Conquer Club

ljex wrote:Looks like 14-6 after the first round to me, nice challenge so far gl the rest of the way TLW

indeed i havent looked at 2.1 in a few days...but thats the difference between 15-5 and 14-6

Another EMPIRE win. Game 7329708

first post with a big update of games for the second set...also updated score its now 14-5

First game of set 2 is over Game 7455519 with a win to empire

A couple more games updated...

another update...27-7 currently...most of the outstanding games wrapping up in next few days

lord voldemort wrote:another update...27-7 currently...most of the outstanding games wrapping up in next few days

Mercy rule?

Wow, a total milk run, who woulda thunk it?

Don't despair, Empire, I'm sure you'll learn from your loss and take new lessons learnt into your next toughie, Soldiers of War.

Incandenza wrote:Wow, a total milk run, who woulda thunk it?

the.killing.44 wrote:Don't despair, Empire, I'm sure you'll learn from your loss and take new lessons learnt into your next toughie, Soldiers of War.

I can only speak for myself, but as a first time clan member (and I am not the only one), this challenge has been great training for me. We have exceeded our expectations, but we didn't know upon embarking on this challenge that this would be the case. Most of the more experienced (in challenges) have taken a back seat. We might be considered out of TLW's league, but with so many new players and with some of our top players retiring, we felt caution was the way to go. I for one would have been intimidated to face a top 10 clan for my first time out in a clan challenge.

And why am I getting the feeling this is somehow considered dishonorable? We are giving another up and coming clan an opportunity. We have much more to lose than they. As for the outcome, believe it or not, luck is a factor. I have respect for TLW game play. There were many close matches.

Denise wrote:

Incandenza wrote:Wow, a total milk run, who woulda thunk it?

the.killing.44 wrote:Don't despair, Empire, I'm sure you'll learn from your loss and take new lessons learnt into your next toughie, Soldiers of War.

I can only speak for myself, but as a first time clan member (and I am not the only one), this challenge has been great training for me. We have exceeded our expectations, but we didn't know upon embarking on this challenge that this would be the case. Most of the more experienced (in challenges) have taken a back seat. We might be considered out of TLW's league, but with so many new players and with some of our top players retiring, we felt caution was the way to go. I for one would have been intimidated to face a top 10 clan for my first time out in a clan challenge.

And why am I getting the feeling this is somehow considered dishonorable? We are giving another up and coming clan an opportunity. We have much more to lose than they. As for the outcome, believe it or not, luck is a factor. I have respect for TLW game play. There were many close matches.

Well put Denise. I actually share this sentiment somewhat, as when I was in my previous clan, the only time we faced off against a top-10 clan was in clan league, against TOFU, and we got completely annihilated. So frankly, I'm also nervous about jumping straight into a top-tier match right away.

Denise wrote:

Incandenza wrote:Wow, a total milk run, who woulda thunk it?

the.killing.44 wrote:Don't despair, Empire, I'm sure you'll learn from your loss and take new lessons learnt into your next toughie, Soldiers of War.

I can only speak for myself, but as a first time clan member (and I am not the only one), this challenge has been great training for me. We have exceeded our expectations, but we didn't know upon embarking on this challenge that this would be the case. Most of the more experienced (in challenges) have taken a back seat. We might be considered out of TLW's league, but with so many new players and with some of our top players retiring, we felt caution was the way to go. I for one would have been intimidated to face a top 10 clan for my first time out in a clan challenge.

And why am I getting the feeling this is somehow considered dishonorable? We are giving another up and coming clan an opportunity. We have much more to lose than they. As for the outcome, believe it or not, luck is a factor. I have respect for TLW game play. There were many close matches.

Well said, Denise!

I hope you're enjoying your first clan challenge.

Good luck to all the new members of the EMPIRE crew!

Denise wrote:

Incandenza wrote:Wow, a total milk run, who woulda thunk it?

the.killing.44 wrote:Don't despair, Empire, I'm sure you'll learn from your loss and take new lessons learnt into your next toughie, Soldiers of War.

I can only speak for myself, but as a first time clan member (and I am not the only one), this challenge has been great training for me. We have exceeded our expectations, but we didn't know upon embarking on this challenge that this would be the case. Most of the more experienced (in challenges) have taken a back seat. We might be considered out of TLW's league, but with so many new players and with some of our top players retiring, we felt caution was the way to go. I for one would have been intimidated to face a top 10 clan for my first time out in a clan challenge.

