The Season 12 Crystal League Championship is Coming!

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The next Crystal League Championship starts June 12! This time around, the event will be open to the season’s top 8 teams based on the following criteria:

  • Number of Level 9 wins
  • Number of Level 8 wins
  • Number of Level 7 wins
  • …and so on, in descending order

In addition:

  • Wins will be counted based on teams with the same 5 characters
  • Players cannot switch teams and attempt to qualify with multiple teams

GENERAL INFO

  • The Tournament will take place on the following dates:
    • Saturday, June 12
    • Sunday, June 13
  • Battles will be full loot and players will have to bring their own gear
  • Matches will run on shorter timers to provide more flexibility on match slot times. Specific times will be provided to the participants prior to each match. Teams should be prepared to play matches back-to-back if so required.

STRUCTURE

Full details regarding the match structure will be announced after the final Season 12 Crystal League Level 9 match.

In general, the Championship will run as follows:

Saturday, June 12: Group Stage

  • IP Softcap 1500

Sunday, June 13: Semi-Finals, Match for Third Place & Grand Finals

  • IP Softcap 1700

Note: For all matches throughout the weekend, each round won delivers Level 3 off-season rewards

RULES

  • Qualifying teams will be announced on Tuesday, June 8th
  • Once teams have been announced, they must send the following information to Mytherceria by Wednesday, June 9th at 18 UTC:
  • 1. Team name
  • 2. Name of designated Substitute
  • 3. Name of designated Team Captain
  • 4. Team logo (via one of the two following methods):
    • Teams can represent a guild of their choosing (or a mix of 2 guilds max, which will result in a split guild logo)
    • Teams can choose a logo of their own using the ingame guild logo creation tools. Please send a screenshot of the logo design selectors as seen here
  • Each participant must use the same team (and with the same character) that played in the qualifying Season 12 Crystal League matches
  • Each team can allocate one substitute in total for the entire Championship
  • Each team must assign a Captain to be the main point of contact between the Championship organizers, Game Masters and the team
  • All matches must be initiated via the Energy Manipulator in Martlock (special tokens will provided to the teams prior to each match)
  • Teams should only sign up for the match slots to which they have been assigned by the Championship organizers and/or Game Masters
  • Use of exploits and/or glitches are not allowed in the Championship, including any existing legacy abilities that have been removed from an item (ie. Flash Heal on Q skill of Holy Staffs)
  • Participating with 2 or more characters that belong to the same player is prohibited – this also includes joining other participating teams via a different character
  • Each team must act in the spirit of sportsmanship and work towards its own victory in all matches; if anyone is suspected of violating this (for instance, by colluding and/or intentionally not competing) they will be penalized

Substitute rules

  • The substitute can be used in all matches
  • If a team decides to use its substitute in a match, the Captain should indicate this to the Game Master they are allocated to prior to the specific match
  • Substitutes for the winning teams will be awarded the same prizes as their team members
  • Changes to substitutes can be made up to 24 hours before the Championship starts. No further changes, for any reason, are allowed after that

Penalties

Any participant and/or team found breaking the rules may be penalized at the Championship organizers’ discretion. All decisions are final. The penalties may include, but are not limited to:

  • Suspension from one or more matches
  • Suspension from the remainder of the Championship and/or future tournaments
  • Matches can be voided or declared a different result by the Championship organizers

PRIZES

The following prizes apply for the first- through fourth-place winners:

  • First Place: Each player on the winning team will receive the extremely rare Saber Tiger Rex Swiftclaw skin unlock item and 10,000 Gold
  • Second Place: Each player will receive the White Tiger skin unlock item along with 5,000 Gold
  • Third Place: Each player will receive the Jousting Horse skin unlock item along with 5,000 Gold
  • Fourth Place: Each player will receive the Steelplate Cougar skin unlock item along with 5,000 Gold

This thread will be updated with more details as the date approaches, so please keep checking back!