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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 have 4 parts. The first three parts are for collecting points. The one challenger from each element with the most points gets to fight for the title against the current Master. How many points you gathered during parts 1-3 determines how many upgraded cards you can use in the epic Final Battle, where the winner 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+ forums posts
- Joined the forums no less than 3 months ago (at the time of signing up)
Spamming the forums to get those 200 posts is not allowed, and you have to provide a screen shot of your score.
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?8th trials will be different from the 7th trials in that
Proving of Worthiness will once again be a key component of the Trials. It will be worth less points than the other phases but requires at least some participation to advance through to the next Phase and compete for the title of Master. Once Phase 1 has begun, there will be a thread titled "8th Trials - Challenger's Entrance" 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.
Masters returning to defend their titles should drop by the Challenger's Entrance to scope out their challengers and also provide us with their War Bonus and Loyalty Bonus information. Masters are already worthy, and will not need to prove their worthiness in Phase 1. They do, however, still need to sign up.
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 tasks Building War Golems, Starting Your Own Little War, and Beginning War Training. As such they will have unlocked for Phase 2
, and will have access for up to 3 upgraded creatures and 3 upgraded spells in each of their Phase 2 decks. Because they completed no challenges before Phase 1 ended, they WILL NOT have access to the upgrades from Beginning War Training.
NO MORE
Extra-time
PATH TO BECOMING A MASTERTrials has 4 different phases. Phases 1-3 are for collecting points. Last phase is the Final Battle between the current Master and the most promising challenger or the two most promising challengers if there is no defending Master. The points you collected in Phases 1-3 determines how many upgraded cards you can use in the fight.
PHASE 1 - Proving of WorthinessFor 10 days after the elemental registration topics are posted, you may register to join trials by declaring which 3 of the 5 Proving of Worthiness tasks you intend to complete. Completing these tasks will award up to a total of 7 points to use in the final battle. These points will also provide bonuses for Phase 2 deckbuilding. Masters who wish to defend their titles will sign up in their respective registration topics but do not need to declare tasks, as they are already Masters and need not prove their worthiness. As they are already worthy, their participation alone awards them 6 points towards the final battle. No new sign-ups will be accepted after Phase 1 has ended.
PHASE 2 - BattlesChallengers
Challengers from every element will fight each other in a mini-tournament with round-robin rules meaning each challenger fights every other challenger once.
Challengers will also be given opponents from other elements to face until they have 4 players to face in total (in element + off element). If extra opponents are required to ensure each challenger has 4 matches, the extra opponents will be, if possible, the same for every person in a single trial. Battles are "best-of-five" and award points as follows:
3 points for winning 3-0 or 3-1
2 points for winning 3-2
1 point for losing 2-3
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Masters will fight each other in a mini-event with a special format that consists of "best-of-five" PvP matches. The format adopted here will most likely be a round robin, or a WC style tournament with round-robin group rounds and then single elimination tournaments between equally matched Masters to determine ranking. The Format will be confirmed when the number of Masters participating is confirmed. Points will both be determined by the amount of participants and will be rewarded based on tournament standing.
Masters who are not entering the Trials to keep their title may still participate in the tourney.
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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.
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).
Players who can't reach the final battle anymore will be not included in the polls. In addition, 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, rounded up. 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
for the same element they are now challenging will receive extra points based on how successful they were. This bonus is increased if the participant was the General of that element, 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 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 |
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, and final battle reports.
Post this in your Registration Post.
TOTAL SCOREAfter phases 1-3 are over, we will count the total score.
Challengers| PHASE 1 | | / | 7 | | PHASE 2 | | / | 12 | | PHASE 3 | | / | 10 | War bonus | | / | 7 | Elemental Loyalty | | / | 4 | | TOTAL SCORE | | / | 40 |
| Masters| PHASE 1 | | / | 6 | | PHASE 2 | | / | ? | | PHASE 3 | | / | 10 | War bonus | | / | 7 | Elemental Loyalty | | / | 4 | | TOTAL SCORE | | / | 27+? |
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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 their head to head duel in Phase 2 will advance. If multiple players tie, the tiebreak will be wins-losses 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 number of points a player scored during phases 1-3 plus the war and loyalty bonuses.
In the event there are not two participants in an Element at the end of Phase 3, the final battle will be between the single participant and an opponent to be chosen by the TrOs before the start of Phase 4. If the participant loses to the chosen opponent, that Element will have no Master until one is victorious in a subsequent Trials.
In the event there are no participants in an Element at the start of Phase 4, that Element will have no Master until one is victorious in subsequent Trials.
In the event the Final Battle goes unplayed for an Element:
1) If one player can provide overwhelming evidence of their availability for the match, and the inability or unreliability of their opponent to play the match, that player
may be awarded the victory pending consultation between TrOs and available Council members.
2) If both players were active but unable to find an agreeable time or both were inactive or otherwise unwilling or unable to play the match, there will be consultation between the TrOs and available Council members, and it is
most likely there will be no Master for that Element until one is victorious in subsequent Trials.
During this event, all matches 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.