And why am I getting the feeling this is somehow considered dishonorable? We are giving another up and coming clan an opportunity. We have much more to lose than they. As for the outcome, believe it or not, luck is a factor. I have respect for TLW game play. There were many close matches.

Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not opposed to a warm-up challenge. And if it'd just been this one, I doubt I'd have said anything. But it's the fact that you guys are in a second warm-up challenge featuring a pretty preposterous mismatch, before this one's even completed.

You are all certainly entitled to your opinion, and we respect that. It'll all make sense soon when you see who we are playing after SoW.

Incandenza wrote:Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not opposed to a warm-up challenge. And if it'd just been this one, I doubt I'd have said anything. But it's the fact that you guys are in a second warm-up challenge featuring a pretty preposterous mismatch, before this one's even completed.

Both these challenges were arranged at the same time. We postponed soldiers of war so we wouldn't be in 2 at once. It's been set since before we started playing TLW. Not sure this explanation makes a difference but hopefully it clears up the misconception that we sought out the challenge after we found out how goooood we are

jj3044 wrote:You are all certainly entitled to your opinion, and we respect that. It'll all make sense soon when you see who we are playing after SoW.

Incandenza wrote:Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not opposed to a warm-up challenge. And if it'd just been this one, I doubt I'd have said anything. But it's the fact that you guys are in a second warm-up challenge featuring a pretty preposterous mismatch, before this one's even completed.

Thought I should answer this as well. Chuck had taken the reigns on getting us in a warm-up challenge. It was his first time doing this, so he sent PMs out to four different clans at once, not realizing we might get more than one yes. We didn't want to back out of a challenge we asked for, so we decided to play both. Like Denise said, many of our war vets are not playing much. I was only in a handful of these. I think I'm in one total of the last set here. I haven't been in any SOW games yet. I'm only going to be in 2 of our 30 home games for that one. On the other hand, I saw that Wolffystyle is getting involved in that challenge, which is awesome since he's been all but retired and usually only pops into our clan forum to for a little shock and awe.

And like Denise said, we have nothing to gain from this. Even if we were to win this one 53-7, which is not going to happen, people will still criticize. By the way, what was THOTA's final result against Death By Comity, who I think was ranked at the bottom at the time?

Lol, I've gotten so many PMs from people in Empire that for a second I thought I'd been added to your mailing list. I'll say in public what I've said to a few of you privately: now that I know the facts, I retract my bit of snark.

Incandenza wrote:Lol, I've gotten so many PMs from people in Empire that for a second I thought I'd been added to your mailing list. I'll say in public what I've said to a few of you privately: now that I know the facts, I retract my bit of snark.

No! We enjoyed the snark

Also, what is all the secrecy about the next challenge? If these two challenges are your warm-up for THOTA...good luck with that

chemefreak wrote:

Incandenza wrote:Lol, I've gotten so many PMs from people in Empire that for a second I thought I'd been added to your mailing list. I'll say in public what I've said to a few of you privately: now that I know the facts, I retract my bit of snark.

No! We enjoyed the snark

Also, what is all the secrecy about the next challenge? If these two challenges are your warm-up for THOTA...good luck with that

THOTA has other things to worry about. It's not them

Lubawski wrote:

chemefreak wrote:

Incandenza wrote:Lol, I've gotten so many PMs from people in Empire that for a second I thought I'd been added to your mailing list. I'll say in public what I've said to a few of you privately: now that I know the facts, I retract my bit of snark.

No! We enjoyed the snark

Also, what is all the secrecy about the next challenge? If these two challenges are your warm-up for THOTA...good luck with that

THOTA has other things to worry about. It's not them

or is it?

who the bloody hell knows

cheerz

Game 7455632 Another EMPIRE win

updated the thread...this is officially a win for empire...as the gmaes wrap up...thanks for the challenge tlw

lord voldemort wrote:updated the thread...this is officially a win for empire...as the gmaes wrap up...thanks for the challenge tlw

Enjoyed it as well, not so much the losing, but we see as a clan that there is still some work to do so that we will be able to win on a consistent basis, against any team in the future.