Just got word of a few things WoF-related....
1. DACH will get their jackets soon.
2. Amethera's two brave warriors will receive their CALYPSO CROSS award on or near the same time. The full nature of this prize is still undecided but should include unique wearable items.
3. WoF 2015-16 is ON. Qualifiers start in early November. Should be up and running to register teams in a week or so.
4. As we enter WoF 2015-16 with two teams having won the title twice, it has been decided that ANY TEAM WHO WINS THE WoF THREE TIMES WILL RECEIVE BLACK WOF WINNERS JACKETS. Black has often been requested by winners but has been refused to avoid alienating other teams who might have wanted black jackets too. However, winning three WoFs is an achievement that deserves something a bit special. So far we have Team DACH and Team USA in the running for these hard-won items (could anything be MORE hard-won?), could WoF 2015 see another previous finalist join them? Or a newcomer stake their claim on the winner's board? Or will one of the WoF's historically mightiest teams find another victory in them and go on to be the baddest WoF hunters to walk Calypso's soil? Let's see.
5. The Qualifiers will now be COMPETITIVE: when all teams are registered (Late September, October) a Qualifiers Draw will take place, placing every team in two one-off, one-on-one matches against others wishing to qualify. Winning a Qualifying match gains 50 POINTS towards the Qualifying Total (100 points maximum for winning both your Qualifying matches).
Unlike the draw for the Group Stage, this will not involve seeding and fixtures will be placed entirely at random. Matches will still be three hours and will NOW COUNT TOWARD THE CALYPSO CROSS; win or lose, qualify or not, a good result in one of these matches could still be the highest score PER PERSON in the tournament and therefore win the CALYPSO CROSS. This as yet undecided prize is designed to reward the smaller teams for their efforts.
6. Judges will still be needed and will still be paid 100 PED of Uammo for each team's hunt they judge.
7. Trophy Mobs are not going to return.
All this and more will be in the next proper WoF thread (possibly in the new sub-forum when set up) but just giving you all a head's up for now.
Hope you're all well,
Hurrikane