Why did Olympus even sign up for Clan League? I thought they already hit bottom previous season, but apparently they could embarass themselves even more!

Quick update:

Things continue to progress quickly for everyone except ACME, who is really slowing the group down. HYDRA drops a game to Poon Squad on Guiroma, thus tallying their third loss. FCC, HYDRA, and ACME are all really close right now. If anything, HYDRA and ACME should be the favorites to promote over FCC at this point, due to the fact that two 3v3s (one vs FBG, the other vs ACME), are most likely to be losses, but it is really too early to tell in a very close race:



As predicted, its really easy to tell there are two tiers of clan here, with ACME, FCC, and HYDRA in the top and Poon Squad, Olympus, and FBG in the bottom. You could even say that their are three tiers here:

Tier I: ACME, FCC, HYDRA
Tier IIa. Poon Squad, FBG
Tier IIb. Olympus

Olympus is only 13 points away from mathematically being eliminated from promotion.

Edited 2/20/2017 02:01:21

Honestly most of Hydra's and FCC's wins are still against the tiers IIa and IIb. We need to wait for the actual games to finish to see where it'll go.

Two of FCC's boot losses, one observed, one projected, were vs ACME, for a total of 8 points against them. It's fairly significant considering the tightness of the race.

Quick Update:



It seems things have become all the more interesting. Its becoming apparent that we can't assume that Hydra will be able to promote anymore. If anyone needs evidence, take a look at the Old Strat ME and the Guiroma 1v1 tournament. Milly has dropped games against both ACME and FCC, with a defeat at the hands of the strategic menace ACL tears and a suprising upset loss vs. sloppyfatginger. As it stands right now, Hydra has yet to win against any player/team from ACME and FCC, which, although early, is not a good sign. Meanwhile, FCC has dropped its 2v2 guiroma game vs ACME, and pardon continues to chug strong in volcano island after winning it for FCC in guiroma. Pardon99 and sloppyfatginger coming in clutch is really helping them to overcome Nauzhror's Boots. As for ACME, they may be slow, but they are definitely keeping up the pace with the other two clans, with wins against both FCC and HYDRA.

Poon Squad is a clan that is proving itself more so than ever as the upsetter. It has one 1v1 victory against each FCC, HYDRA, and ACME at this point. This keeps the races balanced, but the upper tiers should be wary of the players here, and underestimating them is a mistake.

FBG can not say much of the same. They are kind of lulling between poon squad and olympus. Its a fairly nonchalant spot to be, and it seems they are just idling around.

Olympus is now 8 points away from being the first clan mathematically eliminated from contention.

Edited 2/21/2017 22:19:55

The force of Hydra were team games, everyone knew it here in Hydra. Wait until team games are done against FCC and ACME, I am confident we can redeem ourselves there. I know for sure that I will give much efforts on what I can control (Deadman's RoR) in order for Hydra to get to stage 2.

Edited 2/21/2017 22:35:55

Quick update:

With FCC and HYDRA at 41 total points, and Olympus at 39 max points, Olympus earns the dubious distinction of being the first clan to become eliminated from qualifying for Division C and subsequent promotion to B. This has happened a little over two and a half weeks in to play.

Edited 2/22/2017 16:27:42

Fantastic updates btw Aura , quite a few games finished in Q1 and the picture forming is basically what most people expected (wish CLA would go as fast). Seems like Hydra are having a slight bump and with FCC few boots ACME did get a better chance but I expect Hydra will pull there finger out in team games like Bennoit suggested. Doubt there will be more than 20 points between #1 and #3 at the end. Just some rought thoughts :P

Cl9 Q1 Comprehensive Update III


Completed Games:

Denotes Winner

3v3 Deadman's Rome:
-None-

2v2 Guiroma:
HYDRA vs Poon Squad         https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12849471
HYDRA vs FBG                https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12869136
ACME vs FBG                 https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12849476
ACME vs FCC                 https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12869139

1v1 Guiroma:
Olympus vs FBG              https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12877663
ACME vs Poon Squad          https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12884070
Poon Squad vs HYDRA         https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12932787

1v1 Old Strat ME:
FCC vs HYDRA                https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12954792
HYDRA vs Poon Squad         https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12917911
HYDRA vs ACME               https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12933607
FBG vs FCC                  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12917914
Olympus vs FCC              https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12917913
 

1v1 Volcano Island
FCC vs Olympus              https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12949867
FCC vs ACME                 https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12869065
Poon Squad vs ACME          https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12895110
Poon Squad vs FBG           https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12923337

Data Summary:




Horse Race:




Progression:




Overview:
This division has progressed rapidly, with the exception of ACME. In week three, even ACME has really started to complete its games, however. This week sees HYDRA and ACME both win 2 2v2s a piece, with ACME securing a (premature?) victory over FCC, as well. In addition, this week sees pardon99 continuing to roll, beating ACME on their template as well, as well as sloppyfatginger providing FCC a suprising victory of his own vs HYDRA. The FCC is absolutely trying its utmost to make up for the Nauzhror Boots, which still continue to haunt them. Poon Squad continues to chug along, doing fairly respectably, with Andresso and Matrixh both beating Respectable opponents from HYDRA and ACME, respectively. FBG is beginning to rack in losses without many victories, and would be considered the worst performing in Q2 or Q3, if they were there instead. However, they have Olympus to save them from having such a title, who also find themselves in the unfortunate position of being eliminated from contention to Division C.

Clan by Clan:

ACME:
ACME has picked up the pace, gathering some 1v1s and 2 2v2s to their belt. Their victory over FCC, while expected, was significant in a tight race.

