Non-Men's Tournaments

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About women's tournaments: Women's tournaments have many benefits when run in a professional, inclusive and respectful manner. 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 respect all participants.
  • 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; battlefield prowess awards may be appropriate, while 7th and above are confined to kingdom-level events as 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 Size 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 Suki and Shenanigans N/A https://www.facebook.com/groups/EmpireOfTheIronMountains/permalink/848077555371030/
September, 2017 Keep on the Borderlands Warlord Sports style open (?) ~40 Vic Nike Thea Kierra https://www.facebook.com/groups/263752983797441/permalink/776676609171740/
July, 2017 Gathering of the Clans Winner determined by longest time open (?) Unknown Anna Zoe and Kiara N/A N/A https://www.facebook.com/groups/263752983797441/permalink/754233461416055/