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# Tournament & Esport

## Tournament & Esport

Periodically hosted tournaments will be our main method of maintaining competitiveness of the game and reward participants with NIA tokens and NFTs. This will be one of the easiest ways for Free-to-play players to earn our native tokens. Participants will be put into groups of similar rank according to our ranking algorithm to ensure fairness.

| **Event** | **Scope**                                                                                                                                                                    | **Note**                                                                                                                                     |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Weekly    | <ul><li>Everyone can participate</li><li>Group of 4 of similar rank</li><li>Single elimination</li></ul>                                                                     | <ul><li>Online.</li><li>All participants receive prizes according to their performance.</li><li>Winners receive weekly cups.</li></ul>       |
| Quarterly | <ul><li>Only weekly cup holders can participate</li><li>Group of 8 of similar rank</li><li>Single elimination</li></ul>                                                      | <ul><li>Online</li><li>All participants can receive prizes according to their performance.</li><li>Winners receive quarterly cups.</li></ul> |
| The Arena | <ul><li>Top rank players are directly invited.</li><li>Quarterly cup holders take part in preliminary rounds to fill the missing spots.</li><li>Double elimination</li></ul> | <ul><li>Preliminary rounds are hosted online.</li><li>The main event will be hosted offline/ online depending on the situation.</li></ul>    |