Thank you very much for the update, AWP Admin! And good luck to all who are aiming to qualify for the finals.

And just like that, the 2025 series is off and running!

The 1st tournament of the year is a Grand Slam on the Strat 1v1 (ladder settings) template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=59949

The top 64 ranked players from the 2024 leaderboard had a little extra time to join, but I have now invited everybody to the tournament.

The 2nd tournament of the year is a 250 Series tournament on the Post-Melt Antarctica template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60039


The 3rd tournament of the year is a 500 Series tournament on the Guiroma 16% SR template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60105


Players will be invited to this tournament either today (if they finished in the top 64 last year) or later this week.

The 4th tournament of the year is a 250 Series tournament on the Basileia template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60169

2025 Tour Finals Qualification Update:

Confirmed Qualifiers:
tornado; Octane; Aika; alexclusive; rakleader; Timinator • apex; (ง︡'-'︠)ง let's fight!!; Vaups; awesomeusername; Texx; John; malakkan; Edge (13)

Remaining Contenders (3 slots):

• UsualSuspect (14) - pts 1480 - max 1480 - active events (0)
  
• Dom365 (15) - pts 1450 - max 1450 - active events (0)
  
• psinoza (16) - pts 1390 - max 1595 - active events (1) GME III 250
  
• min34 (18) - pts 1310 - max 1605 - active events (2) Australia 250, GME III 250
  
• mslasm (19) - pts 1300 - max 1915 - active events (2) Great Lakes 500, GME III 250
  
• Wini (21) - pts 1155 - max 1975 - active events (3) Malvia 500, Greece Auto LD 250, GME III 250
  
• Naviiso (24) - pts 1105 - max 1925 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• Andre Laufmöller (26) - pts 995 - max 1405 - active events (1) Malvia 500
  
• Forsaken (27) - pts 995 - max 1450 - active events (1) Malvia 500
  
• dry-clean-only (28) - pts 975 - max 1885 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• rocky1 (30) - pts 950 - max 1565 - active events (2) Malvia 500, Fogless Fighting 250
  
• JV (32) - pts 920 - max 1425 - active events (3) Poland 500, Greece Auto LD 250, Gelvien Islands 250
  
• Rento (33) - pts 920 - max 2030 - active events (2) Georgia AC 1000, Poland 500
  
• Tof (35) - pts 845 - max 2030 - active events (2) Georgia AC 1000, Australia 250

Edited 1/30/2025 05:50:24

The 5th tournament of the year is the first Masters 1000 tournament of the year, on the Battle Islands V template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60235

The top 64 ranked players from the 2024 leaderboard have been invited to the tournament; everybody else will be invited in the following days.

2025 Tour Finals Qualification Update:

Confirmed Qualifiers:
tornado; Octane; Aika; alexclusive; rakleader; Timinator • apex; (ง︡'-'︠)ง let's fight!!; Vaups; awesomeusername; Texx; John; malakkan; Edge (13)

Remaining Contenders (3 slots):

• UsualSuspect (14) - pts 1480 - max 1480 - active events (0)
  
• Dom365 (15) - pts 1450 - max 1450 - active events (0)
  
• psinoza (16) - pts 1390 - max 1595 - active events (1) GME III 250
  
• Min34 (17) - pts 1370 - max 1605 - active events (2) Australia 250, GME III 250
  
• mslasm (19) - pts 1300 - max 1710 - active events (1) Great Lakes 500
  
• Rento (21) - pts 1210 - max 2030 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• Wini (22) - pts 1155 - max 1770 - active events (2) Malvia 500, GME III 250
  
• Naviiso (25) - pts 1105 - max 1925 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• rocky1 (27) - pts 1040 - max 1565 - active events (2) Malvia 500, Fogless Fighting 250
  
• dry-clean-only (31) - pts 975 - max 1885 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• Tof (35) - pts 845 - max 1800 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
  Rento is this weeks big winner - he wins the Poland tournament, and moves into the quarters in Georgia AC, picking up 290 points in the process.
  Min advances to the final of Australia, picking up 60 points. He jumps from 18th to 17th in the process, putting himself as first reserve as things stand.
  rocky1 advances from the quarters to the semis in both Malvia and Fogless Fighting, pushing him up the leaderboard.
  mslasm (GME III) Wini (Greece Auto LD) and Tof (Australia) all stay in the race, despite seeing their runs in those tournaments coming to an end.
  Andre Laufmöller and Forsaken are both knocked out of Malvia, ending their involvement.
  JV advanced to the final in each of his remaining tournaments, but unfortunately went 0/3 once there, ending his 2024 campaign.

Edited 2/5/2025 10:03:37

Thanks for the update, AWP Admin! Exciting race to the finish line!

