Second NorthernEmpires PVP Tournament

The second NorthernEmpires PVP Tournament took place on 12 September 2026. It was organized by staff of the NorthernEmpires village, with NE owner  SFRricraz63 and NE assistant  HanSolo20 hosting the event. The chosen venue was the 'Temple of Champions', built by  TERRIXXA and located in NE's City of Champions district. Due to the large number of players participating in the event, it was split into a group stage and final playoffs. All 8 finalists recieved a cash prize, partly from server funds. The winner was  SFRricraz63, with  zavdav in 2nd and  Pittofer in 3rd place.

Background

On 8 November, NorthernEmpires hosted its first PVP tournament in the specially renovated Nordran Coliseum. This event, which attracted 10 participants and many spectators, was considered a massive success. Building upon its reputation for hosting several community events, NorthernEmpires decided to return to the successful PVP duel tournament formula in 2026, around 10 months after the original tournament.

Format

The first NorthernEmpires PVP tournament in 2025 was organized as a 10 player round robin tournament, meaning that each of the 10 participants would fight a duel to the death against every other participant exactly once, though three tiebreak matches were required to determine 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.

This format was not suitable for the second NE PVP tournament, due to the number of participants being higher at 14. A pure round robin tournament would have taken far too long, which is why organizer  HanSolo20 opted to use a hybrid approach. First, for the group stage, the 14 participants were split into two groups of 7 players each, who then fought a regular round robin against each other. Each match consisted of a duel to the death, with players attacking each other with a wooden sword and able to heal themselves with 4 stacked bread. This was then followed by a select few tiebreak matches to determine the best 4 players out of each group who would advance to the playoffs. The playoffs consistent of an 8 player single-elimination tournament, with 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, a match between the semifinal losers to determine 3rd and 4th place, and the final between the two semifinal winners to determine 1st and 2nd place.

The Tournament

Color Guide

Color	Meaning
	Advanced to next stage
	Advanced to tiebreak
	Eliminated

Group Stage

Group 1

Round Robin

Player	Wins	Losses
Floppa_PL	4	2
Spencer199	1	5
Aaron34670	5	1
SFRricraz63	2	4
Dakto_	1	5
BritishnobcaT	2	4
Pittofer	6	0

Tiebreak

Players	Winner	Loser
SFRricraz63 vs  BritishnobcaT	SFRricraz63	BritishnobcaT

Group 2

Round Robin

Player	Wins	Losses
Loopyy	2	4
Viric	4	2
zavdav	2	4
AYoungJew69	2	4
Krissofer	6	0
SushiSasha003	3	3
jozf88	2	4

Tiebreak Round 1

Players	Winner	Loser
zavdav vs  AYoungJew69	zavdav	AYoungJew69
Loopyy vs  jozf88	Loopyy	jozf88

Tiebreak Round 2

Players	Winner	Loser
zavdav vs  Loopyy	zavdav	Loopyy

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Players	Winner	Loser
Aaron34670 vs  Viric	Viric	Aaron34670
SFRricraz63 vs  Krissofer	SFRricraz63	Krissofer
Pittofer vs  SushiSasha003	Pittofer	SushiSasha003
Floppa_PL vs  zavdav	zavdav	Floppa_PL

Semifinals

Players	Winner	Loser
Viric vs  SFRricraz63	SFRricraz63	Viric
Pittofer vs  zavdav	zavdav	Pittofer

Third Place Match

Players	Winner	Loser
Viric vs  Pittofer	Pittofer	Viric

Final

Players	Winner	Loser
SFRricraz63 vs  zavdav	SFRricraz63	zavdav

Prizes

The total prize money allocated for the tournament was $30,000 of funding from the server bank. Of this, $20,000 was given on initiative of  DogPool_ and an additional $10,000 given during the event by  CruxyMC.

The prizes were paid out as follows:

Position	Player	Prize
Winner	SFRricraz63	$12,000
Second Place	zavdav	$8,000
Third Place	Pittofer	$4,000
Fourth Place	Viric	$2,000
Quarter Finalist	Aaron34670	$1,000
Quarter Finalist	Krissofer	$1,000
Quarter Finalist	SushiSasha003	$1,000
Quarter Finalist	Floppa_PL	$1,000