From then on out the Caldera is a possible Victory Condition that MUST be given due consideration.

Also, the player who takes the Caldera (by locating a Mech on the Caldera) and can provide a Round-11 (or later) No-Radar-Contact screen-capture, wins the match.

TOURNAMENT CONSIDERATIONS

IMPORTANT NOTES

With Valhalla's Tournament of Champions (VToC) drawing to a close, I'd like to announce the next tournament I'll be holding ~ Ragnarök's Year End Tournament (RYET)Ragnarök is a Single Elimination CHALLONGE Tournament. Ragnarök will also be held annually, just like Valhalla. Where Valhalla will begin each year on the anniversary of BATTLETECH's Launch, Ragnarök will kick off this year and each year hereafter on the Release Date for FLASHPOINTS, BATTLETECH's first expansion game.Ragnarök will be using Tide Bay, FLASHPOINT'S Multiplayer Arena Map. Turn Duration is 90-seconds.Players have 10 rounds to position themselves around Tide Bay's central Volcanic Caldera and be within Radar contact of one another.There are two ways to win a Ragnarok Tournament match, the player who eliminates his opponent's BattleMechs wins the match.In this way, even though Tide Bay is a very large map, a combat presence MUST be maintained at the Caldera. Moving to the edge of the map to gain map edge advantage will result in a loss. Also the potential for map edge grieving is eliminated as a Round-11 (or later) screen-capture submission will win the match for the gamer who claims the Caldera. If anyone has any questions about this Tournament Rule, plesse raise them in thread or in a PM to me as soon as the question or problem arises. Than you in advance for your cooperation in this matter. :bow:(*The Tournament Format will be as follows:1.) "Matched" players will meet in the Ragnarök Discord Channel and roll the channel's virtual DICEBOT ("!d2" each player picking 1 or 2, prior to the roll).2.) Player One picks a BATTLETECH Mech. ANY BATTLETECH Mech.3.) Player Two then picks a BATTLETECH Mech.4.) Player One then picks his final BATTLETECH Mech.5.) Player Two then picks his final BATTLETECH Mech.6.) These FOUR Mechs will be the Lance that EACH player in that match will use.7.) Both Players are free to pick whichever MechWarriors they desire, to pilot that match's Lance.This process will be executed for each and every match in the tournament. It is quite possible that the Tournament Winner will never game with the same Lance twice. One match it might be a well-distribute Lance of a Light Mech, Medium Mech, Heavy Mech and Assault Mech. The very next match might see both players pilot 4 Locusts into battle. And the next, command a Steiner Scout Lance of 4 Atlases into tournament combat.Here is the link to Ragnarok's End of Year Tournament Challonge Site . Ragnarok's End of Year Tournament will have a Discord Channel on the HBS BATTLETECH Unofficial Discord Server . Additional Tournament specifics will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead and leading up to FLASHPOINTS release on 27NOV. : )1.) Please treat everyone with respect. This is a game.2.) Please be responsible for your actions and words. This is a game.3.) Please be welcoming and keep it considerate. This is a game.4.) Have fun and be kind to one another! This is a FUN game.I would once again like to express my appreciation of @Dog Solitude and the MWT tournaments he organized for us back in the day. Thank you Good @Dog Solitude . :bow:And secondly, if we do get sufficient interest and participation in this Tournament, just as I did with Valhalla's Tournament of Champions, I will ask Teams HBS and Paradox for permission to accept our Ragnarök Champion into Valhalla on BATTLETECH's forum.CHALLONGE registration for Ragnarok's End of Year Tournament will begin on 13NOV, two weeks prior to FLASHPOINT's Release on 27NOV. This registration period will continue until 11DEC, 2-weeks after FLASHPOINT's Release. This will afford more than enough time to test a Tropic Multiplayer Map for tournament suitability, should such a map be included with FLASHPOINT at release.All together, the 4-weeks of tournament registration will allow us to get the word out to the BATTLETECH Community, hopefully reaching both Gamers-new-to-BATTLETECH as well as returning BATTLETECH-Launch-Gamers. With FLASHPOINT's release on 27NOV hopefully there will be a significant "bump" to both manner of BATTLETECH Gamer, Gamers-new-to-BATTLETECH as well as returning BATTLETECH-Launch-Gamers. :bow:All comments and questions are welcome.