World of Firepower - 2008

[Jimmy B]

The World of Firepower is back! Registration for WoF 2008 has opened in preparation for the start of the tournament in February next year. Entries for teams and team members can be made until the end of December in EF's WoF 2008 subforum.

The WoF was conceived by Hurrikane as a grander scale off-shoot to his popular Festival of Firepower competitions. The Festival of Firepower competitions are team-based hunting events, the idea being to blast as much ammo as you can at big mobs with weapons beyond your skill range and global more than the opposing teams. The winners of the tenth and most recent FoF, "NoTA Foffing Clue", knocked in 23 globals on Formicacida to claim 161 points during the six hour competition. A full history of the FoF can be found here.

The World of Firepower took the popular FoF idea and made it bigger. In the first WoF, over 200 avatars in teams representing 28 nations battled it out weekend after weekend. WoF globals in the chat window became a familiar sight; nearly a thousand were scored during the course of the tournament. In the thrilling finale, favourites USA managed to hold off fierce competition from Sweden and Romania in order to claim the WoF 2007 title. Apart from glory, the winning team members also won special WoF jackets created by MindArk and Modified EntropiaForum Memberships.

The return of the WoF in 2008 will be even bigger than the original and with over 30 teams registered already there's no doubt it will be the biggest team event in EU's history. The structure will be similar to last year, with teams scoring points by globalling on a range of given mobs in order to beat their opponents and progress to the next round. The biggest change will be the introduction of scoring support teams. In the 2007 tournament, support teams made a huge contribution with activities such as clearing unwanted mobs and fapping the main team members. In recognition of that, the 2008 tournament support teams will be able to score a small number of points for any globals achieved, which will contribute to the main team's score. This will introduce new tactics and increase the size of the WoF considerably by ensuring that anyone who wants to compete can compete!

Other changes include a larger variety boost for globalling on the various creatures in the moblist and a bonus mob. A team (either the main team or support team) can score a one-off 25 points bonus for globalling on the bonus mob which will be difficult to global on. Time to get practicing killing your Rippersnappers, Turps and Diripis!

Registration for WoF 2008 closes at the end of December so get your applications in now! For full details on how to register visit the WoF 2008 subforum. In January, elected Captains will choose their team members ready for the Qualifiers in February. In the Qualifiers, each team will have two hunts and the top-scoring 24 teams will progress through to the first Group Stage. After two group stages, six teams will have reached the Semi-Finals. The Semi-Finals are a straight knockout and require the use of a pilot, leaving the three winning teams to battle it out in the Final.

If you can't muster enough people to form an Earth-nation team, teams Eudoria and Amethera are available for anyone. And with the introduction of scoring support teams, everybody who wants to be involved can score points for their nations as well as helping out the main team. This is in the spirit of the original FoF, and to quote Hurrikane: "If a [support] team of noobs claim the final global that swings the difference in the Final, I couldn't be happier!".

[Header image by WoF artist, J Boy. Second image: Stryker dances in his WoF winner's jacket at the 2007 award ceremony.]

[MindStar9]

Very nice report JB ... I missed being involved in last year's WoF, but have signed up with Team Amethera to give it a go in the 2008 go round. We've done a couple of practice runs and are getting a feel for each other, but still waiting on a few others to come out and join us. I suppose the time factor is always an issue, but with a little bit of juggling, I think we can work it out.

[Jimmy B]

Thanks MS9 - good luck and may you lose to England in the Final!

[MindStar9]

Originally Posted by Jimmy B

Thanks MS9 - good luck and may you lose to England in the Final!

And may you experience my purpleness!

J/K of course ... good luck to you and England as well! I'm along for the fun, but I'll fight purple tooth and nail to do my best during this event. See you in battle!

[HduchC]

nice !!

just cant wait WoF, Team POLAND recruiting

GL ALL!!

[Mary Jane]

I'm recruting in portuguese team...

It's same them football , Portugal are in them WOF

Gl to all ... and have fear, Portugal are in...

[Frigid]

The best event I've participated in in PE.

Looking forward to competing for Team Scotland again.

[Dark Cat]

If I could take this oppertunity to state if you happen to be in a country that does not yet have a representation then don't sit on your hands and wait for someone else to do it, because chances are the rest of the people from your country are doing the same.

New Zealand and Bulgaria are two examples I can think of that I know have plenty players, but didn't apply last year. Hope to see many more countries this year.

Thanks for raising more public awareness that it's begun Jimmy.

[Anselme25]

Team Austria ftw

Come on guys

[Rooster]

It's gonna be a biggie.

Get your names down folks whatever level you are there is a place for you. Be part of the biggest team hunting comp ever.

Oh yer

Cummon England

Great post Jimmy... Hats off to you