Just a few thoughts on a tournament for new players
Tournament :
Newbie definition could be date joined Illyriad, i.e., July 15, 2011
Tournament timetable two weekends based on Illyriad time
Weekend 1: newbies can choose to enter either Saturday or Sunday, but not both days. Both days are (day 1) of tourney.
Weekend 1: newbies who complete the most challenges, i.e., top 40 percent move on to compete (day 2) Saturday of Weekend 2
Weekend 2: Two days of competion:
Saturday (day 2) determines top 20 percent of each team who move on to compete Sunday (day 3)
Sunday (day 3) end of the tournament produces eight first place winners, the player who completed the most challenges on each team
Teams based on location of player's capital city (specify illyriad coordinates):
north
northeast
east
southeast
south
southwest
west
northwest
Resource trading and gifting should only occur between team members during the Tournament timetable.
Challenges, for instance, could be based on completing existing quests (no additional dev input)
Bonuses:
Bonus for entering the tournament
Bonus for completing one challenge
Bonus for finishing day 1 in top 40 percent
Bonus for finishing day 2 in top 20 percent
Bonus for finishing day 3 in top 10 percent
First place prize for each team