The first Battle Royale™ of HoVG’s Fall 2025 Adventuring Season saw 21 solo Contestants along with 1 Party (totaling 26 Adventurers) compete for the title of “Baddest MoFo in the HoVG Multiverse™“!

The showdown was tightly fought from start to finish with three competitors battling neck-and-neck through all twelve rounds ahead of a sizable crowd of second-tier warriors and an even larger group of alsorans.

nicebenji, apool, and WOPR (the lone Adventuring Party) proved they had come ready to Battle – correctly answering each of the first five questions in Round 1 unlocking the “High Five” Achievement (and 25 bonus CAPs). By the end of the First Quarter, those three had separated themselves from the rest (with 65, 65, and 60 points, respectively) and never looked back.  emilyinpink,  brandonw2, and gamesuperior007 set the pace for the next group of Contestants with solid scores of 45, 45, and 40.

The Second Quarter (Rounds 4-6) saw a slight drop-off in scoring for most, though without any meaningful impact in the standings. Seven Contestants (the leading “Power Three” plus gamesuperior007, kendalpeacock, mingo73, and ricadrop) saw their fortunes boosted for correctly answering Round 4 Question 20 to unlock the new “This Bud’s for You” Achievement and 35 Bonus CAPs). As the first half came to a close nicebenji, apool, and WOPR remained locked in a near dead-heat with the remaining Contestants slipping further behind…

Round 7 proved the turning point of the Battle as nicebenji and apool stumbled out to a rough second-half start each securing only a single correct answer (“Norbert Weiner”) while Team WOPR manged 4 out of 5 to stake themselves to a lead they would not relinquish. nicebenji bounced back in Round 8 with his second “High Five” Achievement – but WOPR countered with a second of their own at the very same time.

The Fourth Quarter played to type as WOPR maintained its slight lead over its principal challengers to run out clock and secure immortality as the Winner of Battle Royale™ #1

1st Place: WOPR 310 [unlocks “Eye of the Tiger” Achievement]

2nd Place: nicebenji 305 [unlocks “Last Loser” Achievement]

3rd Place: apool 270 [unlocks “Third Wheel” Achievement]