The first 2025 season update:

(top 16 - including ties)


Forsaken is in a rush this year, it seems - he won the first match of the year (arguably the stand-out tie of the first Grand Slam, a match-up vs Aika), is the first person into a quarter-final (Strat 1v1 Grand Slam) and the first person to take 1+ victories in four different tournaments!

It's still very early doors, with no completed tournaments thus far, so the leaderboard is still very congested, but the 2025 race is beginning to take shape, so will be used as the priority invite list from now on.

The 6th tournament of the year is here, a 250 Series on the Fast Earth template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60414

The top 64 ranked players from the 2024 leaderboard have been invited to the tournament; everybody else will be invited in the following days.

Edited 2/10/2025 17:26:21

2025 Tour Update:



We have a new leader in the early stage of the standings; ps-ews, who became the first finalist of any tournament, reaching the showpiece match in the third tournament of the year - the 500 series on Guiroma. CraZy joins him on the charge into the top 5 with a strong weekend - strangely, he's had two R3 victories in separate tournaments, both over another top 10 player in alexclusive; this rising rivalry could be one to watch! First player to reach 1+ victories in five tournaments is koning; the sixth tournament of the year started today, so who will be first to reach the next milestone?

I'm officially retiring from regularly requesting to change my flag back from Germany, I'll now stick to whatever I am given :')

2025 Tour Finals Qualification Update:

Confirmed Qualifiers:
tornado; Octane; Aika; alexclusive; rakleader; Timinator • apex; (ง︡'-'︠)ง let's fight!!; Vaups; awesomeusername; Texx; John; malakkan; Edge (13)

Remaining Contenders (3 slots):

• UsualSuspect (14) - pts 1480 - max 1480 - active events (0)
  
• Dom365 (15) - pts 1450 - max 1450 - active events (0)
  
• psinoza (16) - pts 1390 - max 1390 - active events (0)
  
• Wini (20) - pts 1260 - max 1770 - active events (2) Malvia 500, GME III 250
  
• Rento (22) - pts 1210 - max 2030 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• Naviiso (25) - pts 1105 - max 1925 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
• dry-clean-only (26) - pts 1065 - max 1885 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
  
  
  mslasm is knocked out of the Great Lakes tournament in the quarters, removing him from qualification contention.
  dry-clean-only advances to the quarters of the Georgia AC Masters 1000, picking up 90 points in the process, and eliminating Tof from the race to the 2024 Tour Finals.
  rocky was knocked out of the Malvia tournament, ending his participation in the race too.
  psinoza was knocked out of the GME III tournament. For now, he holds on to the 16th (and final) qualification spot, but can no longer score any more points.
  Min was defeated in the Australia final and the quarters of GME III. He sits 17th and can no longer score any further points, so will be hoping for a lucky loser spot at best.

@Alex - good, but luckily for you, I'm too lazy to change it, so you stick with Germany (for now....)

The 7th tournament of the year is here, a 500 Series on the Numenor template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60494

The top 64 ranked players have been invited to the tournament; everybody else will be invited in the following days.

The 8th tournament of the year is here, a 250 Series on the Gotham City template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60562

The top 64 ranked players have been invited to the tournament; everybody else will be invited in the following days.

2025 Tour Update:


K-Pott races into the Semi-Final of the January Grand Slam, taking pride of place at the top of the leaderboard with it. Edge reaches a250 series final to lift himself to third spot, whilst alexclusive and Min34 become the first players to score points in 6 separate tournaments.

The 9th tournament of the year is here, a Masters 1000 on the French Brawl template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=60642

The top 64 ranked players have been invited to the tournament; everybody else will be invited in the following days.

Edited 3/7/2025 12:50:19

2025 Tour Finals Qualification Update:

Confirmed Qualifiers:
tornado; Octane; Aika; alexclusive; rakleader; Timinator • apex; (ง︡'-'︠)ง let's fight!!; Vaups; awesomeusername; Texx; John; malakkan; Edge, UsualSuspect, Wini (15)

Remaining Contenders (1 slot):

• Dom365 (16) - pts 1450 - max 1450 - active events (0)
  
• dry-clean-only (21) - pts 1245 - max 1885 - active events (1) Georgia AC 1000
  
  
  Wini picks up 270 points, with runs to the finals of both Malvia (500) and GME III (250), securing his spot in the 2025 Tour Finals! This relagates psinoza to 17th, and with no further active tournaments, he will be hoping for drop-outs to be at the showpiece event. Rento and Naviiso both lose their respective quarter-finals on Georgia, which also means UsualSuspect qualifies for the Finals!
  dry-clean-only advances to the semi-finals of Georgia where he will face tornado - if he wins, he will qualify - if not, then Dom365 takes the last spot!

Great job, Wini! Very impressive performance in the last couple of tournaments to end the year on a high.