UGO 5v5 CORE Tournament 7th APril

Welcome!

The UGO (Unity Gaming Organisation) is returning to bring you a monthly PvP tournament in partnership with https://matcherino.com/ & Arenanet.Tournaments will have a theme per region that will rotate after each region has been covered. The first theme will be CORE Guild Wars 2 builds only, with the Revenant being up for grabs as well.

Tournament Information:

NA CORE Tournament - 7th April - 2pm EDT/11am PDT/6pm GMT Start Time. EU Core Tournament will be the following month. EU players may play in the NA tournament and vice versa. This is to encourage region grouping & or region competition.Premades AND free Agents may sign up!

Signups & info:https://goo.gl/vv8v9j

Format:

The Tournament will be CORE build only & 5v5 conquest.Revenant WILL be allowed BUT but no Herald (HoT)/Renegade (PoF) specializations.NO CLASS STACKING.Ranger pets - Core ONLY. No PoF or HoT pets allowed.Please check the link above for more information!

Prizing

1st Place: Cash prizing will be available for a Total of 65% share of the total prize pool raised. (Should the prize pool remain at $50 they receive the total amount)2nd Place: Cash prizing will be available for a total of 35% of the total prize pool (Subject to over $50 being raised, otherwise in game currency will be issued)3rd Place: 500 Gold community funded (subject to community funding. Any gold OVER the 500 amount will roll over to the next UGO tournament)

You may also donate Gold to the tournament, as we want to supply 3rd place prizing with a 500 gold prize per tournament. Any gold raised over this figure will rollover to the next tournament and also given away in chat during the tournament streams.

NOTE: Gold donations can be sent to jebb.6819 & jebro.6370 (we may add accounts if amounts exceed the weekly mail total).Community donations in regards to gold in game over the 500g for 3rd position, will be rolled over to future events as well as providing stream giveaways.

Matcherino have been generous enough to supply us with 100 $0.50 codes to be entered into the site by the community PRE Tournament. Once the tournament begins, 100 more codes will be released totaling up to $100 FREE contributed to the tournament if the community participates in entering the code into the matcherino site. The rest of the prize pool will be funded via the community and other interested parties.

Donation Page: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/13809/CODE: CORENA - Free $0.50 cents contribution.

Prizing In game:

1st: 2000 gems/player + 1 Permanent Pass to Champion's Rest/player for the team2nd: 800 gems/player3rd : 400 gems/player for the team

Teams that wish to take part in the Tournament must also join our discord: https://discord.gg/yxUgDVW . This is to make communication easier and to solve any issues leading up to or on the day of the tournament. Teams MUST use our discord for voice comms on tournament day.

STAFF: We are always looking for Admins. Please join the discord here to inquire about joining our staff and to join the tournament/community: https://discord.gg/yxUgDVWAs always, if you have ANY questions or comments please do not hesitate to leave them below.

Stream will be LIVE on https://www.twitch.tv/jebrounityMany thanksJebro & the Unity Gaming Org Team.P.S. If you have any suggestions for the tournament structure feel free to leave those suggestions and any feedback below!

@"jebro.6370" Quick question & some comments:

By "Core Only", you mean only a ban on elite specializations? Everything else as an option is allowed to be used, including all runes/sigils and ranger pets?

I bring this up because I've participated in a few core only 1v1 tournaments within recent months, and this particular issue seems to be present in each "core only" setting that I've shown up to. Some people believe that "core only" should disqualify expansion pets, whilst others vouch that expansion pets are a natural part of the core ranger's kit upgrade over the years, similar to how a core necro's shroud skills are much stronger now than they used to be in 2012 or 2013, or how a core engineer's toolbelt skills have been greatly buffed in recent years. Before you give a solid answer on that, consider that core ranger pet kit is the only kit with an AI that the player gets to select, which makes it distinctly different than other core kits. Consider that core pets have received nothing but nerfs since day 1 release, and that the only upgrades that core ranger pet kit has ever received to keep up with the evolvement of other core class kits, is expansion pets.

Either way, just make sure we know what to expect for ruling. This is one rule that seems to always get overlooked until discussion is stirred about it mid-match.

@Trevor Boyer.6524 said:@"jebro.6370" Quick question & some comments:

By "Core Only", you mean only a ban on elite specializations? Everything else as an option is allowed to be used, including all runes/sigils and ranger pets?

I bring this up because I've participated in a few core only 1v1 tournaments within recent months, and this particular issue seems to be present in each "core only" setting that I've shown up to. Some people believe that "core only" should disqualify expansion pets, whilst others vouch that expansion pets are a natural part of the core ranger's kit upgrade over the years, similar to how a core necro's shroud skills are much stronger now than they used to be in 2012 or 2013, or how a core engineer's toolbelt skills have been greatly buffed in recent years. Before you give a solid answer on that, consider that core ranger pet kit is the only kit with an AI that the player gets to select, which makes it distinctly different than other core kits. Consider that core pets have received nothing but nerfs since day 1 release, and that the only upgrades that core ranger pet kit has ever received to keep up with the evolvement of other core class kits, is expansion pets.

Either way, just make sure we know what to expect for ruling. This is one rule that seems to always get overlooked until discussion is stirred about it mid-match.

Hey bud!

REALLY good pick up! We are having this discussion in our discord actually right now! Feel free to come join!

I think xpac pets should not be allowed. They weren't here before HoT after all, and are only obtainable in xpac zones (in PvE).

Bumping for Sunday!

@"LolLookAtMyAP.8394" said:I think xpac pets should not be allowed. They weren't here before HoT after all, and are only obtainable in xpac zones (in PvE).

Neither was Revenant though ;)Discussion worth having though, Wont be participating myself but best of luck to everyone who does ^^

Still time to sign up people!!

Thank you for organizing and running the tournament Jebro, Roy, and crew! It was a lot of fun and well done! If I’m not in the next one I would love to be an admin for you guys!