???? The Death Smile Team Cup Championship

[Dark_Lord_Mary]

--- The Death Smile Team Cup Championship ---

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Announcing the Death Smile Team Championship. A competition that takes place each Hardcore Season.

Each Hardcore League Season Teams form to compete for the Death Smile Team Cup.
Team success during the Hardcore League event will earn you Team points,
while any rule-breaking will lose Team points.

At the end of the Season, the Team with the most points is awarded the Team Cup, a great honor.

Players wishing to compete for the Team Cup must be a member of a Death Smile Team.
Anyone can make or join a team.
All Teams may have up to 6 players,
and teams may have alternate players that fill in.

Teams may also take pugs and temporary members along and assist them in claiming event rewards that will count towards Team Cup points. Points are given to Team for achieving the event goals throughout the event.

Death Smile Team Cup Points Earned:
Establishing a Team of 2-6 player 50 points
Naming a Team Leader 100 points
Earning the Event Rewards:
Level 20 150 points
1750 favor 100 points
5000 favor 550 points
10 Reaper Points 350 points
20 Reaper Points 600 points
Extra:
Reaper Wings 6000 points

The Death Smile Team Cup is awarded at the end of the Hardcore League event to the Death Smile Team with the most Team points.

Temporary members (pugs) can also earn points for the Teams. Example: Player X runs with Team Z and earns 1750 points. Team Z because they aided Player X claims the points. This will encourage teams to run with and assist other players. This is an honor system.

Points can be taken away for things such as misbehaving or rule-breaking.
Rule-breaking includes cussing in guild chat, fighting with other guildies, looting the guild chests, etc.

The Guild Master keeps track of the House Points as reported by Team Leaders and will post the tally in Discord for all the Teams competing for the Cup.

There will be a history of Team Cups winners maintained and a roster of all those who competed and the Teams.

NOTE: Season 4 was saw the invention of the Death Smile Team Cup and as such much of what occurred during the season was used as a template for the Team Cup Tournament

The Death Smile Team Cup Championship was introduced by Guild Master Mary during the fourth season of the Hardcore League event, once there were enough Teams to compete for the cup. The winner of the Team Cup will be announced at the end of each season and the winning Team shall keep the Team Cup until it is taken from them in competition by another competing Team.

Players wishing to form teams and compete are encouraged to join the Death Smile Discord and register with Guild Master Mary. Teams for the next Season will begin forming at the conclusion of the existing Season.

The Season winner will be announced at the close of Season. The winner remains the champion and owner of the Cup until is it taken from them by the victory of a competing team. A successful team make defend their ownership of the cup and keep it indefinitely by winning the Championship each season.

[boredGamer]

So a certain someone/group didn't feel like they got the credit they deserved for their own accomplishments, and wants to tell everyone about all the people they also helped through certain achievements?

I'm starting to regret ever supporting any sort of leaderboard type play.

[Dark_Lord_Mary]

The Team Cup is a guild award and is separate from the leaderboard. A team could win the Team Cup and not be present on the leaderboards.

The birth of the Team Cup championship arose because during the HCL event Death Smile runs with 1000 unique members - what we see during HCL are teams from the live servers - static teams, that we guild who are going for goals. We had this season a dozen unofficial teams of 2-6 (perhaps more) -

What I am doing is formalizing this into a guild event to encourage good sportsmanship, healthy competition, participation, friendship, and cross-server relations to encourage the growth of the DDO community as a whole by utilizing the guild's unique position to host a friendly Championship amongst the dozens of teams competing in the event.

I understand this forum is largely a troll den - but my post is sincere to encourage anyone who wishes to participate to join the Death Smile Discord and set up a Team for Hardcore League 5.

[LittleLexi]

I think it's a neat idea. The points could perhaps be weighted better, but the concept is cool.

Best of luck to you and thanks for giving HC players a place to conglomerate.

[TartanKane]

Great idea.

Anything that would spice up the hardcore season is very welcome.

Thanks for all your efforts Mary.