# Duels & Tournaments ### Duels Duels are 1v1 skill-based game competitions which can be played whenever/wherever user wants. * Users can create duel or challenge other users by selecting game, game modes and entry fee * Entrance fee to the duel is paid by both players in GAU Tokens * Prize pools of Duels are sponsored from duel entrance fees paid by players * Gamer Arena charges players a platform fee 10% for hosting each duel, winner gets %90 percent of prize pool ![Gamer Arena Duels](/files/Dfzd8lAfnGPSLebVnAti) ### Tournaments There are two types of tournaments, **Leaderboards** and **Invitationals**. [**Leaderboard tournaments**](https://gamerarena.com/tournaments?section=leaderboard) are in-platform tournaments based on duels, all of the users participated are listed in terms of their win and lose count. Top 10–50 users who **won the most duels are rewarded** at the end of the tournament. ![https://gamerarena.com/tournaments](/files/ec8SpquyU8BuIOHhwns7) [**Invitational tournaments**](https://gamerarena.com/tournaments?section=discord) are much more like to traditional esport tournaments, mostly this tournaments are open for all of the community but sometimes we are inviting professional esport teams. 100 to 500 individuals or teams are signing up to the tournament and competing for prizes, generally top 3 team is rewarded. All of the matches are playing on supervision of referees and also the finals of invitational tournaments are streaming on our Twitch or Youtube channel. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.gamerarena.com/duels-and-tournaments.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.