Lazy

Well you know how frenchies get this time of year.

Outlaws comeback again this season.

Update #7 - August 22nd, 2018

Malakkan promised me he would send me a postcard if I did this. Maybe I went a bit overboard, so I now demand two postcards. I will send a picture of the postcard(s) when i get it/them.

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1v1 French Brawl (Finished) - Winner: Kezzo

(5-1) Outlaws		- Kezzo
(5-1) ONE!		- Beren
(4-2) Lynx		- Wini
(3-3) VS		- Nackickwind
(2-4) M'Hunters	- Rogue NK
(2-4) Master Clan	- Pardon99
(0-6) |GG|		- Mikaela

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1v1 Guiroma (Finished) - Winner: MisterT

(5-1) |GG|		- MisterT
(5-1) Lynx		- QuickSilver
(4-2) Master Clan	- master of desaster
(3-3) M'Hunters	- Emu Pub
(2-4) Outlaws		- Krzysztof
(1-5) ONE!		- Ipsimus
(1-5) VS		- INSIDE

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1v1 Elitist Africa

(4-1) Master Clan	- master of desaster
(4-2) Lynx		- Juan
(3-3) ONE!		- Muli
(3-3) |GG|		- fireice82
(2-3) M'Hunters	- Cluster
(2-4) Outlaws		- Carlos
(2-4) VS		- Private Pabse

Games finished since last update:
No games finished

Edited 8/22/2018 13:04:49

1v1 Strategic Greece

(4-0) |GG|		- MIFRAN
(3-1) Outlaws		- Edge
(3-1) M'Hunters	- hobo
(2-1) Lynx		- Timon92
(1-2) Master Clan	- Timinator
(0-3) ONE!		- PJ
(0-5) VS		- Glam 'd Slam Islam

Games finished since last update:

Timinator (Masters) defeats Glam 'd Slam Islam (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15873799
With Glamorous almost completely ignoring the quick income in the east and risking a risky double pick, this turns into a fast 1-turn game. Which Timinator wins after Glamorous decides to take the honourable way out: the boot. The East ain't so bad.

Edge (Outlaws) defeats Glam 'd Slam Islam (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15992794
Glamorous joins the game to show what he's worth: a bootsquad applicant. The game ends on picks with edge picking and Glam not.

hobo (MH) defeats Glam 'd Slam Islam (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16055824
A very interesting game where Glamorous goes for the "Don't pick anything, just boot" strategy again. Unfortunately, Fizzer decided that such strategies lose you games.

MIFRAN (GG) defeats Timon92 (Lynx)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15992795
Both Timon and MIFRAN end up with a safe first-turn 3-bonus. Timon takes a 2 bonus geting him on an income advantage of 1 (MIFRAN took a 1), but sees his two-bonus being threatened by a double border after turn 1. Timon, unable to expand directly, eliminates MIFRAN from Athens, but loses his 2-bonus in the process. MIFRAN on the other hand, just took another 3 bonus, netting him 12 income against Timon's 8 income. Timon tries to come back but gets outexpanded and outpressured, even after taking the big 5-bonus, Crete. After getting broken in Athens, the game is over.

hobo (MH) defeats PJ (ONE!)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15992793
You rarely see someone playing a game out so passively as hobo. For two turns in a row, he just deploys and sits. He moves some leftovers around, but that's all he does. That must've been pretty boring for PJ. So boring, that it may justify his boot.

MIFRAN (GG) defeats INSIDE (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16193624
An ALL-CAPS battle on an interesting board. With a triple-pick around Thebean League, a triple-pick around Epirus and a triple-pick around Caria. INSIDE manages to get the triple around Epirus for some good first turn income. He also hold the counter to Caria and Mylvio. MIFRAN decides to play it safe and get to 10 income guaranteed if INSIDE goes for the triple. And it works. Then MIFRAN goes into boss-mode and takes Thebean League right under INSIDE's nose. He manages to hold it (by lack of attack from INSIDE, but still counts) and even takes his beloved Caria back. Now with a 4-income advantage, it's time for MIFRAN to head towards the triple. INSIDE expands in a bonus MIFRAN now has a double border on. After that, MIFRAN breaks Epirus, all while keeping all his own income. A really nice game to watch, good game to both.

Timon92 (Lynx) defeats INSIDE (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16185494
With Timon getting less income first turn but a major advantage in position, this game is already looking in his favor turn 1. Timon decides to play it relatively safe turn 2 and gets himself a 4-bonus while keeping the rest of his income. INSIDE has a trick up his sleeve though: Dodecanese, a 5-bonus. This doesn't stop Timon from pressuring INSIDE's bonuses all while defending his own. INSIDE eventually manages to break Timon's 4 bonus, but at the cost of almost all his other bonuses. So yeah, gg.

hobo (MH) defeats Timinator (Masters)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15932839
In a game that looked already very decent for hobo, Timi boots on turn 7.

Edge (Outlaws) defeats Timinator (Masters)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16055822
Ze german got ze boot after picks unfortunately.

