1. RPC 2008 Server Eliminations Mechanics
2. RPC 2008 Mechanics
3. Philippine Ragnarok Wild Card 2008
4. Regionals Tournament updated!

I. OVERVIEW
The Ragnarok Philippine Championships (RPC) is a tournament that consists of three legs:

  1. The Server Eliminations - a True Agit Lord and a True Wild Card will be determined per server and will go against each other and the winner will become their Server's Representative, which gives them a spot in the Final 8. The Ultimate Wild Card will automatically be given a spot in the final 8.
    • Agit Lords - a siege-based scoring competition
    • Wild Card - a top-up voting system
    • Ultimate Wild Card – the guild with the highest points among all servers.
  2. The RPC 2008 Tournament - The Final 8 will battle each other until a Final Four is determined. These 4 will go on to fight in RPC 2008 Tournament, where a team will become the Ragnarok Philippine Champions.
  3. The Regionals Tournament – The True Region Champion will be determined and will go against each other and the winner will have a spot in the Final 8.
    a. Luzon
    b. GMA
    c. Visayas
    d. Mindanao 

The Final 8
The Final 8 Eliminations

The ff. will compromise the Final 8 who will be vying for the title RPC 2008 Champion.
•  Baldur Server Champion
•  Freya Server Champion
•  Tyr Server Champion
•  Valkyrie Server Champion
•  Valhalla Server Champion
•  Resurrected Team
•  Regionals Champion
•  Ultimate Wild Card

The four teams will fight in a 4-team Bracket Tournament. RPC match rules, regulations, and restrictions apply to the teams and the matches.
- This includes item restrictions, job restrictions, etc.

Each match will be a best-of-3 rounds match EXCEPT for matches involving the Resurrected Team. In this match, the Server Champions will have a First-Blood-Win stipulation. This means that while a Resurrected Team still needs to beat the Server Champions two (2) times to advance to the Final Four, the Server Champions will only need one (1) win over the Resurrected Team to advance.
- Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
    - Number of surviving members
    - Lowest member Lv total
    - Any ties after the stated tie-breaker conditions are subject to a 1-round sudden-death match with NO HP or SP restoring items.
    -
The Final 4 Teams will face off for the title of RPC.

General Notice:

•  Original agits from WoE will now be referred to as WoE 1 st agits from this point onwards in this document.
•  Agits that have been added from WoE SE will now be referred to as WoE 2 nd agits from this point onwards in this document.
•  Siege Points are points acquired by a Guild for conquering and retaining an Agit at the end of the siege if the conquered agit is qualified (see rules below) to give Siege Points.
•  The top 3 guilds with the most Siege Points will be the ones chosen for three of the four Agit Lords slots for their server.
•  The guild with the most Honor Points will be chosen for the fourth and last Agit Lord slot for the server.
•  4 Agit Lords and 4 Wild Cards will be chosen per server. These eight teams will battle to decide who the server Champion will be.
•  The Wild Card will now be on a PER SERVER basis. This means that the Top 4 highest votes per server will compete to become the True Wild Card of that specific server.
•  4 teams will have the privilege of battling it out in RPC 2008 Live.

II. ELIGIBILITY
•  Any Ragnarok Online Philippines guild
•  Level Up employees and their relatives up to the 2nd degree of affinity and consanguinity are disqualified from joining any stage of the Ragnarok Philippine Championships.

III. SCHEDULE AND DURATION
•  Siege Scoring Phase May 14, 2008 - August 23, 2008
•  Wild Card Nomination Phase May 14, 2008 - June 18, 2008
•  Wild Card Scoring Phase June 20, 2008 - August 20, 2008
•  Baldur Agit Lord Eliminations September 1, 2008
•  Baldur Wild Card Eliminations September 6, 2008
•  Freya Agit Lord Eliminations September 2, 2008
•  Freya Wild Card Eliminations September 7 2008
•  Tyr Agit Lord Eliminations September 3, 2008
•  Tyr Wild Card Eliminations September 8, 2008
•  Valkyrie Agit Lord Eliminations September 4, 2008
•  Valkyrie Wild Card Eliminations September 9, 2008
•  Valhalla Agit Lord Eliminations September 5, 2008
•  Valhalla Wild Card Eliminations September 10, 2008
•  Baldur Server Champion Match September 11, 2008
•  Freya Server Champion Match September 12, 2008
•  Tyr Server Champion Match September 13, 2008
•  Valkyrie Server Champion Match September 14, 2008
•  Valhalla Server Champion Match September 15, 2008
•  Resurrected Team Match 1 September 17, 2008
•  Resurrected Team Match 2 September 18. 2008
•  The Final 8 Eliminations September 20, 2008
•  RPC 2008 Championship October 4, 2008

*Venues and details coming soon!

