# Burner proving grounds as a replacement/relaunch for the old 1v1 arena at the end of abyssal sites **URL:** \ **Category:** Assembly Hall\ **Created:** [July 26, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/burner-proving-grounds-as-a-replacement-relaunch-for-the-old-1v1-arena-at-the-end-of-abyssal-sites/256913 "2020-07-26T09:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Gustav\_Mannfred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gustav_mannfred/32/392828_2.png) [@Gustav\_Mannfred](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gustav_Mannfred)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/burner-proving-grounds-as-a-replacement-relaunch-for-the-old-1v1-arena-at-the-end-of-abyssal-sites/256913/20 "2020-10-30T13:58:19Z")
> [@Proving Grounds Gameplay Policy Update](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proving-grounds-gameplay-policy-update/276948): > > Hi everyone, It was very exciting for us to discover how players would engage with the new Proving Grounds feature introduced in the Zenith quadrant. Thanks to your enthusiastic participation we learned a lot in terms of what formats are most appealing, at what cadence we should hold events and the duration they should run for. This information is being incorporated into the Proving Grounds events for the Phoenix quadrant. We have also heard your feedback about some metagame issues surrounding… CCP finally just banned metagaming from abyssal PVP. Should these burner proving grounds become reality, these rules must apply there too, otherwhie people would farm tons of faction mods and keep that index high --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/burner-proving-grounds-as-a-replacement-relaunch-for-the-old-1v1-arena-at-the-end-of-abyssal-sites/256913)._