In this GW State of the Game the 2008 RAWR Cup Title Series Spring Tournament is looked at.

The RAWR Cup series has been a great boon to the PvP community, coming along as the monthly Automated Tournaments hosted by ArenaNet will soon transition to offering in-game prizes. ArenaNet has offered to help facilitate third-party sponsored tournaments such as the RAWR Cup, so players can continue winning real world prizes. In fact, ArenaNet is looking forward to such tournaments, and plans to dedicate the needed developer time for each event, as long as the sponsors have enough prize support and infrastructure.

Similar to ArenaNet's own mATs, the RAWR Cup provides real world prizes and reward points to the winners. In this case, the guild winning the elite Dragon Division won Killer^TM M1 Gaming Network Cards with an MSRP of $279.99 each. The guild winning the middle Phoenix Division took home Logitech G9 laser gaming mice. The winner of the Tiger Division (formally the Titan Division), received Logitech ClearChat Pro headsets. Finalists for all three divisions were awarded special mini-pet key codes provided by ArenaNet, and many participants earned tournament reward points.

Coverage history, finalists and the whole shebang can be found in the write up!