Edited 8/22/2018 13:26:15

1v1 Pangea Ultima

(4-1) Master Clan	- Rufus
(3-0) ONE!		- Malakkan
(3-0) Lynx		- Rento
(2-4) M'Hunters	- Emu Pub
(1-3) Outlaws		- Facetroll
(1-3) |GG|		- JV
(1-4) VS		- Rocky1

Games finished since last update:

Rento (Lynx) beats JV (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15950180
After 4 turns of expanding, Rento gets a nice income advantage, while JV goes for a stack advantage and threatens Southern Sahara. He then tries to make up for his income disadvantage by grabbing the bonus he countered with, giving up his stack advantage. After Rento gets the position on him in East Africa, JV knows he has to expand. And Rento knows he can threaten JV's cluster in the Southeast. JV predicts Rento showing up there, but it was with too little, so JV faces a giant disadvantage in position with only 1 income advantage. From here, Rento can play it out on his own pace, slowly breaking apart JV's income. It takes rento a few turns, but on turn 15 the income disadvantage for JV is just too high and he surrenders.

Rufus (Masters) defeats Rocky (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16075440
Rufus is looking to expand, and so he does. On turn 5 rocky faces 24 income while only having 15 himself. But, he has a stack in Southern Sahara to make up for at least a bit of that income and he could maybe break Rufus with some good predicts. Rocky plays it passively though, not attacking a single territory of Rufus bonuses. A good predict by Rufus the turn after puts Rocky in a tough position. On turn 8 Rufus decides he can just expand more and does just that, getting to 26 income against 16. Both players keep a mix of fighting and expansion going, but Rufus can just grow too fast. Rocky realizes on turn 14 that 38 income is going to hurt him, especially when Rufus is all up in his income, and surrenders quietly.

Malakkan (ONE!) defeats Facetroll (Outlaws)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16075442
There are some bad 3v2 misses in this game. First Facetroll misses his 2-turn 13, which is pretty lucky for Malakkan. But karma strikes back and malakkan misses not one, not two, but three essential 3v2's, costing him 11 armies total. Malakkan fights with the income disadvantage most of the time, but man. He does delay. And he does predict. And he does win. Very beautiful game by Malakkan.

Emu Pub (MH) defeats Rocky1 (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16144971
In what starts as a very brawly game, Emu Pub has a bonus he can freely expand in. Nobody can reach him there. And so he does. Rocky takes a bonus next to Emu Pub and tries to take another one with all 3v2's. Needless to say, that failed. Emu takes the bonus next to that one as rocky completes it. Now they're brawling again. Only Emu is expanding while Rocky can't do so, so Emu Pub wins in the long run.

Rufus (Masters) defeats Facetroll (Outlaws)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16144968
Both players start next to each other and go for a safe bonus. The incomes swing for a bit as they start approaching each other in East Asia. Rufus gets a bit lucky with the later 4v2 and the bad leftovers from Facetroll's 4v2, but hey, it's weighted random after all. Let's appreciate that luck. With a little bit of income disadvantage, Rufus manages to break Northern Asia and he now has a position where he both has more income and has pressure on Facetroll's income. This is only because facetroll decided to attempt his bonus with all 3v2's. Which, again, is risky. And it failed. Anyways, they face each other on a double border and it's only a matter of time until Rufus breaks him. Which, spoiler alert, happens on turn 12, after which Facetroll surrenders.

Rufus (Masters) defeats Emu Pub (MH)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16215382
Emu Pub takes some risk by doing 2 3v2's and it pays off. He gets the income advantage over Rufus for some turns. Rufus could've gotten it back, but he tries what so many have tried before him: 2 3v2's and a 6v4. Which again didn't work out. Rufus eventually gets the income though, and he's slowly taking over Emu Pubs bonus while trying to stay alive in Canada where Emu is constantly smashing him. After a while, the incomes of both players converge to 17 and the brawling begins. At some point the brawling ends since Rufus manages to get himself to 21 income while Emu remains on 17. Emu realizes that and surrenders.

Emu Pub (MH) defeats JV (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16075441
A nice combo on a 5-bonus gets Emy Pub to 11 income versus JV's 9. Emu keeps the income advantage by grabbing a bonus under the nose of JV with 2 3v2's and it works. They stack and slowly expand for a few turns, then do so for a few more turns. When they meet in the south, Emu uses the opportunity to wager some income to eliminate JV from the north. And he succeeds, ending up with an income advantage of 11, since JV didn't break him. After that it's just Emu Pub hunting JV down until he finally surrenders.

Rufus (Masters) defeats JV (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16012142
They face each other on turn 1. Some smashing happens and then Rufus decides it's time to expand on turn 3. On turn 4 he flees (he has first move anyways) and JV doesn't predict it. Rufus is now at 13 income, but JV takes the very bonus that Rufus is threatening. Rufus does what Rufus does and stacks + breaks said bonus. JV tries a very lucky take of Caucasus (26% chance) but it fails. Both players start expanding vigorously and JV sets up for a blockade to protect his income. He does blockade, but Rufus predicts the blockade and moves his stack back, setting JV back two steps. Then Rufus blockades with 68 to show he's boss. He expands like crazy, predicts JV on all fronts and it's game over.

