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[adelarsims]

Embers Academy Spellcasting Tournament: list of participants and tournament bracket

✨ First of all, the best news and a very welcome change of plans!

32 participants that we ended up having is the perfect number of people to fill the 1/16 bracket, and so we won't be knocking out anyone based on the score of individual challenges as i previously said in the rules. Instead, everyone will have their chance in dueling, and we also will be separately naming the best potion makers, best flyers and best spell learners! After all, every spellcaster has their strongest suit, and it's okay to excel in one chosen discipline. I'm rooting for everyone and i'm happy that now everyone will have their shot at everything!

✨ Now, to the list of our amazing, talented challengers:

Rhiannon Grim-Jeong by @x-digitaldollhouse-x

Raelyn Luna by @simsinfinitylt

Nadith Wolfsbane by @bloomingkyras

Tiger Rain by @rainmustfallts4

Minerva Mystic by @lessathxhi

Belial Rose by @honeysylvan

Zinnia Rosier by @vampirictrait

Capri Seguin by @llamatail

Daliah Noir by @jaigny

Natalia Keraloms by @piupiowa

Phoenix Black by @aliengirl

Estelle Glynnan by @hashimasims

Walpurgis Valborg by @igotsnothing

Alessio Skint by @ethicaltreatmentofcowplants

Aurora Mugwort by @witchywhims

Junis Hadyn by @royal-teabag

Marnix Thornwood by @nova-kim

Constance Gravemore by @eldritch-simmer

Neven Grant by @partheniasimblr

Lyle Dubois by @smilingmoon

Mindy Carol by @applesaucesims

Gemma Charm & Glenn O'Malley by @knightofwounds

Alexandria Pearce by @adoringsentiment

Dax Sommer by @agena87

Rochelle Weaver by @merofthefae

Renata Morales by @invisiblequeen

Cassie Bautista by @thebramblewood

Clotho Moirai by @riverofjazzsims

Maxwell Kilgore by @syntacticerrortxt

Yasu Bando by @lupinkforreal

Aurelius Borealis by @kari-sims

Yolanda Bazin by @mokoszkokosz

13 of these beautiful spellcasters are available for public download! But i won't say who, so you would go and look at everyone :3

✨ And, last but not least, behold our beautiful dueling bracket!

Take a good look at your opponent, get nervous, or maybe confident, or maybe even a little flirty if you're good at multitasking :3

(pairs of participants were drawn randomly with the help of this tool, here's the screenshot of results)

I hope that this tournament will help each spellcaster find a discipline they're especially talented at. Best of luck to everyone!

[adelarsims]

Embers Academy Spellcasting Tournament: Potions (Group 2)

potion challenge group 1

rules:

everyone’s needs are locked. i don’t want anyone to be at a disadvantage because they got stuck in simulation lag or spent all their time in bathroom line with other 31 people

they have 12 hours to learn 3 potions through practice. for each potion learned they get 24 points, plus 1 point for each full half an hour left after the last learned potion

autonomy is off, but if someone decides to leave their cauldron for whatever reason, i let them finish that action that distracted them before returning them to the task. their fault if they’re easily distracted, a spellcaster must have patience and grit

the second group: Capri Seguin, Yasu Bando, Mindy Carol, Marnix Thornwood, Clotho Moirai, Junis Haydn, Renata Morales, and Nadith Wolfsbane

capri is moongazing and taking a moment to stress out while her mentor is sleeping... because after that he'll be awake and watching

ayrin came to emotionally support her sibling

by the way, ayrin met marnix before the challenge (don't worry, she's not a ghost, just working as spectral vendor at the time) and had an immediate crush, so she also dropped by to talk to him. though no crush will stop her from telling him her honest opinion on that nasty potion of his

and zinnia drags him into something not very legal

you'd think clotho was an aphrodite in disguise, the way they constanty thought and talked about love. their grades in potions are not very high, but they had four love interests by the time previous group finished the challenge so they didn't waste time

renata looked cool and worked hard, but didn't do very well...

nadith and yasu taking turns looking at their cauldrons like they don't understand what they're doing

yasu even had time to look at his phone. apparently he's good at multitasking, because he ended up doing the best in his group

poor baby, so tired

mindy worked so hard that even after she was told to stop, she kept stirring a nonexistent potion with a nonexistent spoon

sir caesar is outta here, bye

results:

junis, yasu and mindy - learned three potions each, well done!

nadith and capri - learned two potions each. capri wasn't learning anything for a long time (maybe because she secretly ate some herbal ingredients), but closer to the end she got a hang of it

clotho and renata - learned one potions each. it's okay, just means their magical talents lie elsewhere.

marnix - also learned one potion, but almost got a girlfriend and a shady business, so i'd say he already won in a sense :D

