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The Alliance Tournament is a three-week-long annual event where the various alliances of New Eden put together teams of pilots and try to defeat each other in combat. The event is organised by CCP, and the prizes include PLEX, ship SKINs, and unique blueprints for otherwise unobtainable ships.  
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| valign="middle" | The '''Alliance Tournament''' is a three-week-long annual event where the various alliances of New Eden assemble teams of pilots and try to defeat each other in combat. The event is organised by CCP, and the prizes include [[PLEX]], ship [[SKIN]]s as well as unique and limited blueprints to build special tournament ships.
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==Rules==
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== Tournament details ==
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The rules of the tournament tend to change slightly from year to year. The current set of rules can be found on the EVE Online website. [http://community.eveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/rules/] A very brief rundown is given here.
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The tournament rules as well as the arena makes for a very different kind of PvP than what is offered in [[New Eden]], but the potential spoils are well worth all the months of training and billions of ISK (if not trillions) people spend in these tournaments.
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| valign="top" | [[image:alliance_tournament_arena.png|thumb|left|420px|The matches are presented with a graphical overlay showing various effects such as [[electronic warfare]] and [[remote assistance]].]]
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| valign="top" | [[image:alliance_tournament_prize.png|thumb|left|330px|Here's an example of the ''"tournament prize ship"'' for '''Alliance Tournament XI''', where some of the winners walked away with blueprint to make a limited amount of [[Fiend]]s.]]
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| valign="top" | [[image:alliance_tournament_medal.png|thumb|left|260px|A variety of medals are rewarded to players in an alliance placing in the top tiers of a tournament.]]
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The tournament is a single-stage, double elimination tournament with 64 teams allowed to enter. Each team can field up to 10 pilots, flying ships with a combined point value of 100 or less. Matches end when all of one team's ships are destroyed, or after 10 minutes (in which case the winner is determined by the point value of their ships remaining on the field).  
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=== Rules ===
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The rules of the tournament tend to change slightly every year, as CCP make minor adjustments to keep the tournament fresh and entertain and avoid problems that crept up in previous tournaments. The full list of rules can be found on the official [https://community.eveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/rules/ Alliance Tournament Rules] page, but in general you could summarize them as follows:
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* Each team can field up to 10 pilots per match and fleet compositions are limited to a certain number of points in total, where smaller ships cost less than larger ships. There are however many module restrictions (faction, deadspace and officer mods) and drone restrictions (varies depending on type of drone) and teams are only able to field one cruiser-class logistics or two frigate-class logistics.
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* Before the tournament begins, team captains are allowed to assign one ship as a flagship. A flagship is allowed most modules (including deadspace and officer mods) and can be fielded even if the ship-class was banned (see below). This makes the flagship a very powerful ship, but one that must be used carefully as you are not allowed to replace the flagship if you lose it in a match.
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* Before a match, team captains can ban the use of specific ships, which creates a sort of meta-game to either block or lure people into specific fleet compositions or force them to use their flagship instead.
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* Matches are limited to 10 minutes, then if no side has outright won by destroying all the opposing team's ships, the winner will be determined based on ship-points.
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* The tournament starts off with a modified double-elimination setup and ends with best-of-five final.
  
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Teams may have no more than 2 of each type of ship, and may not field more than 1 logistics cruiser, 1 tech one support cruiser, or 2 T1/T2 logistics/support frigates. In addition, each ship has a point value that limits how many of them can be fielded by one team; no team can field more than 100 points of ships. The point values range from 2 (tech one frigates) to 21 (marauders and faction battleships).  
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=== The arena ===
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Each match will take place in an arena of sorts, that measures 125 km around a central beacon. Inside the arena are [[Mobile_structures#Mobile_Micro_Jump_Unit|Mobile Micro Jump Unit]] structures, one in the center and then the rest spread out in a cube-like form inside the arena, that can be used by everyone. Warping inside the arena is not allowed, unless you're using said structures. You are also not allowed to leave the arena, punishable by immediate destruction.
  
