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Hello members of RPGuild arena. I've been lurking around for a bit and noticed you guys have a problem with keeping a tournament alive.. or having a good one at all. Don't worry we both need a tournament in our lives, but this time I got one for you!

TZDL2017

TZDL2017! TheZones Duel League is a tournamnent event that happens every year.. every other year, and then had a hietus for 5 years but now we're back. This time we are going to have it YOUR OWN ARENA! I decided it was a good idea to bring in the talent of TheZones Duel League into this site because we both need this. We both need a tournament! This isn't site vs site promotional event, but a cross-site promotional event! All participating parties enter on equal footing into the single elimination tournament using a new form of rules for TZDL. I am sure the likes of [@Doc Docter] can appreciate a tournament with some decent talent; likewise, we wanna see what you guys can do too.

To sum it up! This is a T1 or PbP tournament. The winner of the tournament will recieve 1000USD that's One-Thousand Dollars USD that's real money from my paypal account. Don't worry 1k isn't a whole lot to me, but it is TO YOU! Below is a draft I made in Notepad++ containing the rules and information you need to be interested in it, and if you have questions of any kind that is what our discord or this thread is for! This is a draft though. The final product will be a lot better. Trust me. Oh allow me to introduce to you. I am Mobius.




This is a rough draft of TZDL2017 in celebration of our 10 year anniversary. This year we'll have another single elimination tournament to determine not only this year's champion, but the champion for the invitational event for TZDL2017 Winter Season and onward. This is an open invitation to anyone interested in participating especially inside and outside of RPGuild. This year's single elimination tournament will have a cash prize for the winner of the tournament at One-Thousand Dollars or 1000USD directly from my Paypal and an invite into the paid Winter Event season. The 2nd runner up will receive an invitation to the paid Winter Season along the first prize winner. The brackets will be generated by challonge.com/tournament/bracket_gener.. during a livestream showing that will feature anyone who wishes to participate to commemorate this event. The date of this will be announced sometime in the very near future.

Formats of the fight will be the try and trued T1 based combat style or Play-By Post (Pbp). Each player will have a turn to enact desired actions in play. The specific rules of TZDL for turn-order is that the first player to post their intro post is the first player to attack and is thus assigned the Player1 status; otherwise, the second player to post their introduction will be assigned as Player2 and can only attack after Player1. Should Player1 not attack in their 2nd post in the fight then Player2 is permitted to attack. The nature of the attack notwithstanding.

The tournament will be a single elimination. A player will submit one character for the tournament and must win a round to advance. Each character will be placed in the same arena or map of those in the same round. Example: All matches in the preliminaries are in the same field or map in different threads with no chronology between them. Each round will be a different map with different features, geometry, topography, and gimmicks. There will be NO loser brackets what so ever. You win a match by either killing your opponent's character, Knockout, or Disqualification. None of the matches will be considered canon to your character(s) unless both parties agree to it. Fights involving a canonical spin may have their characters know each other by name and maybe an indication of their reputation and abilities but nothing beyond surface knowledge.

The matches will be actively judged by 3 judges. The first and primary judge is Mobius or Devil on RPGuild but the other 2 will be announced later. For this event I will need 1 judge outside of TZDL who is qualified of interpreting information and roleplaying combat and may succumb to a screening to determine their eligibility. The 2nd judge will be someone I elect who may have TZDL experience or a qualified third party not associated with Thezones or TZDL (for impartiality). The judges will screen each match at any given time in any particular way. That means you will have 3 active judges watching one match in particular.

A match ends upon the defeat of an opponent when they can no longer fight (Death or KO). Players may "claim" a hit of varying severity if they deem an opponent made a critical mistake and appeal to all the judges for an inquiry, but confirmed hit(s) may be ruled if a critical discrepancy occurs that none of the parties discerned. Hits may also be used as penalties for availability infractions(See more about Availabilities).

