Quote Hey folks,



First off, a big thank you to everyone who competed in the Eternal Championship Solo Speed-run. We saw a lot of great competition and I know many of us in the studio spent a lot of time following along as you were posting videos and streaming your runs. With the Eternal Championship speed-run results being live, I know there will be some questions about how we arrived at the winning time.



First, I thought it best to remind everyone of the criteria we used to determine an official time. The timer for a run would start when a player picked up the [Solo] The Eternal Championship Mission, and the timer would end when that mission was completed and turned in. That Mission was effectively the start and finish line for the contest time.



We know that with websites such as Parsely, players can measure their run times in relation to other players. Keep in mind that for that site, Parsely can only measure your actual combat time within the Eternal Championship, so this is not consistent to the official timing of the contest. Also, within the contest rules there are a few criteria which will eliminate a player from being eligible to compete in the contest: You must reside in an eligible Country to participate.

If a player has had a previous ToS or forum violation, they are ineligible for the contest.

If a player uses any form of cheating such as a bot, macro, etc. they become ineligible for the contest and are subject to ToS action.*

As I mentioned in a previous post there are some in-game actions which, although they are not ToS violations, are using game mechanics in an unintended manner. As an example and without getting into details there are two separate methods of using /stuck which can either increase an individual run time, or allow you to reset your runs faster. If a player uses these, or other subversion of normal Eternal Championship mechanics, they become ineligible for the contest.* *Note: If someone is found to fall under either of these criteria the individual is disqualified from the contest, not just that run.



I hope this clears up any confusion on the contest results. Once again we want to thank everyone that participated in the contest. There were a surprising number of players who not only participated, but really hammered away at the Championship. As an example, one individual ran the Eternal Championship 310 times during the contest, that’s 22 runs a day! That’s some serious dedication.



Thanks everyone.



-eric Eric Musco | Community Manager

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