TRIALS WILL (HOPEFULLY) BEGIN BY:
Trials has begun!
TRIALS
Challenge a Master, Become a Master
What is a Master?Each of the 12 Elements has a Master, which is a
forum title. A Master is usually a decorated and respected veteran player who knows a lot about Elements and is skillful in PvP. Masters generally lead their elements in big forum events like War and Brawl, manage their respective Card sections, and defend their title against challengers during Trials. The
Staff page has all the current Masters listed.
Link to Table of Past Masters (A Gdoc)Link to Trials Deck Archive, and list of Masters
What are Trials?As part of the Forum Major Event Cycle, before each War, we will hold Trials. During Trials, community members compete for a chance to challenge one of the 12 Masters. Trials are split up into 4 phases. The first 3 phases are for collecting points. Then, in the 4th phase, the challenger from each element with the most points fights for the title against the current Master in an epic Final Battle. How many points you gather in Phases 1-3 determines how many upgraded cards you can use in the Final Battle. The winner of this Final Battle gets the title of Master.
Requirements for joining Trials?Not everyone can join the Trials. There are some minimum requirements to ensure that the person is serious about becoming a Master.
- 30,000+ score in Elements
- 200+ forum posts
- Joined the forums no less than 3 months ago (at the time of signing up)
- Participation in at least three separate PVP Events (Leagues, War, Weekly Tournaments, etc.)
Spamming the forums to get those 200 posts is not allowed, and you have to provide a screen shot of your score.
A player may participate in Trials
without meeting the 200 post and 30,000 score requirements if they are able to provide evidence of a significant PVP achievement. Examples of sufficient achievements are:
- Winning a Weekly Tournament
- A top 3 finish in either of the PVP Leagues
- A top 3 finish in a PVP event
- Finishing on 1 of the top 3 War teams
- Becoming a Master of any Element
One last thing. Some people might think they are not "worthy" of becoming a Master so they skip this event. Please don't do that. This is all just for
fun, and shouldn't be taken too seriously. If you think this kind of event would be fun, we order you to participate. Like we always say, if you manage to take a title from that Master, that alone proves you have earned it.
How do I join Trials?Once Phase 1 has begun, there will be a thread titled "10th Trials - Phase 1" under each of the Elements. Simply post the following information in the thread under the Element you are challenging (you may only challenge 1 Element). This post may be edited as many times as desired up to the end of Phase 1.
Spoiler for Your post should be like this:
Spoiler for War Bonus:
-Evidence of participation last War (e.g.
this thread)
-If you were a General, and were in the same War team as the element you are trialing for, evidence of your General-ship (e.g.
this thread)
to scope out their Challengers, post their War/Brawl/Loyalty bonuses
and their Phase 1 tasks.It is no longer
Time to join!
After the Phase 1 timer has ended, there will be a 24hr period of "Extra Time" where players may join any Element with less than 2 competitors (that is either 1 challenger and no defending master or no challengers and a defending master). Players who join during this extra time will be considered to have declared for three random tasks. However, because they completed no challenges before Phase 1 ended, they WILL NOT have access to the upgrades from one of these.
NO MORE
Extra-time
PATH TO BECOMING A MASTERTrials has 4 different phases. Phases 1-3 are for collecting points. The last phase is the Final Battle between the current Master and the most promising challenger, or if there is no defending Master the two most promising challengers. The points you collected in Phases 1-3 determine how many upgraded cards you can use in the Final Battle. The winner of the Final Battle gets the title of Master.
PHASE 1 - Proving of WorthinessFor 10 days after the elemental registration topics are posted, you may register to join trials by declaring which Proving of Worthiness tasks you intend to complete. Completing these tasks will award up to a total of 6 points, plus up to 2 bonus points for exceptional Tasks. Completing tasks will also provide bonuses for Phase 2 deckbuilding. Masters who wish to defend their titles should sign up in their respective Phase 1 topics, and post their Phase 1 tasks there. No new sign-ups will be accepted after Phase 1 has ended (except per the appropriate rules and/or addendum).
PHASE 2 - BattlesAll participants will play a total of 4 best-of-5 matches. Trialists shall play 1 match against every other player that is trialing for the same element. The remaining matches are played as off-element matches. The off-element opponents will be, if possible, the same for every challenger in a single trial. All off-element matches shall be Master vs Master or challenger vs challenger. A special format may be used for the Master's off-element duels.
Any player who does not post their Phase 2 decks during the 2 days between the end of Phase 2 and the beginning of Phase 3 will both not receive Phase 2 points and be disallowed from being in the Phase 3 poll.Any players unable to post decks during this time can PM decks to the Trial Overseers in advance, who shall post the decks for them.
