The More the Moneyer Match Time and Results

I decided to make one post where everyone could go to find out match times, winners, links to any videos that may be out there, etc.

Here are the current tournamanet standings:

That matches are shaping up as follows (all matches will take place in the practice arena):

Round One:
Match One - Magi Monsters vs. The SkullBreakers
Match Time - no information received after multiple attempts at communication with both teams
Result - Both team disqualified. The Spiral's Greatest Protectors advances to Round Two in their place.

Match Two - Luck be a Lady vs. Fresher then Airwick
Match Time - Thursday, September 15, 10pm EST / 9pm CST / 8pm MST / 7pm PST
Result - Fresher Than Airwick Advances

Match Three - The UnNamed vs. SNOWPOCALYPSE!
Match Time - Saturday, September 17, 10am EST / 9am CST / 8 am MST / 7am PST
Result - SNOWPOCALYPSE! Advances, The UnNamed disqualified

Match Four - The Flying Squirrels vs. The Willie Coyotes
Match Time - Friday, September 16, 10:30pm EST / 9:30pm CST / 8:30pm MST / 7:30pm MST
Result - The Willie Coyotes Advance

Quarter Finals:

Match One - The Veneration vs. The Spiral's Greatest Protectors

Match Time - Friday September 23, 8pm EST / 7pm CST / 6pm MST / 5pm PST

Result - The Veneration advances

Match Two - Team Perfect Catch vs. Fresher Than Airwick

Match Time -Saturday, September 64, 9:30 EST / 8:30 EST / 7:30 MST / 6:30 PST

Result -

Match Three - P.B.B. vs. SNOWPOCALYPSE!

Match Time - Thursday, September 22, 8:30pm EST / 7:30pm CST / 6:30pm MST / 5:30pm PST

Result - PBB Advances

Match Four - The TMs vs. The Willie Coyotes

Match Time - Sunday, September 24, 9:30pm EST / 8:30pm CST / 7:30pm MST / 6:30pm PST

Result - The Willie Coyotes advance

Semi Finals

Match One -The Veneration vs Team Perfect Catch

Match Time -

Result -

Match Two - PBB vs The Willie Coyotes

Match Time -

Result -

Finals

Match Time -

Winner! -

The More the Moneyer Tournament Teams

Well, registration time is up and here's the final info!

Team One - The Veneration (Team leader : davidshadowsword)
Contact info: http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=32923

Benjamin BattleWraith - Myth
Mackenzie Green - Life
Lauren Breeze - Balance
Devin heart - Life

Team Two - The Flying Squirrels (Team leader : $eth)
Contact info: http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=5634
Seth- Myth
Austin MythBlade- Myth
Alexis WinterSong - Ice
Paul FireSpear- Fire

Team Three - The TMs (Team leader : zolofarm)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=84658
(wizard names forthcoming)
Alex JadeRider - Balance
Savannah WindWeaver - Life
Caspeen - Myth
zolofarm - Fire

Team Four - Luck be a Lady (Team Leader: Cassandra StarDreamer)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=35672
Cassandra FireFlame - Fire
Cassandra DayDreamer - Myth
Julia SparkleLeaf - Life
Julia SummerBreeze - Fire

Team Five - Fresher Than Airwick (Team leader : Iridian Ravenhunter)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=80113
Iridian Ravenhunter - Fire
Jason Shadowheart - Fire
Duncan - Ice
Morgrim - Life

Team Six -  Team Perfect Catch (Team leader : Kevin BattleBlood)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=77606
Ronan Dusk - Ice
Victoria Moondust - Balance
Kevin TitanBlood - Myth
Fallon DeathSlinger - Fire

Team Seven - The Willie Coyotes (Team leader : Hidrac)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=78397
(wizard names and schools forthcoming)
Hidrac
Lord StormRider
Lady StormRider
RavenShadow

Team Eight - P.B.B (Team leader : kylespiritwalker)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=31422
Sean MythFlame - Myth
Luis Frostrider - Life
ValkoorDeathbringer - Death
Tyler Thundersword - Myth
sub -Alex

