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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. | 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.<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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= Alliance Tournament history = | == 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"''. | 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"''. | ||
== Previous winners == | == Previous winners == | ||
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| 2021 {{co|grey|(YC 123)}} | | 2021 {{co|grey|(YC 123)}} | ||
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| Mordu's Legion (Details TBA) | | [[File:isis mordus.png|16px|link=]] Mordu's Legion (Details TBA) | ||
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| 2020 {{co|grey|(YC 122)}} | | 2020 {{co|grey|(YC 122)}} | ||
| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | ''No tournament | | colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | ''No tournament.'' | ||
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= Other tournaments = | == Other tournaments == | ||
Apart from the alliance tournament, there has also been several other tournaments such as [https://community.eveonline.com/community/new-eden-open/ New Eden Open] and the [https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/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. | Apart from the alliance tournament, there has also been several other tournaments such as [https://community.eveonline.com/community/new-eden-open/ New Eden Open] and the [https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/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. | ||
CCP has also helped players start their own tournaments, such as the [https://arena.eve-nt.uk/ EVE_NT] tournaments. | CCP has also helped players start their own tournaments, such as the [https://arena.eve-nt.uk/ EVE_NT] tournaments. | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||