Welcome every AWP World Tour Magazine readers!

This is a weekly based magazine where you can read EVERYTHING about the STARS of the Tour!
You will know what is the favorite food of Buns, or the name of MoD's cat, and so on...


Ok, this is not really true (only case if will be a volunteer who will do interviews with them :P )


But what you can read here those will be weekly summaries about what happened on the Tour in the previous week. Actual Ranking Lists, new and finished events, interesting pairings, results and so on.

Although the Tour started only yesterday but let me present some short news already :)

First of all, a reminder link about the concept:
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/156042-awp-world-tour

And here you can find the first event:
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19365

It was became full in a few hours, and 3 games already have finished (they was in realtime actually).

As KKND noted in the tourney chat, many players joined from the Turtles clan (5/16) and 2 of them already advanced to the quarterfinals. Congrats to the Turtles for the very good start!

3 finished games is nothing, but I still would like to show you the present standings:

Rank	Player					Total points
		
1	ANT					45
1	culpa					45
1	Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello	45
2	13CHRIS37				0
2	Beren • apex				0
2	Buns157					0
2	DanWL					0
2	Don [ Ω ]				0
2	Hades					0
2	KKND					0
2	master of desaster			0
2	Muli					0
2	Niko Boubou				0
2	Oh					0
2	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak			0
2	Wini					0

Especially the detailed google spreadsheet, because that will be the place where I will register everything:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs/pubhtml

And I recommend your attention the sheet Events too, where you can check the finished, running and planned AWF World Tour events.

Well, that's all for this week.
Stay tuned for the next week edition :P

Edited 7/18/2016 11:11:59

Aaaaand i'm out already ^^

This really does seem like an awesome idea! I thank you for hosting this and I only wished you organised this after a certain amount of time after clan league started I could find the time to join :(

Great Idea and I will encourage others to join.

@MoD
It was surprisingly (for me at least). But you do not have to worry at all, because it was only the first 250 Series event, will be an event in every week, so you will have many chances to correct this issue :D

@Plat
You are welcome!
I already wrote about the starting date issue in the other topic.
I mean, I know that there are so many good competitions recently run or starting, but I can not do anything, this thing just came in my mind now, and I must to do it now ;)

And I think there is no any issue with it.
I mean, this is a neverending series, you can not miss anything if you join later.
Only the best six events will be counted from 500 and 250 Series events, and my plan is that will be 1 500 and 2 250 Series event in every months, so you will have enough chances to catch up with the others

Ok, maybe miss the major events mean some disadvantages if you want to reach the TOP10 position asap, but if you are patient then you will have time to do it (because next year you will have chance to win them).

And we are speaking about 1 major events per month (and only 1 Grand Slam (the most important events) per season) in Single Elimination format (only 1 plus game to you per tourney and only until your first lose). This is (intentionally) a very fast format.

And again, this is mostly a fun series.
So just come and make some funs (and do your hard work in Clan League :P )

i won't be joining all for sure, but i would be happy if you keep inviting me to this

Additionally some small news from the Tour.

The registration topic of the second Tour event was created:
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/160250-awp-world-tour-500-series-battle-islands-v

5 new games were ended in the first event, so I made an update in the Ranking List:
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/160250-awp-world-tour-500-series-battle-islands-v

Rank	Player					Total points			
1	ANT					90
1	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak			90
2	culpa					45
2	Oh					45
2	Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello	45
2	master of desaster			45
3	Buns157					0
3	DanWL					0
3	Don [ Ω ]				0
3	KKND					0
3	13CHRIS37				0
3	Hades					0
3	Beren • apex				0
3	Muli					0
3	Niko Boubou				0
3	Wini					0

The little big (capital letters :) ) ANT diligently collects shiny (Apex and Masters) scalps.
But the Greek is close behind! (ok, actually the same position (just alphabetical disadvantage), but sounds better this way :) )

They are the early heroes of the Tour! ;-)

@Krzychu
Ok, I will invite you.
And I am the happy that another old Warlight star joined to the Tour! Welcome ;-)

Btw, you can check the event schedule in the google spreadsheet Events tab if you want to plan what settings/week want to play.

I'm not on your list of invitees, please add me there

edit.: ok, I read that you will invite players from current tournament

Edited 6/14/2016 12:50:26

Those 1st round games never end ;p

Edited 6/15/2016 11:22:58

Daily news from the Tour.

