The Atlantis Tournament on December 1, 2020, will not allow any refreshes. Players have been requesting a completely "Free" Atlantis for years. I have always declined to setup such a tournament because up to 30% of the monthly income I earn comes from Atlantis. However, it is the end of the year, and I made major changes to our cloud hosting this year, which has cut our hosting costs by over 50%. A low revenue month is a bit easier to tolerate compared to this time last year.
So... what the hell. Let's do it.
This change comes with an asterisk. Going forward, every "no refresh" tournament will be followed by an Atlantis where refreshes can be used in every zone.
The rules for both these Atlantis tournaments (other than the difference in refresh usage) are the same. Zones will be named after the top 6 players from each faction from the previous tournament. All zones will use the same battle randomization that is used by the Clover zone in a traditional tournament. There are no zones that are restricted to only elite or only grunt players. All players can play all the same formations in every zone. Finally, Prime will be locked until the final 24 hours of the tournament.
Currently the no refresh tournament is called "Free for All". I think we can do better. The refresh everywhere tournament doesn't have a name. Please leave a comment with name suggestions for these two tournaments. I've already heard some creative suggestions for the second version such as "No Holds Barred" and "Hold My Beer" but those names don't translate well outside American culture. Take that into consideration with your names.
