bickering kept to a minimum. Feel free to taunt your opponent(s) during the fight though!
*Triage available on hand, commonly at least one empath as well as one cleric for any technical mishaps.
*Spectators are more than welcome as well! Cheer (or boo!) the players as they fight - keep it respectful


==Signing up for Events==
==How to sign up to participate==
Tournaments will typically be announced in the [http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=13&topic=32 Simutronics forum folder] dedicated to the Trials with a post that links the event.
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Alternately, the day's events will show on the front page of [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp The Wyvern Trials] website.
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You can also search the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/tournaments/ Tournament Calendar].
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If you wish to participate in a particular tournament, you will need to:
If you wish to participate in a particular tournament, you will need to:
*Show up to the Arena via your local [[Meeting portal]], then GO ARCH
*Visit that tournament's jump page and sign up for the event.
*Speak to the Tournament Director and inform them of your combat skills (commonly measured by your shield, evasion, and either your Targeted Magic or your primary weapon, whichever of the two is higher)
*Return to the site approximately 15-30 minutes before the event begins and click on "CHECK IN" to confirm that you are present for the event.
*Tournament Director will match people up according to similar skills as best as possible
:;Anyone not checked in for the event will be dropped from the tournament automatically.
*Wait for your match to be called

*Personal/direct matches can be requested - you can whisper to the Tournament Director if you want to fight someone specifically, and they will reach out to the other person for acceptance

==Formal Challenges==
==Formal Challenges==
*When your name is called for the fight, you go down the ramp (from Triage) into the arena
To issue a formal challenge, visit the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/ Standings Page] of [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp The Wyvern Trials] Website. Click on the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/formalChallenge/ Formal Challenges] link at the top of the page. You then need to enter the name of the player you wish to challenge and click CHALLENGE!
*You have three minutes to buff up/prepare - this may be bypassed if you both are ready and have said such
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*Make sure to CHALLENGE each other before the fight begins
The website will send your opponent an email alerting them of your desire to challenge them. The recipient of the challenge has 3 days to meet their challenger in game and compete.
*Fight until someone falls unconscious! If the challenge ends BEFORE someone falls unconscious, the fight is to stop immediately and the person with the fewest/least deadly wounds wins
*Formal challenges may be issued to anyone of equal or higher rank than yourself.
*Please avoid (as much as possible) accidentally killing your opponent with spells, weapons, or other means
*You must be a ranked member of the ladder to issue a challenge.
*Definitely avoid intentionally killing people!
:This means you will have to first compete in a tournament.
*Remember that accidents do happen though, so do not take it personally if there is, uh.. a technical error resulting in death
*If a formal challenge is unmet after 3 days, it is marked as failed.

:Three failed matches result in the offending player being automatically moved to the "penalty box".
:While in the box, they may not compete in any events. They must contact an admin to be moved out of the box.
More information about the formal challenge system: [http://www.igl.net/support/chalguide.html MyLeague Challenge Guide]
==Sparring==
==Sparring==
Anyone can spar with another member of the ladder and report this match to effect both player's standings on the ladder, with or without a [[#Formal Challenges|formal challenge]] first. CHALLENGE your opponent, fight your fight, and report the match!
Anyone can spar with another member of the ladder and report this match to effect both player's standings on the ladder, with or without a [[#Formal Challenges|formal challenge]] first. CHALLENGE your opponent, fight your fight, and report the match!
==After the Spar==
==Reporting Challenges and Spars==
*Winner drags the unconscious to the triage area for healing
After a [[#Formal Challenges|formal challenge]] or a [[#Sparring|spar]], the loser of the match visits the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp The Wyvern Trials] website to report the result on the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/ Standings Page] by clicking the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/reportLoss/ Report a Loss] link.

