Stove Maestro

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# What is Stove Maestro?

A PvP style contest event where players battle alongside their Food Souls. Each event period is two weeks, with the weekly cap reset being Monday at 5am Server time.
## Matchup Rules

* Matchups are available daily between 12pm to 2pm Server Time, and 7pm to 10pm Sever Time. Players will be randomly matched with opponents as part of the Stove Maestro contest.
* Players will be matched up with opponents of similar tiers first.

## Tier Breakdown

The contest is divided into six tiers, with each tier further divided into sub-tiers.

## Rules

After finding an opponent, the contest format will be based on both parties' current tier:
1. After determining who attacks first, players of **Knife Grip** and **Grand Flipper** tiers may choose the Food Souls to use without additional limitations.
2. After determining who attacks first players of **Floral Cut** and **Culinary Skill** tiers need to go through 4 rounds of selections before starting the match.
3. After determining who attacks first, players of **Flavor Enhancer** and **Shape Shifter** tiers need to select banned Food Souls for their opponent before starting the match.
4. Should players of different tiers be matched together, the match will use the format suited for the lower player tier.
5. Unlike normal matches, the sequence of turns are slightly different. The player who goes second begins setting command only after the first player has issued commands.

### Contest Stages

* **Banned Food Souls:** Each player may choose one Food Soul of the opponent *(can be identical)* to ban during the selection period. This stage will last 20 second.
* **Food Soul Selection:** Each party needs to select Food Souls in 4 rounds at once. Players are allowed to choose the same Food Soul. Each round of selections will last 20 seconds.
* **Editing Lineup:** Players from **Kinfe Grip** and **Grand Flip** tiers may edit their Food Soul lineup or utensil loadout at this stage. Players in other tiers may only edit their utensil loadout. This stage will last 120 seconds.
* **Actual Match:** Once lineups are finalized, it is time to begin the match.

#### Reserve Time

Once combat begins, each party receives 200 seconds of reserve time. If a party does not make a command within 10 seconds in their turn, reserve time will be deducted.
### Contest Rewards

* Winner of the match gets 1 Evaluation Point and the loser will have 1 Evaluation Point deducted.
* A streak of 3, 6, 8 and 12 wins *(or any streak that is a multiple of 3)* will be rewarded with 1 extra Evaluation Point.
* All participants will receive  Fresh Juice Jars, but the defeated only gets 50%.  Fresh Juice Jars can be exchanged at the Stove Cafeteria for rewards.
* The number of  Fresh Juice Jars obtainable per week is linked to the final tier of the previous week.

> Knife Grip: 500
> Grand Flip: 800
> Floral Cut: 1200
> Culinary Skill: 1600
> Flavor Enhancer: 2000
> Shape Shifter: 2500
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### Results

Results for this round of Stove Maestro will be calculated at 5 AM of the day after the event ends. Rewards will be sent to players via in-game mail.
## Ranking

* Each time, the top player will receive the File:Avatar-Easy Peasy.png while those who are ranked 2nd to 10th will receive the File:Avatar-Official Foghter Chef.png avatar.
* The avatars will be issued to players via in-game mail one results are out.

## Victory Rewards

Victory rewards are rewarded for winning up to twelve times per week. Victory Rewards reset on Monday at 5 AM.

Rewards per Win

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