Tournaments

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BattleFrame Industries sponsors and directly runs the majority of worldwide events, with the most notable being the World Grand Prix, the largest and most prestigious Frame Girl tournament which runs once a year. These events are gated by a score called "Battle Rating" (or BR), which is tracked through an app called the Frame Tournament Tracker. Battle Rating is accumulated through participation in 'sanctioned' events, which are any event that mandates the use of the FTT app and uses tournament rules the app provides. Battle rating henceforth is awarded based on performance, with factors like attendance, numbers of rounds won, number of participants, format, and sportsmanship taken into account. The tournament organizer/s use the FTT app to award these points to players at their discretion.

With enough battle rating, you become eligible for bigger, sponsored events. For most, as long as you have the rating, you are eligible to purchase a ticket to participate in that event, which is usually used to pay for the venue and judge staff. Some events are also gated by both rating and a specific invite from the tournament organizers, and these would be considered invitationals. The FTT app is considered the replacement for a traditional qualifier system, and serves as such. Practically speaking, its better to do well in as many big events as possible to get to the grand prix.

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Banned Frame Girls

Frame Girls who exhibit an overwhelming advantage over competing models or who are capable of causing permanent damage are at risk of being banned from official BFI tournaments. BFI generally only bans models as a last resort, as they are loathe to alienate partners and customers by barring popular models from competitions.

The most infamous case of a banned Frame is Hexentanz. A Frame Girl that was able to cast 'hexes' that would cause irreversable damage to the CCUs of opponents.

"The Tyrant's Reign"

A BattleFrame Fighter who competed under the name "Hyperion" is infamous in the BattleFrame Girl community for entering and winning the first six World Grand Prix tournaments consecutively. While the Grand Prix was originally conceived as a way to promote BattleFrame Girls, BattleFrame Fighters were allowed to enter; Hyperion proved to be extremely dominant, with his six year stretch earning the nickname of 'The Tyrant's Reign.' Hyperion's competitive dominance came to an end when his owner agreed to a lifetime pension fund paid for by BattleFrame Industries, on the condition that Hyperion was never allowed to take part in any official BFI events again.