Celestial Tournament

The Celestial Tournament is a GvG tournament which begins on February 16th, 2007 at 19:00 GMT. Prizes vary from video cards to in game items. It has been announced that this tournament will once again involve the Xunlai Tournament House, however the prizes for the Xunlai Tournament House have not yet been announced.

Tournament structure
The tournament will consist of a number of rounds under a Swiss system tournament. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of guilds entering. The first round will be randomly seeded. Following Swiss play, the top 16 guilds will compete in four rounds of single elimination. All rounds will be best of three matches.

The Swiss rounds begin begin on February 16 at 19:00 GMT.

The rounds of single elimination start at the following times:


 * Round 1 (16 guilds)
 * March 31, 2007 16:00 GMT
 * Round 2 (8 guilds)
 * March 31, 2007 19:00 GMT
 * Round 3 (4 guilds)
 * April 1, 2007 16:00 GMT
 * Round 4 (2 guilds)
 * April 1, 2007 19:00 GMT

For exact rules, see the official site.

Tournament prizes
The winners will receive the following prizes from ArenaNet:


 * 1st
 * 8 ATI Radeon X1950 XTX video cards
 * 100 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * Permanent gold cape trim for guild
 * 2nd
 * 8 ATI Radeon X1650 PRO video cards
 * 50 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * Silver Cape trim for guild
 * 3rd - 4th
 * 8 Logitech G5 Laser Mice
 * 40 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * Silver cape trim for guild
 * 5th - 8th
 * 8 Thermaltake Gamma Pad Gaming Surfaces
 * 30 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * Silver cape trim for guild
 * 9th - 16th
 * 20 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * Silver cape trim for guild
 * 17th - 32nd
 * 15 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * Bronze cape trim for guild
 * 33rd – 48th
 * 10 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * 49th – 64th
 * 5 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * 65th – 96th
 * 3 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * 97th – 128th
 * 2 special transmogrify potions (per player)
 * 129th – lower
 * 1 special transmogrify potions (per player)

Silver and bronze cape trims will last until the end of the next season.