[NC] Newcomers Cup /winners=THE PACK/

[Great-Ollie]

SIGH!! No need to be optimistic here you other clans, once you feel the wrath of THE PACK you can join everyone else in our rear view mirror! Actually i really think this will be a fun filled war with many great battles. A little surprised at the rankings but the match ups look fun. Good luck to all clans and may the best clan emerge victorious! My prediction for final three are: PACK, Wild Geese, and Pig Renters. I think Reapers get upset in round 2, and well i had WG ranked number 1 so i don't consider there wars to be upsets. Have fun guys and gals!

[qwert]

by TheSaxlad » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:05 pm

Wild Geese beat T4C? dont be silly and then we can beat OSA like in our clan war

well we are new clan,and we need to show our best against good clan,who all ready have much experience played against most strongest clans here.
This going to be hard task for our clan.

[John Deere]

I think final 3 will be GR, WG and PACK. but will be some pun matches

[padsta]

Prediction time.

GR
OSA
THE PACK
RA
WG
PIGS
all to win rd1

PIGS
THE PACK
WG
to advance to finals

gl to everyone and lets get this on

[qwert]

i must say,that these tournament have great organisation, Next tournament from these series will drag even more clans.

[jrh_cardinal]

I have a feeling our tie vs OSA will be the closest

wow, rough draw. You guys got out of playing them in the play-in round, now you end up them pre-finals anyway

So it looks like The Pack caught a break, they get an easier road to the finals even though it appears everyone who has posted puts them as the 4th best clan
No offense to RA, but I don't think you guys are at the same level as WG or OSA right now.

I also like how so far more people have picked 7 over 1 than 6 over 7

idk, you guys posting these things are some of the same people who made the rankings, I don't understand how you could rank them like this, then immediately say all of these things about how bad the rankings are.



Oh well, back on subject, the actual games:
As of now, I don't think any round 1 challenge will be down to the wire. Hard to say with new clans (Pig Renters in particular), but I think Pig Renters have a good-sized advantage over AKA, and the top 5 seeds should have very little difficulty with their opponents.

rd 2:
GR over PR
WG over OSA
PACK over RA
I don't think GR (if they continue to play as well as they are against LOTZ) or THE PACK should have much trouble, WG and OSA I feel bad for , they both deserve a chance to be in the finals, and I think the finals of GR, WG, and OSA is very evenly matched and would be incredibly interesting to watch. As it is, I think WG's experience wins out (barely), and they squeak into the finals over OSA.

finals:
1 GR
2 WG
3 PACK
GR is extremely streaky (I would know ). When they're playing like they are now in their war against LOTZ, they're the best clan in this event imo. However, with almost the same players as they have now (there's 1 or 2 new guys, I think 3 of us left), only a month or two ago they played much nowhere close to this caliber in a few wars and in the clan league. Playing like that, they're only a middle of the pack (no pun intended) clan here, they could even miss out on the finals altogether.
I'm hoping the good version of GR can stick around for a while now (forever ), so that's who I'm going with

[jigger1986]

First of, thanks Cardinal for the support.

I was thinking the same thing with the rankings. The people who made them, ranked GR 1st, but most are now saying we wont make it past round 2, interested. They also ranked Pig lower than us, but assume they would beat us in round 2.

The most surprising/upsetting thing is the low ranking of OSA and WG. And especially that, (assuming they both win their first round wars) their match up in the semis (I personally ranked them 1 and 2) so seeing two clear favorites have to fight it out before the finals is, well, kinda shitty for lack of better words.

GR, since being invited, has been pumped for this challenge, and its just keeps getting bigger, with the breakout onto the clan world of OSA(a 2 game loss to DB is pretty impressive considering it was OSA's 2 war, and DB recent activity) When I found out WG would be playing it just sweetened the pot.

As for predictions I will make none. Reapers are playing to win, and we are confident that we have what it takes to pull it out.

Again, good luck to all involved.

[Drew483]

Let's get in on!

[benga]

WOW this is getting bigger then CCup 2

And as always our war thread is silent
and field of war will be full with victories

[General Brock II]

So the odds are 8 to 1 against the 1st? Taking bets, anyone? *pops open briefcase* $20 says the Guards prevail over the reapers. Kidding, kidding.

[jigger1986]

So the odds are 8 to 1 against the 1st? Taking bets, anyone? *pops open briefcase* $20 says the Guards prevail over the reapers. Kidding, kidding.

Oh if we could only gamble on this site, I would never leave.
I would give you 8:1 all day on that bet.

[tkr4lf]

I notice nobody has even mentioned SoH. You shouldn't discount us outright. We've got some fight in us. At least enough to make it to Round 2. But apparently, nobody else thinks so....

[alt1978]

For our part we were also surprised by OSA and WG not being higher. The FFS have been beating us like we stole something the last month or two...and we have single handedly helped vicsmasters get his third bar. Seeing how well OSA is playing the FFS...hard to imagine them not the hands down number one...but that's just my take. It would be fun to see the winner of the Newcomer's Cup get a shot at playing one of the top tier clans...maybe not a 1-4 but a 5-10. Again my take...and again...great job setting this up Benga.

[Great-Ollie]

For our part we were also surprised by OSA and WG not being higher. The FFS have been beating us like we stole something the last month or two...and we have single handedly helped vicsmasters get his third bar. Seeing how well OSA is playing the FFS...hard to imagine them not the hands down number one...but that's just my take. It would be fun to see the winner of the Newcomer's Cup get a shot at playing one of the top tier clans...maybe not a 1-4 but a 5-10. Again my take...and again...great job setting this up Benga.

Any top clans out there want a shot at the Newcomers Cup champions? I like this idea it would put even more on the line for the winner.

[shocked439]

For our part we were also surprised by OSA and WG not being higher. The FFS have been beating us like we stole something the last month or two...and we have single handedly helped vicsmasters get his third bar. Seeing how well OSA is playing the FFS...hard to imagine them not the hands down number one...but that's just my take. It would be fun to see the winner of the Newcomer's Cup get a shot at playing one of the top tier clans...maybe not a 1-4 but a 5-10. Again my take...and again...great job setting this up Benga.

Any top clans out there want a shot at the Newcomers Cup champions? I like this idea it would put even more on the line for the winner.

In the ccup thread there was discussion about another event later in the year featuring more clans. Maybe once the cup is down to 8 or so.

If I was wagering on this event I'd take OSA and I'd hedge it with a bet on WG who ever wins that battle is taking this.