Yeah, that was fun. Thanks again for organising it, KS - I'm still pretty shocked that I actually fought in (and enjoyed) some Arena matches. I'm even more shocked that I didn't lose them all horribly. 
Well done to everyone involved - it was a really nice atmosphere. 
Was good fun hope theres another one soon
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
Tonight has truely been one fun night. Thanks for everyone that turned up, had a laugh and had some great PvP. Was really good to watch.
The Winners : The Team Yet To Be Named.
Second Place: Galactia Senshi
Third: Unfathomably Deviant
lost track after that but you all did well
Thanks to Cherry for her support. Would be lost without her.
I Will be organising another event before long so keep your eyes peeled
I had a lot of fun. If anyone filmed the final can you put it up here i wanna see how i fought Yay for me and max! Good job everyone else who i fought i had loads of fun.
Was massive fun a huge thank you to all, I had a blast.
Some great competatives and some truly fun battles after TKing KS in the big battle = Fun.... being ganked to death in a 3v3 later = less fun but still good
Grats to T.T.Y.T.B.N. on their victory (thats just not gonna catch on is it :P)
and huge props to Knight for a good event more please!!!
Cheers,
White 
n1 Knight Stalker keep up the good work matey, and thanks to everyone that showed up despite going out 1st round against the winners 
*sheds a tear* I think it was the best night of PvP I've had in a good while. 
PS. Looking forward to the next one... 
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Yes pliz!
Asap!
This one was prolly the best PVP Ive witnessed for a long time, if not ever. Even observing matches was really interesting. Me and Magus advancing to the second round gave a little feeling of achievement, and getting my hide tanned afterwards in a duel by Blue freezer was also educating.
Now what if someone resurrects the test server pvp nights again? I didnt even hav e a lvl 50 pvp character when they used to happen..
Sad that Extremus and Xanthus had to miss this.
PvP Nights will return See Here
But not till I8
Looks like events like this will continue to run though as everyone seems to enjoy them.
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Just wanted to point out that Rock Eagle has left the game, so someone else may want to organise this instead now. But I may have a lil tourny in my head planned, but I shall plan it out first and post it up all for your approval.
He has....... Shame 
Ok If no-one else takesover Ill Arrange it. When I8 Arrives.
P.S Jum lil Girls in Swimming Cossies running around the Arena isnt a PvP Event
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Curse you KS! How did you know? Will have to rethink it through!?
was indeed an awesome event, nice work ks, wud b better as a league to avoid the luck aspect of a knockout tournament altho i doubt u cud keep every1 interested for long enough to do a league, bring on the next tourny
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was indeed an awesome event, nice work ks, wud b better as a league to avoid the luck aspect of a knockout tournament altho i doubt u cud keep every1 interested for long enough to do a league, bring on the next tourny
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Well theres my idea of round robin qualification groups, but that would definitely mean lot more matches and I dont know how well it can be managed. 5-person round robin would mean 10 qualification matches to be played, Some of them could be played at same time though. 4 groups would allow 20 participants. After that there could be a top 8 (2 to proceed from each grp) in single-elimination.
Hmm the total amount of rounds, hmm.. 5-person RR qualification grp can play two matches at same time, out of total 10 matches that'd mean 5 rounds.. Not counting possible tie-breakers that'd be.. 8-9 rounds total? For 20 participants that doesnt sound too bad does it?
And everybody would get to play at least 4 matches.
I need to verify this arg.. EDIT: looks correct ok. 8 rounds total when we play as many of the matches at same time as possible. (I wonder did anyone get what I said )
Recap of my idea of rules:
20 players(or teams)
are divided into 4 groups of 5 players(or teams)
Within the group they play against everyone else, you get 1 point from each win. After the qualification groups are completed, two players (or teams) with most points from each group will proceed to top8, which will be played out in knock-out fashion (called single elimination - just like the squished tourney).
Because 2 matches from each group can be played out at the same time, this makes for a total of 5 rounds of qualification, and 3 rounds of top8. If in qualification more than two people will end up with most points, we can use the amount of personal deaths as a criteria who is better, or we can play tie-breaker matches. THe former possibility is favored because ties are quite likely to happen and at least 3 tie-breaker matches are needed.
Pros of this system: Every player(or team) gets to play at least 4 matches in qualification even if they lose all. In theory adding or reducing participants in the fly is easy. But: look below.
