Iarok Arena Tournament

It was October 4, 2021 when the flyer for the Iarok Arena Tournament was released. The winning prize was $20,000 in game dollars, knighthood, and 64 XP bottles, all supplied by HugeIndividial. BackToTheHub, being a supporter of 1.16 PvP, said "Prove yourself at the tournament! I’ll add an extra 100k to the prize!". This convinced 16 contestants to sign up and prepare training. [1]

On October 10, 2021, the tournament begins, with a few players showing up late or not at all. Several fights took place, and HugeIndividual and BackToTheHub (both partaking as announcers), thought LilyPrism (No-show) and Onotation would win the tournament.

## The Tournament

The first round of duels showed unexpected winners, with M00SHED beating RydenFTW, Rainsinger beating RussianTanker, and Klockozaurus beating JDog. (All others were expected to win). In the second round, it was a large shock having DrunkenTusken beating M1tc531L, as M1tc531L was bragging before the tournament began. M00SHED beating Rainsinger was a huge surprise as M00SHED was the underdog, being not known in the community of PvP. (all others expected to win). The third round (quarter-finals) was a complete shock to HugeIndividual, as he expected DrunkenTusken to absolutely destroy M00SHED, as he believed M00SHED's wins were from luck, but M00SHED 2-0 DrunkenTusken, gaining his place in semifinals. The duel between WiIIister and Onotation had an expeced winner, Onotation. Within the semifinals, it was an intense duel between M00SHED and WiIIister, with M00SHED 2-0ing him, gaining him the only unexpected 2-0 for the 4 games so far. Within the finals, M00SHED is dueling RydenFTW once again (check losers bracket for more info), and this time, RydenFTW is trying to win. It starts off with M00SHED getting a very rough point, being on half a heart after the round. RydenFTW then clutches it back up and gets M00SHED in an axe combo, making the score 1-1. M00SHED and RydenFTW start out playing footsie, trying to see who will hit second. M00SHED gets an early axe crit and puts RydenFTW in a crit chain, absolutely destroying him. M00SHED has won the tournament after battling the same guy he destroyed in round 1, something never before seen in any tournament before.

## Losers Bracket

The losers bracket works as follows, when a contestant loses the game they were playing in, they enter the losers bracket depending on how far they got. When a loser wins the round, they move to the next stage, just like in the winners bracket. The winner of all the losers then battles the winner of the winners, and that is what decides the final champion. The first round of losers eliminated none who were expected to be good (sorry), and put several unexpected winners on to the next round. The second round put RydenFTW against HugeIndividual who was swapping in for contestants who did not show up. RydenFTW beat HugeIndivual, moving on to the next round. Shaberu against M1tc531L had an unexpected winner, making Shaberu win this round, having to go against Onotation in the next. Onotation against Shaberu ended as expected, having Onotation move on to fight RydenFTW in the losers semi-finals. The fight between RydenFTW and DrunkenTusken was an unexpected fight, having RydenFTW win against DrunkenTusken, both being destroyed by M00SHED. RydenFTW against Onotation was a tough one to watch, as the match up was pretty even. RydenFTW managed to pull through and win the round, now in the finals against WiIIister. WiIIister versus RydenFTW showed a once again unexpected turn of events, as RydenFTW destroyed WiIIister, moving on to fight M00SHED in the finals. (See The Tournament for how the duel went)

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