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# Competitive Events

Compete to win, earn bonus glory & great prizes !

## **Competitive Events**

Trading competitions on CryptoArena are very similar in structure, model and variety, to online poker tournaments, just with trading instead of cards. Prize structures generally pool together buy-in fees minus cost, but may vary in some cases to include [**CAT Tokens**](/docs/cats-intro.md).

Events also, [**like all revenue streams**](/docs/self-decentralization/how-it-works.md) on CryptoArena, events also contribute to the funds distributed to the community by the platform.

Events provide an **additional method to monetize interactions** among the userbase, an arbitrarily manageable **driver for user activity** to be leveraged during “slow” months (especially once we have the data to predict them), and a **powerful engagement tool** aimed at existing and prospective users capable of increasing loyalty and other key performance indicators.

### Planned Events Sample 

| **Event Name**          | **Type**   | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ----------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Glory Tournament        | Main Event | Runs all year round, determines the best 5 among all Champions every 12 months, only the top of each leaderboard. Each receives a prize, unique temporary cosmetic items for their accounts and access to an exclusive short duration trading competition, which will determine the ultimate winner – whom will gather more prizes and the unique title of “Grand Champion of the Arena” |
| Anniversary Competition | Periodic   | Yearly promotional competition sponsored by third parties                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Noob Bash               | Monthly    | Low Stakes. Registration requirements: new accounts (<60 days) only                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Elite’s Brawl           | Exclusive  | High Stakes. Registration Requirements: pro categories only, high PPR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Naumachia\*             | Periodic   | Team competition. Registration requirement: groups of X people.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Trade Frenzies          | Exclusive  | Time-based events. Fees are discounted or nullified and patronage yields boosted. Registration Requirements: High Frequency categories only.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Student Championship    | Exclusive  | Free. Real prizes. Registration Requirements: Student category only                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

\*fun note: a *Naumachia* was a literal naval battle, held at the Coliseum in special occasions.

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