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@bloomingkyras @llamatail @royal-teabag @nova-kim @applesaucesims @invisiblequeen @riverofjazzsims @lupinkforreal

[adelarsims]

Embers Academy Spellcasting Tournament: Spells (Group 2)

rules:

students need to learn 2 spells from each magic school. for finishing spells on the first hour, they get 20 points (separately for each school). for finishing on the second hour, 12 points. the third hour will bring 8 points, and the fourth hour 4 point. further than four hours is 0. the task is to learn two spells, so learning only one is considered failing the assignment, and it will only bring you 2 sad pity points

there's an additional practical task of creating 3 dishes with grand delicioso spell. score for this part is the sum of dishes' prices (spoiled dish gives 0, excellent quality dish gives x2 to the price) divided by 20

just as in the potions challenge, their autonomy is off, but if someone decides to stop learning for whatever reason and do something else, i will let them finish whatever they decided to do before returning them back to the task

group 2: Capri Seguin, Yasu Bando, Mindy Carol, Marnix Thornwood, Clotho Moirai, Junis Haydn, Renata Morales, and Nadith Wolfsbane

capri has the best score in her group. i don't know if she's really getting the hang of it, or it's the power of sir caesar's magic sniff of her wand

at some point between her potion class and today, mindy died. by a meteorite. now she has fun possessing things and recreating the event of her death for tiktoks. well, young lady, if you think death is a good excuse for skipping classes, you're at the wrong academy

mindy possessed renata's notes and scared her. everyone else was fine but poor renata didn't have a great day

nadith had an average success with spells so she decided to resort to karate :D she did great on practice though and it secured her the second place

why do they three look like they're a girls' pop music band or something

junis also tries to use their fists. what's wrong with you guys today. and of course ayrin is here to support (and roast if necessary)

this woman is perfect, and look at them two, walking like superheroes on a movie poster

clotho's success in spellcasting still isn't the best, but i'm pretty sure they're holding back on purpose because imagine a duel with someone who casts spells with 6 arms

there's everyone, and then there's yasu... look at him not having enough time to learn practical magic, but having a lot of time to snap selfies

marnix realized that the circus is always hiring and if the tournament thing won't work out, he can always become a magician

ok bye sir caesar is out

@bloomingkyras @llamatail @royal-teabag @nova-kim @applesaucesims @invisiblequeen @riverofjazzsims @lupinkforreal

[adelarsims]

ALCHEMY CHALLENGE FINAL RESULTS

are in!

here are our top alchemists who completed the challenge in full! ✨

posts: group 1, group 2, group 3, group 4

don't be disheartened if your spellcaster didn't do great this time, maybe potions just isn't their thing. we have three more disciplines for them to shine! ✨

under cut you can find the full list by points gained, and also the full list by alphabet with potions learned and time they were learned, in case anyone is curious :)

each group started at 12:00pm and finished at 12:00am for easy time count, so

@x-digitaldollhouse-x @aliengirl @hashimasims @witchywhims @partheniasimblr @smilingmoon @adoringsentiment @syntacticerrortxt @bloomingkyras @llamatail @royal-teabag @nova-kim @applesaucesims @invisiblequeen @riverofjazzsims @lupinkforreal @rainmustfallts4 @lessathxhi @honeysylvan @vampirictrait @piupiowa @eldritch-simmer @merofthefae @mokoszkokosz @simsinfinitylt @jaigny @igotsnothing @ethicaltreatmentofcowplants @knightofwounds @agena87 @thebramblewood @kari-sims

[adelarsims]

SPELLS CHALLENGE FINAL RESULTS

posts: group 1, group 2, group 3, group 4

i'm very sorry, as you can already see, i won't be able to finish the tournament in october, so it'll take probably about a week of november, too. between health complications and relatives invasion, my october is absolutely hectic, i constantly want to sleep and don't have the time for anything. please don't hate me, i already feel like a pumpkin grinch that is stealing halloween.

under cut you can find the full list by points gained, and also the full list by alphabet with spells learned, in case anyone is curious :)

@x-digitaldollhouse-x @aliengirl @hashimasims @witchywhims @partheniasimblr @smilingmoon @adoringsentiment @syntacticerrortxt @bloomingkyras @llamatail @royal-teabag @nova-kim @applesaucesims @invisiblequeen @riverofjazzsims @lupinkforreal @rainmustfallts4 @lessathxhi @honeysylvan @vampirictrait @piupiowa @eldritch-simmer @merofthefae @mokoszkokosz @simsinfinitylt @jaigny @igotsnothing @ethicaltreatmentofcowplants @knightofwounds @agena87 @thebramblewood @kari-sims