Crawl Bonus Tournament
The Crawl Bonus Tournament is a short Crawl competition (maximum possible playtime is 12 hours). It's run by me and is not affiliated with any developers or server operators.
Entering
To enter, just put the lineanywhere in your online Crawl account's options file. You must enter prior to 01:00 UTC on June 27th, 2019; after that time, new entries cannot be made and existing entries cannot be revoked.
Accounts will not be scored if they are used for advertising, have been used for advertising in the past, contain particularly grotesque language, or appear to belong to people who have already entered with another account (one person, one entry).
Rules
The Crawl Bonus Tournament is based on "challenges". Complete a challenge and you get the points for it. An example of a challenge:
Pakellas Challenge
Points: 2
Combo: DgAr
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not memorize any spells.
If you play a species/background combo that is eligible for a challenge, and you die, violate that challenge's restrictions, or exceed its in-game time limit before picking up the rune, you fail that challenge and do not receive any points for it. After picking up the rune, you are free to die, break the restrictions, or exceed the time limit; nothing you do after getting the rune will affect your scoring.
The player(s) to receive the most points will win the Crawl Bonus Tournament. It is likely that multiple players will win, as the rules are intentionally designed to make ties likely.
The following servers are eligible: crawl.akrasiac.org, crawl.beRotato.org, crawl.kelbi.org, crawl.develz.org, underhound.eu, CRAWL.XTAHUA.COM, webzook.net, lazy-life.ddo.jp, crawl.project357.org.
Games must be played in either 0.23 (stable) or 0.24-a (trunk); games played in older versions will not count.
Each player may only attempt 4 challenges, and each challenge may only be attempted once. Once you have started 4 eligible characters, any further characters you start will be ignored.
Time
The Crawl Bonus Tournament begins at 01:00 UTC on June 27th, 2019; games started before this time will not count as challenge attempts. The tournament ends at 01:00 UTC on July 7th, 2019; challenges not completed by this time will be considered failed.
Prizes
The winner(s) will get a cool banner image that they can put in their forum signatures or whatever.
Full list of challenges
Pakellas Challenge
Points: 2
Combo: DgAr
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not memorize any spells.
Origin Challenge
Points: 2
Combo: HuFi or HuWz
In-game timer limit: 2:00:00
Restrictions: None.
Incompetence Challenge
Points: 2
Combo: HaTm
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not train Long Blades, Short Blades, Slings, or Throwing.
Sludge Elf Challenge
Points: 4
Combo: DETm
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not enter the Snake Pit, the Swamp, the Shoals, the Spiders' Nest, the Vaults, Hell, or Pandemonium. This means you must get the slimy rune.
Ogre Challenge
Points: 4
Combo: OgVM
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not enter the Lair of Beasts.
Naga Challenge
Points: 4
Combo: NaMo
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not worship a god.
Skill Challenge
Points: 4
Combo: Any mummy except zealots (MuBe, MuAK, MuCK)
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may only train one skill.
I recommend using manual skill training mode for this challenge, because auto skill training will turn on newly available skills, which can easily lead to you failing the challenge.
Yes, you lose if you are forced to train another skill because your chosen skill reached 27. Grinding won't help you here!
Only your innate skill levels count for this challenge; the fake levels from Heroism / Ashenzari skill boost / crosstraining do not disqualify your character. Draining doesn't count either.
Unskill Challenge
Points: 4
Combo: Any berserker except GnBe
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may only train skills that are on the right side of the skill screen (spell skills, Evocations, Invocations, and Stealth).
As with the Skill Challenge, fake skill levels from Heroism etc. don't count. Yes, abandoning Trog is allowed (but probably not a good idea).
Chaos Challenge
Points: 8
Combo: MuCK
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not leave Xom.
Kobold Challenge
Points: 8
Combo: KoWn
In-game timer limit: 3:00:00
Restrictions: You may not use potions or scrolls.
Speed Challenge
Points: 8
Combo: SpAr
In-game timer limit: 0:30:00
Restrictions: You may not worship Jiyva.
Once again: each player may only attempt 4 challenges, and each challenge may only be attempted once. Therefore, the maximum possible score is 28 points (complete all three 8-point challenges and one 4-point challenge). The minimum possible score is 0 points.
So don't delay; enter now! And come the 27th, have fun, good luck, and don't get too cocky!