Team Nine - SNOWPOCALYPSE (Team leader : StorySmith)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=27760
Finnegan DragonWielder - Life
Tyler Sunheart - Fire
Padric Lionheart - Fire
Cassandra SpiritHaven - Balance

Team Ten - Magi Monsters (Team leader : calebkk8)
Contact info:  http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=23062
Fred SeaWielder - Balance
Caleb DragonVault - Fire
Seth Lifebane- Death
Maxitola, wizard name forthcoming - Life

Team Eleven - The SkullBreakers (Team leader : Danny b2k)
Contact info: http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=41171
Daniel Night - Fire
Blaze - Life
Kellan HawkStone - Ice
Daniel DarkGlade- Death

Team Twelve - The UnNamed (Team Leader : Death Lord)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=89887
Myrna MoonRiver- Ice
Charles LotusCloud- Myth
Justin DreamSong - Life
Chase FireThief - Fire
sub : Benjamin Dragon - balance
Alternate Team - The Spiral's Greatest Protectors (Team Leader : The Water-Mole Idol)
Contact info : http://www.wizard101central.com/forums/member.php?u=1137
Eric DuskBreaker - Death
Ryan FireCloud - Ice
Christina Jade - Fire
Wolf Myth - Ice
Sub: Talon - Ice

Because there are twelve teams, every tournament advisor in the world seems to be telling me to do this:

While I don't like giving so many teams a bye, it seems to be the only option for a 12 team tournament. To stay fair and objective in granting the byes, I inputted all of the team names into random.org and said that the first 4 teams would be given a bye, Teams 5&6, 7&8, 9&10, and 11&12 would be paired for the first round.

Random.org generated the follow list for me:

1. The Veneration
2. Team Perfect Catch
3. P.B.B
4. The TMs
5. Magi Monsters
6. The SkullBreakers
7. Luck be a Lady
8. Fresher than Airwick
9. The UnNamed
10. SNOWPOCALYPSE
11. The Flying Squirrels
12. The Willie Coyotes

So, The Veneration, Team Perfect Catch, P.B.B, and The TMs have been granted a bye into the second round. The remaining teams will face off as follows:
Magi Monsters vs. The SkullBreakers
Luck be a Lady vs. Fresher then Airwick
The UnNamed vs. Snowpocalypse
The Flying Squirrels vs. The Willie Coyotes.

The team leaders will be given each others information. Please get in touch with your opponents by the end of Tuesday at the latest and have your match completed by the end of Wednesday so the next round can begin. If you do not contact your opponents by Tuesday night, an alternate team will take take your place in the tournament.

Matches are to take place in the practice arena so that anyone can watch, and so that player cannot the order of their team. As soon as your match time is set up, please get in touch with me so that I can either be there myself or have someone go in my place to ensure the rules are followed (and to keep an eye out for possible winner of those Ravenwood Radio prizes).

12 teams = total Crowns giveaway of 62,000. You're all trying to backrupt me, aren't you? ;)

Good luck to all the teams!

of The More The Moneyer Mid-level Mayhem!

My first wizaversary is coming up and I've decided to celebrate by hosting a tourney!

While leveling with friends we debated hitting mid level team PvP, only to quickly realize that mid level team PvP consists of very little else but legend/newb teams trying to gain some easy rank. I would love to see some REAL mid-level team PvP with complete, fair teams of like-leveled players. Since team mid-level 4v4 play is so rare, in an effort to encourage more people to give this a try, I'm dishing out the prizes on a sliding scale - the more teams that join the tournament, the greater the pirze to be won!

Rules:
-You must be a minimum of level 22, maximum of level 39.
-No pet spells or treasure cards of spells trained past level 38 (including vengeance). Exception: Damage and accuracy enchantments are permissable.
-No critical rating (I'm looking at you, greenwarden's boots). Block rating, including conviction, is fine.
-no more than two players of the same school on each team of four.
Edited to add: You must behave in a sportsmanlike manner. Cussing around the filter, or even something as simple but annoying as shouting out "CHEATING SPAMMER NOOBS HACKERS!!!11!!!1!" ;) will be an automatic loss for your whole team, even if you've won your match. Make sure your entire team is aware of this, since one person's bad behaviour could cost your whole team.

