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The Winterfest 2006 Tournament was a seasonal tournament event during Wintersday 2006 sponsored by ArenaNet. Guilds participated by playing GvG-Battles culminating in a Guild Wars Nightfall only swiss system tournament that offered guilds a chance to win wintergreen candy cane weapons and other in-game prizes.

To some degree, the Winterfest 2006 Tournament served as beta test for the future structure of official sanctioned tournaments.

Format[]

The Winterfest 2006 Ladder Season started on October 28, 2006, with a reset of the guild ladder; all guilds started with a rating of 1000. During six weeks leading up to the season ending playoffs, guilds competed against randomly paired (but weighted based upon ratings) guilds in single-game match play. The ladder season ended on December 11, 2006.

During the season ending playoffs on December 16th, 2006, the top 32 eligible rated guilds competed in a Guild Wars Nightfall only five-round single-game swiss system tournament. The 1st round pairings was seeded by the final tournament ladder rating. Matches consisted of one battle on a set map.

After the fifth round of the swiss system tournament, the top eight guilds (based upon win loss results and opponent's match-win percentage as the tie-breaker) met in a single elimination tournament taking place December 17, 2006. Matches in the Winterfest 2006 play-offs were decided by winning 2-out-of-3-games with the higher seeded team having home-field advantage in the first game.

Prizes[]

Winterfest Championship Trophy 1000x800

The Championship Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar

Place Prize
1st Complete set (10) of wintergreen candy cane items,
guild name and roster posted on Winterfest in-game trophy,
permanent golden guild cape trim for the guild
2nd Set of 9 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary silver cape trim for the guild
3rd--4th Set of 8 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary silver cape trim for guild
5th--8th Set of 7 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary silver cape trim for guild
9th--12th Set of 6 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary silver cape trim for guild
13th--16th Set of 5 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary silver cape trim for guild
17th--20th Set of 4 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary bronze cape trim for guild
21st--24th Set of 3 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary bronze cape trim for guild
25th--28th Set of 2 wintergreen candy cane items
temporary bronze cape trim for guild
29th--32nd 1 wintergreen candy cane item
temporary bronze cape trim for guild

The winner of the Winterfest 2006 Tournament and the guilds lineup are immortalized by the Winterfest Championship Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.

Swiss System Rounds[]

Final standings[]

Results from five Swiss System rounds
Rank Guild Points OMW (*)
1 Europe The Celebrities [Cel] 15 72.0000
2 Europe Peace and Harmony [PnH] 12 72.0000
3 Europe Frozen Flame [ICE] 12 64.0000
4 North America Team Quitter [QQ] 12 60.0000
5 Europe Oo The Ancients Oo [aNc] 12 58.6667
6 North America Ominous Latin Name [tag] 12 54.6667
7 Europe Necro Raiders [NR] 9 62.6667
8 Europe Smart People [sM] 9 60.0000 (**)
North America Time Is Running [OUT] 9 60.0000 (**)
10 Japan Free Will [FW] 9 57.3333
11 Europe Clan Detained [dT] 9 56.0000
12 Europe L I Z Z A R D S [Lz] 9 54.6667
13 Europe Powerpuff Boys [PUFF] 9 52.0000
North America Zero Files Remaining [LaG] 9 52.0000
15 Europe Team Everfrost [eF] 9 50.6667
16 Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 9 45.3333
17 Europe Portrayors Of Valour [pV] 6 60.0000
18 Europe Storm Bearers [SB] 6 56.0000
19 Europe The Bouncers [BcS] 6 54.6667
20 Europe Bruderschaft Der Verdammnis [BdV] 6 52.0000
21 Japan Supernova Jpn [SpNv] 6 50.6667
22 Europe Rise In Superior Competition [RISC] 6 50.6667
23 North America The Flying Liberaces [Ace] 6 45.3333
North America Moa Birds [MB] 6 45.3333
25 Europe Newbs On Tour [Nap] 6 42.6667
26 North America Legion of Losers [LOL] 6 41.3333
27 Europe I Agony Realm I [AR] 6 37.3333
28 Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 6 52.0000
29 Europe Empty Skillbars [EaSy] 3 46.6667
30 Japan Chaossanctuary優 [WoW] 3 42.6667
31 Europe Bezmysine Dogadzanie Sobie [MSI] 0 50.6667
32 North America Ward Against Noobzz [Wa] 0 46.6667

(*) = opponents match-win percentage

(**) = results were retroactively corrected days after the finals were played

Play-Offs[]

Winterfest 2006 Finals Participants
Seed Guild
1 Europe The Celebrities [Cel]
2 Europe Peace and Harmony [PnH]
3 Europe Frozen Flame [ICE]
4 North America Team Quitter [QQ]
5 Europe Oo The Ancients Oo [aNc]
6 North America Ominous Latin Name [tag]
7 Europe Necro Raiders [NR]
8 North America Time Is Running [OUT]

The teams were seeded according to their swiss system rounds final standing.

Quarter-Finals[]

December 17th 2006
Europe The Celebrities [Cel] vs. North America Time Is Running [OUT] 2:0
North America Team Quitter [QQ] vs. Europe Oo The Ancients Oo [aNc] 1:2
Europe Peace and Harmony [PnH] vs. Europe Necro Raiders [NR] 2:1
Europe Frozen Flame [ICE] vs. North America Ominous Latin Name [tag] 0:2

Semi-Finals[]

December 17th 2006
Europe The Celebrities [Cel] vs. Europe Oo The Ancients Oo [aNc] 2:1
Europe Peace and Harmony [PnH] vs. North America Ominous Latin Name [tag] 2:0

Finals[]

December 17th 2006
Europe The Celebrities [Cel] vs. Europe Peace and Harmony [PnH] 0:2


Results from Winterfest 2006 Tournament
Guild
Winner Europe Peace and Harmony [PnH]
Runner-Up Europe The Celebrities [Cel]
3rd Europe Oo The Ancients Oo [aNc]
North America Ominous Latin Name [tag]
5th Europe Frozen Flame [ICE]
North America Team Quitter [QQ]
Europe Necro Raiders [NR]
North America Time Is Running [OUT]

See Also[]

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