==Rules==
==Rules==

===Website Rules===
*Your username must be your in game character's first name.
*Your avatar must be in good taste.
*Your email address must be a monitored email box.
:[[#Formal Challenges|Formal Challenges]] are delivered automatically by the site via email.
===Standard Tournament Rules===
===Standard Tournament Rules===
* No Room or Combat blocking effects - such as Fortress of Ice, Banner of Truce, etc
* No Performance Enhancing Drugs (CJs or Similar, Stat Figs, Thug Powders, Totems, or Skeletons)
* No killing your opponent, unless it is a requested death match and/or free for all.
* No invisibility of any kind.
* No Fortress of Ice, No Banner of Truce, No Communes
* No Sniping, No Roars, EXCEPT Roar Slash.
* No Area Wide Damaging AoE spells, no MDIS. (So Chain Lightning is allowed, but not AREA cast Chain Lightning.)
* Dead once and you're out. No killing people who are already out on pain of pain.
* Don't depart with people's ammunition lodged in you.
* Don't depart with people's ammunition lodged in you.
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* No leaving the Arena Floor until the match has definitively concluded. If you step into triage to spell up, prep or get healed, you forfeit your match.
* No leaving the Arena Floor until the match has definitively concluded. If you step into triage to spell up, prep or get healed, you forfeit your match.
* No interrupting an active match. If you're not fighting, stay off the Arena Floor.
* No interrupting an active match. If you're not fighting, stay off the Arena Floor.
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;Violation of any rule results in immediate forfeiture of that person's matches for the night, current and upcoming, as well as a free ride to Pokekehekepi Beach.<br>
;Violation of any rule results in immediate forfeiture of that person's matches for the night, current and upcoming, as well as a free ride to Pokekehekepi Beach.<br>
;Repeated violations result in permanent ejection from the Trials.
;Repeated violations result in permanent ejection from the Trials.

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==Disputes==
==Disputes==
The Tournament Director (TD) has final say in any live tournament dispute.
The Tournament Director (TD) has final say in any live tournament dispute.

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[[#Formal Challenges|Formal challenge]] and [[#Sparring|spar]] disputes can be submitted to the admin for review on the [http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/support/unreported-match Unreported Match] page.
*Include the names of all characters.
*Include the date and approximate time of the match.
The admin will review the playerlogs at their earliest convenience. A resolution can only be reached if the CHALLENGE verb was used at the time of the match.
==Tournament Results==
==Tournament Results==
*Medals may be given out at the end of the Wyvern Trials at the discretion of the Tournament Director.
*November 23, 2010 [http://cgi6.igl.net/tourneysystem/standings.php?tcount=7892551&path=drpvp Wyvern's First Trial - Standings]

*December 1, 2010 [http://cgi6.igl.net/tourneysystem/standings.php?tcount=7909192&path=drpvp Wyvern's Second Trial - Standings]
==Current Tournament Directors==
*[[Uritel]] - Primary lead
*[[Elec]]
*[[Kalinandra]]
*[[Melindrha]]
*[[Nsar]]
*[[Rhadyn]]
*[[Strithas]]

==Former Directors==
*[[Agalea]] - Hiatus
*[[Ephic]] - Hiatus
*[[Lisae]] - Hiatus
*[[Mistanna]] - Hiatus
*[[Tyrun]] - Hiatus
*[[Yanbelev]] - Hiatus

==Spectators==
Spectators may watch a Wyvern Arena battle in the [Wyvern Arena, Spectator's Perch] or [Wyvern Arena, Triage Area] rooms.
*{{com|observe}}: To see who is on the arena floor.
:Current contestants:
:Currently in Wyvern Arena, Red Corner...
:No one!
:Currently in Wyvern Arena, Blue Corner...
:No one!
:Currently in Wyvern Arena, Centerfield...
:No one!
:Currently in Wyvern Arena, Yellow Corner...
:No one!
:Currently in Wyvern Arena, Green Corner...
:No one!
*{{com|observe}} {{tt|<full name of arena combatant>}}: To start watching that person in your story window. The combatant must be on the arena floor to observe them.
:You will automatically stop spectating once the combatant you are observing leaves the arena floor.
*{{com|observe}} {{tt|look}}: After you've started watching someone, {{tt|observe look}} will toggle the room description.
*{{com|observe}} {{tt|stop}}: To stop spectating.

==Links==
==Links==
*[http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=13&topic=32 Simutronics forum folder]
*[http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=13&topic=32 Simutronics forum folder]
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*[http://www.myleague.com/drpvp The Wyvern Trials]
*[http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/tournaments/ Tournament Calendar]
*[http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/ Standings Page]
*[http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/formalChallenge/ Formal Challenges]
*[http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/standings/reportLoss/ Report a Loss]
*[http://www.myleague.com/drpvp/support/unreported-match Unreported Match]
==Reference==
*[http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=1&topic=1&message=3231 A PVP Experiment · on 11/15/2010 6:36:27 PM]
*[http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=1&topic=1&message=3231 A PVP Experiment · on 11/15/2010 6:36:27 PM]
*[http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=13&topic=32&message=63 Wyvern Trials - Info · on 11/22/2010 11:19:04 PM]
*[http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=13&topic=32&message=63 Wyvern Trials - Info · on 11/22/2010 11:19:04 PM]

