I never knew CL was so difficult to play out on...

Well, in the 3v3s, I held us up with a week long vacation, both my partners are about to go on vacation lol

That and nobody wants to lose, so there's more thinking being done than most 1v1s, where there is nobody to coordinate with, except the opponent :p

A quick update:

Some games finally finished! Too many vacations right now -.-

Lu Fredd has won 3v3 EU SR with an impressive (6-0) record. Congrats to Taji, Sephiroth, galvorn! Lu Fredd has now won two tournaments and is in good position to win 2v2 Szeurope as well.

The winner of 3v3 EU WR will be determined by the M'Hunters and ILLUMINATI▲ game. Both clans have a (5-0) record going into this game. Good job to both clans!

The rankings are:

 
Clans               Record      Score       Max Points
1st  Lu Fredd       (42-21)     155         169
2nd  ILLUMINATI▲    (37-20)     136         173
3rd  M'Hunters      (37-22)     134         164
4th  CORP           (34-23)     116         156
5th  General Chous  (30-29)     107         138
6th  Hawks          (14-49)     49          61
7th  Dutch Forever  (15-45)     48          74 

It looks like other then Dutch Forever and Hawks switching spots, the rankings probably wont change. ILLUMINATI▲ has an edge over M'Hunters in score and max points however slim. Lu Fredd is look more and more comfortable at the top of the division.

As with most other people, I am busy with the holidays and will be around but not super active. I assume the same is true for many players in this division so I doubt many games will finish over the next few weeks.

Have a great holiday!

I never knew CL was so difficult to play out on...

It's the 3v3s. Almost exclusively. The 1v1s and 2v2s go by like clockwork, but the 3v3s end up dredged down with vacations and very competitive play (teams will not surrender until they know they cannot win, right now WG vs Apex has WG with the advantage, but we have not surrendered due to the chance to turn it around)

If vacations were not allowed, seasons would go by much quicker, but with no way to sub out a player mid-season we can't force something like that. Soyeah, them's the breaks until we figure out a new system.

with no way to sub out a player mid-season

So that's a technology limitation and not a policy limitation? In that case...

We are working on methods.

Let's see if I can beat y'all to it. :P

Y'all talk way too much.

Division D1 , bestest CL thread EVER!!!!!

Thanks GE

Week 10 Summary:

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There is an obvious slow down in the number of games completed recently. Most games are done with the slowest players holding things up. Only a few pivotal games are left. By that I mean at this point it has become increasing obvious Lu Fredd will promote from Division D1. They have a sizeable lead (+23 vs. ILLUMINATI▲ and +21 vs. M'Hunters) and are now tied for max points with ILLUMINATI▲. The gap between the top three has been consistent and M'Hunters and ILLUMINATI▲ don't seem to be able to catch Lu Fredd.



Note: M'Hunters Max Points is 164.

So M'Hunters and ILLUMINATI▲ switch spots yet again but I ask: Who cares? If neither are promoting then at this point the tension has begun to deflate. General Chou's number of losses is making it hard to pass CORP. So who comes in 2nd or 3rd doesn't matter and I doubt CORP will loose 4th.

So it seems like the results are baked in. Very little should change pending a bolt of lightning or something like that.

Szeurope has a winner and its Lu Fredd with a (6-0) record! Congrats to Taji and Gardo91!

Edited 12/28/2015 21:49:42

Hawks 49 Points Max 57 and one game left?

that's the most important game of their lives

the NL guys fight for 26 points in 3 games too, it must be really stressful

Edited 12/28/2015 23:54:24

I guess my apathy towards updating this thread isn't that obvious and I should pay attention to what I'm updating :P

Edited 12/29/2015 00:20:35

Week 11 Summary:

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Lu Fredd clinched the promotion spot, let me be the first to offer them congratulations! Who saw that coming, eh?




Some marginal movement among the clans this week. Lu Fredd (1-0) has remained steadfast at 169 max points for awhile now, its a testament to their strength. ILLUMINATI (1-1)and M'Hunters (1-2) continue their swapping and I'm finding it tiresome to edit the tables. I want a moments peace! General Chous (2-0) continuing to shadow CORP (2-3) with the difference in max points is 10 points between the clans. I continue to doubt General Chous ability to pass CORP but there is a possibility. Dutch Forever (1-2) and Hawks (0-0) are interesting how their points are broken down. Dutch Forever is stronger at 1v1 and 2v2 but does poorly at 3v3 with Hawks struggling most at 2v2 but have a slightly more even distribution of points across the types of templates.



