18.1.14 Knockout
Knockout is an arena game that essentially replicates a single/double elimination tournament, along with a bracket and some specific rules to prevent matches from stalling. After the event has begun, everyone will be paired up with someone else, and won't be able to attack anybody except their paired target. Whoever kills the other will advance to the next round until there is only one person left standing. Pairings -------- Pairings are purely random if the current participants are not seeded when the event begins, and it will act as a single elimination tournament. If seeding is performed, then it will be turned into a double elimination tournament instead. Defeat ------ In a single-elimination format, losing in battle will result in the defeated player being out of the tournament. In a double-elimination format, a player is not out of the tournament until they are defeated twice, and instead falls into the loser's bracket after their first defeat. This also includes the grand finalist from the winner's side of the bracket. They must be defeated twice for the loser's side of the bracket to win, and is known as a 'bracket reset' when it occurs. Defeating an opponent will heal you up and restore any resources you may have used, much like when other arena games are completed. Stalling -------- To prevent matches from dragging out, each pairing will eventually be afflicted by 'battle_hunger' after 9 minutes, and 'bloodlust' after 13 minutes. The first affliction makes running more difficult, and the second affliction prevents shielding. Additionally every 10 seconds after receiving 'bloodlust', each player will be drained of 1% of their max willpower and endurance. Byes ---- If the number of participants is not equal to a power of 2, then some people will advance automatically to the next round. This is called a bye, and is generally given to the top seed players. Commands -------- KNOCKOUT [WINNERS|LOSERS] <arena> View the knockout bracket for the event in specified arena. You can also choose to view the winner's bracket or the loser's bracket. KNOCKOUT RESULTS <arena> This will show you the placement for those who have been knocked out of the tournament. You can continue to view placements after the event concludes, up until the next Knockout event is hosted. ARENA SETUP <arena> SEED <people - 1st to last seed> This is the command to seed players within the arena by the organizer. No one will be able to join the event once you have seeded the players and any missed participants will be shuffled in at random as the bottom seeds. You can use this command multiple times until you're satisfied with the bracket. When seeding players, the first seed should be the person most likely to win, followed all the way to the last seed, who is the least likely person to win.
