There Can Be Only One - Announcements

[YoungSot]

Important announcements, such as changes to the rules, will be noted here.

[YoungSot]

I've attempted to clarify the rules regarding challenging other players in the chat room. Additions in yellow.

2. CHALLENGING OTHER PLAYERS
This event is all about challenging other players in the Elements chat room. All you need to do is enter the chat room and say "Player X, there can be only one.". Player X now has to accept your challenge, or decline it.

The goal is to make the battles happen as soon as a challenge is issued. Declining a challenge should only be used as the last resort if the player simply cannot fight the battle at that specific time. Declining a battle just to avoid fighting someone, or because you don't feel like doing PvP, is not allowed.

If a player declines a challenge, players must reschedule the battle. The rescheduled battle has to start as soon as possible, and no later than 24 hours after the challenge was first issued. Neither of the players can fight anyone else, until this rescheduled battle happens.

Players are allowed to decline a battle 3 times. If you decline a battle 4 times, you will be disqualified from the event. After winning a challenge, you may freely decline additional challenges for up to one hour.

Players are allowed to challenge other players as many times as they like. As soon as you are done with one battle, you can start a new one.

Example: Player A enters the chat room and sees Player B (who is also a participant of this event). Player A wants to challenge Player B, so he says in public chat: "Player B, there can only be one". Player B can now either accept the challenge, or decline (if he has to go walk the dog). Player B accepts the challenge, and the two start a battle.

Please note, these rules are occasionally difficult to enforce. The intent is that anytime someone issues a challenge for you in chat, and you see that challenge, you must accept (or use one of your declines). If you don't see the challenge, you obviously don't have to accept it. In many cases (such as someone lurking without posting, or entering chat as a guest) it is impossible to enforce this rule, since we don't know whether the challenged player actually saw the challenge. But if a player is obviously attempting to avoid the rule, they will be forced to accept the challenge or be disqualified. Please attempt to follow the spirit of the rules here (play if you're challenged).

[YoungSot]

Some players were having issues where they were unable to reschedule within 24 hours of declining a match. After some thought, I've decided to remove the 24hr rescheduling requirement entirely. Declining a challenge now simply makes you unable to challenge or be challenged for 1 hour (and uses up 1 of your 3 allowed declines).

I apologize for the confusion the previous rule seems to have caused. This should hopefully prevent similar situations from happening again.

[RavingRabbid]

Some players were having issues where they were unable to reschedule within 24 hours of declining a match. After some thought, I've decided to remove the 24hr rescheduling requirement entirely. Declining a challenge now simply makes you unable to challenge or be challenged for 1 hour (and uses up 1 of your 3 allowed declines).

I apologize for the confusion the previous rule seems to have caused. This should hopefully prevent similar situations from happening again.

Can I decline and challenge the person who I just challenged? (I did it, twice.)

[YoungSot]

Congratulations to Calindu for absorbing the power of all the other warriors and claiming victory in There Can Be Only One!