Tuesday, The 1st qualifier of the arena tournament ended. Leaving “Dude I Got It on Fraps” in 1st place by 1 point in front of “Duelists going for glad” in 2nd place and leaving “Frag Dominant” in 3rd by 3 points from 1st. So far the competition is still strong and no winner is certain as of yet. Now that the 2nd Qualifier round has opened teams have a short amount of time to get some nice R&R in before queuing up again.

The second round of qualification for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament has now begun registration. Here is a schedule for this qualifier and details on what each of the phases entails.

Registration Dates

• Registration for Qualifier 2 Opens: May 20, 2008
• Registration for Qualifier 2 Closed: July 1, 2008

Second Qualification Round Schedule for North America:

• Phase 1 begins: June 3, 2008
• Phase 1 ends and Phase 2 begins: July 17, 2008
• Phase 2 ends and Phase 3 begins: July 1, 2008
• Phase 3 and the second Qualifier ends: July 15, 2008

Phase 1 - The Practice Phase – Active from June 3, 2008 to June 17, 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 June 17, 2008 to July 1, 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 July 1, 2008 to July 15, 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.

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On a side note, Kil’Jaeden’s gate is now open so some of the top guilds will be able to have a crack at him before S4 comes out, and with his impressive loot table, some lucky warriors will be able to run around arenas with the best 2H sword and torture some unexpecting foes, think Cataclysm’s Edge in S2.

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