# Alliance Tournament XVII

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/alliance-tournament-xvii/319955>\
**Category:** Dev Blogs\
**Tags:** alliance-tournament, official\
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/alliance-tournament-xvii/319955 "2021-07-14T18:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![CCP\_Swift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_swift/32/381987_2.png) [@CCP\_Swift](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Swift)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/alliance-tournament-xvii/319955/99 "2021-07-16T18:48:37Z")

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The Alliance Tournament is traditionally an alliance-level event, however this year there are some interesting new mechanics to allow the unaffiliated to compete. The exact mechanics of the “Mercenary Rule” will be posted on Monday, July 19th, with the rest of the Tournament rules.

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