RF Online PH : Caravan's Champion

Looks like Level Up Games Inc is prepping up something for LU Live. Today they have announced the newest mechanics for the Caravan's Champion.

See announcement below:

Caravan's Champion

20.May.2009

RF Online Caravan’s Champion

Strength is not measured simply by the sharpness of your blade or the quickness of your draw. There is strength too in being loved by the masses and gaining their loyalty. This year, RF Online recognizes the value of being respected by your race mates and feared by your enemies with the RF Online Caravan’s Champion Phase. Every Citizen of Novus who tops up will get the right to vote for the guild they think should represent their race in the 2009 NEST Finals. Garnering the most number of votes can get your guild an assured shot at representing your server and bringing pride to the Empire, Alliance, or the Federation.

So top-up and choose your best and your finest. The war is on! Hold your lines, stand your ground!

Reminder:

• Galactic Points will expire after 60 days of top-up.

• Caravan (voting) points will expire 24 hours after top-up.

• We do not advise players to top up at the very last minute of the bidding period.

• We will only count the votes which are successfully reflected in our database from the start till the cut-off period.

• Extension guilds, if nominated or voted, will be considered as a separate guild and points will not be combined to the main guild.

Schedule:

• Announcement of Wildcard phase of NEST 2009:

o May 20, 2009

• Nomination Period :

o May 22 to 28, 2009

 Start of Voting : 12:00PM (Noon)

 cut off : 11:59pm

• Announcement of Nominees:

o May 29, 2009

• Voting Proper :

o Start: May 29 2009 (12 Noon) to June 30, 2009 7:30am

• Announcement of Qualifiers / Server Representatives:

o July 2, 2009

o Prizes for the Top 2 Nominees per server will be awarded on July 19, 2009 (or earlier)

• Elimination:

o Character Copying: July 13, 2009

o Character Checking: July 16, 2009

o Eliminations: July 22, 2009

• Resurrection Match:

o Date: July 24, 2009

• Quarter Finals

o Q.Finals Character Refilling: July 27, 2009

o Match: Aug 1, 2009

 Winners of the Quarter Finals will win a prize and will be inserted on August 10, 2009 and will advance to Semi Finals

• Semi Finals

o Character Refilling: Aug 3, 2009

o Match: Aug 9, 2009

• FINALS

o Character Copy: Aug 12, 2009

o Character Check: Aug 14, 2009

o Match: Aug 15, 2009

Eligibility:

i. All RF Online Ph subscribers are qualified and eligible to join.

ii. Guild Master must at least be Base level 50.

iii. Guild voting will be counted as per guild name basis. If an extension of a Guild will participate in the Wildcard voting, the votes will be counted separately.

Nomination Phase

1. Nomination phase will start from May 22 to 28, 2009

2. How to nominate a guild:

i. Top-up your account for RF Online through the Wildcard microsite.

ii. Every top-up has it’s corresponding war points

Card Denomination # of votes Card Denomination # of votes

P10 1 P100 100

P20 2 P250 250

P50 5 P350 350

P75 75 P500 600

iii. Select the server and race of the guild you want to nominate.

3. The top 5 guild with the most number of nominations per server will be qualified to join the RF Online Wildcard phase.

4. Top nominees per server will be announced on May 29, 2009

Voting Phase

1. Voting phase will start from May 29 2009 (12 Noon) to June 30, 2009 7:30am

2. How to vote a nominated guild:

i. Top-up your account for RF Online through the Wildcard microsite.

ii. Every top-up has it’s corresponding war points

Card Denomination # of votes Card Denomination # of votes

P10 1 P100 100

P20 2 P250 250

P50 5 P350 350

P75 75 P500 600

iii. Select the server and race of the guild you want to vote.