Kudos to General Chous for having the strongest 5th place result in this season of Clan League (pending the results of Group A). Not normally something to be proud of but I think its an accomplishment! And its recognition that despite Lu Fredd winning with a comfortable lead this division was very tight.

Now that Lu Fredd has won we can move on to the much less thrilling race between CORP and General Chous. Does anyone think CORP is in for a late game stumble?

Note: Looking at the General Chous vs. CORP 3v3 WR game shows a General Chous player getting booted -.-

Edited 1/11/2016 17:42:48

thanks GE for updating!

i think CORP will hold the 4th place, but it will be really close.

Week 12 Summary:

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Only 5 games finished this week but we are almost done! Only 7 games left to finish, each spread across the 5 2v2 and 3v3 tournaments. Lu Fredd (0-1), one week after clinching the division, is the first clan to finish all games. I thought Lu Fredd would beat CORP on 3v3 and reach 169 but alas they finish with 164 points and a respectable win rate winning 2 out of 3 games.

ILLUMINATI (1-1) and M'Hunters (0-1) circle each other continuously. Quelle surprise! Both clan's win rate have dropped recently to around 61%. Not stellar by any stretch of the imagination.

Dutch Forever (0-1) and Hawks (1-0) are about as lose as you can get at this point.

I expect to see 1-2 more clan finish all games next week as things slowwwww dowwwwnnnnnnnnn....



Now onto CORP and General Chous. Tied in points with CORP leading with Max Points. I wanted to breakdown the games left for each clan and make some predictions (*spoiler* CORP will beat out General Chous) because there isn't anything left to talk about. Seriously.

            CORP                                    General Chous
Games Left 
3v3 WR: CORP vs. General Chous                 3v3 WR: CORP vs. General Chous
3v3 SR: CORP vs. M'Hunters
2v2 Guiroma: CORP vs. M'Hunters

The ONLY path to victory for General Chous is to win the 3v3 WR game against CORP and hope CORP looses the 3v3 SR game against M'Hunters. If CORP wins the 3v3 SR against M'Hunters then CORP should beat out General Chous in a tiebreaker (I assume you use the other game stats like record, win rate, etc. to determine the winner) or win with more points.

So I predict CORP will move on but it would be shockingly awesome if General Chous squeaked through. When there is only one path to victory, its not gonna happen.

Just to be a bit ILLUMINATI-centric for a moment, I would prefer CORP to win the games against M'Hunters to guarantee 2nd in the division. It doesn't matter if my clan is 2nd or 3rd, only 2nd is a slightly higher ego boost, that's all.

Thanks for the awesome analysis all through the league, Great Expanse! This has been fun, pleasure playing with all of you. Fingers crossed for that single path upset!

Week 13 Summary:

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We are right at the end now, only 4 games left! The horse race has gotten so incredibly tight that its a pity that none of it matters anymore. General Chou's cannot pass CORP and the promotion spot is already claimed. That sucks...



Some stray observations:

• Hawks (1-0) is the second clan to finish. They are in a decent position to hold 6th place.
  
• CORP, ILLUMINATI and M'Hunters have narrow the margin between each other. The spread of points is much larger then the spread of win rates. With ILLUMINATI and CORP barely passing 60%, we could only see Lu Fredd + 1 or 2 clans cracking a 60%+ win rate.
  
• General Chou's will get relegated for next season. It a pity as in D2 they may have survived. Their ranking this season isn't indicative of their skill in future clan leagues. Its a bit early for a post-mortem but the 1v1 was their biggest weakness.
  
• Its been a rough 2 weeks for ILLUMINATI. The 2v2 Strat ME team was booted from most games, and two players (one in 2v2 Strat ME and 3v3 EU WR) went inactive -.-
  
• I assume we have 2 weeks until the final 4 games finish. Maybe 3. I hope its 2, there isn't anything to update anymore.
  
• CORP wins 2v2 Guiroma with (5-1). Congrats! A super tight tournament with ILLUMINATI, M'Hunters and Lu Fredd all finishing with (4-2).
  
• A post-mortem post analyzing the final standings, what went right or wrong for each clan, how the predictions panned out. I'm banding around an idea of unofficial 'awards' to players of interest.

0 left 2v2:
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=10197903 Dutch vs ILLUMINATI
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=10093246 Dutch vs MHunters

2 left 3v3
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=10085943 Chou vs CORP
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=10021553 ILLUMINATI vs MHunters

Edited 2/11/2016 17:22:34