I really, really, really hope that I get the chance to meet the AWF team on the field of battle!

(If the brackets don't help that happen, I might just set up an "outside of tournament" game to make sure it happens! Yeah, I want it that bad. Lol)

Listen here, you pencil neck geek! You don't want to tangle with this group of oiled up hard bodys! We snack on danger & dine on death!

Edited 12/19/2014 22:50:49

Chris is mostly right about picks per player. If there are 10 players in total with five picks each, then 50 territories will be selected, so each player should pick the best 50 territories. That doesn't always bear out: where the number of selectable territories is greater than 5 times the number of end result territories, or with a no-luck cycle, or in full distribution. In general though - it is a good rule of thumb, and we will look at it. Thanks Chris.

this sounds fun.

Confirm Saving Face

Still accepting any teams!

LN team is confirmed! Players are:

1. https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=8324538590
2. https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=448963283
3. https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=7112532667
4. https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6724135632
5. https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1421248787

Yeah, 50 picks is not required unless all 10 players pick the same 50 spots (in whatever order). Usually it is much less than than because you don't mirror your teammates %100.

Take a strat 2v2 game for example. You might pick different 1-2s, then the same the rest of the way. In that case you need 6 picks, not 8 because you did not overlap the first 2 picks.

But, in general you are going to be picking dozens of spots with your template (10 players x 5 picks each), or you are risking letting the AI pick for you. I've gotten to picks in the 20s on europe 3v3 (24 total picks) before. If I just picked a dozen I would have gotten auto picks after that.

It is your tournament, I am just trying to help out. I am betting most of these players would just pick a dozen spots and end up with auto picks. Hopefully my posts will help them understand why that is a bad idea and they will get better.

ChrisCMU,
If you were interested in putting a 5v5 strategic template together, I would love to play you on it! You could bring your own team or if you wanted, I could supply 9 + yourself and we could go random teams? I'm ALWAYS up for a team game with friends.
Thanks!

I'd play random teams with 9 of your guys, it does not have to be a clan challenge.

Hmm, I have not played many 5v5 templates. We used one in the Nations Cup that was fine (on the expanded europe map). I would think Rise of Rome would be OK for a 5v5 too.

Let me make a game with you and me, and you can let me know who else wants to play.

[edit]
See Blortis' Roster

Edited 12/30/2014 05:06:56

[edit]
See Blortis' Roster

Edited 12/30/2014 05:07:16

The Warlighters Team Confirmed:

https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=787433398
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=186244509
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=5312603912
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1416181407
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=8311292896

Edited 12/25/2014 08:17:38

Add a space after each link so they're clickable (thanks to Sharpe for that tip).

Hey, everyone! It's awesome that we have so many teams from outside the LEA competing this time. I'll just give a few quick notes:

1. The bracket will be publicly visible on www.challonge.com, and

2. All official games will be hosted by myself, or Dr. Stupid; we might add someone else to that list, depending on various circumstances, but for now, all games will be hosted only by us. Anything not hosted by us will not count towards the season standings.

If you guys ever have any questions, feel free to ask.

After_Dark Team Confirmed:
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6022753252
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=8027087542
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=7337603644
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=399368752
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4836950761

The Odd Evens Team:

https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4525657387
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4127844987
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4326800196
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1618283252
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=5720826654

Edited 12/25/2014 03:57:10

Sample Initial Seeding:

LEA Teams:

1. The Angels of Death
2. The Five Guys
3. The Wild Beasties
4. The FTA
5. The Pretty Princesses
6. The Gunslingers* (No historical data, assumed skill)
7. The Comrades
8. The Washington Generals
9. The Harlem Globetrotters
10. Les Borreaux
11. LOL All Stars* (No historical data, assumed skill)
12. The Wazzu Babies
13. The Odd Evens
14. The StraitAtEm
15. The Dr. Stupid's Alts
16. Saving Face* (No historical data, random seeding)
17. Dangerous Daffodils* (No historical data, random seeding)
18. CataClysm Killers* (No historical data, random seeding)

Non LEA Teams:

1. The Warlighters* (No historical data, assumed skill)
2. AWF Team A* (No historical data, assumed skill)
3. AWF Team C* (No historical data, random seeding)
4. After Dark* (No historical data, random seeding)
5. AWF Team B* (No historical data, random seeding)
6. Royal Falcons* (No historical data, random seeding)
7. League of Nations* (No historical data, random seeding)
8. The "G" Spot* (No historical data, random seeding)


Some notes:
1. These are posted mainly as a note to myself just because this thread is a convenient place for me to keep tourney info quickly accessible to myself and others who are working on it. These seedings are subject to change at any moment for any reason. They are not considered final.

2. For the seeding, I have broken the LEA teams apart from the non-LEA teams simply as an organizational tool. For the actual tournament, expect the non-LEA teams to be matched against the lower end of the LEA bracket. (Non-LEA team 7th Seed would be playing LEA 18th Seed and Non-LEA team 1st Seed would be playing against LEA team 12th seed) Of course, we are expecting at least three more LEA teams will be confirmed before the start of the tourney and possibly 1-2 Non-LEA as well.

Edited 1/1/2015 05:27:13

Four more days to join!

The G clan team:

https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=3227740259
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=5619988369
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4122684161
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=8418625025
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=2731867411