Weekly Wrap-up #8

Rise & Ruin is approaching 2 months in Open Beta! We on the development team greatly appreciate your on going support, interest, and very valuable feedback. Based on that feedback, we released an update during this week's Friday Night Fights, which we hope you will enjoy.

A huge congratulations to this week's Mini-Tournament Champions, who had a number of people to battle through to claim their title as R&R's Next Top Warrior: Bumblebee, 420Jugg3Rnaut420, and SkillChain!

Check back tomorrow at http://riseandruin.com/events for the upcoming week's events! Don't miss out on the opportunity for free cards, free fun, and free fury!

*Special Note: Monday the Rise & Ruin staff will be on holiday for Labour Day here in Canada, and the US, (as well as elsewhere).

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This Week's Poll
This week we wanted to know: Do you typically play Rise & Ruin on the weekend?

Nearly 90% of you said you do!

• Yep! I typically play a few games of R&R on the weekends. 87%
• Nope, I am not near my computer on the weekends; I play during the week. 13%

This Week's Contest: Submit an Event

This week we asked you, the Rise & Ruin Community, to submit your ideas for GM Events. You responded in an overwhelming manner, with well over 50 ideas for a varying degree of events.

We are sorting through the events currently, and will be bringing you one of them this coming Wednesday (check back tomorrow).

A huge thanks to everyone who submitted an event, or number of events, your 2 cards will be waiting for you in your inventories!

There is still time to submit your event idea, so don't delay!

This Week's Trivia Challenge
Trivia Challenge #8 questioned: What feature did Taliesan reveal in his interview with NextGen Player?

The answer was: Pure and Balance Battles -or- Twitter Training

Seven players answered correctly, but that still left 6 cards left unclaimed! Congratulations are in order to: LOBO, Draxom, Azurle, sp0rkz, masteraramil, raidertamer, and valpok. Enjoy your two new cards!

This Week's Mini-Tournament
Saturday, just hours ago, we hosted our third weekly Mini-Tournament. This single elimination style match-up was the highest attended to date, with competition in every bracket, and even some surprises!

Three new names appear as their bracket's respective Battle Master. The bracket winners are as follows:

• 2.5-2.9 = Bumblebee
• 3.0-3.4 = 420Jugg3Rnaut420
• 3.5-4.0+ = SkillChain

These players will defend their title next week! Show up and stake your claim in Rise & Ruin history!

Have a great week Rise & Ruin Community! See you on the battlefields.