FCC:
FCC rebounds this week, with pardon99 proving to be a stalwart for them. In addition, sloppyfatginger not so sloppily cleans up after Nauzhror, going 3-0 and finishing FCC at 3-2 in 1v1 ME 0% WR.

FBG:
FBG goes 1-1 this week. Its becoming apparent that they may be at a level below Poon Squad, However.

HYDRA:
Hydra should be careful in their situation. Even if they have stronger team games, the fact that they are weighted only 50% of the score in the qualifiers does not bode well for them. They will have to win big here, and even a single loss on either the 2v2 or 3v3 vs ACME or FCC could prove devastating.

The Poon Squad:
Poon Squad is definitely upsetting at this point. They don't have the beef compared to the rosters put out by the Tier I clans, however, they are definitely a group to walk gingerly around.

Olympus:
I think they speak for themselves.

Game of the Week: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12895110 (ACME vs Poon Squad)

This game is interesting since it was an upset of ACME by Poon Squad. Matt431 undervalues an FTB, and it burns him in this game. From that point on, the game is pretty much no contest, as Poon Squad runs away with the victory. Alongside Poon Squad's victory in 1v1 guiroma vs HYDRA, and the boot victory vs Nauzhror, the Tier I clans sit even in this metric- but should be very careful playing against them in the future.

Edited 3/3/2017 23:06:56

Quick Update: FBG is, after several losses, distancing themselves away from the group, and now is only four points away from being eliminated from contention. In any other group they would be the worst performer, but Olympus saves them from that distinction.

Quick Update:

The FCC secures its second tournament victory, on Volcano Island, with a win over Hunta. Pardon99 ends his Q1 work with a stellar 10-0 record! Congratulations pardon, you definitely did your duty!

FBG sits a precarious two points away from mathematical elimination from contention.

With that, the picture is becoming a bit less cloudy:



HYDRA now sits 8 points behind FCC and 9 behind ACME. Besides a Hydra/ACME on volcano island and a few more old strat ME games by ACME, the 1v1 picture for the realistic contenders is just about finished. Assuming ACL wins his games against Bayern Munchern is the Best! and Hera, that means that the likely finishing values will be FCC (39), HYDRA 24/27, and ACME 27/30. In either case, FCC, as was predicted by many, showed their strength in 1v1 play. Many view that Hydra's main strength is team game play, so it will be interesting how things work out as the 1v1 aspect fades into the background.

If we consider nauzhror's 3v3 boots, though, FCC is -2 compared to HYDRA, so its still going to be a close race either way.

Edited 2/28/2017 04:16:58

Ahaha damn, Pardon made more points than Poon Squad, FBG and Olympus !

And only 2 less than Acme

You add 2 extra 3v3 wins if not done already for Hydra

Hydra won against Poonsquad
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12918551

Hydra won against FBG

Edited 3/2/2017 18:54:10

My University's IT services are currently down excepting essential and mobile sites. I have taken a vacation until these issues have resolved, however, I have no idea when they will be, nor am I capable of making updates at the moment. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. I am currently unable to use Skype or discord, so if you absolutely need to contact me, send me a PM.

Thanks,
Aura

Quick Update:

Congratulations to ACL Tears for securing Old Strat ME 1v1! With that, we have determined the winner of all 1v1 tournaments! Good work, ACME!

In other news, FBG is elimanated from contention, HYDRA only has four games left to complete, and this division continues its quick progress.

Edited 3/3/2017 03:52:03

....Hydra only has 5 games left....

Corrected the spelling of our clan and the number of games left XD

I will make note to reference Hydra as you wish.

Cl9 Q1 Comprehensive Update III


Completed Games:

Denotes Winner

3v3 Deadman's Rome:
Hydra vs Poon Squad         https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12918551
Hydra vs FBG                https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12843223

2v2 Guiroma:
FBG vs Poon Squad           https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12946117
Poon Squad  vs Olympus      https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12917908

1v1 Guiroma:
ACME vs FBG                 https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12954261
ACME vs Olympus             https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12933606

1v1 Old Strat ME:
FBG vs Olympus              https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12933608
Olympus vs ACME             https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12971309
 

1v1 Volcano Island
FCC vs Hydra                https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12931918

Data Summary:




Horse Race:




Progression:




Overview:
This division continues to chug along at its uncanny pace, to the point where competition is starting to wind down. 1v1s are almost over, and the focus will shift to team games in the coming weeks as they slowly complete. FCC, ACME, and Hydra continue their dogfight with each other, while Poon Squad continues its slow sink. FBG and Olympus are now both eliminated from contention. Its definitely going to be an exciting finish as this division draws to a close!

Clan by Clan:

ACME:
ACME continues the Catch-up phase, and is pushing through the feeder wins at a slower pace than that of FCC and Hydra. I suspect this trend to continue.

FCC:
FCC sits steady this week, finishing up their 1v1 play altogether. Its team games from here on out: They have 7 games left.

FBG:
FBG sees itself get eliminated from contention. However, I don't think they have to be worried about being the worst performer.

Hydra:
With 5 games left, things are winding down on the HYDRA side of things. They definitely sped through this clan league at a very rapid clip. And yeah, things are coming down to the wire as we speak.

The Poon Squad:
The Poon Squad is hanging onto their thin promotion chances. Kudos to them for holding onto the dream with such tough competition. They hold onto hope while all is lost in FBG and Olympus.

Olympus:
So uh... yeah.

Game of the Week:

Nothing was perking my interest enough for a GoTW. Most of the wins have been run of the mill.

Edited 3/5/2017 06:21:33

Is there any disadvantage for ending up as the 2nd rather than 1st in this Q1 stage? I read through the CL rules but found none. Any one can confirm this?