Well I have closed the threads down, and we are sadly short two people, so we did not have 15 that I was expecting. The tournament will only have 13 participants. However, I will make due with this and I have made the adjustments required. I will announced the first round of quests on Sunday, barring any unforeseen difficulties.

The bracket system if you are wondering has already been sorted out to work for 13. How it will work out I will make clear on Sunday. I'll just say for now that it will be unconventional, but for a RP Tournament it will work out just fine.

Everyone that signed up has been accepted and start preparing yourself for the first rounds. Remember that this is a cooperative effort as much as it is a competition, this is still a RP and not a RPB, fighting each other is not a requirement or even advised since you would probably have trouble completing your objective. But it is up to you how you go about the quest, so if you wish to fight there is no rule against it.

Also I have selected the three judges that will be watching over the tournament and deciding who will be going on to the next round. They are Shan'do Spike, a long standing judge from ToA, Merlin, holder of the last RP Tournament and LocoColt04, another long standing judge from ToA. Myself, I will be simply be the guide, I will be creating your quests and working the over arching plot for the tournament.

I will explain these things again at the start of the quests. I will send out PMs notifying everyone of the starting of the tournament as well as PMs for any changes that happen in the world events that may impact your characters. Since you will probably be away from civilization during the quests these things might not affect you, unless say a war breaks out and there is now an army marching through your area. I will be very clear about the events. And remember that if I make a post about something happening, if it makes sense to intregrate it into your story, do so. You are being judged on a variety of areas not just writing skill.