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Various items or modules are not allowed to be used in the tournament, for example:
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This creates some interesting aspects for this type of format. The highly constrained arena size makes kiting around the edge of the arena dangerous, as minor pilot errors can easily lead to violating the boundary and getting blown up. Similarly, the jump structures can also lead to accidents if you are bumped while activating the jump, as that might throw off your alignment and hurling you outside the area of the arena. Screening as well as tactical maneuvering around the arena is also incredibly important, pushing player skill and nerves to the limit.
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* Faction, COSMOS, Deadspace, and Officer modules are not allowed.
 
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* Neither Boosters nor Hardwirings giving a bonus of more than 3% are allowed.  
 
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* Pirate Faction ammunition is not allowed.
 
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* Only T1 drones are allowed.
 
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The official rules (see above) contains a complete list of restrictions.
 
  
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==Prize Ships==
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Worth noting is that the whole tournament takes place on the Tranquility server, in an area of space normally inaccessible by capsuleers. This means that all the ships, modules and implants players bring to the tournament are bought and paid for with real ISK, and the losses they suffer are therefore real losses. Since each team must have a large amount of ships for various fleet compositions as well as extras in case of losses, plus the fact that there are few limits on how much ISK you can spend on your flagship, it's a considerable cost to participate in the tournament as well as the potential for some hefty loot if you manage to kill the opposing team's flagship.
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Since the 7th Alliance Tournament in YC 111 (2009), special edition frigates and cruisers have been given out as prizes to the winning teams. Only 50 of each type of frigate or cruiser were ever awarded.  
 
  
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=== Prizes ===
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[[File:Alliance Tournament monument.jpg|thumb|The Alliance Tournament monument in Manarq]]
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  <th>Tournament</th>  <th>Design</th>              <th>Frigate</th>      <th>Cruiser</th>
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Winners in the alliance tournament stand to gain billions of [[Image:icon money.png|18px|link=]]ISK (the higher they place, the larger the sum), [[image:PLEX_new.png|18px|link=]] [[PLEX]] as well as [[SKIN]]s and blueprint copies for the highly coveted tournament ship prizes.
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  <td>ATVII</td>        <td>Minmatar Republic</td>  <td>[[Freki]]</td>    <td>[[Mimir]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATVIII</td>      <td>Gallente Federation</td> <td>[[Utu]]</td>      <td>[[Adrestia]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATIX</td>        <td>Amarr Empire</td>        <td>[[Malice]]</td>  <td>[[Vangel]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATX</td>          <td>Caldari State</td>      <td>[[Cambion]]</td>  <td>[[Etana]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATXI</td>        <td>Angel Cartel</td>        <td>[[Chremoas]]</td> <td>[[Moracha]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATXII</td>        <td>Guristas Pirates</td>    <td>[[Whiptail]]</td> <td>[[Chameleon]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATXIII</td>      <td>Sansha's Nation</td>    <td>[[Imp]]</td>      <td>[[Fiend]]</td>
 
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</tr><tr>
 
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  <td>ATXIV</td>        <td>Blood Raiders</td>      <td>[[Caedes]]</td>  <td>[[Rabisu]]</td>
 
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</tr>
 
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</table>
 
  
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==Previous Winners==
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The tournament prize ships were introduced in '''Alliance Tournament VII''' back in 2009. Each year there's a theme based on one of the [[factions]] in EVE and the winners get a frigate-class ship as well as a cruiser-class ship. These ships are very strong and thematic, some downright overpowered by design. By design they are also finite, by having a total of 50 runs across all the blueprint copies given out as prizes for each ship. As such you can only ever produce 50 of each tournament prize ship and every ship that is lost means there's forever one less tournament ship of that class. However, in the announcement for AT XVII, CCP mentioned that they are working on a new prize ship mechanic, in which the prize ships are reintroduced rotationally. For example, one tournament would reintroduce the Freki and Mimir, and the next the Utu and Adrestia, etc.
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The winners of each tournament are listed on the in-game item Alliance Tournament Cup.
 