3. The guild with the most number of votes per server will be included in the eliminations round.

4. The server representative will be announced on July 8, 2009

5. Prizes

Top Nominee per Server

1st in the Server the Guild Master of the Nominated Guild Receives

• +5 Set Guild Master’s Armor

• 1 pc 5 to 6 100% Keen Upgrader of Choice

• 4 Stacks of Hora Battle Dungeon keys (5 types)

• 2 Stacks Hora Dark Hole Keys

• 2 Stack Elite Gems

• 2 Stack High gems

• 2 Stack Each

• Mercy Talic

• Favor Talic

• Keen Talic

• Grace Talic

• Darkness Talic

2nd in the Server the Guild Master of the Nominated Guild Receives

• +4 Set Guild Master’s Armor

• 1 pc 5 to 6 100% Keen Upgrader of Choice

• 2 Stacks of Hora Battle Dungeon keys (5 types)

• 2 Stacks Hora Dark Hole Keys

• 1 Stack Elite Gems

• 1 Stack High gems

• 1 Stack Each

• Mercy Talic

• Favor Talic

• Keen Talic

• Grace Talic

• Darkness Talic

Caravan’s Choice (Overall Winner in Voting)

• The guild with the highest number of votes across all servers will get a guaranteed slot in the Wildcard Semifinals with a chance to garner a slot in the NEST Finals at Level Up! Live 2009.

• The Ultimate Wildcard will not be counted in selecting the top two guilds per server to participate in the Wildcard tournament. Instead, it will automatically be part of the Semifinals round of the said tournament.

Example: A Nexus guild is crowned the Ultimate Wildcard. Since that guild garnered the most votes across all servers, at the same time also secured the most voted in the Nexus Server. However, since this guild will be exempt from the selection of top two guilds per server, there will be a total of three guilds in the Wildcard tournament from the Nexus Server, the Ultimate Wildcard, and the next two guilds with the highest number of votes.

Caravan’s Choice Winner will receive

Caravan’s Choice (Overall Wild Card Vote Getter)

• +4 Type C Dark Weapon of Choice (Capped to 55)

• +4 Type C Armor Set of Choice or level 57 Intense Armor Set of Choice (NO Ups, 7 Slots)

• +4 Jet Pack (Capped to 50)

• 1 Elem 25/20 (Max for their respective race)

• 1 Stack Keen Talic

• 1 Stack Favor Talic

• 1 Stack Elite Gems

• 2 Stacks High Gems

• 2 Stacks HBD Keys

• 2 Stacks Hora DH Keys

Guild Master Also receives

• +5 Set Guild Master’s Armor

• 2 pcs 26/21 Elem (Upgraded Elems not Type H)

• 5 to 7 Stable 100% Keen Upgrader of Choice

• 2 Stacks of Hora Battle Dungeon keys (5 types)

• 2 Stacks Hora Dark Hole Keys

• 2 Stacks Elite Gems

• 2 Stacks High gems

• 1 Stack Each

• Mercy Talic

• Favor Talic

• Keen Talic

• Grace Talic

• Darkness Talic

Wildcard Server Eliminations Mechanics

Eligibility

• The guild with the most votes (during the voting phase) will take a slot on the eliminations round.

Team Line-up Pre-requisite

• EQUIPMENT

• Only 1 member per team will be allowed to equip a +7 weapon.

• The rest of the members may have up to +6 weapons, subject to the tournament integrity rule.

• No restrictions on elemental accessories.

• No HP/FP modifying accessories will be allowed including Beginner’s rings and amulets.

• Legacy blades will not be copied. Alternative wind weapons will be provided.

• Staff weapons will be provided for Bellato and Cora

• RACE SPECIALTY

• All teams may only have a maximum of 5 characters using their racial specialty

• Cross-class characters (where their final class is a racial class) are included in this limitation.

• Accretia

• Only 5 Annihilators will be allowed.

• (can use any SK)

• Bellato

• Only 5 MAUs may be deployed at one time.

• (Can use any kind of MAU)

• Only 3 Soul Chandra per team will be allowed.

