2018-10-01 18:39:11 +0000 UTC by QuietDove
Hello, after a brief hiatus last month, the tournament report has returned! The third of our monthly tournaments certainly didn't disappoint, with some classic fights being fought, and one of the tournaments biggest controversies to date.
Competitors
For the first time in the tournaments history, there were no non-benders taking part, hopefully we see them return in October.
The other four elements were represented by:
Air - Vincebobogunoosh, Porku, Cheesesandwich, J_L_T, radostin04, SkeletonXF238, nanook4219
Water - EvieAscendant, zcvn, Kidletz5
Earth - FireLordIzumi, Caljitsu, Sodie_Pops
Fire - MewRayquaza, Failbourgh, Creepreeck
Once again, air proved to be the most popular choice, especially after Porku's success with it in the last tournament. Perhaps it's popularity is a sign to even organisers that the competition may need levelling out.
First Round
The first fight saw a tasty matchup between FireLordIzumi and Vincebobogunoosh, a pre-tournament favourite. The fight was something of a formality as Vince was able to comfortably dispatch Izumi, throwing down the gauntlet to the rest of the competition.
Another notable match was the surprisingly entertaining encounter between Caljtsu and Porku, the defending champion. Cal found more luck than his fellow earthbender, Izumi, in landing a few significant hits against his air bending opponent. However, the fight ultimately came down to a relatively easy victory to Porku.
The third fight was a confusing battle between Mew and Cheese. The fight had to be restarted twice, first due to Cheese using PEGM's (Performance Enhancing Game Modes), then Mew suffering an injury called "Random DC".In the fight, Mew appeared to be the one with the advantage, Cheese appearing to be unable to land any significant hits. But then, in a twist, Mew appeared to forfeit the match, allowing Cheese to defeat her. This is believed to be due to an illness known as "Lag"
In the other fights:
- Evie comfortably dispatched zcvn after a drawn out fight.
- Radostin defeated J_L_T, despite some intriguing fighting techniquesfrom the latter.
- Sodie was victorious over Fail in an entertaining fight,
- Skeleton and Creepreeck had an attritional battle that ended in asurprise victory for Skeleton. (Who has now regained some of hisdignity after his horror show in the first tournament.
- Nanook knocked out Kidletz, despite his stubborn and promising resistance.
Quarter Finals
The headline fight in this round was undoubtably the fight between the tournament favourites, Porku and Vince. The fight did not disappoint as neither fighter left anything on the arena. It was an excellent display of air bending prowess from the pair, any aspiring fighter would do well to observe this fight.Both competitors landed big hits and the lead changed hands several times early on. But eventually, Porku was able to land some decisive blows that saw him defeat his arch rival.
The fight between Evie and Cheese was another long fight, one for the purists of the sport. Evie made good use of her water bending and, in truth, she never really looked like losing.
Sodie and Radostin provided an entertaining, if slightly one-sided, fight. Sodie gave a perfect demonstration of earth bendings capabilities, with Rad unable to keep up (which is slightly ironic for an airbender...). The fight went to Sodie, as their excellent run continued.
The final quarter final bout was a slightly underwhelming affair between Skeleton and Nanook. Neither fighter seemed to be comfortable with air bending tactics, making for a slightly slow fight. Eventually, Nanook emerged victorious.
Semi Finals
The first semi final, between Evie and Porku, was a cracker. Although there were few fireworks, the fight gave us a gripping battle of wills. Evie appeared to be landing most of the hits from the safety of her pool of water, but Porku was able to keep her honest using his speed and landing hits of his own.In a fight lasting six minutes, it eventually came down to Porku knocking Evie out of the water and landing several significant hits. The fight was ended by a perfectly timed Air Burst from Porku, breaking Evie's defences. Porku advanced to his third successive final.
The second semi final was fought between Sodie and Nanook. This was another long fight, totalling nearly ten minutes, by far the longest of the tournament so far! Sodie took an interesting, and ulitmately misguided, approach to the fight.The tactic of continually using Earth Wall may have been a masterstroke... Not this time though. The lack of attacking intent from Sodie allowed Nanook to eat and regain health, eventually paving the way for his victory.
