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This is going to be a completely different game from all the other tournaments in HMW, and is an ARENA BASED LEAGUE.

The short version:
- You chose one of your minions
- We give it 15 million xp
- You create a level 6 config
- Fight it out in the arena
- Compete in a league table


Please read this carefully

This will take part outside of the normal HMW game and be a self contained tourney that anyone can join.
To enter you must select one of your team members, which will be adjusted to exactly 15 million xp by the staff, which is to be used to build into a level 6 configuration.
The level has to be 6, and is non-negotiable.

You will then send your warrior into the area to fight it out against other league players and post your results in the game thread, which will be sorted out into a league table.


The Rules (as they currently stand):

• You will be given exactly 15,000,000 xp for that one character.
• Each league will run for 1 month and be maintained by myself and Burn.
• Configs must be sent privately to The Huntmasters account before a set deadline to be eligible to enter and cannot be changed once submitted apart from upgrading as and when XP allows.
• All players configs will be published by me at the start of the game and it will be up to the players to ensure their opponents are playing fair.
• Resetting during the tournament is illegal and may result in instant disqualification and banning from all future league tournaments.
• All disputes will be handled by the staff fairly and from a neutral POV

League Scoring

• Results will be posted by participants and maintained by the staff.
• You will score:
  3pts - For a 'Shutout' (Your opponent scores 0xp)
  2pts - For a standard 'Win'
  1pt - (Each) If the match ends in a Timeout (a 'Draw') regardless of the actual result.
  0pts - For a 'defeat'
• Your 'league' score will be your total score divided by your total number recorded matches and will be published to 2 decimal places. Ties will be resolved by highest number of wins.
• The league will be updated periodically by the staff.

The Small Print

• You can only enter this tournament by signing up and agreeing to the rules in advance.
• You may only sign up one of your characters for this league, ever.
• Anybody, of any level, can sign up a character.
• All configurations must be registered with The Huntmasters account prior to the tounaments start date and once submitted cannot be altered.
• Once you have registered, you agree that you will not reset or alter your build for any reason whilst a season is running, apart from to spend accrued XP on upgrades.
• There will be a minimum 24 hour downtime between each league when resetting is permitted, but you will need to be registered again before being allowed to re-compete.
• As there are no L6 missions in the core HMW game you will no longer be able to enter missions with that character.
• If you are caught levelling down to enter missions or resetting during a league season, you will be penalised at the discretion of the staff through penalties which may include, but are not limited to, expulsion from the current and all subsequent leagues played, or removal of ALL XP on that character back to 0xp.
• Please note these limitations only affects the character used in this league and NOT the rest of your team, which can be played as normal throughout this tournament

Edit: Added for clarity...
Signing up

A thread will be created in HMW General Discussion for signups

• Decide which character you want to use in the League
• Choose your config using the XP Calculator
• Register publicly in the sign up thread.
• Send your completed config and character link to The Huntmasters
  Once this is done and the deadline has passed, your character will be edited and you will be able to begin fighting.

We now move into a 1 week finalisation period where the rules will be subject to minor alteration, so if you have any comments of queries regarding this, please submit them now...

Does this mean builds must be premapped out and submitted to the HMW mods before xp recieved or after?

You raise a good point, it will be before so I can be sure there is no last minute mind-chaging.

Once we've got the rules queries out of the way, ill put up a sign-up thread with a deadline in HMW General Discussion and everyone who has sent me a config and character link by the deadline will have their characters amended.

Ill update this into the instructions above.

Signing up

• Decide which character you want to use in the League
• Choose your config using the XP Calculator
• Register publicly in the sign up thread.
• Send your completed config and character link to THE HUNTMASTERS (as my inbox will fill up way too fast)
  Once this is done and the deadline has passed, your character will be edited and you will be able to begin fighting.

(this has also been copied into the above post)

Biggest question is, do this all make sense to you guys?

So far so good might want to link the Xp Calculator in the post so everyone can find it.\

I am actually excited over it, I have my TF and my config picked just got to send it when time comes.

Does it have to be a Level 6 +9 to Level 7 config? or Level 6 +4 to Level 7 config? etc...

I ask since 15 mil can make a level 8.


Will armor be allowed to be installed? if so, will we also need to report that to the Huntmasters along with our stats?

I believe level 6 only since in the arena you can only fight your own level.

Yeah, i was just noting that with 15 mil xp you could make a level 8. Which is i why i asked what sort of level 6 we were allowed, like do we have to be level 6(+9 upgrades to level 7) or can we be a level 6(+1 upgrade to level 7)



Also i just thought, what about the alt selection? will have to make do with the core alts we have, i'm assuming?