  
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* Band of Brothers
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Given their rarity and extreme cost (often in the magnitude of several hundred billion), they usually end up as collector's items and seldom undocked other than to show them off and even less often used in actual combat. You can encounter these ships in PvP from time to time though, as there are a few wealthy players or former tournament winners who decide it's worth putting in the field. It's also a relatively common tactics to use tournament ships in the tournament, as some tournament ships are highly suited for the tournament format and gives the alliance wealthy enough to afford them an upper hand.
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** Year 107 - 1st Alliance Tournament Winners
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* Band of Brothers
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In 2021, it was announced by CCP Aurora that future Alliance Tournaments may bring back old AT ships from Alliance Tournament VII onward.<ref>[https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/announcing-alliance-tournament-xvii CCP Aurora. Announcing Alliance Tournament XVII. ''EVE Online''. 14 July 2021.]</ref> If a ship is brought back as a prize ship, it won't return for at least 10 years.
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** Year 107 - 2nd Alliance Tournament Winners
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* Band of Brothers
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Bragging rights for having the alliance name on the Alliance Tournament monument in [https://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Genesis/Manarq Manarq].
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** Year 108 - 3rd Alliance Tournament Winners
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* HUN Reloaded
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== Alliance Tournament history ==
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** Year 109 - 4th Alliance Tournament Winners
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When the tournaments first started back in 2005, it was called the ''"Caldari Championships"'' or ''"Alliance Championships"''. It wasn't until the second tournament that they started referring to them as the ''"Alliance Tournament"'' (AT for short), but even then it was sometimes referred to as the ''"Caldari PvP Tournament"''.
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* Ev0ke
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** Year 110 - 5th Alliance Tournament Winners
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EVE University organized a public betting service for the first tourney, attracting a large amount of wagers. <ref>[https://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/world-news/betting-services-open-for-business/ Svarthol. Betting Services Open for Business. ''EVE Online''.  27 December 2005.]</ref>
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* Pandemic Legion
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** Year 111 - 6th Alliance Tournament Winners
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=== Previous winners ===
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* Pandemic Legion
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Below are a list of previous winners of the Alliance Tournament, along with whatever prize ships were handed out to the winners.
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** Year 111 - 7th Alliance Tournament Winners
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{| class="wikitable"
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* Pandemic Legion
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** Year 112 - 8th Alliance Tournament Winners
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! Tournament
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* HYDRA RELOADED
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! Year
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** Year 113 - 9th Alliance Tournament Winners
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! Winners
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* Verge of Collapse
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! Tournament Prize Ships
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** Year 114 - 10th Alliance Tournament Winners
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! Results and YouTube-videos
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* Pandemic Legion
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** Year 115 - 11th Alliance Tournament Winners
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| ATXX
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* The Camel Empire
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| 2024 {{Co|grey|(YC 126)}}
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** Year 116 - 12th Alliance Tournament Winners
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| The Tuskers Co.
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| {{Sh|Sidewinder}} (Frigate), {{Sh|Cobra}} (Cruiser), and {{Sh|Python}} (Black Ops)
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| [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/announcing-alliance-tournament-xx Announcement] [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/alliance-tournament-xx-revamped-rules Rules] [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/alliance-tournament-xx-feeders-and-prizes Feeders & prizes]
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| ATXIX
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| 2023 {{Co|grey|(YC 125)}}
