Annual Alliance Tournament

  • Just recently - CCP held the annual Alliance Tournament, this is clan pvp tournament where over three rounds - an EVE Champion is crowned!


    64 Alliances applied to become overall and the first two rounds establish which 32 should pass into the 3rd knock out round.


    Each type of ship in the universe is allocated a point, for example Battleships are worth 18 points, Cruisers 11 points and so on. What was interesting is that in some of the fights, clans used Haulers as part of their armada - which in CF terms would be a Train - I found this quite interesting.


    The top 4 clans (semi finalists) will all receive prizes - the overall winner will attain 50 Billion ISK and unique ships.


    I missed this last year - but took an interest this time around.


    CCP organise a live TV Broadcast around the event where player representatives and programmers and developers can chat about EVE, explain basic concepts to newcommers and talk a bit about future plans.


    This year, a clan called Pandemic Legion won (for the second time in a row) and some famous (or infamous) clans like Band of Brothers (now known as KenZoku) and GoonSwarm got knocked out in the process.


    There are some rules regarding ships and fittings but there is a lot of leeway and flexibility for Field Commanders to show what they and their clan can do.


    Interestingly, PL lost their first match, but then spanked - and I could say murdered everyone else they met on the way.


    They also fielded five Stealth Bombers (worth 6 points) in at least two matches - these are very light ships - almost light fighters in CF terms, which are very speedy but pack a huge punch when combined together - a tactic that no one else realised.


    The fights are limited to 15mins per match and if ships from both clans are still on the field at the end - a points based calculation is involved.


    For more info see this link


    http://www.eveonline.com/events/alliances/tournament/t7/


    Videos and results of the earlier matches can also be found here and I am assuming the later matches will be uploaded later.