The Hydra compeition is a six week team event spanning all three of the RhyDin dueling sports. Points are earned via performance in regulation duels with bonuses award through special events, tournaments, challenges and rank advancements. No special scheduling is required, but that doesn't mean there is no place for strategy.

Each team shall consist of 5 duelists and no duelist may be on the roster of more than a single team. Teams must officially register with the Hydra Corporation at the main office.

Please take OOC note that no player may have more than 2 characters in the competition

Team Captains may elect to change their roster at any time, dropping one duelist and picking up another, provided their roster continues to contain five duelists. Roster changes will become official at the beginning of the next dueling week. eg: If the change is made during week 2, the new duelist will begin scoring points for the team in week 3.

In the event a team member will be unavailable for a week, a team may pick up a free agent to fill that duelist's place. Notice must be submitted to Hydra Corp. before the week begins. In such a situation the free-agent's regulation duel points will count towards the team score for the week rather than the rostered duelist's.

The 1 character on a team per player rule continues to apply, so you may not have an alt FA for a team you are on.

Duels fought during regulation dueling will be worth potential points to both the winner and the loser of the duel. Points per duel work as follows:

• Duel Win: 5 + the difference in score, to a maximum of 10.
• Duel Loss: The number of points scored in the duel, to a maximum of 4
• Duel Tie: The number of points scored in the duel, to a maximum of 5

Note that this could vary if a special week is declared and sanctioned by Hydra Corp., such as a DoM twin win week

Each duelist's top four duels as determined by the above scoring breakdown will be applied to the team and individual scoring totals. As such, Hydra competitors should attempt to duel at least four times a week and may duel more than that in an attempt to achieve higher value top duels.

In the event not all duelist's on a team are able to achieve four duels in a given week, one extra duel per duelist may be scored to the team's point total. Note that this extra duel will count towards the team's weekly score but not towards the duelist's individual tally.

Note that duels between two members of the same team will not be counted towards competition points.

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Double Point Weeks
The following double point weeks will earn both contestants twice the normal value for these duel types.

• Week 2: DoS Duels
• Week 4: DoM Duels
• Week 6: DoF Duels

Beyond regulation duels, players may earn their team points in the following ways:

Rank Advancements: +2
Earn any non-tournament, non-challenge rank. This includes regaining a rank previously lost.

Tournament Win: +20
Win any of the major official sport tournaments (WLT, PantherClaw, AMT, etc).

Challenge Victory: +15
Sucessfully challenge for or defend a title in any sport. Challenge must be issued and fought during the dates of the Hydra event to count.

As with regulation dueling, a challenge match between two members of the same team will not earn points for the competition.

Repeated Defenses: +2 per
For each title defense beyond the first where the challenge would count for Hydra points, the victorious defender will earn an extra +2 per defense, with an ultimate point cap of 20. eg: First defense is 15 points, 2nd is 17 points, 3rd is 19 points, 4th and beyond are 20)

Championing: +5
If successful in championing a title holder or challenger AND that title holder / challenger goes on to win or retain the title.

Hydra Cup Tourney: +2 per win; +20 to champion
The top 2 duelists from each of the 8 teams will be invited to participate. In the event a duelist cannot attend, their invitation will pass to the next highest ranked duelist on their team. The format will be single elimination with duel style changing after every 3rd round.

• Rounds 1 - 3: Swords
• Rounds 4 - 6: Fists
• Rounds 7 - 9: Magic
• Repeat

OOC limit of 1 character per player

The team to amass the most points over the six week competition cycle shall be declared the winner.