Final
The final match of this tournament promised much, both Porku and Nanook had fought well in the previous rounds, but it ended in controversy.The fight began slowly, both fighters taking time to size each other up, with few punches thrown. As the fight developed both sides grew into it and started to land some hits. Porku had the slight advantage in the early stages, proving his skills. But, Nanook was able to come back into it and peg Porku back, this wasn't going to be easy for Porku. The bout continued in this manner for some time, with Porku able to hold a slight advantage.However, as the fight headed towards its closing stages, we were presented with one of the tournaments biggest controversies yet. Porku began to use his air ball to travel around the arena, allowing Nanook to get a few hits, before his was blown up into the air. Making no attempt to break his fall, Porku hit the ground and lost the fight.
Initially, this appeared to be a major mistake from the defending champion, as airbenders are difficult to defeat with fall damage, but it later emerged that Porku had deliberately lost the fight.
With this information, the Board of Stewards decided to disqualify Porku from the tournament, citing a breach of the competitions spirit. The stewards are currently in the process of discussing further punishment, news of which should break in the not too distant future.
Despite this, Nanook was named as the champion and went away with the top prize. Congratulations to him!
Awards
Best Fighter: Porku - Despite his underhanded tactics in the final, his excellent form must be acknowledged. He once again provided some memorable displays on his route to the final.
Best Battle: Porku vs Vince - An obvious choice. The best two fighters in the tournament were on display in their brilliant quarter-final bout. A true masterclass of air bending from the pair of them.
Worst Battle: - Skeleton vs Nanook - Sorry Skeleton, you're here again! I promise I'm not doing this on purpose... The fight was underwhelming to say the least, its long length didn't help.
Funniest Moment: - The slightly farcical Cheese vs Mew fight, which required three attempts to get started. It was ultimately ended by Mew's terrible internet connection, time to invest in fibre optic I think!
Last Notes
Thank you to everyone who competed this month! You have a whole month to prepare for the next one, so get on the training ground!
Details about the October tournament will be released shortly, so keep an eye on the Discord for all the information.
2018-08-16 23:40:29 +0000 UTC by QuietDove
Hello to all budding fighters! With the elements about to be rebalanced (or nerfed, depending on your point of view) it’s time for another tournament! As before, this event shall be held in the glorious Gaoling Arena.
When will it be held?
- The event will take place on the 25th of August at 7pm UTC. This is 3PM EST / 8PM GMT+1 / 10PM GMT+3 / 5AM GMT+10. Please consult Google for your local time if it's not on that list.
Where do I sign up?
- Please fill in this form.
- If this doesn’t work, then feel free to reply to this post. Alternatively, contact Caljitsu or an admin, who shall then add you manually.
Can I have whatever bending style I like?
- Yes, you can! This event takes place on the Event Server, so you can pick a style of take through the tournament. Please note that once you’ve picked, you can’t change.
- Your level will also be boosted to level 25, so it doesn’t matter how strong you are on lobby!
What are the rewards?
- Apart from eternal glory, and the respect of your fellow players, the winner will get to choose a free item from the server store. This includes bending focuses, hats, player slots, and much more! If you don’t want a free item, then you will receive 500,000 in-game currency (yuans).
- Second place will receive 200,000 yuans.
- There is also a participation prize of six cosmetic heads, namely, three diamond ore and three diamond blocks. Alongside this, you will also receive a tea leaf. So it’s well worth signing up!
- Please note: If an admin or mod wins the tournament, second place will be able to claim the first place prize. This does not mean that second place wins the tournament, you’re still a loser (sorry).
How does the Tournament work?
- The tournament will run on a public leaderboard that will be available to view once the tournament has started.
- Players are seeded based on the length of time they’ve been on the server. This means that veteran players will face veteran players, and newer players will face newer players (wherever possible). This is designed to mix up the tournament and give everyone a fair chance of progression.
- The time of day is controlled so that fire and waterbenders don’t receive their day or night damage bonuses. Waterbenders will also fight in a specific arena that contains water source blocks.
- Participants will also be delighted to hear that QuietDove (the dude who wrote this and is currently talking in the third person) will, once again, be providing his expert live commentary!
I can't make this tournament, will you do one again?
- Absolutely! We are planning to run these tournaments monthly, most likely on the last Saturday of every month. Who knows, we may mix up the prizes at some point?
If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact Caljitsu or an Admin, either on the server or on Discord.
To sync your AMC account with Discord, follow these instructions:
- Perform the command
/register on the server. This will walk you through how to create an AvatarMC Forum account. - Go to the following link: https://discord.avatarmc.com/ . You will then be asked to log in using your forum login information.
- Accept the invitation.
We look forward to seeing you fight for glory on the 25th of August!