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| Fraternity.
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| {{Sh|Shapash}} (Frigate) and {{Sh|Cybele}} (Cruiser)
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| [https://challonge.com/ATXIX Bracket] [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/announcing-alliance-tournament-xix Announcement] [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/alliance-tournament-xix-feeders-and-prizes Feeders & prizes] [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvKSs1k6DLOmCyWiGqPl0CZU1rbAGQ8n AT XIX on YouTube]
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| ATXVIII
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| 2022 {{co|grey|(YC 124)}}
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| TRUTH. HONOUR. LIGHT.
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| {{sh|Geri}} (Frigate) and {{sh|Bestla}} (Cruiser)
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| [https://challonge.com/atxviii Bracket] [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/announcing-alliance-tournament-xviii Announcement] [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/alliance-tournament-xviii-wrap-up Wrap-up] [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvKSs1k6DLNu0h1YyzNlt_DuhYpPjWPE AT XVIII on YouTube]
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| ATXVII
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| 2021 {{co|grey|(YC 123)}}
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| HYDRA RELOADED
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| {{sh|Raiju}} (Frigate) and {{sh|Laelaps}} (Cruiser)
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| [https://challonge.com/atxvii Bracket] and [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvKSs1k6DLPaGxuAsi2nCY9fPJzfkGtz AT17 on YouTube]
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| 2020 {{co|grey|(YC 122)}}
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| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | ''No tournament.''
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| 2019 {{co|grey|(YC 121)}}
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| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | ''No tournament.''
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| [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/alliance-tournament-xvii-an-update News Article]
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| ATXVI
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| 2018 {{co|grey|(YC 120)}}
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| VYDRA RELOLDED
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| {{sh|Hydra}} (frigate) and {{sh|Tiamat}} (cruiser)
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| [https://challonge.com/AllianceTournamentXVI Bracket] and [https://www.twitch.tv/videos/300892551 final match on twitch]
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| ATXV
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| 2017 {{co|grey|(YC 119)}}
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| VYDRA RELOLDED
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| {{sh|Virtuoso}} (frigate) and {{sh|Victor}} (cruiser)
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| [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/at-xv-results Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqjq9xR9XfA&list=PLQvKSs1k6DLPbc4BpBjqUwVSo_bh1XNPD AT15 on YouTube] (feeder rounds [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmAI6Ao-2HlZYiXuUyLaOZD2ND595lFxz Day 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmAI6Ao-2HlYRRWEYoaUBVnX5usG7jBjQ Day 2])
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| ATXIV
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| 2016 {{co|grey|(YC 118)}}
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| The Tuskers Co.
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| {{sh|Caedes}} (frigate) and {{sh|Rabisu}} (cruiser)
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| [https://imperium.news/alliance-tournament-xiv-final-weekend/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cne4M1yq0o0&list=PLQvKSs1k6DLO7NhKqxiyXDjrCZK7dg7Ba AT14 on Youtube] (excluding [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VQZ6aFPYFw&list=PLmAI6Ao-2HlarmT83VID-hmpQf9eXeeQh Day 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKlW6FvLu7o&list=PLmAI6Ao-2HlY53Qo4enYyypYFrLnTYncv Day 2])
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| ATXIII
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| 2015 {{co|grey|(YC 117)}}
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| Pandemic Legion
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| {{sh|Imp}} (frigate) and {{sh|Fiend}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/thirteenth/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buqs7Dp-Gso&list=PLQvKSs1k6DLMDs91BDXFbkfGndI1Tz9PC AT13 on YouTube]
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| ATXII
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| 2014 {{co|grey|(YC 116)}}
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| The Camel Empire
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| {{sh|Whiptail}} (frigate) and {{sh|Chameleon}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/twelfth/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZUpLzCHuc&list=PLQvKSs1k6DLNl0dsPrXOR37KmduoYrtNx AT12 on YouTube]
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| ATXI
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| 2013 {{co|grey|(YC 115)}}
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| Pandemic Legion