Prizes:
First Place:
For every team that enters, each member of the winning team may select 1,000 crowns worth of items from the crowns shop. Eg, If only 2 teams enter, each member of the winning team will receive 2,000 crowns worth of items. If 10 teams enter, each member of the winning team will receive 10,000 crowns worth of items.
Second Place:
For every team that enters, each member of the 2nd place team may select 250 crowns worth of items from the crowns shop.
Third Place:
Each team member will receive their choice of a Wyvern's Hoard or Dragon's Hoard Pack.
Additional Prizes:
The cast & crew of Ravenwood Radio are donating several prize codes. How these are distributed will depend on the number of teams that sign up.

Sign-ups:
- Please comment on my blog or email me at kath_light@hotmail.ca to sign up. I will need to get the contact info for the leader/co-ordinator of your team so that I can put you in touch with the leader of your opponent's teams to set up match times.
- the deadline for sign-ups is Friday September 9th. Matches will begin as early as September 10th, and the finals will take place on September 24th.

The final match will be broadcast on livestream by Kevin BattleBlood with commentary by himself and Cassandra DragonHeart (and possibly myself if I'm feeling brave). ** Amendment - The finals will be livestreamed IF Kevin & Cassandra's team is not competing in that match. Should their team make it to the finals they obviously don't want to give their strategy away live, so it will be recorded and posted to youtube after they record commentary. **

Feel free to post with any questions or comments as well. Good luck, and Happy PvPing!

Update: by popular request the level limit has been increased to 39. 

Of Wysteria and.... Oooo... Sparkly.

By now most of you, like me, have probably run through Wysteria on any number of wizards. Since most of my wizards are legendary (or close to it - fire is 59 and barely into DS Academy, but that's a whole other story), I really didn't get much of an idea of how much XP Wysteria gave.

Aside from a Kensington Park run or two, my balance baby has been collecting dust for a while. I mean, really... I'm in the middle of Marleybone. Heading back to leveling there is not a prospect I much relish. But Wysteria? Now THAT I can handle! So I decided to take some quick screen caps, just to see how much experience Wysteria really gives. Turns out that, given the size of the world, this is more of a Wintertusk than a Grizzleheim.

This is where my level and XP were sitting when I first started Wysteria.

Level 32, almost to 33.

Here is where I set AFTER Wysteria (and only Wysteria).

Just a hair past 35. I wouldn't say the XP is overkill, but this in combination with the XP of Wintertusk at level 40 is, imho, a bit too much XP for the game to handle. This world is so gorgeous and so fun, I doubt anyone would have stayed away from lack of XP.

And now, on to more important matters. With this most recent level, there has been a VERY important change. Please observe.

Katherine LightGiver, Pre-Wysteria, level 32.

And now, Katherine LightGiver, Post-Wysteria, level 35.

Oooooo..... sparkly. What can I say, I like pretty clothes. This character is much more bearable to play on now.

Also, I'm a Wyvern's Hoard addict.I think I need to join a support group.

It was worth it. I am not ashamed. Okay, maybe I'm a little ashamed, but not ashamed enough that I regret it. And again I feel the need to say.... Oooooo, sparkly. I'm riding a dragon. That shoots sparkles. Check your reason at the door and just enjoy this. Say it with me. "Oooooo.... Sparkly."

Speaking of pretty things, check this out!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
[covers eyes]
Is it gone?

Oh that note, whether you be sparkly, just plain creepy, or somewhere in between, I hope you're enjoying Wysteria. Happy Wizarding!

Of new content (AKA there goes my weekend)

Today Wysteria goes live! You all know what that means!

Yes, it means more people will be begging for crowns in the commons so they can buy the new areas, but that's not what I was getting at.

It means I will online far too much for my own good, enjoying every second of this! :) It also means... NEW CHEAT TOWER!

This fight can be BRUTAL. However, if you can cut off the bosses' cheats at the pass you should be just fine. Here's the (of course, lol) guide I wrote to help get you through the boss fights in this tower.

DiSpellbound: A Strategy Guide for the Tower of the Helephant

Using these ideas we actually ENJOYED this fight, and got in a bunch of hits like this one. :)

So have fun, and enjoy yourselves! I'm sure I'll be seeing a WHOLE lot of you in Wysteria VERY soon.