2018-07-15 12:11:23 +0000 UTC by QuietDove
We need your feedback!
Hello everyone,
Congratulations to user Kaaldr for placing in first during the bending tournament. Runner-up was Porku somehow.
Users that participated in the tournament, or people who just have opinions, can post their ideas and opinions on how the elements should be further balanced on our forum post. With that said, below is a lovely piece written by the glorious QuietDove detailing each round of the tournament.
Gaoling Bending Tournament Report
When people ask me about this edition of the Bending Tournament, I will simply tell them that they had to be there! Over the course of two hours, we were gifted with some terrific displays of fighting prowess in the newly released Gaoling Arena, the perfect backdrop to a perfect event.
Twenty-one fighters entered the event, with representatives of all five elements thanks to the addition of non-bending in the last release. Due to the odd numbers, some players had to go through an extra round, with others getting byes into the second round.
Round One
It was in that first round that we got out first major upset when pre-tournament favorite Martdamp (earth) came up against his fellow tournament organizer FireLordIzumi (water). It was Admin vs Mod in this most highly anticipated first fight. The battle of brutal as both made good use of their chosen elements environment and are attacks. Spectators were treated to a truly memorable battle that ended when Izumi made use of the Water Octopus to end Martdamps hopes of victory at the first hurdle. It was a highly impressive victory and a massive shock to those who had backed Martdamp.
The first round also saw JustThePanos (fire) overcome zcvn (water) in the very first fight of the tournament, with zcvn suffocating in his own ice cage.
SidesRoi (air) was impressive in his win over vadimuzhya (fire), with the latter never really threatening.
PowerfulPig (nb) showed off the potential of non-bending by defeating Dragon_Girl_1 (air) in routine fashion.
Finally, Skeletonxf (air) was put straight through to the second round after his opponent failed to show.
Round Two
Round two saw some big names enter the draw, with a tasty matchup between FireLordIzumi and MewRayquaza (fire) being a big highlight, especially after Izumi’s impressive victory in the first round. With Izumi now a favorite to win the whole thing, Mew was up against it to get through to the quarterfinals. The match was a nailbiter as both parties landed good hits on their opponent. Nothing was held back as Mew gained the upper hand and carried that form throughout the rest of the fight and eventually defeated Izumi in a big shock.
A special mention must go to Skeletonxf and Palsjuegs (water) as they played out the longest and most boring fight, potentially, in the history of bending! Neither fighter was able to land a significant hit for the whole ten-minute ordeal. People in the crowd started to wonder if they’d ever see the sun again as the fight continued for a length that Wimbledon would be proud of. To the relief of absolutely everyone involved, and I include the fighters in that, Skeletonxf decided to forfeit the match.
The other matches in round two were as follows:
Porku (fire), another pre-tournament favorite, easily overcame forkspork123 (air) to progress to the quarterfinals.
CheeseSandwich (earth) could do little to prevent defeat against JustThePanos (fire), who put in another impressive and efficient performance.
NeutrinoBoys (fire) and Kaaldr (nb) played out an entertaining fight, as non-bending once again showed its potential. Kaaldr triumphed, but NeutrinoBoys would’ve been encouraged by his own performance.
PowerfulPig (nb) made it two non-benders in the quarterfinals as he ended earthbender interest in the tournament by defeating Sodie_Pops (earth) in a routine victory.
Brilashy (fire) put in a highly impressive performance whilst defeating sivertehbomb (air), who never really got a look in.
Lastly, SidesRoi was put straight through to the last eight after his opponent failed to appear.
Quarter Finals
The quarterfinals produced some memorable bouts, with the exciting matchup of Porku and MewRayquaza the biggest draw.
Both fighters had become the hot favorite for the title after their victories earlier on, but most still backed Porku to come out victorious. Spectators were presented to a truly memorable display of firebending from both players, one of the best ever seen. The start of the fight was evenly matched with neither giving too much away. The pendulum swung both ways as both fighters gained the upper hand at various points. Mew seemed to be pulling head as she landed a number of good hits and seemed to have Porku on the ropes. But Porku was able to show his class and reel in his opponent to take a spectacular victory. Both participants came out of the fight with a lot of credit, but it was Porku who advanced to the final four.
SidesRoi overcame JustThePanos with a professional performance that was evenly matched for much of its duration. Sides’s experience with airbending was likely a big contributor to his victory. His win set up a duel with Porku for a place in the final.