PHASE 3 - Community VoteThe community votes on who they think would make the best Master. Each community member has one vote per element, and can vote for one of the Challengers, the current Master, or simply place a no-vote (i.e. they do not want to see any of the Trialists as Master and are voting for no-one).
Anyone who does not post their Phase 2 decks in the 2 days between the end of Phase 2 and the beginning of Phase 3 will not be included in the Phase 3 polls. This applies to Masters as well.
It is an encouraged tradition that during Phase 3 the community may ask questions of the challengers and that the challengers answer these questions to the best of their ability.
The number of points you score is based on the percentage of votes you get. If there is a situation where rounding up would mean more than 10 points given, the player with the highest "extra" percentage of votes gets the advantage (54%/46% -> 5 points and 5 points). In case of a tie, the player with more gets the advantage (54%/44% -> 6 points and 4 points)
| 100% of votes | 10 points |
| 90% of votes | 9 points |
| 80% of votes | 8 points |
| 70% of votes | 7 points |
| 60% of votes | 6 points |
| 50% of votes | 5 points |
| 40% of votes | 4 points |
| 30% of votes | 3 points |
| 20% of votes | 2 points |
| 10% of votes | 1 points |
| 0% of votes | 0 points |
* War Bonus *Trialists who participated in the previous War will receive extra points based on how successful they were. This bonus is increased if the participant was the General, per the table below. War bonus points for Challengers will only come into effect if they make it to the final battle.
To qualify for the General bonus, your Trials element must match your War element. To qualify for the Soldier bonus, your Trials element may be different to your War element. Generals with a Trial element different to their War element still qualify for the Soldier bonus.
Please include if the War Bonus applies to you when you sign up. If you do not claim your War Bonus during Phase 1, it will not be awarded to you.
| Rank in War | General | Soldier |
| 1st in War | 7 | 5 |
| 2nd or 3rd | 5 | 3 |
| 4th-6th | 3 | 2 |
| 7th-12th | 2 | 1 |
* Brawl Bonus *Trialists who participated in the most recent Brawl may also be eligible for a small number of bonus points.
Players on the team finishing 1st may receive 2 points, and those in 2nd and 3rd place may receive 1 point. This bonus is increased if the participant was the Boss, per the table below. War bonus points for Challengers will only come into effect if they make it to the final battle.
Please include if the Brawl Bonus applies to you when you sign up. If you do not claim your Brawl Bonus during Phase 1, it will not be awarded to you.
| Rank in Brawl | Boss | Other roles |
| 1st | 3 | 2 |
| 2nd or 3rd | 2 | 1 |
| 4th-6th | 1 | 0 |
Elemental LoyaltyIf you have participated in trials before, and you trial for an element you have trialed for before, for every trial you provide proof of participation for in your registration post, you can gain 1 point (maximum of 4). These points will not be added until the Final Battle. I will not look for proof of participation for you, and if it is not linked in your post you will not receive credit for it (yes, even if you are a master and retaining if you do not post proof you will not receive the point).
Proof of Participation may be at least one of the following for each Trial of an element you have participated in: Phase 1 submissions, Phase 2 battle reports, Phase 3 polling topics, or final battle reports. Masters and ex-Masters can also use their "Master of X" award as proof of participation.
Post this in your Registration Post.
TOTAL SCOREAfter phases 1-3 are over, we will count the total score.
Challengers & Masters| PHASE 1 | | / | 6+ | | PHASE 2 | | / | 12 | | PHASE 3 | | / | 10 | War bonus | | / | 7 | Brawl bonus | | / | 3 | Elemental Loyalty | | / | 4 | | TOTAL SCORE | | / | 42+ |
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The Final Battle will be between the current Master and the challenger with the most points, or between the two challengers with the most points if there is no defending Master for that Element. In the event of a tie, the player who won the majority of their head-to-head games in Phase 2 advances. If multiple players tie, the tiebreak will be games won during phase 2 in-element play. If there is still a tie, the player with more votes in Phase 3 advances. If there is still a tie, the player with the higher bonus points (loyalty+war) advances. If there is still a tie, the player with higher in game score advances.
PHASE 4 - Final BattleThe Final Battle is "best-of-nine" meaning that the player who gets 5 wins first, wins the battle. If a Master wins, he or she retains the title. If a challenger wins, he or she becomes the new Master. All Trials winners are given a forum award icon.
During Final Battle deckbuilding the maximum amount of upgraded cards allowed is the truncated integer number of points a player scored during phases 1-3 plus the War, Loyalty and Brawl Bonuses. (e.g. A player with 23.46 points will have 23 upgrades. A player with 17.99 points will have 17 upgrades.)
During this event, all games must be played using the same account you used when registering for the event.
If you want to see what previous Trials looked like, please visit
Trial Archive.
Thank you for reading and post any questions on this topic.