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------------------------- TZDL2017 Combat Rules Section 1 ---------------------------------



------------ TZDL2017 Combat Rules Section 2 - Ban/Regulation list --------------

Terminologies



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Ban/Regulation 2.1.0 and may be subject to change
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Ban


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Regulated



---------------------- TZDL2017 Combat Rules Section 3 Scheduling -------------------------

TZDL2017 introduces a new Power Scheduling system to determine the legality of a power and ability by its measure of potency. It's encouraged that all powers and abilities have working mechanics that its user is beholden by. Special abilities and powers must operate with mechanism in mind that an operator of such a power must be held to and that implies its very weaknesses. The scheduling system determines the overall rank of a particular ability as is and what was described by the player. The order of the scheduling tiers will be descending where 5 is absolutely allowed and 1 being inapplicable. The greater potency a power or ability has the higher the chance it may ascend to a greater rank on the schedule. To clarify: Schedule 1 abilities/powers/attacks/defenses/evasions are forbidden whereas small instances of Schedule 2 may be permissible. The following will elaborate on the qualification of a schedule to best determine where something may fall into:



The rating of a power or ability is based on whether it can be evaded, blocked, and attack(ed) versus how fast, strong, or reach it may be. The schedule system does not adhere to mismatch disparities between characters in the tournament, but what can theoretically oppose a feat despite the entrants of TZDL; If a fire character enters a tournament where the signups are a majority of water users than the rules will not acclimate nor accommodate. A character is not judged completely by how many schedule abilities they have but rather each ability is measured. It is encouraged that a player describes facets of their character in detail with much thought as TZDL does not cover gross ambiguity.

----------------- Profile Sheets/Builds -------------------

Profile sheets should be made either around TZDL's scheduling system with B/R in mind or close to it and you cannot be permitted to enter TZDL without an approved profile sheet. A profile sheet must state all basic information of your character including their appearance, powers, abilities, weaponry, and miscellaneous. A template of a profile sheet:

[b]Player Name:[/b]
[b]Availability:[/b]

[spoiler]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Race:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Weapons or items[/b]
[b]Abilities:[/b]
[b](Optional)Backstory:[/b]


You do not have to follow this specific formula, but understand that your profile sheet must cover ALL intricate information of your character especially their abilities from physical to supernatural. You cannot use a power or ability if it not implied or stated in your profile sheet, and ambiguity will either result in either an edit, rejection, or penalty (default value). Please keep your build in mind and remember: your character can't do everything. All profile sheets will be submitted in a designated thread for the public to see and will be examined by all 3 judges.

------------------ Availabilities ------------------------

Availabilities is a mechanic introduced in TZDL2012 to supplant traditional waiting periods for players to post. Availabilites are submitted with your profile sheet at the top and should include the days of the week you are available to post and at what times of the day. Here is how your availability should look like, and with respect to your Timezone

Players MUST update their availabilities every week for any changes. A player can be award a pardon for real-life circumstance but not out of habit. When both players availability in a match overlay means both are not only available to post but do so frequently if applicable. Chronic lateness will result in an infraction. When a player advances to the next round they must submit an update of their availability, but players eliminated from the tournament do not have to (duh).

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All subject to change and can be negotiated.
Players interested thus far

Keilion (Returning player)
Doll Maker (Debuting)
Decoy (Returning Player)
Paradox (Returning Player)
Valhalla (Debuting)
Draven (Returning Player)
Vordak (Debuting)
Kenaron (Debuting)
DocDocter (Debuting)
Enki (Debuting)
Everett (Debuting)
DLL (Debuting)
Dias Blade (Debuting)
Darth (Debuting)
Drifting Pollen (Debuting)
Xavier Bloodbayne (Debuting)
Atlasrize (Debuting)
Liaison (Debuting)
Alucroas (Debuting)
Geraven (Debuting)




TZDL Time Table

DOUBLE POST ANNOUNCEMENT!

TIME TABLE!

April 8th to April 14th will be the interest check thread.