• Cora

• Only 5 Animi may be summoned not including Sealed Animi.

• Only 2 Sealed Animi will be allowed

• ITEMS

• All item mall items (except teleport scrolls and no delay premium health potion) are allowed

• No-delay potions are not allowed.

• Chaos potion is required for same race match. Purchase enough to last the whole match.

• CHARACTER

• Cross Classed characters are allowed but if a character is cross-classed to use their racial specialty, they are subject to the racial specialty cap. (e.g. With 2 corite ranger-summoners on the team, only 3 summoners can be fielded, total of 5 characters with the Summon racial specialty)

• Only 2 Resu Characters are allowed per team

Character Copying

• Check schedule for dates of line-up submission (previous line-up regional winners may be changed) and character copying.

• No exceptions will be given to those who do not have the proper equipment/characters before this deadline.

• Whatever the status of your character upon character copying shall remain as is and be used during the tourney. NO CLASS REDEFINITION ALLOWED.

• Only the character, and his personal inventory ("5bags") including the money on his character will be copied. Any items in storage will not be copied.

• The same tournament rules and mechanics will apply.

• The Top CUS Grand Champion will battle it out against the Wildcard Tournament Champion for the NEST 2009 Champion Title.

BATTLE MECHANICS

• The tournament will be held in the Event Server

• If the match is between members of the same race, Chaos potions will be used.

• Teams will be given 5 minutes to set-up their characters and check hardware.

• After set-up, teams will be summoned to the GM Land.

• Each Team will be given a starting point/area before the fight.

• The GM will announce on when they may start casting buffs.

• The GM will start a countdown from 5. Match will start after he says “GO!”

TOURNAMENT RULES

• No player will be allowed to leave or respawn in (in case of death) the tournament area at anytime. Otherwise, that character will be removed from the match.

• Recalling (Bellato) a live character during the match can only be done once every round.

• A Team will score Death Points [DP] for every death, which may be reduced by a successful resurrection of a team mate. Scores will be computed as follows:

o 1 Death = 2 Death Point [DP]

o 1 Resurrection = minus 1 Death Points [DP]

For Example, a character dies, the team gets 2 death point, if that character is revived, then the team’s death points will be reduced to 1. This rule rewards the skills resurrection characters must possess in order to successfully revive team members while staying alive.

• The team with the least amount of Death Points [DP] will win that round.

• Wipe out will be automatically count as 1 win [DP will not be considered]

• The match will be a race to 2 best of 3.

• In the event that a player disconnects, the match will continue. Disconnected player/s must reconnect as soon as possible.

• Championship round will be a race to 2 best of 3 wins.

• Changes in the tournament rules will be announced before a match starts on the actual event.

Tournament Integrity Rules

• There will be zero tolerance for any bug abuse or 3PP usage by any member of any team

• Illegally acquired items will automatically be screened upon character copying to the Event Server. Any character that holds an illegally acquired item for any reason will cause the deletion of that item both on the event server and of the main server.

• Further investigation will then be pursued on the characters holding said items.

• For these reasons, borrowing of items are allowed, but at your own risk. Ignorance is not an excuse. Make sure the items you hold are legitimate. No excuses will be entertained.

Player Responsibilities

• Players must follow the rules interpretations and guidelines for play set forth by the NEST Tournament Committee, the Tournament Director, the head judge, and other tournament officials.

• Players are expected to behave in a respectful and sporting manner at all times.

• Players who argue with or fail to follow the instructions of the Tournament Director, head judge or other tournament officials are subject to the appropriate penalties as dictated by the severity of the case.

• Level Up! and/or officials of the NEST Tournament Committee shall reserve the right to suspend or ban a player or guild without prior notice for any reason deemed necessary.

• The decision of the Referees, Game Masters, and tournament officials ARE FINAL.

• Level Up! has the right to change/delete portions/expound/clarify/interpret tournament rules depending on circumstances as they see fit for a fair and balanced tournament environment