Phase 1 - The Practice Phase – Currently active and completes on April 22, 2008
- There is no penalty for changing your team and you are free to move teams around.
- At the end of this phase all arena team ratings will be reset to 1500 during maintenance.
Phase 2 - The Competition Phase - Active from April 22, 2008 to May 6, 2008
- Every team will be reset to a 1500 rating and official rankings begin.
- There will be a 150 team rating penalty for any player added to an arena team.
- At the end of this phase all arena teams will be locked down and players will not be able to switch characters from arena teams.
- Registration will also close at the end of this phase.
Phase 3 – The Final Phase – Active from May 6, 2008 to May 20, 2008
- Registration is closed for this phase of qualification.
- Players are no longer allowed to switch arena teams during this phase.
- At the end of the phase, the top 4 rated teams from the Battlegroup will be invited to the regional qualifier if they meet all eligibility requirements.
- Eligible teams must have played a minimum of 200 games during Phases 2 and 3 to be able to qualify to advance to the regional qualifier.
- Each team member must have participated in 30% of their team’s games to be eligible to qualify.
First Qualification Round Schedule for North America:
- Phase 1 ends and Phase 2 begins: April 22, 2008
- Phase 2 ends and Phase 3 begins: May 6, 2008
- Phase 3 and the first Qualifier ends: May 20, 2008

Comments
#1 tristantio
Posted 15 April 2008 - 07:47 PM
#2 Brallan
Posted 15 April 2008 - 08:43 PM
[*]At the end of this phase all arena teams will be locked down and players will not be able to switch characters from arena teams.
@ Tristantio
I guess not :cool: