Liandri Grand Tournament

The Liandri Grand Tournament is the world-spanning Tournament sponsored and tri-cast by the Liandri Mining Corporation. It evolved from the underground leagues and matches used by mining companies to channel aggression on the mining worlds.



Unreal Tournament series
The Unreal Tournament series of game centers around the Liandri Grand Tournament.

The original Unreal Tournament takes place in 2293 according to the official Unreal timeline, although the game's introduction mentions 2341. This article will use the more recently released date from the timeline. After many years of being the champion (when the Tournament wasn't yet legal), Xan Kriegor is finally defeated by Malcolm who entered as a member of the Thunder Crash team. Malcolm remains champion for nine consecutive years.

Unreal Tournament 2003 takes place in 2302. Gorge manages to unseat Malcolm as the reigning champion. He is only champion for one year.

Unreal Tournament 2004 takes place in 2303. Gorge is defeated by the player. Epic has yet to establish which character has won in the official timeline.

Unreal Tournament 3 takes place in after 2303, although the exact year is still unknown.

Unreal Championship series
While Unreal Championship happens simultaneously with UT2003 and can be considered a look at an alternative timeline Unreal Championship 2 is about a qualifying tournament for the Grand Tournament.

Orginally an age-old traditional Nakhti competition used to find the new Nakhti emperor, the Liandri sponsor and sanction the Nakthi Ascension Rites as an official qualifying tournament. Only Nakhti individuals can become emperor, but outsiders are allowed to fight in the earlier matches. The Rites are won by newcomer Anubis, the new emperor, who is forced to fight in the Grand Tournament as well.

Epic has yet to release the exact year UC2 takes place, but through forum posts by Jim "Entropy" Brown referring to UC2 and UT3, it can be deduced it is in the order of decennias before UT3, which happens sometime after 2303, the events of UT2004.

Known Champions

 * Xan Kriegor - 2291-2292
 * Malcolm - 2293-2301 (or 2341)
 * Gorge - 2302
 * The player - 2303

Trivia
In 2251, before the Tournament started, Isaak jokes about holding a tournament about capturing the enemy's flag while he gives John Dalton a combat "Refresher Course" in Unreal 2.