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| {{sh|Chremoas}} (frigate) and {{sh|Moracha}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/eleventh/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M3YPtBcxUw&list=PLQvKSs1k6DLPhkZiTHC3T4s8X6Zmod57E AT11 on YouTube]
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| ATX
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| 2012 {{co|grey|(YC 114)}}
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| Verge of Collapse
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| {{sh|Cambion}} (frigate) and {{sh|Etana}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/tenth/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--KlZCgmCGc&list=PLldrBIEnJ5hN6HfFcZ-COqk4locCAG2il AT10 on YouTube]
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| ATIX
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| 2011 {{co|grey|(YC 113)}}
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| HYDRA RELOADED
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| {{sh|Malice}} (frigate) and {{sh|Vangel}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/ninth/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1zYv_d1XpU&list=PLEC08E688567AD3C9 AT9 on YouTube]
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| ATVIII
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| 2010 {{co|grey|(YC 112)}}
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| Pandemic Legion
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| {{sh|Utu}} (frigate) and {{sh|Adrestia}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/eighth/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeknIVytLl0&list=PL1F520BCF837458AE AT8 on YouTube]
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| ATVII
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| 2009 {{co|grey|(YC 111)}}
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| Pandemic Legion
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| {{sh|Freki}} (frigate) and {{sh|Mimir}} (cruiser)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/seventh/ Results] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H0erAyC5g0&list=PLC7A940C27B1013DF AT7 on YouTube]
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| ATVI
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| 2009 {{co|grey|(YC 111)}}
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| Pandemic Legion
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| -
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/sixth/ Results]
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|-
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| ATV
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| 2008 {{co|grey|(YC 110)}}
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| Ev0ke
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| -
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/fifth/ Results]
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|-
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| ATIV
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| 2007 {{co|grey|(YC 109)}}
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| HUN Reloaded
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| -
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/fourth/ Results]
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|-
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| ATIII
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| 2006 {{co|grey|(YC 108)}}
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| Band of Brothers
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| {{Sh|Raven State Issue}} (Battleship), {{Sh|Tempest Tribal Issue}} (Battleship)
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/third/ Results]
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|-
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| ATII
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| 2006 {{co|grey|(YC 108)}}
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| Band of Brothers
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| -
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| [https://community.testeveonline.com/community/alliance-tournament/past-tournaments/second/ Results]
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|-
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| ATI
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| 2005 {{co|grey|(YC 107)}}
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| Band of Brothers
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| -
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| No details available
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|}
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== Other tournaments ==
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Apart from the alliance tournament, there has also been several other tournaments such as [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/new-eden-open-ii-rules-signups-and-specifics New Eden Open] and the [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/announcing-amarr-championships Amarr Championships] which led to victory for '''House Tash-Murkon''' and the [https://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/world-news/catiz-tash-murkon-to-be-crowned-empress-of-amarr-as-champion-kelon-darklight-and-team-triumph-in-final-trials/ Crowning of Empress Catiz] in 2016.
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CCP has also helped players start their own tournaments, such as the [https://open.eve-nt.uk EVE_NT] tournaments.
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== References ==
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<references />
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[[Category:Game events]]