Latest revision as of 23:10, 25 April 2022

Wyvern Trials General Information

  • Held every Monday at 9:30PM EST/6:30PM PST except during holidays, Hollow Eve, and other certain events.
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  • A means to enjoy controlled spars to test one's might.
  • Available for participants of all skill ranges - ranging from characters who hunt goblins all the way up to bone wyverns.
The Tournament Director for the evening will commonly match people up in 1v1 spars.
Occasionally there will be special events in which it is team based, ranging from 2v2 to 6v6, or free-for-all mode.
Meant to be a fun activity - no griefing or harassment allowed, and bickering kept to a minimum. Feel free to taunt your opponent(s) during the fight though!
  • Triage available on hand, commonly at least one empath as well as one cleric for any technical mishaps.
  • Spectators are more than welcome as well! Cheer (or boo!) the players as they fight - keep it respectful

How to sign up to participate

If you wish to participate in a particular tournament, you will need to:

  • Show up to the Arena via your local Meeting portal, then GO ARCH
  • Speak to the Tournament Director and inform them of your combat skills (commonly measured by your shield, evasion, and either your Targeted Magic or your primary weapon, whichever of the two is higher)
  • Tournament Director will match people up according to similar skills as best as possible
  • Wait for your match to be called
  • Personal/direct matches can be requested - you can whisper to the Tournament Director if you want to fight someone specifically, and they will reach out to the other person for acceptance

Formal Challenges

  • When your name is called for the fight, you go down the ramp (from Triage) into the arena
  • You have three minutes to buff up/prepare - this may be bypassed if you both are ready and have said such
  • Make sure to CHALLENGE each other before the fight begins
  • Fight until someone falls unconscious! If the challenge ends BEFORE someone falls unconscious, the fight is to stop immediately and the person with the fewest/least deadly wounds wins
  • Please avoid (as much as possible) accidentally killing your opponent with spells, weapons, or other means
  • Definitely avoid intentionally killing people!
  • Remember that accidents do happen though, so do not take it personally if there is, uh.. a technical error resulting in death

Sparring

Anyone can spar with another member of the ladder and report this match to effect both player's standings on the ladder, with or without a formal challenge first. CHALLENGE your opponent, fight your fight, and report the match!

After the Spar

  • Winner drags the unconscious to the triage area for healing

Rules

Standard Tournament Rules

  • No Room or Combat blocking effects - such as Fortress of Ice, Banner of Truce, etc
  • No killing your opponent, unless it is a requested death match and/or free for all.
  • Don't depart with people's ammunition lodged in you.
  • No leaving the Arena Floor until the match has definitively concluded. If you step into triage to spell up, prep or get healed, you forfeit your match.
  • No interrupting an active match. If you're not fighting, stay off the Arena Floor.
  • Display good sportsmanship at all times. Winner drags.
  • Leave the tournament area at the conclusion of the official event.


Violation of any rule results in immediate forfeiture of that person's matches for the night, current and upcoming, as well as a free ride to Pokekehekepi Beach.
Repeated violations result in permanent ejection from the Trials.

Disputes

The Tournament Director (TD) has final say in any live tournament dispute.

Tournament Results

  • Medals may be given out at the end of the Wyvern Trials at the discretion of the Tournament Director.

Current Tournament Directors

Former Directors

Spectators

Spectators may watch a Wyvern Arena battle in the [Wyvern Arena, Spectator's Perch] or [Wyvern Arena, Triage Area] rooms.

  • OBSERVE: To see who is on the arena floor.
Current contestants:
Currently in Wyvern Arena, Red Corner...
No one!
Currently in Wyvern Arena, Blue Corner...
No one!
Currently in Wyvern Arena, Centerfield...
No one!
Currently in Wyvern Arena, Yellow Corner...
No one!
Currently in Wyvern Arena, Green Corner...
No one!
  • OBSERVE <FULL NAME OF ARENA COMBATANT>: To start watching that person in your story window. The combatant must be on the arena floor to observe them.
You will automatically stop spectating once the combatant you are observing leaves the arena floor.
  • OBSERVE LOOK: After you've started watching someone, OBSERVE LOOK will toggle the room description.
  • OBSERVE STOP: To stop spectating.

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