Palsjuegs and Kaaldr battled out an attritional bout in their last eight tie. The fight was another slow one as neither fighter seemed willing to commit to close combat, something that both water and non-bending should excel at. Eventually, Kaaldr was able to use his non-bending to record a relatively routine victory and advance to the quarterfinals.
The final quarterfinal was between non-bender PowerfulPig and firebender Brilashy. Another tight fight that eventually resulted in PowerfulPig becoming the second non-bender to enter the semi-finals, where he would meet Kaaldr, the first one! The success of the non-benders in this tournament will be a wake-up call in future tournaments, as people try to figure out their weaknesses.
Semi Finals
The first semi-final was between Porku and SidesRoi. By this point, Porku was considered to be the runaway favorite for the title with most of the big names out. SidesRoi provided little resistance as Porku gave another ruthless display of firebending. Sides could do little more than run away and struggled to land hits, meaning Porku had a relatively easy route into the final.
The second semi-final gave us a very intriguing fight between two of the surprise packages of the tournament, the non-benders PowerfulPig, and Kaaldr. Both of these had gone beyond the expectations set for them as their element proved to be highly effective against all elements so far. Their match was a predictably tight affair, with both fighters wanting to size each other up. The lead in the match changed hands multiple times as they took turns in coming forward to engage in close combat. Soon though Kaaldr was able to gain a significant foothold and defeat PowerfulPig in a tight matchup and set up a final with Porku.
The Grand Finale
The tournament had thrown up a number of surprises, but none were quite as amazing as Kaaldr’s run to the final. A last minute entrant who very few had heard of before the tournament began, he now stood on the brink of immortality as potentially the first non-bender to win a bending tournament. Cynics may argue that he had an easy run to the final, but that would be unfair to his impressive run.
Porku’s run was undoubtedly tougher, he had to defeat two seasoned combatants in MewRayquaza and SidesRoi, and he’d done so in spectacular fashion. Porku now stood as the favorite to take the title, his performances to this point backed this up.
The final was a David vs Goliath story, the plucky underdog vs the seasoned veteran. Victory for Kaaldr would go down as one of the great sporting upsets, a victory for Porku would cap one of the most impressive performances ever in a tournament.
The final started off brightly for Porku as he aimed several blasts of fire at Kaaldr, with a few hitting. But soon Kaaldr found his feet and was able to use the non-benders superior speed to evade further hits from Porku. This set the tone for the rest of the fight, Kaaldr using the duck and cover technique to great effect, using bombs regularly to try and score hits on his opponent. Porku kept plugging away and was able to land hits semi-regularly, giving him a slender advantage overall in the fight.
Kaaldr spent much of the fight trying to get into melee range of Porku, as this was where his abilities would be most effective. Porku was successful in keeping him at arm's length for most of the fight, limiting him to using the bombs. But then, as it looked like we were in for a long fight, Kaaldr broke through Porku’s defenses and landed several melee hits on the firebender, giving him a big advantage.
From there, Kaaldr gained in confidence and broke through again, landing more hits. It looked like there was going to be a shock on the cards. Kaaldr eventually trapped Porku in a corner and struck the final killer blows, prompting cheers of adulation from the crowd, they’d got their wish.
Porku had fallen and a new champion had risen from his ashes. Kaaldr had shocked everyone and claimed the most unlikely of victories. Leicester City’s Premier League win, the Miracle on Ice, England winning a penalty shootout. These are just some of the sporting upsets that people will remember for much longer than this one, but that doesn’t matter! Kaaldr had done the impossible, he’d overcome all the odds claimed eternal glory!
By the time the next tournament comes around, he will be up there as a favorite. He’d shown improvement throughout and seemed to really get to grips with combat as he got into the final. Non-bending may well be a popular choice for the next tournament! (Just as long as Mart doesn’t nerf it…)
Tournament Awards
Best Fighter: Porku - He may have lost in the end, but I don’t think anyone can deny that he produced some spectacular fights in his run to the final.
Best Battle: Porku vs Mew - One of the best fights we’ve seen, neither competitor gave an inch in this one and the fight could’ve gone either way.
Biggest Upset: Kaaldr beating Porku - Was there any doubt about this one? No one predicted this outcome at the start of the tournament. Honorable mention for Izumi defeating Mart.
Worst Fight: Palsjuegs vs Skeleton - zzzzzzzzz
Best Moment: zcvn suffocates in a wall - Just for pure comic value, getting stuck inside your own ice is very special!
