The Olde Foxbury Jousting Tournament
Posted by Admin-Mat on 15 May 2017, 12:47 pm
Minstrel says:
My goodness, it is SO exciting to bring you this event! The Jousting Tournament is always my favorite time of year, and I'm thrilled to see how each of you do.
Click here to visit the tournament grounds and sign up for the tournament!
Here's how it works: the tournament is villager vs villager, so you'll get to test out your awesome builds against others! As you win battles, you'll be given Valor Points and ranked against the other villagers with similar records. You can see the leaderboard there on the tournament page, as well as your Valor Points total. You may have noticed though, fighting other villagers is not the only way to earn Valor Points!
These old robots have been fighting in the Jousting Tournament's Festival Training Grounds and Festival Advanced Grounds for time immeasurable! Well, for me, at least.. they've been around much longer than I have.
Some of them are kind of scary looking...
And this one is downright terrifying! But at least there's a benefit to fighting against the tournament robots, huh? When you fight against our robots, you're able to earn Valor Points and there are some cool items that you can get from the battles too! So it's kind of like hitting around a pinata, sometimes something cool will come out!
So you might be wondering, what can you spend your Valor Points on when you get them? Well, to start! There are all these awesome weapons exclusive to this year's tournament that you can spend your points on in the Tournament Shop. They look pretty neat, don't they? You also have a small chance of having one drop when you smack around robotic monsters in the Festival Advanced Grounds!
There are also English Pointers, for all your hunting needs! (But don't hunt anywhere near me)
These Leoclaw are specially trained to be swordsmen also!
As for these, well... Mayor Polaria's granddaughter wanted to contribute something, and I didn't have the heart to say no... and I'm sure you'll love them anyway!
One last thing about Valor Points - most of the Valor Points you'll earn will be after the event. You can earn up to 1,000 Valor Points during the event (500 from PVP and 500 from the battlegrounds) but the lion's share of your points will be awarded based on your PVP ranking at the end of the event - you'll get 1000 - 2500 points based on your rating. You can purchase items immediately if you'd like, but it might be better to wait for your final total! 
There are a number of really neat folks that have come out of the woodwork for the tournament. What can I say, these exciting matches draw furs from all around the globe! You can encounter these folks when you're exploring Olde Foxbury, and they might give you something (including magical plush toys to make yourself look exactly like them... how's that for doppelganger magic?). Why don't you try meeting them all?
If you're from a different village, come visit us for the festival so you can meet all these neat folks too! I've made it free to move to Olde Foxbury, and it'll be free to move back to your previous village when you're done here! (But only once for each!)
Hm... what else... oh yes! Some lovely new bovines have come to Olde Foxbury!
That is quite wonderful, don't you think? I've even heard some feathery friends are coming later in the tournament...
Ah-- yes!! One last thing, trophies!
Defeat 1,000 Tournament Battlegrounds Monsters for a Gold Battle Trophy!
Defeat 750 Tournament Battlegrounds Monsters for a Silver Battle Trophy!
Defeat 500 Tournament Battlegrounds Monsters for a Bronze Battle Trophy!
This one's a bit more complicated because it depends on ranking in the tournament itself, but the highest ranked players will receive the gold, second highest will receive the silver, and everyone who participates in the tournament will receive a bronze trophy!
Admin note:
The tournament event officially ends May 29, 2017. Be sure to get all PVP and PVE battles in between now and then!
All tournament minipets have a 7 day breeding cooldown. The tournament minipet species will become infertile on July 1, 2017.
Reason for this is some folks may want to buy their minipets when the final points are distributed.
Why are the holiday minipets at 7-day cooldown, when past event minipets were a 1-day cooldown? Seems kind of unfair to only be able to breed them 4 times before they go sterile.
When does the event officially end today???
...er...after "get help" *see below message*
I found a typo in the burning house. When it has you meeting the mouse right after "investigate," there's a typo when it says what happens to the house "The neighbor puts out the fire with their hose, but it's too late. The house is salvageable." I think you mean UNsalvageable, right?
nevermind. I think I got it
so how do we get the plushies from the villagers?
So when will we be getting new costume art? Are we even getting any?
So staff is still doing the whole "complete collections are only accessible to those with both free time and huge wallets" thing? Just checking, since getting a one of each mini pet (not a pair, just one) costs 4,280 VP from the Tournament Shop.
May 29, as in midnight may 30 or noon may 29?
So, how does one meet the new villagers? Is it through the Explore career or do I have to keep clicking on every shop in the town and wait for some kind of pop up to come onto the screen? Haha. Good thing there's a free town move for us cause I feel a bit lost being here in Olde Foxbury. :p