14 DAY TRIAL // Blizzard has just announced that registrations would be opened for the 2009 edition of the World of Warcraft Arena Tournament on February 17. Players who are interested in taking part will need to complete a registration form, pay up a 20-dollar fee for entry in the tournament and then get to work planning strategies and tactics that they will use in the upcoming competition.
Why should anyone pay the price of admission for this tournament? First of all, those who enter can test their skills in Player versus Players combat. Players will also get the Vanquisher title for the characters that they use on regular game servers and there's a chance to win an exclusive pet, in the form of an armored murloc. Also, the top player will get to take home a big cash prize. Blizzard says that the overall prize money for the 2009 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament will total 200,000 dollars.
Those who enter the competition can create three characters on special Arena Tournament servers and they will be automatically leveled up to 80, in order to make sure that they are able to use all the skills of a particular character class. Players will be able to customize the abilities of characters and will get a basic set of gear and some money. Near the starting positions, players will find trainers, merchants and Arena battlemasters. Players will need to form teams of three, as the Tournament is played in the three versus three format.
The first two weeks of the competition will be devoted to practice matches and players can make all the tweaks in their characters they want. After that, ranked matches will begin and teams will be eliminated from the competition. The best team will take home a cash prize of no less than 75,000 dollars.