The second event on the Tour has been created and filled in a few hours, just like the first event, despite the double size. Great :)

Tourney link: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19469

I would like to welcome another veteran Warlight star, Summer, on the Tour ;-)
And the Tour gave her a gift, a nice game immediately in the first round against MoD :)
It seems a very good fight, gl hf :)

Most players (4) from the Turtles again, but there are players from 20 clans now! Nice :)

Edited 6/15/2016 15:05:42

I would like to participate in this as well :) From the other post, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to sign up tbh, so I hope writing here is enough.

Hmm, it seems that the invitation method is not very clear for many people.
Ok, it is not very simple, but I hope that sooner or later will be clear for everybody.

I try to help you.

I introduce a new feature for the most simplest way to join the Tour.

• Permanent Wild Card request
  You only have to write to me here or any other AWP topic or PM that you want to join in this way.
  After this you automatically will be on the Wild Card request list for every AWP World Tour events (until you write to me you would like to leave) It is not guaranteed that you will be invited, but you do everything what you can (I mean with the minimum effort, without understand the system :P).

And here are some details about the invitation method:

• Irregular invitations in the beginning
  Until there will be enough players on the Ranking List (100+ players with points (higher than 0)), I will use this invitation method, what means I will invite everybody who was invited to the previous event (here you can check the present invite list: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19469)
  If you are not in this list but would like to join, simple write to me here or any new event topics or PM (and write to me also if you are in the list but would like to leave).
  
• Regular invitation method
  You can find it in the AWP World Tour topic, and will be more detailed after we will have reached this 100+ players threshold.
  

Finally, I try to explain how the invitation method works from the players' point of view:

• Will be one AWP World Tour events in every week
  
• On every Monday will open a new topic for the actual weekly events (including all the details such as: when the tournament will be created, on which template, how many participants, etc.). These topics' names always will start exactly with the "AWP World Tour -" strings, so you can easy search them.
  
• The weekly tournaments will be created always on Wednesdays.
  
• So there will be 2 days for everybody to join (requesting Wild Card) to the actual weekly event, simple writing a post into this actual weekly event topic until Wednesday.
  Or you can request Permanent Wild Card too of course (see above).
  Or if you understood the system, and know that you will be invited because your ranking list position (or the irregular way above) you do not have to do anything (but if not sure then preferably write a post it won't be problem :) )
  
• One event per weeks possible mean a lot of games for you, so you can plan your participation exactly, using the "Events" tab on this google spreadsheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs You can find here the event schedules with all necessary info.
  
• Best practice if you try to join to all the major tournaments (one per months: 4 Grand Slam, 8 Masters in a year) and just as many smaller (500 and 250 Series) tourneys which games volume is not too much for you.
  This is because you can gain the most points from the major events (especially from the 4 Grand Slam) and only your best six results will be counted from the 500 and 250 Series events (the possible maximum points from the smaller events is 3000 (six 500 Series tourney win) while you gain 2000 points if you win only one Grand Slam)
  

@Markus: you are in the actual invite list, because you were invited to the previous tourney (just you were too slow to join :P or simple did not want to join to that tourney ;) )

Edited 6/20/2016 04:53:07

Weekly Tour News - week 25th edition

• First of all, the actual TOP 10 players from the Ranking List

  Rank	Player				    Total points	Tourney still in/all
  1	Don [ Ω ]				150			2/2
  2	ANT					135			1/2
  2	master of desaster			135			1/2
  4	FlyingBender				90			1/1
  4	Krzychu					90			1/1
  4	mm3100					90			1/1
  4	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak			90			0/2
  8	Botanator				45			1/1
  8	Buns157					45			1/1
  8	culpa					45			2/2
  8	fireice82				45			1/1
  8	INSIDE					45			1/1
  8	Master Jz				45			1/1
  8	Milly					45			1/1
  8	Robert E Lee				45			1/1
  8	Cao Cao					45			0/1
  8	Maréchal Lannes, duc de Montebello	45			0/1
  8	Oh					45			0/1
  8	Smutny Edgar				45			0/1
  8	Wini					45			0/2

  You can find here the full Ranking List:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs
  
  Don is sitting on the top present (congrats!), but many good players are climbing the mountain.
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 250 Series - Guiroma
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19365
  Left only 3 games.
  Don, the Turtle Killer (in the first two rounds he defeated two Turtles), is already in the final, and 3 Turtles are fighting in the other bracket side for the opportunity to revenge on their fellows :)
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 500 Series - Battle Islands V
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19469
  Good progress here too, 4/8 players already qualified into the quarterfinal (and what a names!)
  Mod won the derby in the first round againts Summer, it was a really bloody fight.
  
