The event is Thursday 12th of December. Not Sunday.
PvP is too often reduced to hammering other players face. Whilst you can fight your opponents strength you can also fight there intelect. Or even better both at the same time. That's what i've always prefered because it leaves much more room for the underdogs. And the longer the underdogs can fight, the longer fights last.
The main issue with Bori is the mats being destroyed in my opinion. It makes digging tedious since the mats you lose via PvP are completely lost and can't be looted again by kills or taken back under the aspect of destroyed glowing altars. Therefore prolonging the amount of digging required and failing to sustain PvP.