Masters of the Arena
This article is about the community-driven event. For the achievement, see Masters of the Arena (achievement). 
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Masters of the Arena
- Organizer
- MightyTeapot
- Server
- Cross
- Event type
- Online
- Format
- Double Elimination
Winners
- Rank 55 Dragons
- Team USA
- Dark USA
- Ultranumb
Masters of the Arena (MOTA) was a community-driven PvP event. It ran over of the span of three days, starting on Friday 5th of June, and concluding on Sunday the 7th 2020.
Organization[edit]
The event itself was hosted and run by members of the community, including ArenaNet Partner and streamer MightyTeapot, as well as co-hosts Angeels and Roy. It also featured a trailer created and edited by community-figure Noxxi.[1]
The tournament consisted of three stages: The Qualifiers, Regional Finals, and Global Finals.[2]
Qualifiers[edit]
The three preceding monthly Automated Tournaments from March 28, 2020 to May 23, 2020 were used as qualifiers - the top eight teams were awarded points, on both the European and North American servers. The top six teams from each region will qualify to play in the regional finals, and the top two regional teams will progress to the global finals. Any point-draws would be settled by a playoff best of three.
| Monthly Automated Tournament Placement | MOTA Qualifying Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 200 |
| 2nd | 70 |
| Semifinalist (3rd and 4th) | 25 |
| Quarterfinalist (5th to 8th) | 10 |
Regional Finals[edit]
The Regional Finals determined which two teams from each region played in the global finals. They were played as double elimination rounds of six - seeded based on MOTA qualifying points so that the top two teams played one less match than the bottom four teams. All matches in the Regional Finals were best of three.
The fist half of the European brackets were played on day one, followed by the first half of the North American brackets. The second halves were played the day after.
Global Finals[edit]
The Global Finals took the two strongest European and North American teams and placed them in a final double elimination round of four brackets. They were seeded in such a way that the top teams from each region were on opposite sides of the bracket.
All matches except the Grand Final were best of five if held between two teams of the same region, and cross-region games were played as two best of threes - one on each region. The Grand Final was a best of seven if on a single region, and best of two best out of three matches if cross-region.
If the winner of the upper bracket lost the Grand Final an additional best of three would be played to determine the winner. If the Grand Final was cross-region then the extra best of three would be played on the server of the team from the lower bracket.
Rewards & Prizes[edit]
The tournament had both cash prizes and in-game prizes. Cash prizing was split between the top three, while all qualifying teams would receive in-game rewards.
72,000 
was reserved from the main prize pool for places 5–12.[2]
| Placing | In-game prize | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Tournament Title Scroll: Community Conqueror (x5) Champion's Rest Pass (x5) Community Tournament: First Place60% of gold & gems prize pool |
60% of cash prize pool |
| 2nd | 20% of gold & gems prize pool | 25% of cash prize pool |
| 3rd | 10% of gold & gems prize pool | 15% of cash prize pool |
| 4th | 10% of gold & gems prize pool | - |
| 5th - 8th | 6,000 |
- |
| 9th - 12th | 3,000 |
- |
The total prize pool contained items with an estimated value of 718,124 (at the time), as well as $13,279 USD in cash prize.[3]
Apart from the Tournament Title Scrolls: Community Conqueror, Champion's Rest Passes and 12,000 
[4] contributed by ArenaNet the prize pool was contributed by the community supporting this game.
Final Standings[edit]
Upper bracket[edit]
- Quarterfinals[note 1]
- Rank 55 Dragons [rawr] triumphed over Team USA [USA] : 3-0
- Dark USA [USA] triumphed over Ultranumb [Numb] : 3-2
- Semifinals[note 2]
- Rank 55 Dragons [rawr] triumphed over Dark USA [USA] : 3-0
- Finals[note 3]
- Rank 55 Dragons [rawr] triumphed over Team USA [USA] : 3-0
Lower bracket[edit]
- Semifinals[note 4]
- Team USA [USA] triumphed over Ultranumb [Numb] : 3-2
- Finals[note 5]
- Dark USA [USA] triumphed over Team USA [USA] : 3-2
- Notes
- ^ First and second places of the regionals.
- ^ Winners of the upper brackets quaterifinals.
- ^ Winner of the upper brackets semifinal and winner of the lower brackets final.
- ^ Losers of the upper brackets quaterfinals.
- ^ Loser of the upper brackets semifinal and winner of the lower brackets semifinal.