  
• The third event started, the registration topic created
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/161324-awp-world-tour-250-series-france-ld
  The tournament will be created on this Wednesday after 23:00 CET
  It is an LD tourney (France LD) I am curious how successful it will be.
  
  
• You can find some help in my previous post about how to join to this series, worth reading
  

Edited 6/21/2016 04:52:46

Lol... i guess i have to change my name then: "Don - TheTurtleKiller" :-)... anyway Turtles took revenge on me :/ Alpha-Turtle Buns had me than :-).... Congrats Buns for winning the 1st event on the AWP Tour

Weekly Tour News - Week 25th - Edition 2nd

• Congratulations to Buns157 the first event winner on the Tour!
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19365
  He is the Ceasar of Guiroma! Ave! :)
  
• And congrats to him to hold a new first ladder place here, beside the existing two (1vs1 and realtime ladders). It is a really amazing performance!
  The present TOP10 on the Tour:

  Rank	Player			    Total points	Tourney still in/all
  1	Buns157				250			0/1
  2	Don [ Ω ]			150			0/2
  3	master of desaster		135			1/2
  	ANT				135			0/2
  5	Botanator			90			1/1
  	fireice82			90			1/1
  	FlyingBender			90			1/1
  	Krzychu				90			1/1
  	mm3100				90			1/1
  	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak		90			0/2

  And the full Ranking List here (more games finished in the last two days):
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs
  
• The third event (France LD) was created:
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19569
  Strong field again, exciting matches are expected
  
• IMPORTANT: please help me to find the best (52!) templates for the Tour here:
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/161829-awp-world-tour-template-polling
  
• And a bit offtopic but congrats for the Hungarian National Football Team to win their group in the UEFA Euro 2016 :D
  

Weekly Tour News - Week 26th - 1st Edition

• The fourth event started, the registration topic created
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/162654-awp-world-tour-250-series-treasure-map
  I am wonder, how many new players will join to the Tour with this event.
  One thing is sure, they have to be very fast to joining because the veterans always join very quickly :)
  
  
• And here are the veterans who joined to all Tour events (3) so far:
  
  • master of desaster
    
  • Don [ Ω ]
    
  • ANT
    
  • Muli
    
  • 13CHRIS37
  Special highlighting Don, because he was the first who registered to the first event (he was the first who understand the invitation system at all :) )
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 500 Series - Battle Islands V
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19469
  Welcome the first 500 Series semifinalist, fireice82! It means the second position to him immediately on the Ranking List, well done, nice debut on the Tour!
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 250 Series - France LD
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19569
  Despite the LD settings, very good progress here already (5 games finished).
  And the player list in the quarter final is very impressive!
  
  
• The present TOP10 on the Tour:
  

  Rank	Player			    Total points	Tourney still in/all
  1	Buns157				295			1/2
  2	fireice82			180			1/1
  	master of desaster		180			2/3
  4	Don [ Ω ]			150			1/3
  5	ANT				135			1/3
  	Krzychu				135			2/2
  7	Botanator			90			1/2
  	FlyingBender			90			1/1
  	mm3100				90			0/1
  	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak		90			0/2
  

  And you can find here the full Ranking List:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs
  
  
• The event schedules were filled until August 2017, you can find them in the google spreadsheets above, in the Events tab. Although you can find only the exact time (week) of the different (Grand Slam, Masters 1000, 500 and 250 Series) events, but templates are for the next few events only, because I am still waiting for your help to deciding about which templates should be used on the Tour events:
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/161829-awp-world-tour-template-polling
  

Weekly Tour News - Week 26th - 2nd Edition

• The fourth event (Treasure Map) was created
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19653
  Welcome the four (awesomeusername, pip, Pushover, MIFRAN) new players on the Tour!
  Already 4 of 8 games finished in the first round, but no any quarterfinal yet :O
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 500 Series - Battle Islands V
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19469
  Congrats to FlyingBender to reach the semifinal, the progress is very good in the right side of the bracket (the last game is ongoing), while the left side still no any quarterfinals, but first round finished at least :)
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 250 Series - France LD
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19569
  Congrats to Krzychu to reach the semifinal beating Summer, wp!
  
