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Starflame13 -> =EC 2018= Finals OOC (8/5/2018 20:00:02)
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Welcome and congratulations, to all who participated in the 2018 Elemental Championships! Welcome to the Grand Finale!
We had an amazing showing this year, and I am so impressed with (and so thankful to) everyone who participated. Many of these decisions were extremely challenging, so a huge round of applause to all our writers! Now, without further ado, I am proud to present to you:
The 2018 EC Paragons!
Dapper Fenix, created by Apocalypse, as the Paragon of Fire!
Maled Con, created by Chewy905, as the Paragon of Darkness!
Vir, created by Starstruck, as the Paragon of Energy!
Elias Iivonen, created by Kooroo, as the Paragon of Wind!
Pride, created by draketh99, as the Paragon of Ice!
Valo Aurinko, the Lightcutter, created by Kellehendros, as the Paragon of Light!
His Great Audaciousness, Dalavar, The Mage Slayer!, created by Rayen, as the Paragon of Water!
Oz, created by TormentedDragon, as the Paragon of Earth!
All chosen paragons, PLEASE READ THE REST OF THIS POST IN ITS ENTIRETY. Anyone else, feel free to skip to the final paragraphs after the line break, with info as to where you can go from here!
All of the same rules from the initial OOC thread apply, with the exception for how extensions are handled. While this year the timer between each post will remain at 4 days, each Paragon is only allowed ONE 24 hour extension, or TWO 12 hour extensions, to be approved by me as necessary in this thread. I will do my best to continue to give people 24 hour idle-out warnings, but this is the Finals. You are ultimately responsible for posting on time, so plan your posting schedule accordingly.
Once your character enters the Finals Arena, you start with a clean state. Writings from the Paragon Phase will be evaluated again if a tie-breaker is necessary, but here is where you truly need to focus. Communicate and collaborate with each other, ask questions when needed, PROOFREAD YOUR POSTS, and have a blast showing of your writing skills and abilities.
Finals are structured differently than the paragon arenas. Everyone is given time to make their introduction post and preferable their second (often more action-oriented) post. At that point, the director (me) will make a Cut - and select one of the Paragons to remove from the competition. Paragons will continue to be Cut every 4 days until only the final three are left - at which point a Champion will be selected, and a boon granted.
The Arena will open (hopefully) at 12:01 am EDT on Monday, August 6th. The first Cut will be made 7 days later, at 12:01am on Monday, August 13th. While the announcements for Cuts may not be made at exactly midnight, any posts after the deadline will not be included in my decision. I would STRONGLY recommend having at least two posts up by this time. After the first Cut, subsequent Cuts will occur every 4 days. If a contestant idles out in that time, their DQ will take the place of that Cut.
When a Paragon is Cut, they will have some sense or awareness that the grace of their Elemental Lord has been withdrawn, and the gate behind their Pillar will open. Some years the Pillars also react physically, some years they do not. Once Cut, a competitor has three choices. They can Submit, recognize the will of the Arena and exit through their gate. They can Surrender, and allow an opponent to slay their character through a collaborative effort. Or they can retaliate with Spite, and make one single, final attack in the arena. If you choose this last option, your character will then be left to the mercy of those left in the arena, with no further outlet for collaboration. As such, to any competitor targeted by a Spite attack, please treat it with additional seriousness.
As with the Arena OOC threads, I will be editing in any questions about the Grand Arena in general here! Starting with:
What are the dimensions of the Grand Arena?
The Grand Arena is slightly larger than the Paragon arenas. From the geographic center, it is 80 feet (or 24.38 meters) to the boundary wall. The Pillars are all 60 feet (18.2 meters) away from the center, and placed at equidistant points forming a circle. Fire is at Cardinal North, and the order in which the Chosen are listed here is the order in which their respective elements are, moving clockwise around the arena.
How do our characters get transported to the Grand Arena?
Once a Combatant is removed from the Paragon Arena, you are free to perceive the transition from that point in whichever way best fits your narrative. You may have arena officials guide you to the foyers before the gates behind your respective pillar and use those to enter, or have your Elemental Patron transport you in some way, depositing you in front of the gates or next to their pillar. The Finale starts at noon, roughly half an hour after the Paragon fights end (to give spectators time to relocate). While not required, each combatant has the option of a full heal/restore (as well as the restoration of any ammo/armor/weapons that were damaged in the Paragon phase), enacted however they wish to in the transition.
Once again, thank you to everyone for participating in the Elemental Championships! Even if you did not make it through to the Finals, stick around to watch and cheer on your favorites, both here and in the Discord server!
In addition, I would love to hear feedback on how YOU, the players, felt this years ECs were run! This is my second time as Director and while I feel like I fixed my own rookie mistakes from last year, I would love to continue to improve! The feedback form may be filled out anonymously, and can be found here.
For anyone who would like to continue improving their own role-playing skills, I encourage you to check out either the Role Playing Academy or the Combat Training forums. Additionally, keep an eye on the Role Playing General Discussion for any future, member-led RP’s, or feel free to look into creating your own! If anyone who has participated would like me to give them feedback on their characters, they are welcome to ask, but please be patient if it takes a while for me to respond as I will be slightly busy judging the Finals Phase.
Best of luck to all of our Paragons!
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