The Magical Arts Duel Academy Hunger Games Official Rules

[Khina Bree]

Welcome one and all to the first annual Magical Arts Duel Academy Hunger Games! In this role-play event, Tributes from the various dormitories here at MADA will compete in a challenge of survival to see who will emerge victorious! This topic will serve as an official guide to the specific rules of the Games and how things work during your time in The Arena. Please refer back to this topic if you ever have questions, or PM the Game Master (me) if your question is not addressed here.

Duels

In The Hunger Games, Tributes battled with brute force and survival tactics. In these Games, Tributes will duel for their survival. When Tributes encounter one another in the Arena, they may challenge the other to a Match Duel (best 2 out of 3) to decide who lives. If you are challenged, you MAY decline and attempt to flee (see LP Actions below) however, if you have insufficient LP, then you must accept the duel.

Each section of the Arena offers Field Power Bonuses to certain monster Types while weakening others. These bonuses stay in effect unless the Tribute plays a Field Spell Card. If Tribute A activates a Field Spell Card, their monsters are no longer affected by the Arena Terrain but Tribute B's monster still will be. Likewise, if BOTH Tributes have activated a Field Spell Card, neither of their monsters receive any benefits or negatives from the Terrain.

To better simulate the critical nature of these duels, LP in-between matches are not reset to 8000. For example, if Tribute A wins a match and only had 6500 LP at the end of the last duel of that match, and then engages in a duel against another Tribute, their LP START at 6500 during each duel of that match.

Decks are of course limited to a single archetype (so long as it is not banned for this event) and any non-archetype card is treated as Limited. This extends to the Extra and Side decks as well.

Duels are played out via Dueling Network. Please post screenshots of all duels' final turn.

A final note about duels. If two players are involved in a match duel, any outside interference of any sort is prohibited and can result in immediate expulsion from the Games.

Sponsors

Sponsors are participants in The Hunger Games that do not directly compete but rather purchase bonuses and perks for their sponsored Tribute. These sponsors may purchase any ONE bonus for their Tribute up to 3 times a week but not the same bonus each time. Each week, they may re-purchase previous bonuses if they so choose. A separate thread will be posted for the available sponsor purchases.

Tribute's LP

Each Tribute has their very own "out-of-duel" LP (Life Point) counter, similar to how Yugi and the gang did in the "Virtual World/ Legendary Heroes" arc in season one. Each Tribute begins play in the Hunger Games with 8000 LP. These LP increase and decrease depending on various actions the Tribute performs, such as eating, resting or travelling. Below is a list of actions and the amount of LP they cost or regain.

Action:::LP Cost/Gain
Resting ::: +50 LP for each post after, max 250.
-A Tribute may choose to "REST" between other posts. Each time another Tribute posts in the same Section as theirs, the "RESTING" Tribute gains 50 Life Points, to a maximum of 250 Life Points.

Eating, raw ::: +100 LP, to a maximum of 300 a day.
-A Tribute may eat wild berries or uncooked food such as trail rations or nuts to regain LP but may only do this up to three times in a day

Sleeping, 6+ hours ::: +2000 LP. Limit once per 24 hours.
-A Tribute may choose to sleep for six or more hours a night to recover 2000 Life Points.

Sleeping, 5 or less hours ::: +1000 LP. Limit once per 24 hours.
-A Tribute may choose to sleep for 5 or less hours (minimum 3) to recover 1000 Life Points

Refuse a challenge ::: -1500 LP
-A Tribute can refuse a duel from another Tribute and attempt to flee for 1500 LP.

Travel to new Section ::: -1000 LP per section.
-Whenever a Tribute leaves an area of the Arena to enter another, they lose 1000 LP.

Sustain Injury ::: -500 LP x the Severity Level
-As a survival game, Tributes should anticipate taking personal injury. Different injuries cost more/less LP.
*Ex. Sprained ankle: -500 LP. Break leg: -1500 LP

The Arena Map

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Role-Play Guidelines

While these are not exactly rules, here are some guidelines to keep in mind while participating in the MADA Hunger Games.

1. Grammar. Please do your best to use proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. Don't use "txt" or "1337" speak while posting in the role-play.

2. Keep the posts a decent length! Nothing makes a role-play less fun like too short a post. However, that doesn't mean to post an entire novel for a post either. Find a healthy middle.

3. Keep it respectful. Some people aren't going to be the "best" of role-players, so be patient with them. If someone is harassing another role-player or is being disrespectful, please let me or a member of staff know about it.

4. Keep it PG-13. Role-play can be known for going darker or more "adult" routes, but if this happens, please take it off-site to Skype/IM/etc. We do not condone "AO" material on MADA, but will not stop you from doing so off site.

5. Have fun!

[MST_Negates]

Can you elaborate more on the sponsors part

[Khina Bree]

What do you wish for me to elaborate on?

[Khina Bree]

Please make sure everyone participating has filled out their Character sheet and (if playing a Tribute) has submitted their deck to me via PM

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