Today marked the start of the tournament. Of course, it wasn't the finals yet, far from it. It was the preliminaries.
The top 1000 ranked individuals for the individual fights, the top 1000 parties, and the top 200 guilds, were all to duke it out. To reach the top in their category, these teams had already fought plenty of matches. But, unlike those, these would be far more stressful.
Each win would award them points. The individual matches were simple, each victory awarded you one point, and a loss cost you one in turn. Draws resulted in no change of points and would be called if a fight dragged on for over 10 minutes.
For parties, the same rules applied. However, points were accounted for according to the number of surviving members. Thus the total amount claimable was eight, since parties were limited to eight in the tournament. Though many of the teams had more members in standby, only eight could compete at a time.
