The art of fishing plays a strong role in troll culture. The Black Moon Tribe (BMT), a strongly troll-centric guild, is holding this event to celebrate this aspect of troll culture and share it with the rest of the Horde. Ratchet has been chosen as a location due to its proximity to our beloved Echo Isles and it's ease to get to from the rest of the realm. The goblins of Ratchet have agreed to allow us to hold this event from their pier, and will be minimizing trade vessel traffic during this time to accommodate the tournament.

An entrance fee for the tournament of 25 silver will be charged to each contestant. All coin collected as entrance fees will be returned as Cash Prizes to those in the Winners Categories . All contestants will be automatically be entered into the drawings for some Fabulous Door Prizes (5 door prize packages total, see below). Space is limited, with only 24 slots open for contestants, so you are encouraged to show up early for the tournament. Registration will begin 30 minutes before the tournament is slated to begin, at 3:30pm EST, in front of the Ratchet bank. The three main Winners Categories and the Winner's Prize Packages are as follows:

• 1 x Big Iron Fishing Pole
  Cash Prize: 50% of Entry Fee Collected
  5 x Elixir of Superior Defense
  5 x Elixir of Giants
  5 x Superior Mana Potion
  5 x Elixir of Greater Agility
  20 x Spiced Chili Crab
  10 x Poached Sunscale Salmon
• 10 x Nightfin Soup
  

• Cash Prize: 25% of Entry Fee Collected
• 3 x Elixir of Superior Defense
• 5 x Superior Healing Potion
• 10 x Spiced Chili Crab
• 5 x Poached Sunscale Salmon
• 5 x Nightfin Soup
• 5 x Elixir of Greater Intellect
  

• Cash Prize: 25% of Entry Fee Collected
• 3 x Elixir of Superior Defense
• 5 x Superior Healing Potion
• 10 x Spiced Chili Crab
• 5 x Poached Sunscale Salmon
• 5 x Nightfin Soup
• 5 x Swim Speed Potion
• 5 x Elixir of Water Breathing
  

Fabulous Door Prizes

A total of five (5) Door Prize Packages will be rolled on, with all contestants having an equal chance to win regardless of their fishing performance. Each Door Prize Package starts with a Mageweave Bag (12-slot container) stuffed with five portions each of both Savory Deviate Delight and Dragonbreath Chili . In addition to these always-fun foodstuffs, each of the five bags will contain additional unique prizes, ranging from head-to-toe enchantment sessions to armor kits, potion stacks, and more buff-foods.

• The 24 contestants will be divided into groups, each consisting of 4 contestants and an official BMT judge.
• Each contestant will then pay his 25s entry fee to their BMT judge. Each contestant will then be told his or her Contestant Number (1 through 24) by their group's BMT judge. The Contestant Number will be used for the Fabulous Door Prize drawings.
• The groups of contestants will be led down to the pier by their BMT judge to await the official start of the tourney.
• After a short speech by the Tournament Director, the contest will officially begin once the Tournament Director /yells "BEGIN FISHING - YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES."
• The contestants will then fish their hardest for 20 minutes. The BMT judges for each group will have a scorecard and tally the catch of each of the 4 contestants under their watch by observing the loot messages in the group chat window. The Tournament Director will /yell a message stating when there are 10, 5 and 1 minutes of fishing time remaining.
• Once the 20 minutes are up, the Tournament Director will /yell "CONTESTANTS - POLES OUT OF THE WATER! JUDGES, BRING ME YOUR SCORECARDS." At this point, the BMT judges will stop logging any catches the contestants bring in.
• The scorecards will be tallied/compiled by the Tournament Director and BMT judges. During the wait for this to be completed, a BMT representative will conduct the Fabulous Door Prize drawings. This will be done by the representative announcing which prize was up for drawing and then doing /RANDOM 24 rolls and comparing the result to the list of contestant numbers.
• If there are definite winners in the three WINNERS CATEGORIES, these will be announced and the prizes distributed. In order to spread out the prizes amongst as many players as possible, each contestant will be eligible for only a single WINNERS CATEGORY. If a player has won multiple categories, he will be asked to decide which he wants, and then the prize for the second win will go to the runner-up in that category. If a contestant has won a category and tied a win for a second category, he will be asked whether he wants to take the prize for the category he won, or go onto the tie-breaking round in the category he tied in. If a contestant has tied in multiple categories, he will be asked which tie-breaking category he wishes to enter. Tie-breaking will be handled as follows:
• For a tie in the HARVESTER OF THE SEA category, contestants will enter 5-minute tie-breaking rounds. The contestant who catches the most fish wins. The 5-minute rounds will continue until all ties are broken.
• For a tie in the BLACKMOUTH SLAYER category, a sudden-death round will be conducted. The 1st player to catch TWO Oily Blackmouth fish in this round will be declared the winner.
• For a tie in the BOTTOM DREDGER category, a sudden-death round will be conducted. The 1st player to catch ONE clam or non-fish item will be declared the winner of this category.

THE FINE PRINT - Misc. rules and regulations

• All decisions of the BMT judges are final.
• BMT members are not allowed to fish during the event.
• Contestants may use any pole, lure, or fishing buff they desire.
• Each contestant will only be allowed to win a single WINNERS CATEGORY. Each contestest will only be allowed to win a single door prize. If a contestant who has already won a door prize is shown to win again based on the /RANDOM roll, the roll for the second prize will be redone. A contestant may win both a WINNERS CATEGORY and a door prize.
• Contestants found cheating in any way will be disqualified by the judges.
• Contestants that are being unruly or acting in such a way to disrupt the tournament or ruin other contestants' time will be kicked from their group and banned from the tournament.
• Contestants that are kicked from the tournament by a BMT judge will NOT be refunded their entrance fee.
• If a contestant manages to get his PvP flag turned on by buffing a PvP-flagged Horde member or by entering combat with any Alliance that may show up, the contest will continue. It is advised to ignore any Alliance presence for the duration or the tournament.
• If a server outage or other contest-ending event occurs mid-contest, winners will be determined by amount of catch that was obtained up to that point, and prizes will be mailed to the winners. Door prizes will be randomly rolled for by BMT and prizes mailed to the winners.
• If a server outage or other contest-ending event occurs after entry fee has been collected but before contest begins, entry fees will be returned to contestants by mail and a new date for the event will be set.
• Contestants that bring friends or guildies to the event that will not be entering the contest or cannot enter due to space restrictions are asked to request their buddies duel or keep themselves occupied in the town and not on the pier in order to prevent commotion during the tournament.