Latest revision as of 20:36, 27 October 2024

Alliance tournament logo.png The Alliance Tournament is a three-week-long annual event where the various alliances of New Eden assemble teams of pilots and try to defeat each other in combat. The event is organised by CCP, and the prizes include PLEX, ship SKINs as well as unique and limited blueprints to build special tournament ships.

Tournament details

The tournament rules as well as the arena makes for a very different kind of PvP than what is offered in New Eden, but the potential spoils are well worth all the months of training and billions of ISK (if not trillions) people spend in these tournaments.

The matches are presented with a graphical overlay showing various effects such as electronic warfare and remote assistance.
Here's an example of the "tournament prize ship" for Alliance Tournament XI, where some of the winners walked away with blueprint to make a limited amount of Fiends.
A variety of medals are rewarded to players in an alliance placing in the top tiers of a tournament.

Rules

The rules of the tournament tend to change slightly every year, as CCP make minor adjustments to keep the tournament fresh and entertain and avoid problems that crept up in previous tournaments. The full list of rules can be found on the official Alliance Tournament Rules page, but in general you could summarize them as follows:

  • Each team can field up to 10 pilots per match and fleet compositions are limited to a certain number of points in total, where smaller ships cost less than larger ships. There are however many module restrictions (faction, deadspace and officer mods) and drone restrictions (varies depending on type of drone) and teams are only able to field one cruiser-class logistics or two frigate-class logistics.
  • Before the tournament begins, team captains are allowed to assign one ship as a flagship. A flagship is allowed most modules (including deadspace and officer mods) and can be fielded even if the ship-class was banned (see below). This makes the flagship a very powerful ship, but one that must be used carefully as you are not allowed to replace the flagship if you lose it in a match.
  • Before a match, team captains can ban the use of specific ships, which creates a sort of meta-game to either block or lure people into specific fleet compositions or force them to use their flagship instead.
  • Matches are limited to 10 minutes, then if no side has outright won by destroying all the opposing team's ships, the winner will be determined based on ship-points.
  • The tournament starts off with a modified double-elimination setup and ends with best-of-five final.

The arena

Each match will take place in an arena of sorts, that measures 125 km around a central beacon. Inside the arena are Mobile Micro Jump Unit structures, one in the center and then the rest spread out in a cube-like form inside the arena, that can be used by everyone. Warping inside the arena is not allowed, unless you're using said structures. You are also not allowed to leave the arena, punishable by immediate destruction.

This creates some interesting aspects for this type of format. The highly constrained arena size makes kiting around the edge of the arena dangerous, as minor pilot errors can easily lead to violating the boundary and getting blown up. Similarly, the jump structures can also lead to accidents if you are bumped while activating the jump, as that might throw off your alignment and hurling you outside the area of the arena. Screening as well as tactical maneuvering around the arena is also incredibly important, pushing player skill and nerves to the limit.

Worth noting is that the whole tournament takes place on the Tranquility server, in an area of space normally inaccessible by capsuleers. This means that all the ships, modules and implants players bring to the tournament are bought and paid for with real ISK, and the losses they suffer are therefore real losses. Since each team must have a large amount of ships for various fleet compositions as well as extras in case of losses, plus the fact that there are few limits on how much ISK you can spend on your flagship, it's a considerable cost to participate in the tournament as well as the potential for some hefty loot if you manage to kill the opposing team's flagship.

Prizes

The Alliance Tournament monument in Manarq

Winners in the alliance tournament stand to gain billions of Icon money.pngISK (the higher they place, the larger the sum), PLEX new.png PLEX as well as SKINs and blueprint copies for the highly coveted tournament ship prizes.

The tournament prize ships were introduced in Alliance Tournament VII back in 2009. Each year there's a theme based on one of the factions in EVE and the winners get a frigate-class ship as well as a cruiser-class ship. These ships are very strong and thematic, some downright overpowered by design. By design they are also finite, by having a total of 50 runs across all the blueprint copies given out as prizes for each ship. As such you can only ever produce 50 of each tournament prize ship and every ship that is lost means there's forever one less tournament ship of that class. However, in the announcement for AT XVII, CCP mentioned that they are working on a new prize ship mechanic, in which the prize ships are reintroduced rotationally. For example, one tournament would reintroduce the Freki and Mimir, and the next the Utu and Adrestia, etc.

Given their rarity and extreme cost (often in the magnitude of several hundred billion), they usually end up as collector's items and seldom undocked other than to show them off and even less often used in actual combat. You can encounter these ships in PvP from time to time though, as there are a few wealthy players or former tournament winners who decide it's worth putting in the field. It's also a relatively common tactics to use tournament ships in the tournament, as some tournament ships are highly suited for the tournament format and gives the alliance wealthy enough to afford them an upper hand.

In 2021, it was announced by CCP Aurora that future Alliance Tournaments may bring back old AT ships from Alliance Tournament VII onward.[1] If a ship is brought back as a prize ship, it won't return for at least 10 years.

Bragging rights for having the alliance name on the Alliance Tournament monument in Manarq.

Alliance Tournament history

When the tournaments first started back in 2005, it was called the "Caldari Championships" or "Alliance Championships". It wasn't until the second tournament that they started referring to them as the "Alliance Tournament" (AT for short), but even then it was sometimes referred to as the "Caldari PvP Tournament".

