Your clan simply has to finish in the first two places to get to C. There is no disadvantage between first and second. You just need to be in one of those two slots to promote.

Quick Update: With an ACME win on Old Strat ME vs Poon Squad, Poon Squad has now been mathematically eliminated from contention. We are now in the home stretch of qualifying play, and the close three way battle between Hydra, ACME, and FCC continues. Good luck to all, and may the best clans promote!



This means that ACME went 5-0 in Old Strat ME play! Congratulations, ACL Tears!

Cl9 Q1 Comprehensive Update IV


Completed Games:

Denotes Winner

3v3 Deadman's Rome:
Poon Squad vs ACME          https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12843221

2v2 Guiroma:
FCC vs FBG                  https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12983745

1v1 Guiroma:
-completed-

1v1 Old Strat ME:
ACME vs Poon Squad          https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12917912
 
1v1 Volcano Island
Hydra vs ACME               https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12949865
ACME vs FBG                 https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12958118

Data Summary:




Horse Race:




Progression:




Overview:
Q1 is winding down after 4 weeks of fierce and active competition. With the 1v1s pretty much done, focus is now reoriented on team play. Its a critical factor here as the races continue to be extremely tight between the three remaining contenders. As predicted, a close race between Hydra, ACME, and FCC have ensued.

Clan by Clan:

ACME:
ACME takes several hits this week, losing a 3v3 Deadman game to Poon Squad and also a 1v1 against HYDRA. If it were not for Nauzhror's boots (ACME benefited most from them), you could even speculate as to whether they would be even be able to compete at this point.

FCC:
Quiet week for FCC with one completed game vs a tier 2 clan. Slower than ACME this week. Have to deal with the close battle, though.

FBG:
FBG feels... well old. Their philosophy prevents them from injecting new blood. They are here for the casual playing it seems. Too bad you can't win games in this league playing casually... unless you are fighting Olympus...

Hydra:
Hydra wins a critical game vs ACME, finally getting a much needed win against a "top tier" team. They have, however, been the best thus far about cleaning up games against the lower tier clans, allowing to stay within fighting distance.

The Poon Squad:
Although eliminated at this point, they gave a good fight. And they continue to give a good fight. I commend them for their spirit.

Olympus:
Now I understand how the commentators feel about commentating on the worst team in the NFL power rankings. Happy I don't have to write that.

Game of the Week: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12843221

This may be ugly, but I think it was a critical match-up. The 3v3 loss to Poon Squad By ACME is critical points that they do not need to lose at this point. They need to be careful in the rest of their games from here on out.

Edited 3/17/2017 19:35:59

Feels about time for another update?

On another note I have a question. Right now, there is a possibility of a tie between Hydra and ACME for second place. And I wanted to clarify what is the tiebreaker process?

On another note I have a question. Right now, there is a possibility of a tie between Hydra and ACME for second place. And I wanted to clarify what is the tiebreaker process?

Quoting from the Rules sheet - "If there is a tie between clans, Head to Head is 1st tiebreaker, then Tournament wins."

Cl9 Q1 Comprehensive Update V


Completed Games:

Denotes Winner

3v3 Deadman's Rome:
ACME vs FCC                 https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12843220
Olympus vs ACME             (non-join win)  
 
2v2 Guiroma:
FBG vs Olympus              https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=13036409

1v1 Guiroma:
-completed-

1v1 Old Strat ME:
FBG vs Poon Squad           https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12917912
 
1v1 Volcano Island
-completed-

Data Summary:




Horse Race:




Progression:




Overview:
After week 5, all 1v1 play has been completed in Q1 of Cl9. This week has been quiet, but rather pivotal, as any of the three remaining clans capable of going on to C have to play carefully, as there are not many points left to go around in this tight race. Unfortunately for ACME, they seem to slowly be falling behind.

Clan by Clan:

ACME:
ACME finally secures the win against FCC courtesy of Nauzhror, however, someone on their side forgets to join the game against Olympus, meaning they take a huge 5 point blow they could have easily avoided. They are now sitting ducks threatening to fall off the edge.

FCC:
FCC drops the game against ACME, but all they have to do now to secure promotion is to win against FBG, Olympus, and Poon Squad, and one of their two team games against Hydra, OR just beat FBG, Olympus and Poon Squad if ACME drops the 2v2 guiroma game. It looks like in spite of Nauzhror's best efforts, they are doing fine.

FBG:
FBG Silently wins against Olympus in the background, reminding us that even they are above the ineptitude that Olympus showed us.

