Update March 23:
The Grand Champion has been crowned!

In a battle that sent shockwaves reverberating through the planet, Leviathan the Earth Shaker went berserk to escape death and barely defeat Efnor the Wind Serpent! The screen cap of the epic battle can be found here! In addition, the final bracket challenge standings are below:
Congratulations to Kharn in his comeback victory! He will receive 480,000 gold pieces and a trophy for his win! Huklebuc will receive 120,000 gold pieces for his admirable 2nd place finish (not that he needs more gold!).

Thanks to everyone for playing along. I hope to see you participate again next March!
Update February 19:
Brackets are now live! Players may view the brackets on Google sheets here.


Scoring

• Round 1: 1 Point for each correct answer
• Round 2: 2 Points for each correct answer
• Round 3: 4 Points for each correct answer
• Round 4: 8 Points for each correct answer
• Round 5: 16 Points for each correct answer
• Round 6: 32 Points for each correct answer

The final prize pool will be determined after all entries have been received (by February 25 midnight PST).

Perfect Bracket Reward!
Players who submit a perfect bracket (score of 192 points) will receive 1 million gold pieces! Good Luck!

Tournament Schedule

• Round of 64: Celestite and Alanthium Division Matches - March 1
• Round of 64: Amaranthium and Infernite Division Matches - March 2
• Round of 32: Celestite and Alanthium Division Matches - March 8
• Round of 32: Amaranthium and Infernite Division Matches - March 9
• Round of 16: March 15
• Round of 4: March 16
• Championship Match: March 22
  
  
  Original Post:
  
         Overview       
  
  The tournament will consist of a large number of NPCs (perms) fighting it out to determine who is mightiest NPC in Derlith. Each NPC will be placed in a room against their opponent and forced to fight...to the death! Players will be able to attend and spectate should the wish. Beverages and souvenirs will be available.
  
  
  Madness Schedule
  
  Over the next 6 days (deadline February 17) players are welcome to submit nominations by replying to this thread for NPCs they would like to see participate in the tournament. After that, game staff will finalize the list of participants and 'seed' them accordingly.
  
  Note: Please feel free to nominate any of your favorite NPCs from the game, regardless of level. For example, if I REALLY want to see Bobby Blaze the Hippie in action then by golly, I'm going to nominate the heck out of him.
  Note 2: Limited event NPCs (ie, the Nexus Avatar) are excluded from this event as they were designed using a different methodology.
  
  Tournament Brackets will be made available for all players by February 19th (via Google docs). The tournament bracket will match up all NPCs such that players can predict who would win in each match up. Players may then choose to participate in the bracket game by submitting their predictions. Players will then have until February 25th to submit their brackets into the contest.
  
  Tournament rounds will take place on Thursdays and Fridays beginning March 1 and conclude on March 22. The exact schedule will be released when the tournament bracket is complete.
  
  
                Contest               
  
  Only 1 entry may be made per player (not player character). Players who wish to take part in the bracket contest must also pay a 20,000 gold piece entry fee. This fee can be submitted in person or via bank transfer to Nikola. The player fees will be added to a pre-determined amount to comprise the prize pool.
  
  Players can choose to create brackets and make predictions but will not be eligible for the prizes if they do not submit an entry fee
  
  Each round of the tournament will be progressively scored based on the number of correct predictions each player makes (ie, Round 1 may be worth 1 point per correct prediction, whereas Round 3 may be worth 4 points per correct prediction). At the conclusion of the tournament, the scores will be tallied and a winner will be announced.
  
  The winner of the contest will receive a trophy (holding item) and 80% of the prize pool. The 2nd place winner will receive 20% of the prize pool. (no participation ribbons will be available).
  
  The winning NPC will receive an addition to their room to denote their status as tournament champion.
  
  
          Important Dates        
  [list=disc][list_item]February 17 - NPC Nomination Deadline
• February 19 - Tournament Bracket and Schedule Release
• February 25 - Player Bracket Submission Deadline
• March 1 - Tournament Starts
• March 22 - Tournament Ends

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There are some seriously big contenders out there, I'm sure.

I want to nominate Felix DeWinter.

I nominate Efnor the Wind Serpent

Excellent nomination.

Keep in mind: you can nominate as many as you'd like.

The base prize pool is 250,000 gold before player fees (each fee will be matched when being added to the prize pool).

nikola wrote:

Excellent nomination. Keep in mind: you can nominate as many as you'd like. The base prize pool is 250,000 gold before player fees (each fee will be matched when being added to the prize pool).

Woohoo!

Fafnir the Electric Serpent
Amhuluk the Water Serpent
Igmoo the Mad
Leviathan the Earth Shaker
Ygrilex the World-Devourer Ooze

huklebuc wrote:

Fafnir the Electric Serpent Amhuluk the Water Serpent Igmoo the Mad Leviathan the Earth Shaker Ygrilex the World-Devourer Ooze

You left out Billy Blaze.

Darsk was the big bad in the old days, I wonder where he sits now. I'm not 40, so I don't deal with the biggest perms in the game, so I have no idea how tough those serpents really are.

I also want to nominate Tormenos the Barkeep.

I would like to nominate the following:
Drax the Green Dragon
Zelda the witch
Felix DeWinter
Kralle
Gurim the Sailor lol
Fade the Lurker?
Artruous the Quartermaster
Kesh?
Crevax the deathknight?
Bella Hospice

I forgot some of these perms names cause it's been so long haha. Will also think of more.

I nominate that white dragon xlxlls9134hlsf something. and that sphinx on dino island, whatever its name is.

Great suggestions so far. You've got till midnight PST tomorrow for any other nominations.

Brackets are live. Good luck.