IV. TOURNAMENT MECHANICS
Siege Scoring Mechanics

Each agit can give a certain amount of Siege Points once certain conditions are met. Some agits do not give points at all. Make sure to check each individual agit type conditions and values and which agits are designated to what type.

War of Emperium sechedule
Other Siege-affecting Events:
P2P servers: (Baldur , Freya and Tyr)
Tuesdays - 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Thursdays - 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturdays - 4:00pm – 6:00pm
F2P servers: (Valkyrie and Valhalla)
Mondays - 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Wednesdays - 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturdays - 2:00pm- 4:00pm

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Saturday

WoE1&2
F2P8-10pm

WoE1&2
P2P 8-10pm

WoE1&2
F2P 8-10pm

WoE1&2
P2P 8-10pm

WoE1&2
F2P2 2-4pm

 

 

 

 

WoE1&2
P2P 4-6pm


Agit Scoring and Mechanics
Honor Agit

•  Gives (0) Siege Points
•  Gives (1) Honor Point.
•  All Siege Point gains for that siege are reduced to 0.
•  No Economy or Defense gains per maintenance.
      Agit designation
      •  Valkyrie
         - Lazreagues
Glory Agit
•  Gives (1) Siege Point as long as the agit has (10) Economy or higher.
•  Gains (+5) Economy and (+5) Defense each regularly scheduled maintenance (Wednesday).
      Agit designation:
      •  Luina
            •  Nuernberg
            •  Rothenburg
      •  Britoniah
            •  Leprion
            •  Yssnelf
            •  Melcedez
      •  Greenwood
            •  Bool-Young
            •  Jukk-Rim-Huyn
      •  Valkyrie
            •  Kriemhild
            •  Swanhild
            •  Kendul
Fortune Agit
•  Gives (0) Siege Points.
•  Gains (+20) Economy each regularly scheduled maintenance (Wednesday).
      Agit designation:
      •  Skoegul
      •  Hong-Roo
      •  Hohenschwangau
Fortress Agit
•  Gives (2) Siege Point as long as the agit has (20) Economy or higher.
•  Gains (+20) Defense each regularly scheduled maintenance (Wednesday)
      Agit designation:
      •  Jyolbrigger
      •  Wurzburg
      •  Chun-Dan
Valor Agit
•  Gives an amount of Siege Points depending on agit Economy.
      •  Economy 1~19: (0) Siege Points
      •  Economy 20: (1) Siege Point
      •  Economy 40: (2) Siege Points
      •  Economy 60: (3) Siege Points
      •  Economy 80: (4) Siege Points
      •  Economy 100: (5) Siege Points
•  Gains (+5) Economy and (+5) Defense each regularly scheduled maintenance (Wednesday).
      Agit designation:
      •  Schwarzwald
            •  Heemin
            •  Hueluid
            •  Schatirnil
      •  Arunafeltz
            •  Horn
            •  Gepun
            •  Banadis
Mithril Agit
•  Gives an amount of Siege Points depending on agit Economy.
      •  Economy 1~19 – (0) Siege Points
      •  Economy 20 – (1) Siege Point
      •  Economy 40 – (2) Siege Points
      •  Economy 60 – (3) Siege Points
      •  Economy 80 – (4) Siege Points
      •  Economy 100 – (6) Siege Points
•  Gains (+5) Economy and (+5) Defense each regularly scheduled maintenance (Wednesday).
•  Guildmaster may send an e-mail to gm-chastity@levelupgames.ph and have (1) piece of equipment no higher than +8 be automatically upgraded by +1.
      •  Agit must have (100) Economy to request upgrades for the following items:
            •  Hat of Sun God
            •  Valkyrie Armor (Manteau, Shoes, Armor)
            •  Icepick [1]
    Agit designation:
    •  Schwarzwald
      