Cons: Increasing q.group size will increase amount of matches dramatically. 6 person group will need to play 5 matches more than a 5 person group. If we keep the limit of participants at 20 or less, I think we can get over this in two hours or so.
WHat do you think?
I would have to say too long. did you notice that the 3 team round robin nearly took as long as the first 3 rounds.
The Key is to create a Mini League. Some thing that can be fought over a week or so and then after that takes off build into a bigger and longer league its just keeping poeples attention which seems to prove the greatest problem.
on that note Thanks for everyone who stayed behind after being Knocked out of the tourny to egg on the rest of the teams very sporting
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indeed, as jose Mourinho said it takes skill to win a league but u need luck to win a tournament (or something along those lines ), not taking anything away from winners or any players, they were all gr8 just a league gives a much better picture imo
i will be putting together a video of various fights but if any1 wants an unedited fight let me no, i only have:
aow first match, retribtution first match, retribution second match, all 3 round robins, the final and another match i think, cant remember which it was till i get home, will post exact matches i have tonight, edited highlights video shud b done by wednesday evening
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I would have to say too long. did you notice that the 3 team round robin nearly took as long as the first 3 rounds.
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Naturally, cause 3 team round robin equals 3 matches played in succession, ie. 3 rounds 
Trick is playing as many matches as possible at the same time.
My system would add just 2 rounds extra for that, and allow 20 participants (how many teams did we have last night btw?).
But I agree that a leaque would be nice - but unfortunately practise has shown that prolonged leaque in CoX does not work very well, especially if people are supposed to organise their matches on their own. Real life becomes an issue. It is easier for people to organise time for themselves for one evening rather than for 5 or more evenings..
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As jose Mourinho said, it takes skill to win a league but u need luck to win a tournament
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And the ability to buy any player you want regardless of cost, blowing the idea of an even playing field out of the water
As for my views on the tournament, I wish I hadn't come as my performance was woeful
First time I've PvP'd on my fire/thermal Corruptor and I just wish I'd taken my Ice/Ice one now as I was swearing at the screen everytime I used Warmth and see why people complain about the rooting on it as the other teams empath was happily running round and healing with no loss of mobility!
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First time I've PvP'd on my fire/thermal Corruptor and I just wish I'd taken my Ice/Ice one now as I was swearing at the screen everytime I used Warmth and see why people complain about the rooting on it as the other teams empath was happily running round and healing with no loss of mobility!
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Aye having been an emp on CoH I tried a few thermals on CoV and the rooting was awful and the set in general just didn't cut it for me, I know some have done well on them but I just couldnt get on with therm at all, pity really as its a nice concept.
Cheeers,
White
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First time I've PvP'd on my fire/thermal Corruptor and I just wish I'd taken my Ice/Ice one now as I was swearing at the screen everytime I used Warmth and see why people complain about the rooting on it as the other teams empath was happily running round and healing with no loss of mobility!
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I feel your pain there. I'd probably play my Thermal a lot more if they removed the rooting in the heals, and perhaps made Thaw closer to Clear Mind. It would really help even out zonal PvP, especially in Siren's where no one on the villain side has a +Perception like Clear Mind, and the only fear and confuse protection buff along those lines is Stimulant, which is a pain to use in a zone like that.
Anyway, not wanting to turn this into yet another complaint thread, I'll leave it at that.
Glad it was a blast guys, wish I could've made it. But I was feeling quite dead, Xan was at Uni and Empath's net connection wasn't working, so all in all it was a pretty good example of the universe conspiring against us.
I'm well up for a repeat of Squished at some point, as well as resurecting the Monday Night Fight Night!
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especially in Siren's where no one on the villain side has a +Perception like Clear Mind, and the only fear and confuse protection buff along those lines is Stimulant, which is a pain to use in a zone like that.
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Yeah, its not nice that Sonic Corruptors have to wait untill level 35 to get Clarity.
Pfffft. I know the real reason I lost, it was because I wasn't wearing my speedo's. Honestly! They give me uber powers!
where did my team mate go, he didnt turn up or at least i couldnt find him
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Blue Freezer and Max won in the end, with myself and Ashura in 2nd place
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And Aphotica and myself slipped nicely into 3rd, meaning that: hero/villain pair > hero/hero > villain/villain - at least, this time round.
Was good fun, and I have a better understanding of how MMs work in the arena - good job all.
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