Hydra:
Hydra is at 54 points. In order to secure promotion, all they have to do is beat ACME in both Deadman's Rome and 2v2 Guiroma.

The Poon Squad:
Poon Squad loses its last 1v1, and also the last 1v1 of Q1. They have finished all games against the contenders except deadman's 3v3 against FCC at this point. It was a good run for them.

Olympus:
Olympus secures last position in Q1 of Cl9. And to cap it off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrOQC-zEog

Game of the Week:

Nothing really worth mentioning this week...

Edited 3/17/2017 23:18:24

Possible finishes for Cl9 Q1:

1-3: FCC
1-3: Hydra
1-3: ACME
4-5: Poon Squad
4-5: FBG
6: Olympus

There was an error in matchmaking - Guderian was supposed to be replaced by me in the 1v1 Old Strat ME. This was confirmed by beren-apex on 2/12/2017 15:04:03
Master of the Dead was informed on 2/12/2017 13:13:04 but didn't respond.

Why haven't you brought this up for over a month?

As far as I can see, the substitution was carried out on 2/12/2017 10:59:11( GMT-8). These are all the games created on Strat ME for FBG.

02/06/2017 - 18:57:17	12862249  Group Q1 - 1v1 : Old Strat ME	ACME	        FBG	ACME
02/06/2017 - 18:57:24	12862251  Group Q1 - 1v1 : Old Strat ME	FBG	        HYDRA	HYDRA
02/14/2017 - 17:07:18	12917914  Group Q1 - 1v1 : Old Strat ME	FBG	        FCC	FCC
02/16/2017 - 23:10:04	12933608  Group Q1 - 1v1 : Old Strat ME	Olympus	        FBG	FBG
02/20/2017 - 02:01:33	12954793  Group Q1 - 1v1 : Old Strat ME	Poon Squad	FBG	FBG

You have played in all games after the date of substitution. Guderian will obviously be invited to the games prior to the substitution. What is the error in matchmaking?

Re: ACME non join, can i get more detail on "someone on their side forgets to join the game against Olympus, meaning they take a huge 5 point blow they could have easily avoided."
What game & what person so I can take them out back and beat them senseless?

** Actually I see above that its 3v3 Deadman's Rome? I'm on that 3v3 team and guarantee you that we didnt miss a join.

Please advise.

Edited 3/20/2017 00:21:04

Actually I see above that its 3v3 Deadman's Rome? I'm on that 3v3 team and guarantee you that we didnt miss a join.

Please advise.

I looked into this, and we have a bug in the CLOT. A loss was awarded to ACME incorrectly. It should have been awarded to Olympus instead.

The game was created on 03/15/2017 - 10:51:56. Aura's update was on 3/17/2017 16:14:25, and the game was already deleted. Game deletion was not due to a non-join, as that doesn't kick in until 3 days have elapsed since game creation.

We have a player(https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=3953087568) on the Olympus team who has not unlocked all the features on 3v3 Deadman's Rome. The minimum level for this template is 45, and the player is still 39. The player was actually brought in as a substitute on 2/10/2017 17:22:25.

Since game creation failed, the CLOT deletes the game and assigns the loser based on the player unable to join this game. There was a bug in this logic, which has now been fixed. I have also given the win to ACME instead. Sorry about that.

Edited 3/20/2017 08:37:24

That's some awesome and fast issue-dealing, gratz for your work !

Olympus vs FBG is the same story, isn't it?

Thank you!

When I get an opportunity, I will correct the scores as well.

Olympus vs FBG is the same story, isn't it?

Yes. Thanks for pointing it out. Fixed this too.

Corrected Horse Race:



Corrected Data Summary:



This makes Olympus more dire... three points, total, in CL9. Words cannot even describe...

Edited 3/21/2017 03:03:06

#PrayForOlympus

Poor Olympus. 1-23 is a very notable score, but not for the right reasons :(.

So I guess I'll kind of rip the Band-Aid off here.

So, up until now anyone that wanted to participate in Clan League could participate in Clan League. Even if it brought nothing to the competition and was kind of a waste of time for everyone. I mean, shouldn't there be a minimum bar for competing? Olympus this season is on the same level of Darklords in CL7. It is near impossible to police clans when they sign up for clan league, but maybe if clans aren't taking this seriously shouldn't be allowed to return until they do take it seriously. And a cooling off period might be a good idea. Because I don't know how Olympus participating is benefiting anyone.

At this point, Olympus has put an inactive player in their lineup at the beginning of the season, then replaced them with a player that did not meet the minimum level requirements of the template. If you don't read the rules, which aren't hard to, then its hard to see why Olympus should play next season.