Dueling Tournament
Welcome to the first dueling tournament of the year! This is also your first opportunity to take this beauty home:
We will be running an adult (17+) tournament this time around, with a student tournament to follow in the next two months. All duels will take place at the Howler Stadium—spectators my pay 1k for a seat in the stands, and roughly 8 matches will occur on the green at any one time. The clinic matches will take place in the morning, with the competitive matches in the afternoon. All duels take place IC on Saturday, February 2nd, but will start OOC on January 30th.
The "CLINIC" tournament is open to anyone, with no entry fee and no prize at the end but glory and the belief that you've probably learned something. Professionals will be on hand throughout for quick refreshers on the most basic spells: shield charms, disarming charms, and stunning spells.
The "COMPETITIVE" tournament is technically open to everyone, but has a 5s entry fee. The winner will take home two thirds of the prize pot, with second place snagging the remaining third. Best make sure you can afford to enter! Little Suzie Neverdueled is unlikely to find herself here!
Unfortunately, in all the moves, I've lost my generic duels signup info. Behold, these rules from our fourth ever tournament, edited as much as necessary to make sense in the "modern" age of Charming. I also have an example duel from the same tournament as well!
- All proper decorum must be observed, including bowing or curtsying to ones opponent at the open and close of the match.
- During a duel, there shall be no physical contact of any sort between contestants. Should one contestant require assistance, then the match will be stopped by the official.
- Excessive force must not be used. The purpose of the contest is to display strength and skill; it is not to injure or maim. Likewise, all spells used must be allowed under the law.
- Creativity is encouraged; a match that consists merely of stunning and disarming is not enjoyable for the audience.
When a lady is participating in a contest the spells cast must be non-combative, but rather should be displays of skill and control appropriate for the presence of and use by a lady of breeding. Ladies are encouraged to use spells of ornamental or practical purpose suitable for their gender. Gentlemen competing against ladies will be provided a practice dummy to cast spells on.This rule was quashed like a bug in '86! Huzzah!
- Matches will be moderated by a member of the staff. Follow instructions by the IC moderator regarding who is to post. After both participants have posted once, wait for the moderator to post again before continuing.
- Points will be given by the moderator based on an OOC modified dice roll. While commentary by the official is IC, the scoring is done in the fairest way possible.
- Do not state how your action will end, but rather what is intended. That way, when the point is determined then you can post the results of your actions in a way that fits with the scoring.
- If a participant does not post within three days [72 hours], they will be disqualified and the other participant wins the match.
- Keep all spells age appropriate. A first year could not cast an Unforgivable (although that would get them disqualified anyway). If you are not sure if your character could cast a spell at their age, feel free to ask other members or the staff for opinions.
Players may sign up a maximum of five participants using the form below. Please sign up by 11:59pm EST on January 29th.
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[b]Character:[/b] Tag if not posting on that account!
[b]Tournament:[/b] Clinic or Competitive
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]General Dueling Ability:[/b] Terribad, Poor, Average, Above Average, Excellent.
[b]Education:[/b] No Schooling, No Exams, OWLs/equivalent, NEWTs/equivalent, Some Auror/Hit Training, Completed Auror/Hit TrainingInstead, please contact Ursula Black, Aldous Crouch, Cassius Lestrange, Elias Grimstone or Philomena Sprout with any questions, issues, or concerns.