With the first round of qualification for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament underway, we wanted to provide a schedule for the remainder of this qualifier and details on what each of the phases entails.

Phase 1 - The Practice Phase – Currently active and completes on April 22, 2008

• There is no penalty for changing your team and you are free to move teams around.
  
• At the end of this phase all arena team ratings will be reset to 1500 during maintenance.

Phase 2 - The Competition Phase - Active from April 22, 2008 to May 6, 2008

• Every team will be reset to a 1500 rating and official rankings begin.
  
• There will be a 150 team rating penalty for any player added to an arena team.
  
• At the end of this phase all arena teams will be locked down and players will not be able to switch characters from arena teams.
  
• Registration will also close at the end of this phase.

Phase 3 – The Final Phase – Active from May 6, 2008 to May 20, 2008

• Registration is closed for this phase of qualification.
  
• Players are no longer allowed to switch arena teams during this phase.
  
• At the end of the phase, the top 4 rated teams from the Battlegroup will be invited to the regional qualifier if they meet all eligibility requirements.
  
• Eligible teams must have played a minimum of 200 games during Phases 2 and 3 to be able to qualify to advance to the regional qualifier.
  
• Each team member must have participated in 30% of their team’s games to be eligible to qualify.

First Qualification Round Schedule for North America:

• Phase 1 ends and Phase 2 begins: April 22, 2008
  
• Phase 2 ends and Phase 3 begins: May 6, 2008
  
• Phase 3 and the first Qualifier ends: May 20, 2008
  

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Q u o t e:
Hmmm i thought the Phase 1 (The Practice Phase) is 2 weeks and the Phase 2 ( The Competition Phase) is 4 weeks.


Here is the quote
"The first two weeks of each round are designated for practice - giving a chance for players to meet, form teams, gain experience playing as a team, and experiment with different lineups and strategies. During this time period, matches will not count, although your rating will change as normal. When the tourney starts in earnest, all team ratings reset to 1500. The rating and ranking system will function in the same way as on the live realms, including personal ratings. Each six-week qualifier has the same structure, thus when the second qualifier begins, ratings will reset to 1500 and another two-week practice period will commence."

Tournament started on 3-31-2008, two weeks after that is not 4-22-2008 isnt it?

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We just posted here that the practice phase was extended an additional week for this qualifier: WoW Arena Tournament Practice Phase Extended

Sorry for any confusion, but the dates should be accurate.

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Q u o t e:
Can you make new teams?

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All teams are supposed to be locked down so I believe the ability to create teams is also disabled.

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Q u o t e:
200 combined or 400 total?

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I'm not sure what you mean here, could you elaborate?

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Does every member of the team need 30% for the team to qualify, or just for that character / player to qualify.

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If a character on a team has played less than 30% of the games, that character will not qualify, but the team will.

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EDIT i think pigvomit is asking if you need 200 games in phase 2 and 200 more in phase 3, or just 400 games total?

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200 games total between phases 2 and 3. Phase 2 is when the official rankings for the remainder of the qualifier begin. There is a 3rd phase because registration is ended and teams are locked at that point and it signifies the final stretch of the qualifier.

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Q u o t e:
When does the second qualifier begin?

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When we have dates on the second qualifier, we will let you know.

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The Second Qualification Round of the Tournament. The Second Qualification Round of the Tournament shall commence on June 3, 2008 at approximately 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time ( 6:00 PM GMT) (subject to 'Server Maintenance' to be performed by Sponsor) and end on July 15, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Pacific Standard Time (9:00 AM GMT).

Will these dates be the same?

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Those are the dates on the Official Rules of the page, but we will also list a full schedule when we are closer to launching the Second Qualification round and any changes/updates will be listed there.