     •  Andlerangh
         •  Bidblind
    •  Arunafeltz
          
•  Mardol
        •  Scheit
Chaos Agit
•  Gives points depending on consecutive defenses of the agit.
•  First conquest – (1) Siege Point
•  Second conquest – (2) Siege Points
•  Third conquest – (3) Siege Points
•  Fourth conquest – (4) Siege Points
•  Fifth conquest – (5) Siege Points
•  Once a guild retains ownership of a Chaos agit for 5 consecutive sieges, it will return to being a (1) Siege Point agit and the progression of points begins again for consecutive conquests by the same guild. Conquest means capturing it and retaining it at the end of the siege.
•  No Economy or Defense gains per maintenance.
    Agit designation:
    •  Luina
          •  Neuschwanstein
    •  Britoniah
          •  Bergel
    •  Greenwood
          •  Myung-Jung

Siege Scoring Settings
Ceasefire
•  All agit ownership will reset on July 2, 2008.
•  Siege Points and Honor Points are carried over from each phase to the next.
•  No Siege Points or Honor Points are gained for 1 week during Ceasefire (July 2- July9).
•  Agits will have the following Eco and Def:
    •  Glory Agits
      •  Economy 50
      •  Defense 100
    •  Honor Agit
      •  Economy 1
      •  Defense 1
    •  Fortune Agit
      •  Economy 100
      •  Defense 50
    •  Fortress Agit
      •  Economy 50
      •  Defense 100
    •  Valor Agit
      •  Economy 45
      •  Defense 70
    •  Mithril Agit
      •  Economy 45
      •  Defense 70
    •  Chaos Agit
      •  Economy 1
            Defense 1

Phase [1]
•  All agit ownership will reset on the first phase of Agit Lords which is on May 14, 2008.
•  Only the following agits give points.
    •  Glory Agits
    •  Honor Agit
    • Fortune Agits
    •  Fortress Agits
    •  Valor Agits

Phase [2]
•  All agit ownership will reset on the second phase of Agit Lords which is on July 2, 2008.
•  All agits will be activated.
  •  Glory Agits
  •  Honor Agit
  •  Fortune Agits
  •  Fortress Agits
  •  Valor Agits
  •  Mithril Agits
  •  Chaos Agits

Banned Items and Skills
These items and skills are banned inside the all siege maps to prevent bug abuse. Players caught using these skills and items will be penalized.
Normal Cards
•  Frilldora Card
Normal Items
•  Magnifier
Archer Skills
•  Arrow Crafting
Merchant Skills
•  Item Appraisal
Marriage Skills
•  Summon

Players caught using the skills Ice Wall and Sheltering Bliss outside all siege maps will be penalized.
Agit Maps:
- Britoniah
- Valkyrie
- Greenwood
- Luina
- Schwarzwald
- Arunafeltz
The Agit Lords:
•  The 3 guilds with the most Siege Points will be declared as the 3 out of 4 Agit Lords of their server
•  The guild with the most Honor Points will be declared as the 4 th and final Agit Lord of their server
•  Rather than get auto-seeded into the Final 8, the RPC 2007 Champion will instead just be given 20 Siege Points from the start of the competition.
•  Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
•  Highest Guild Level
•  Highest Guild EXP points

The Wild Card:
•  A voting system of the Agit Lords will be set PER SERVER
•  The 4 guilds with the most number of votes will be declared as the 4 Wild Cards of their server
•  The Ultimate Wild Card will no longer take part in the server representative eliminations but will directly compete in the RPC '08 Eliminations. Hence if a server has the ultimate wild card winner the top 2 – 5 will be the acknowledged Wild Card Server Rep Finalist.
•  Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
    •  Highest Guild Level
    •  Highest Guild EXP points

Server Eliminations
True Agit Lord
•  The four Agit Lords will fight against each other to determine who the True Agit Lord of the server will be.
•  The four teams will fight in a 4-team Bracket Tournament. RPC match rules , regulations, and restrictions apply to the teams and the matches.
•  This includes item restrictions, job restrictions, etc.
•  Each match will be a best-of-3 rounds match.
•  Each match will last 10 minutes.
•  Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
    •  Number of surviving members
    •  Highest siege points
    •  Any ties after the stated tie-breaker conditions are subject to a 1-round sudden-death match with NO HP or SP restoring items.

True Wild Card
•  The four Wild Cards will battle against each other to determine who the True Wild Card is.
•  The four teams will fight in a 4-team Bracket Tournament. RPC match rules , regulations, and restrictions apply to the teams and the matches.
•  This includes item restrictions, job restrictions, etc.
•  Each match will be a best-of-3 rounds match.
•  Each match will last 10 minutes.
•  Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
    •  Number of surviving members
    •  Highest Wildcard votes
    •  Any ties after the stated tie-breaker conditions are subject to a 1-round sudden-death match with NO HP or SP restoring items.