EVE University organized a public betting service for the first tourney, attracting a large amount of wagers. [2]

Previous winners

Below are a list of previous winners of the Alliance Tournament, along with whatever prize ships were handed out to the winners.

Tournament Year Winners Tournament Prize Ships Results and YouTube-videos
ATXX 2024 (YC 126) The Tuskers Co. Guristas Sidewinder (Frigate), Guristas Cobra (Cruiser), and Guristas Python (Black Ops) Announcement Rules Feeders & prizes
ATXIX 2023 (YC 125) Fraternity. Gallente Shapash (Frigate) and Gallente Cybele (Cruiser) Bracket Announcement Feeders & prizes AT XIX on YouTube
ATXVIII 2022 (YC 124) TRUTH. HONOUR. LIGHT. Minmatar Geri (Frigate) and Minmatar Bestla (Cruiser) Bracket Announcement Wrap-up AT XVIII on YouTube
ATXVII 2021 (YC 123) HYDRA RELOADED Mordu's Legion Raiju (Frigate) and Mordu's Legion Laelaps (Cruiser) Bracket and AT17 on YouTube
2020 (YC 122) No tournament.
2019 (YC 121) No tournament. News Article
ATXVI 2018 (YC 120) VYDRA RELOLDED Society of Conscious Thought Hydra (frigate) and Society of Conscious Thought Tiamat (cruiser) Bracket and final match on twitch
ATXV 2017 (YC 119) VYDRA RELOLDED Serpentis Virtuoso (frigate) and Serpentis Victor (cruiser) Results and AT15 on YouTube (feeder rounds Day 1 and Day 2)
ATXIV 2016 (YC 118) The Tuskers Co. Blood Raider Caedes (frigate) and Blood Raider Rabisu (cruiser) Results and AT14 on Youtube (excluding Day 1 and Day 2)
ATXIII 2015 (YC 117) Pandemic Legion Sansha's Nation Imp (frigate) and Sansha's Nation Fiend (cruiser) Results and AT13 on YouTube
ATXII 2014 (YC 116) The Camel Empire Guristas Whiptail (frigate) and Guristas Chameleon (cruiser) Results and AT12 on YouTube
ATXI 2013 (YC 115) Pandemic Legion Angel Cartel Chremoas (frigate) and Angel Cartel Moracha (cruiser) Results and AT11 on YouTube
ATX 2012 (YC 114) Verge of Collapse Caldari Cambion (frigate) and Caldari Etana (cruiser) Results and AT10 on YouTube
ATIX 2011 (YC 113) HYDRA RELOADED Amarr Malice (frigate) and Amarr Vangel (cruiser) Results and AT9 on YouTube
ATVIII 2010 (YC 112) Pandemic Legion Gallente Utu (frigate) and Gallente Adrestia (cruiser) Results and AT8 on YouTube
ATVII 2009 (YC 111) Pandemic Legion Minmatar Freki (frigate) and Minmatar Mimir (cruiser) Results and AT7 on YouTube
ATVI 2009 (YC 111) Pandemic Legion - Results
ATV 2008 (YC 110) Ev0ke - Results
ATIV 2007 (YC 109) HUN Reloaded - Results
ATIII 2006 (YC 108) Band of Brothers Caldari Raven State Issue (Battleship), Minmatar Tempest Tribal Issue (Battleship) Results
ATII 2006 (YC 108) Band of Brothers - Results
ATI 2005 (YC 107) Band of Brothers - No details available

Other tournaments

Apart from the alliance tournament, there has also been several other tournaments such as New Eden Open and the Amarr Championships which led to victory for House Tash-Murkon and the Crowning of Empress Catiz in 2016.

CCP has also helped players start their own tournaments, such as the EVE_NT tournaments.

References

  1. ^ CCP Aurora. Announcing Alliance Tournament XVII. EVE Online. 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ Svarthol. Betting Services Open for Business. EVE Online. 27 December 2005.
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