  
• The present TOP10 on the Tour:
  

  Rank	Player			    Total points	Tourney still in/all
  1	Buns157				295			1/2
  2	ANT				180			2/4
  	fireice82			180			1/1
  	FlyingBender			180			1/1
  	Krzychu				180			3/3
  	master of desaster		180			3/4
  7	Don [ Ω ]			150			1/4
  8	Botanator			90			0/2
  	mm3100				90			0/1
  	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak		90			0/2
  

  And you can find here the full Ranking List:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs
  
  
• Because the 250 Series events (16 players) "filled stupidly fast" and more players missed them, from now on I will use larger (32 players) size for the 250 Series event, and the first round will be a kind of qualification round, the winner of this round will get 10 points only (and the second round winner will get 45 points, so stay the same point for the quarterfinalist as earlier)
  Also I will always post into the forum topic of the actual event the exact time when I will send the invitations out, and I try to do this as varied as I can. These time will be beetwen 04:00-24:00 CET (the rest 4 hours always belong to my sleep time :D), and maybe not only Wednesdays.
  
  
• I have changed the event schedules informations according to this, and other two changes in the Event tab:
  • decided that the last event on July will be on RAD-O§IL
    
  • the next event (Strategic Greece) will be 500 Series instead of 250 (meaning more points)
    
  for more details check the Event tab of the google docs link above
  
  
• The templates for the 500 and 250 Series events will be decided monthly, in the previous months by the community.
  In practice, this means that the first days of every months I will open a topic where the community can propose templates for the two (or three) 250 and the one 500 Series events in the next month. And the end days of the months I will pick up 3 (or 4) from them and register them in the google spreadsheet as the following 500 and 250 Series events.
  
  But the major events (4 Grand Slams, 8 Masters) should be decided now.
  I have made a 25-piece template list from which I will choose the templates of the 12 major events, please help me find the best ones.
  See more: https://www.warlight.net/Forum/161829-awp-world-tour-template-polling
  

Weekly Tour News - Week 27th - 1st Edition

• The fifth event (Strategic Greece) started, the registration topic created
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/164024-awp-world-tour-500-series-strategic-greece
  It is a 500 Series event, what means 32 players field, so perhaps will be 24 hours for joining.
  Or not :)
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 500 Series - Battle Islands V
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19469
  Welcome the first 500 Series finalist, fireice82! It means already the first position to him on the Ranking List! Very nice first event, congrats! With this game the right side of the bracket finished, however, no any progress from the left side.
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 250 Series - France LD
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19569
  No progress here.
  
  
• AWP World Tour - 250 Series - Treasure Map
  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=19653
  One game finished, Krzychu (sorry, Krzysztof :) ) defeats culpa and reach another quarterfinals.
  
  
• The present TOP10 on the Tour:
  

  Rank	Player			    Total points	Tourney still in/all
  1	fireice82			300			1/1
  2	Buns157				295			1/2
  3	Krzysztof			225			3/3
  4	ANT				180			2/4
  	master of desaster		180			3/4
  	FlyingBender			180			0/1
  7	Don [ Ω ]			150			1/4
  8	Botanator			90			0/2
  	mm3100				90			0/1
  	PanagiotisTheGreekFreak		90			0/2
  

  You can find here the full Ranking List:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ao0SlM6Kv6CE1-Ha5mBIrI6nj4Uft2lMaE25qbXxWHs
  
  
• Worth to check the google docs above because I have improved a few things:
  
  • Clan and nationality information added into the Ranking List
    
  • For better understanding the system I put some information to the top of the both sheets (e.g. point distribution, event schedule logic, etc.) I hope they will help.
    
  • Some design changes :)
  
  
• It is the beginning of the month, so as I wrote earlier, I opened the first monthly template polling topic:
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/164033-awp-world-tour-august-events-template-polling
  Help me find the proper templates for the 500 and 250 Series events in August.
  
  
• And still need help for choosing the 12 major events template :P
  https://www.warlight.net/Forum/161829-awp-world-tour-template-polling
  

Edited 7/6/2016 15:00:35

Walter, if you put your tables within the bounds of (code)(/code) - with brackets instead of parentheses - they will look neater. I'm an advocate of alignment!

Hmm, looks not very good :) Maybe I did not understand well your advice :O