If people are curious, the reason you'll be submitting your config before the contest starts and why you're not allowed to change it during the contest is so that we don't have people looking at their opponents and either copying or completely changing.

You get one shot at this.

Plus i'm an evil bastard and thought it'd be a nice twist.

Raphael Prime wrote:Yeah, i was just noting that with 15 mil xp you could make a level 8. Which is i why i asked what sort of level 6 we were allowed, like do we have to be level 6(+9 upgrades to level 7) or can we be a level 6(+1 upgrade to level 7)

You can have as many number of upgrades as you like provided you stay at level 6. The trick is "do I go with a dual tactic which gives me 1 upgrade from level 7 or do I go with a single tactic that leaves me 9 upgrades from level 7?" This will be a test of configuring as well.

Also i just thought, what about the alt selection? will have to make do with the core alts we have, i'm assuming?

I'll let Psychout answer that one as i'm not sure what alt modes are available through the editting window because it's yet to load for me.

Hell yeah!

Sign me up.

I'll ge my config knocked out today and send it into The Huntmasters!

So does this mean we are hopefully starting the end of V1 festivities?

And hells yhea I'm in on this.

Burn wrote:

Raphael Prime wrote:Also i just thought, what about the alt selection? will have to make do with the core alts we have, i'm assuming?

I'll let Psychout answer that one as i'm not sure what alt modes are available through the editting window because it's yet to load for me.

Unfortunately Raph, were all stuck with the cores. We may allow the champions to choose a 'prize' alt for their team at the end of each season though depending on the size of the league, but the admin console has only just reappeared and I dont want to jinx it.

Psychout wrote:

Burn wrote:

Raphael Prime wrote:Also i just thought, what about the alt selection? will have to make do with the core alts we have, i'm assuming?

I'll let Psychout answer that one as i'm not sure what alt modes are available through the editting window because it's yet to load for me.

Unfortunately Raph, were all stuck with the cores. We may allow the champions to choose a 'prize' alt for their team at the end of each season though depending on the size of the league, but the admin console has only just reappeared and I dont want to jinx it.

Well well, it would seem that we have the alt rotator back, so please ignore my last post...

Psychout wrote:Unfortunately Raph, were all stuck with the cores. We may allow the champions to choose a 'prize' alt for their team at the end of each season though depending on the size of the league, but the admin console has only just reappeared and I dont want to jinx it.



Well well, it would seem that we have the alt rotator back, so please ignore my last post...

That's good. I could have done fine with core's, but with it working again, it's nice to have selection. The 'prize' alt possibility sounds nice.

so where's the signup sheet?

Raphael Prime wrote:Will armor be allowed to be installed? if so, will we also need to report that to the Huntmasters along with our stats?

Raphael Prime brings up a good point here, I'd also like to know the answer pl0x

Lord Gothika wrote:

Raphael Prime wrote:Will armor be allowed to be installed? if so, will we also need to report that to the Huntmasters along with our stats?

Raphael Prime brings up a good point here, I'd also like to know the answer pl0x

*edited - will come to a decicion on this shortly*

Just remember that whatever config chosen will have to stay unchanged for a whole season, so think carefully and use all the information you have available to make your decisions.

Name_Violation wrote:so where's the signup sheet?

It'll be up in GD before the weekend.

eh, nevermind, i'm home from work and he's out of bed and we're both answering at the same time.

Ok, after a quick discussion with Burn we want to make this as simple as we can for you guys.

You may use any armour, weapons and alts you can get your hands on, and all The Huntmasters will need from you is the list of stats you will be using and your chosen character link. The rest is up to you.

Feel free to rename/recreate your character all you want, alter the bio and story etc as much as you like as long as we have its stats and link then its fine.
Or just leave them as they are, your call.

Quick question: Do we get to keep any XP we earn after the Tourny not including the 15,000,000 XP?

No.

The XP will not be removed as the leagues will run continually until the endgame begins, at which point your involvement in that will be explained.

doesnt this destroy the whole team ranking system?

It will make it unbalanced yes, though it isn't hard to subtract 15 mil from whatever the total is. Anything else after that is what you've earned.

What she said ^^

Question about energon. Will you be giving those who chose to participate the required energon to fully install their chosen armor from which rank they choose. Lets say I choose to go up to rank 7, where all the armor costs skyrocket. Would we have to cover the cost of installing that armor? Some people may be unable to cover that kind of cost, which would put them at a disadvantage against those who do have the reserves to cover it. I guess weapons go in line with this questioning as well.

well currently i have a 600k+ balance of energon

i am happy to help any bot who asks in the need cash thread in iacon

and i am pretty sure other bots will be also willing to chip in aswell, to help balance it out, as i don'treli spend the stuff