We’re one week into the Crucible now, and things are already shaping up nicely! The leaderboard shows Zerator and Zizaran, both on the Albion Europe server, making the early running, with Quin69, on Albion Americas, in a strong third place. A lot of creators have put together large guilds and gotten off to strong starts, though, with Metashi and Knekro – both of whom started slightly late – well placed with their guilds up around the 300-player limit.

As we move into week two, it’s going to be intriguing to see how the leaderboard develops. Some creators with smaller guilds have requested to be able to team up in order to have a better shot at taking down the leaders, and we’ve decided to allow this with strict limitations:

• A maximum of five creators can team together[/*]
• Any agreement on sharing prizes must be communicated by email to each creator’s campaign manager[/*]
• You can only team up by joining an existing participating guild; you cannot create a new guild[/*]
• It is not possible to merge guilds' points[/*]
• Upon reaching 300 guild members after teaming up, you will be required to create and manage a second guild for members of your communities that are not able to join the original guild[/*]
• Ingame alliances (using the Alliance feature) remain strictly prohibited[/*]
• Possible exceptions to any of these rules must be discussed with your campaign manager[/*]

The Crucible runs until August 2. Follow coverage of the action on AlbionTV and on the participants' Twitch channels to see how things develop in the quest to win a Galatine Pair!
And don’t forget: a special Twitch Drop is available too. Until July 20 at 09:30 UTC, gifting 2 subs to any Crucible participant, AOCP Creator, or AlbionTV (twitch.tv/albiononline) will guarantee you the exclusive Brown Alpaca mount skin. Tune in today!