Conquer Club

Night Strike wrote:

dowian2 wrote:Due to the format of this tournament (each clan sends their complete set of home games 2 weeks apart), I'm just curious as to what happens if a beta map comes out of beta in the middle of a challenge. Would the second clan be able to use it?

Just want to get the question out there before it happens and there's an argument

Couldn't the first team just make sure that the player who was wanting to play the new map takes that game as an away game?

Not in the rare case he's used his 5 games for the current round(s)/challenge

Or if he wanted a different a map (if more than 1 are released at the same time), or more likely settings, while less important, would be different

Lets keep it fair. Maps that are released from Beta during the middle of a challenge (after Team 1 has started its process which we'll determine to be the Friday before games have to be sent out to Team 2) will not be eligible for either team.

Looks like all the games for the home teams all got joined perfectly in time. Great job to all involved.

barterer2002 wrote:Looks like all the games for the home teams all got joined perfectly in time. Great job to all involved.

Got mine on time too

OK all the classic sets were done on time this week. I note that 1 challenge has already played (active) its Team 2 home games, one other has created and is in process of joining and 2 are still in need of some creation.

Just for scheduling purposes, I'm anticipating that the next round will begin on the 21st of March although it may need to be pushed back to the 28th if this round doesn't get finished by the 18th or so.

Looks like all the games are playing away at this point.

3 of 4 are done with just the AOD/Devils Brigade match up still running.

barterer2002 wrote:3 of 4 are done with just the AOD/Devils Brigade match up still running.

Negotiations must have run long, thats what you get with two CD's negotiating terms...

Gold Knight wrote:

barterer2002 wrote:3 of 4 are done with just the AOD/Devils Brigade match up still running.

Negotiations must have run long, thats what you get with two CD's negotiating terms...

I think I'll pop into that OP and make sure the war is well documented

So it looks like we get Nemesis. Am I right about this?

G1 v ID
Nemesis v Legion
Foed v Myth
Empire v (AoD or DB)

Look right?

chemefreak wrote:

Gold Knight wrote:

barterer2002 wrote:3 of 4 are done with just the AOD/Devils Brigade match up still running.

Negotiations must have run long, thats what you get with two CD's negotiating terms...

I think I'll pop into that OP and make sure the war is well documented

So it looks like we get Nemesis. Am I right about this?

G1 v ID
Nemesis v Legion
Foed v Myth
Empire v (AoD or DB)

Look right?

I think so, basically:
4v5
3v6
2v7
1v8/9 ?

So it's chalk so far. What will be the first upset?

And when do we plan on starting the next round?

danryan wrote:So it's chalk so far. What will be the first upset?

And when do we plan on starting the next round?

We have some large maps being played in the DB home games and some with lots of neutrals. Most games are in the round 4-6 range so it will probably be at least another week at a minimum.

jpcloet wrote:

danryan wrote:So it's chalk so far. What will be the first upset?

And when do we plan on starting the next round?

We have some large maps being played in the DB home games and some with lots of neutrals. Most games are in the round 4-6 range so it will probably be at least another week at a minimum.

For your games to finish, but should that necessarily decrease the starting of other match-ups we can already determine? Not a slight, and I can understand if Bart wants to start all the games together, but I'd think it'd be in everyone's interest to run it quickly since schedules will only start getting more packed as the different cups and challenges move on.
Also, if the current seeding is an indication of how close this duel is, the next round may be just as prolonged so it may be wise to initialize it quickly?
Who knows, the one who advances here may be involved in the most lopsided encounter in the next round

Not a slight at all, DB and AOD were clearly the toughest match up in the first round, and based on the pace of each clan this should finish extremely close. DB won the tie-break so they have a slight advantage.

There is still one game for the first batch ongoing too

28 rounds on Fuedal Epic

Game 8550273

The players are tied 2-2, so this is the deciding game for them

Lets Go ahead and start the matches that can get going on Monday with the 1 v 8/9 match waiting a week until it is determined if AOD or DB advances. I'll drop a note to the contacts to this effect.

Officially the following maps are still in Beta for This round of maps (and all new ones of course) and thus can't be used.

Transib 1914
Thailand
South Africa 1885
Kings Court
First Nations of America
Clandamonium

And the first 4 matches are done and went according to chalk

barterer2002 wrote:And the first 4 matches are done and went according to chalk

Great, we battle our hearts out and get rewarded with a matchup with #1 Empire... No worries, here comes George Mason!

Gold Knight wrote:

barterer2002 wrote:And the first 4 matches are done and went according to chalk

Great, we battle our hearts out and get rewarded with a matchup with #1 Empire... No worries, here comes George Mason!

#1 Ohio St. 98, #8 George Mason 66.

Just sayin'

dowian2 wrote:

Gold Knight wrote:

barterer2002 wrote:And the first 4 matches are done and went according to chalk

Great, we battle our hearts out and get rewarded with a matchup with #1 Empire... No worries, here comes George Mason!

#1 Ohio St. 98, #8 George Mason 66.

Just sayin'

You know what I was getting at...Smartass.

Would say Morehead St, Richmond, etc but they havent taken down a #1 seed yet... Perhaps we go 2010, you be Kansas and we get to be Northern Iowa? Im about to get all Ali Farokhmanesh on this challenge.

danryan wrote:So it's chalk so far. What will be the first upset?

And when do we plan on starting the next round?

I would imagine first upset will be Empire losing in the second round

And I want Dowian hehehe

Whoosh, been a long time since I've trash talked, this is a blast

Thanks for putting this on Bart. It was a good idea and well executed, and we had fun