Of my crazy PvP noobness (or is it nooby craziness?)

Well, we finally got our PvP team off the ground! I was gifted (yes, I just turned 'gift' into a verb, and I stand by my choice) some lovely crowns a while ago and, after giving some away here I bought some fancy schmancy mastery amulets for myself and our myth player, Mr. Owl. Josh and John had already won the amulets they wanted from the WaterWorks. At this point I COULD go off on a rant about how I've run the Waterworks at least twice as much as they have and have yet to get either of the amulets I want, although I HAVE won them and they just keep dropping on the wrong account, and Josh and John somehow have had the incredibly unfair good luck to get exactly the amulets they wants on exactly the wizards they wanted them. However, I WON'T go off on a rant about that, because I'm just not that sort of person. ;)

After getting our gear, we worked on a strategy for our team. Our final strategy is a very complex, hard to understand one that I couldn't begin to explain. But for those of you who feel ready to have some insight into our well thought out plan, it's mostly based around the extremely in-depth concepts of 'winging it', 'playing it by ear', and 'let's try this out and see if we all die." Like I said, VERY complex, you've probably never heard of it. (Hipster PvP'er used winging it strategies before this blog post.)

Also... don't put up a doom and gloom when you're going second against a powerhouse team, no matter how good of an idea it seems at the time. That's one definitely nailed down piece of strategy.

My rank going into team PvP (after I took this picture I won 1 more match, and then lost for the first time in 1v1).

My current rank:

If you do the math *which you don't have to do because I did*, that translates to 50 wins, 8 losses for our team. Not too shabby! Thanks for different experiences in 1v1 prior to making our team, and a few ill-timed random disconnects, this has brought Mr. Owl to overlord, Josh to commander, and John to captain. These are the highest ranks any of us have gotten on any of our wizards so far, so we'll all pretty happy with how it's going. We'll keep on with this team until we all hit warlord, and then I suspect we'll switch up our schools and fight as Mercenaries 4 Honour, version 2.0.

Don't let this fool you, though. We don't have a clue what we're doing. In fact, we are
-treasure noobs
-dispel noobs (often this is in combination with bring treasure noobs)
-shield noobs
-heal noobs
-attack spamming noobs
-beguile noobs
-pet noobs

.... and the list could go on. As a matter of fact, it did. One of my good friends, Alex Lionheart, actually sent me a (friendly, funny) list of the 101 types of noob I am. It was greatly appreciated, as I need to know the extent of my noobness before I can fix it.

In other words - the better the do, the more annoyed you make people. So don't take it personally. Choose a group that you'll have a blast with no matter what, win or lose, and that go out and do just that. It's not about winning or losing, it's not about being a noob or pwning, it's about having a blast.

Also, we may or may not be crazy.

And on that note... soon to come, the story of day my pet got himself reported. BAD Moose!

Of Guiding Light

Wow, that post title may just be the corniest thing I've come up with yet.

The past month has been busy with merc requests, my PvP team, leveling up my fire wizard (just got fire dragon, w00t!), all of which I plan to blog about soon. However, the news that has me all excited now is a NEW CHALLENGE!   New content for levels 25+? Possibly a new CHEAT DUNGEON?! Yes, please!

On that note, I realize when they released this info that I never got around to finish up my guide on the Warehouse. It's been in the works for a while but somehow I just never got it all down on paper. Er, on screen? Either way, I loooooove cheat dungeons - figuring out how the bosses cheat, how to cheat them right back, and helping people accomplish something they're struggled with just makes my day. But with news a new dungeon on the way, I finished up the warehouse guide yesterday and will be able to focus on the newest dungeon when it comes out.

I also realized that those wizards who are not on Wizard101 Central probably haven't ever had cause to see my guides, so if anyone is interested, here's a link to the two current ones. Here's hoping I get the chance to make another one very shortly! Thanks for yet more new content, KI, and I'm excited to see what new challenges are in store!

Plumbing101 - A Guide to the Waterworks instance

Exterminated - A Guide to the Warehouse/Spiral Geographic Tower