Hail all,

I'm pleased to announce that we have our set of combatants at the ready to proceed with the duels! Please meet the teams listed below!

Team 1) "Silk & Steel": Edhain & Velzyra
Team 2) "Foxy Bull: Amyie & Vorlus
Team 3) "Cat Yarn": Ennis & Aginna
Team 4) "ToBeKnown": Hvorn & Metriel
Team 5) "ToBeKnown2": Kaldaka & Neco

All participants may now begin to set up fights with each other and get the duels under way! Please be reminded that this shall be in round robin format, so each team may fight the others once! Rematches will be permitted to overwrite the results only if both parties agree to it!

Please refer back to READNEWS PUBLIC 7752 for the full details on scoring!

All participants are reminded to send me (Grimgix) a copy of the results of each fight for scores to be tallied, preferably with a detailed recording of it for good order's sake!

Given the number of teams, I declare that all teams shall have a time period of 16 weeks from today to finish their fights! I shall be keeping track and I shall be sending reminders to everyone as the deadline draws near.

Next, I'm grateful to announce that we have received donations from various sources including Tysios, Kaedex, and "Certain Powers That Be" to be added to the prize pool! The prize pool now stands at a total of 687 credits and the payouts have been updated as follows:

1st place duo: 150 credits each
2nd place duo: 100 credits each
3rd place duo: 50 credits each

And the balance shall go ALL participants split equally for a participation prize! (Currently 87 credits)

Finally, I shall continue to accept new late team entrants as the tournament progresses, but no extension shall be given to the deadline for fights.

Thank you for your attention and let the fights begin!

In Honour,
Grimgix

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Fights deadline to end will be 16-Aug-2026 GMT 0000 hrs!

Penned by my hand on Closday, the 19th of Celes, in the year 20 AC.