Additional Participants[edit]
- Forceful Faceroll [FF]
- Quarantined Crusaders [CoV]
- The French Worms [WoRm]
- Cheese Mode
- Skillcapped
- Ayamawdudekarhkins [AMDKK]
- Dark Horse [DH]
- Exalted Quality [EQ]
- Caprey N Palz [Pal]
Team Rosters[edit]
- Rank 55 Dragons [rawr]
- Sindrener —
Thief — twitch.tv/sindrener - Boyce —
Necromancer / 
Multiclass — twitch.tv/Boycerino - Misha —
Mesmer / Multiclass — twitch.tv/kanyeeastxd - Zan —
Engineer — twitch.tv/Zananananan - Obindo —
Revenant / 
Warrior — twitch.tv/Obindo
- Team USA [USA]
- Naru — Necromancer /
Guardian — twitch.tv/NotoriousNaru - Mark — Revenant — twitch.tv/markhutirios
- Toker — Thief — twitch.tv/magictoker
- Helio — Engineer /
Ranger — twitch.tv/helio____ - Zeromis — Necromancer /
Elementalist — twitch.tv/zeromisx
- Dark USA [USA]
- Moobs — Guardian — twitch.tv/nuclearmoobs
- Nos — Necromancer — twitch.tv/Nos
- Grimjack — Elementalist / Revenant — twitch.tv/grimjacke
- Steelrage — Engineer / Multiclass — twitch.tv/steelrage
- Beyondb — Thief — twitch.tv/darkbey0ndb
- Ultranumb [numb]
- Crann — Elementalist — twitch.tv/Crann_
- Floody — Engineer — twitch.tv/floodynumb
- Fly — Thief
- Gornit — Necromancer
- Kappablanca — Revenant
- The French Worms [WoRm]
- Goku — Warrior / Revenant — twitch.tv/GokuKr
- Azurrs — Revenant
- Zartakk — Engineer — twitch.tv/zheart4
- Tbz — Ranger / Multiclass
- Esprit — Thief / Multiclass — twitch.tv/espritv
- Cheese Mode
- Drazeh — Multiclass — twitch.tv/Drazeh
- Kaazers — Thief — twitch.tv/Kaazers
- Vebryan — Elementalist / Revenant
- Rom — Multiclass — twitch.tv/roms_hut
- Rayzen — Engineer / Warrior
- Adelante — Revenant
- Forceful Faceroll [FF]
- Hero — Ranger / Necromancer
- Belzedar — Revenant
- Azzardome — Thief — twitch.tv/azzardome
- Ritu — Guardian / Mesmer
- Dostomatos — Elementalist
- Quarantined Crusaders [CoV]
- Fefe — Necromancer — twitch.tv/fefelafeee
- Sig — Warrior / Revenant
- Sari — Ranger / Multiclass
- Andreas — Multiclass
- Destfire — Thief
- Skillcapped
- Mur — Guardian
- Eurantien — Ranger — twitch.tv/Eurantien
- Anya — Revenant / Thief — twitch.tv/jonseeboy
- Astral — Necromancer
- Zenyus — Thief — twitch.tv/zenyus
- Exalted Quality [EQ]
- Ryan — Elementalist — twitch.tv/Ryan9387
- Champ — Necromancer
- EQ — Revenant
- Jack — Guardian
- Kiri — Ranger
- AyaMawDudeKarhKins [AMDKK]
- Maw — Thief
- Noir — Revenant
- Karh — Necromancer
- Jenkins — Guardian
- Drydude — Engineer
- Dark Horse [DH]
- Half — Guardian — twitch.tv/1Half
- Shadowfall — Ranger
- Karina — Necromancer
- Aeroxe — Thief
- Zyn — Revenant
- Caprey N Palz [Pal]
- Reck — Thief
- Caprey — Guardian
- Lora — Revenant
- Lemon — Ranger
- Jorn — Necromancer
External links[edit]
- Join the Masters of the Arena Tournament, GuildWars2.com
- Announcement post by MightyTeapot, reddit.com
- Masters of the Arena webpage hosted on MightyTeapot's site, MightyTeapot.tv
References[edit]
- ^ Masters of the Arena trailer, YouTube.com
- ^ a b Rules & Tournament Structure, MightyTeapot.tv
- ^ Prize Pool, MightyTeapot.tv
- ^ Prize Pool Rankings, MightyTeapot.tv
