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[]
Place | Prize |
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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[]
(*) = opponents match-win percentage
(**) = results were retroactively corrected days after the finals were played
Play-Offs[]
The teams were seeded according to their swiss system rounds final standing.
Quarter-Finals[]
Semi-Finals[]
December 17th 2006 | |||
The Celebrities [Cel] | vs. | Oo The Ancients Oo [aNc] | 2:1 |
Peace and Harmony [PnH] | vs. | Ominous Latin Name [tag] | 2:0 |
Finals[]
December 17th 2006 | |||
The Celebrities [Cel] | vs. | Peace and Harmony [PnH] | 0:2 |