April 17th to 22nd at 12:00AM (after friday) will be the profile sheet submission.

May 1st to ????? will be preliminaries. The first match will be
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you keep misspelling my name

But I joined specifically for this and you know I'm in.
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fffuck idk if even money can counter my procrastination ability

and my computer is dead so i have to type off my fucking ebook (it does have a proper keyboard though thank god)

but consider me interested. i'm stoked to see more cross-community events.
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@Vordak Back in 2011 and 2012 I had to type off a Nintendo DSi half the time, so I feel your pain. :)
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It's not the first time, really. This ebook is almost as old as my roleplaying career and i've made many a post from it. This is pretty nostalgic. However, there were always plenty of typos i missed even after proofreading due to the abscence of an auto spellchecker and a somewhat clunky keyboard that doesn't register every button press.

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Hello, Hey, Hi.

I'm new AF to the arena and this T1 system, how much of a problem would that be if I wanted to enter? Of course I'd read and all of that if I enter (and I guess even if I don't) but just know that I don't know stuff, could I still apply?
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Hello, Hey, Hi.

I'm new AF to the arena and this T1 system, how much of a problem would that be if I wanted to enter? Of course I'd read and all of that if I enter (and I guess even if I don't) but just know that I don't know stuff, could I still apply?


It's an open invitation to all as described in the original post.
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Cool, sorry for the redundancy, @Devil, consider me interested, then.
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@Devil I'm in.
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@Devil

I can't decline an invitation. Sounds like quite the event!
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The position for the 2nd judge has been taken by Shadow27 from a third party community. Anyone interested can still submit their application for judging, but you cannot compete if you are a judge.
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This'll be fun to keep an eye on. New people always bring such fun times.
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@Devil

I can't decline an invitation. Sounds like quite the event!


That's excellent to read. You were one of the very few I want to see enter this year. Since you are the resident champion I am looking forward to your performance in particular.

Also for you and everyone else.. going to shameless spam this discord where you can discuss with us directly (myself, Shadow, and the other participants of TZDL)

discord.gg/U9aYrsz

It'd make my job a lot easier if we can negotiate the rules. I want this tournament to be as good as it is fun. Heavy meta discussions and yu gi oh nonsense is usually brought up. This is also good for those wanting to be a judge since constant communication is paramount.
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My only real issue is my schedule changes all the time. I usually only get about two good morning periods per week to really sit down and write without distraction.

Other than that....
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I'm in, character coming soon.
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Moe Went Down to RPGuild...

And he was looking for some souls to steal. He was in a bind, because the Zone was way behind, and he was willing to make a deal. When he come across this young boy practicin' with his friends and keepin' it hot, and ol 'Moe jumps up on a ring post and says; "Boy let me tell you what. Guess you didn't know it, but we're wrestlers too, and if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you. You put on a pretty good match son but give the Zone its due, I'll bet a mask of gold against your souls, I think we're better than you."

Boy said, "My name's Yurei, and it might be a sin, but I'll take your bet and you're gonna regret, cuz' we're the best there's ever been..."

And then it was on.



The Luchalliance accepts your call, Mobius. Profiles currently in development. 3+ fighters currently assembling (hopefully) tournament-legal sheets. You'd best get that mask of gold ready, boy - the Devil may be dealing the cards, but we're ready to flip the tables on ya.
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Lucha Underground. <3.

Mainly for the wrestling reference, I'm not a huge fan of LU itself, primarily Pentagon Jr., Drago, Cuerno, And from spoilers, Killshot, and Matanza
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The list is growing and so is my excitement
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DOUBLE POST ANNOUNCEMENT!

TIME TABLE!

April 8th to April 14th will be the interest check thread.

April 17th to 22nd at 12:00AM (after friday) will be the profile sheet submission.

April 24th to ????? will be preliminaries. The first match will be

Wheat Field
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Decoy, Locked and Loaded and Ready to Fight.
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