•  Winners of Agit Lords and Wild Card will be posted on the LIVE 2008 website, Ragnarok Website and Ragnaboards.
•  Participants are expected to send their job line-up before August 27, 2008 (cut-off: 12:00 NN) to gm-chastity@levelupgames.ph. Forms sent after the cut-off will no longer be acknowledged and will result to a disqualification.
•  Matches will be drawn randomly by the Agit Lord and Wild Card representatives at Level-Up Office on August 25, 2008 at 7:00pm. We will be taking video of this event and will be posted in youtube. Guildmasters and/or reps from the 8 semi-finalists are encouraged to witness the match drawing ceremony on the said date .
•  Matches will be posted on the Level Up! Website, Ragnarok Website and Ragnaboards including the time of the match.
•  Participants will be using their personal characters and the match will be held on their own respected servers.

Server Champion
•  The two finalists (Agit Lords winner and Wild Card winner) will then face each other in a best-of-3 round match to determine the Server Champion.
•  The four teams will fight in a 4-team Bracket Tournament. RPC match rules , regulations, and restrictions apply to the teams and the matches.
•  This includes item restrictions, job restrictions, etc.
•  Each match will be a best-of-5 rounds match.
•  Each match will last 10 minutes.
•  Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
    •  Number of surviving members
    •  Lowest member Lv total
    •  Any ties after the stated tie-breaker conditions are subject to a 1-round sudden-death match with NO HP or SP restoring items.

The Resurrected
•  There will be (5) potential Resurrected teams (1 defeated finalist from each of the 5 servers).
Example:
Baldur's Agit Lord defeats the Wild Card and becomes the Baldur Server Champion. When the matches to determine the Resurrected is done, the Baldur Wild Card gets a slot
•  The resurrected team finalists will be assigned to a 5 Team Round Robin.
    •  Standard RPC rules apply for the matches with regards to items and such.
    •  A team gets 5 points for winning a match.
    •  A team gets an additional 2 points for wiping out the opposing team.
    •  A team gets an additional 1 point for each surviving member after winning a match.
    •  A team that gets defeated in a match gets 0 points if they are wiped out.
    •  A team that gets defeated in a match but has surviving members gets 1 point per surviving member.
    •  The winner will have the Resurrected slot in the Final 8.
•  RPC match rules , regulations, and restrictions apply to the teams and the matches.
    •  This includes item restrictions, job restrictions, etc.
•  Each match will be a best-of-3 rounds match.
•  Each match will last 10 minutes.
•  Tie breaks will be determined by the following in this exact order:
    •  Number of surviving members
    •  Highest Wildcard votes / Highest siege or honor points
    •  Lowest member Lv total.
    •  Any ties after the stated tie-breaker conditions are subject to a 1-round sudden-death match with NO HP or SP restoring items.
•  Resurrected matches will be posted on Level-Up website, Ragnarok Website and Ragnaboards on September 16, 2008 including the time and server.

Player Responsibilities

  1. Players must follow the rules interpretations and guidelines for play set forth by the RPC Tournament Committee, the Tournament Director, the head judge, and other tournament officials.
  2. Players are expected to behave in a respectful and sporting manner at all times.
  3. Players who argue with or fail to follow the instructions of the Tournament Director, head judge or other tournament officials are subject to the appropriate penalties as the case may be.
  4. Level Up and/or officials of the RPC Tournament Committee reserve the right to suspend or ban a player or guild without prior notice for any reason deemed necessary.
  5. The decision of the Referees, Game Masters, and tournament officials ARE FINAL.
  6. Level Up has the right to change/delete portions/expound/clarify/interpret tournament rules depending on circumstances as they see fit for a fair and balanced competition environment

V. TOURNAMENT TREE
SERVER ELIMINATIONS


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VI. PRIZES
•  CHAMPION (for the team) – LIVE 2008 GRAND CHAMPION

    CASH – PHP 200,000
•  FIRST RUNNER UP
   
CASH – PHP 100,000

VII. CONTACT / HELP

You may direct our attention to any matter concerning the tournament via e-mail: gmcassiel@levelupgames.ph / gm-chastity@levelupgames.ph