The Samurai Duelers League presents to all it's first ever Original Character Tournament. We invite all SDL Duelers (with the exception of those who are in the ELITE ranks) to participate in this tournament, whether you are ranked or unranked. If you are not part of SDL yet, make an SDL profile (information found here) and once your approved then you are set to audition.


AUDITION PHASE HAS NOW ENDED
Thank you for the 50+ auditioners. We will announce the 16 participants on Saturday, March 1st and official lineup will be posted on Monday, March 3rd.

How to Enter
To participate, you must pass the audition stage. Here are the requirements for the audition entry:

● Make a comic or flash movie depicting your OC showing off what he or she can do or special skill that will make him or her worthy of entering.
● Can be colored or greyscale. Can be digital or traditional or both.
● Only one entry per SDL character. If you have multiple characters, you'll need to make 1 entry for each character you want to enter. If your SDL profile has multiple charactes in them, like this [link] you must pick only one to enter.
● No page or time limit on your entry.
● Be creative and make your best effort clearly defined.

Criteria for judging will based on creativity, artistic presentation and story telling ability.

You have until February 28 to submit your entries.

Only 16 duelers will be chosen to participate. So your best effort on your audition entry is a must.

The Tournament
If you pass the audition stage, you will be given 1 of 16 spots based on your SDL rank. The roster will based on popular sports playoff format. Meaning, rank 1 will be against rank 16, rank 2 will be against rank 15 and so on. You are now given 2 weeks to make an entry depicting your dueler winning over your designated opponent. Extensions will be considered if deemed necessary.

Prizes
● The 16 participants will occupy the ranks 18 - 33 after the tournament has ended. (If your oc already possess a rank higher than these, you will be given 3 rankups per win against your opponent regardless of their rank)
● The winner will be recruited by RedBall Sports Drink as thier new lead endorser.
● RoninsUltramix will make a new SDL Profile for the winner.
● The winner will also recieve a full story plot on the manga "Koden" by RoninsUltramix
● Other prizes may be considered. (Donations are welcome)
● 1 of the 16 will be chosen to have a spot at ENDZONE 2 by =Endling himself! (This means one of the 16 not just the winner. So even if you lost the tournament, being part of the 16 still gives you a chance at great opportunity.)

Setting
RedBall Sports Tea is an up and coming new refreshment across the land. With its product's smooth taste and wide variety of fruity flavors, it is poised to compete against the current leader of refreshment drink, Pipsi Cola Tea! But with Shigure Ryota's disappearance, RedBall's Lead Endorser, the company organized a tournament to find and recruit a new lead spokes person. They commisioned a mountain top temple complex to hold the tournament grounds. *Sketchfighter316 went to the extra mile and provided for a wealth of images for our referece. Click on the link below to view them.
RedBall Open Reference Sheet

Tournament Location
Here are some references of the locations scenery and structure. More to come as updates are made available;


Audition Entries


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Feel free to comment and ask questions here in this journal. Goodluck and do your best. This tournament is meant to hone your skills as an artist and storyteller. So participating is a reward in itself for you like all others that had come before me and other great artists around the OC battle community.

Tournament Starts on the 1st of March 2008