Non-Men's Tournaments

In recent months, women's tournaments have become more common and better regarded within the game. These events have many benefits when properly run as described below. They provide a networking opportunity for building the community of women fighters. They allow newer players, or those new to tournaments, an avenue to practice competing in a friendly environment and perhaps build confidence for larger open tournaments. They allow women to compete among each other, in line with most mainstream sports up to the Olympics.

A note on best practices: Recent women's tournaments have followed several practices to be successful.

• Inclusive: All interested women and female-identifying players are welcome to participate.
• Respectful: In the past, some "women's tournaments" have allowed men to enter dressed in drag, encouraged cat-calling from spectators, and generally treated the event as a joke. Modern events avoid these practices and expect respectful behavior from both participants and spectators.
• Properly scheduled: A women's tournament should be scheduled at times that do not conflict with an open tournament, so that eligible players may fight in both.
• Professional: As in any tournament, strong reeving and clear expectations encourage good communication and honorable fighting.

Women's tournaments and awards: The existing Warrior award ladder is designed to recognize battlefield prowess and success in open tournaments. The place of women's tournaments within this framework remains the subject of disagreement, but it should be noted that 7th Warrior and above are explicitly confined to kingdom weaponmaster, warmaster and quals events per the Rules of Play. Case-by-case decisions about awards are currently settled between the relevant player, the tournament runners, and the monarchy.

Tournament results:The table below is an effort to recognize winners of women's tournaments and track these results in a central location across the game.

Date	Location	Format	Categories	Number of Players	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Source
December, 2017	Emerald Hills	Warlord Sports style	single and open	~15	Dove	Luna	Moose	Kongoat and Ankh	https://www.facebook.com/groups/EHChat/permalink/1610652629023726/
October, 2017	Iron Mountains	Warlord Sports style	single and open	11	Lightning	Viadra moonblade	Suki and Shenanigans McAwesomePants	N/A	https://www.facebook.com/groups/EmpireOfTheIronMountains/permalink/848077555371030/
September, 2017	Keep on the Borderlands	Warlord Sports style	open (?)	~40	Vic	Nike	Thea of the Marshes	Kierra	https://www.facebook.com/groups/263752983797441/permalink/776676609171740/
July, 2017	Gathering of the Clans	Winner determined by longest time	open (?)	Unknown	Anna von Banana	Zoe and Kiara Everwhacks	N/A	N/A	https://www.facebook.com/groups/263752983797441/permalink/754233461416055/