Edited 8/23/2018 08:05:25

1v1 Battle Islands V

(3-1) Outlaws		- Krzysztof
(2-1) Master Clan	- Pardon99
(2-2) Lynx		- Timon92
(2-2) VS		- Gibson
(2-2) M'Hunters	- AI
(1-2) |GG|		- awesomeusername
(0-2) ONE!		- FiveStarGeneral

Games finished since last update:

Timon92 (Lynx) defeats Gibson (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16029807
Gibson clusters his first three picks around the first turn bonus in Mordan. Timon also picks it 1/2. If Gibson gets his first pick, he's in a good position to take Zarway, the 4-bonus south to the ftb. But unfortunately for Gibson, Timon steals his first pick. Turn 3 is really interesting. Timon and Gibson face each others' bonuses and Timon decides not to deploy anything. Gibson decides to deploy very little and sit. They both that a bonus though. Gibson gets outdelayed and gets his bonus broken. Timon deploys nothing to his bonus again and gets his bonus broken as well, leveling the playing field. The game is now a 9v9 income brawl until Timon has enough of it and takes 3 income. Both players expand a bit, Gibson takes over his broken bonus but gets broken the turn after and the incomes converge to 15 for Timon and 13 for Gibson. Timon uses his income advantage wisely, making sure he threatens Gibson and making sure he always remains having the upper hand in income and position.

Pardon99 (Masters) defeats awesomusername (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16029806
Pardon isn't part of the alt-right or the alt-left. Pardon is part of the alt-south, picking only his 6th pick in the north. His expansion is slightly faster than awesomeusername's and then pardon just goes Boom. He counters the 5-bonus at the right time, with the right amount of armies at the right territory. Could it be any more alright? This leaves Pardon with an income-advantage, having 17 against awesomeusername's 12. But yes, it can be more alright. Next turn, awesomeusername tries to get a double-border on Pardon's income and Pardon now goes Bewm. He predicts the counter with the right amount of armies at the right rime. He also keeps his other bonus whilst pushing forward to awesomeusername's income. That's gg. And that's why i never play against Pardon.

Krzysztof (Outlaws) defeats Gibson (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16165769
Oh lord, there is a quad-pick around a four-bonus. And if that doesn't make your dingle tingle, Gibson actually gets it this time. But, let it stop tingling, 'cause Gibson doesn't realize that there is no border from Eretz to Tafta. So he misses out on that. He could've actually triple-picked the bonus, it just required him picking any other triple around the bonus. Any. Anyways, both players expand a ton, Krzysztof barely outexpanding Gibson. At turn 6 they meet, 29 income for Krzysztof, 27 for Gibson. An Order Delay from Krzystzof takes care of the rest; he gets the position to break Gibson and a turn later he does exactly that. Sorry for butchering your name a bunch, krszysztof.

AI (MH) defeats Timon92 (Lynx)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16096256
With his first turn bonus, AI quickly gets the income advantage. He makes his way through a wastelanded bonus to threaten Timon there, but Timon holds the bonus and takes his 5-bonus too, resulting in him being 1 income ahead, but at a stack disadvantage of 4. Timon has almost free pressure on AI's bonus though. AI decides that he's not going to break Timon over there and expands rapidly. AI has a massive income advantage over the turns following, but Timon breaks his bonuses with stacks as big as big rubber duck. Still, AI remains with the income advantage and refuses to get eliminated in any of his broken bonuses. When Timon finally gets the income advantage, he has to defend against AI's stack in Clandura. AI knows this and takes two of his bonuses back, leaving Timon only to surrender.

Timon92 (Lynx) defeats FiveStarGeneral (ONE!)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15968699
Timon gets a first turn bonus and FiveStarGeneral gets a good combo on some big bonuses. The only problem is that Timon's first turn bonus is not too far away from that combo. It needs to be said though, that on turn 4 Timon made an awesome predict. He predicts FiveStarGeneral to counter his bonus, so he attacks it with a lot first move. After that, FiveStar is forced to blockade, but it ends up being a blockade of only 7, after which Timon ploughs through the blockade and FSG's income while whistling. FiveStar desperately tries to outexpand Timon, but you can't run from a chasing stack when your income is half as big as your opponent's. Very well played by Timon.

Gibson (VS) defeats awesomeusername (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16096257
With Gibson having the pressure on the bonus awesomeusername was going for and Gibson going for the unexpected take of the 6 bonus, he takes the income advantage and they meet at the border of awesomeusername's income. Awesomeusername takes his bonus though and the playing field is somewhat leveled again. It's not really leveled though, as Gibson smashes awesomeusername and breaks his 3-bonus while he stays alive around his other income. Once he eliminates awesomeusername, Gibson is free from any pressure and he wins.

Edited 8/23/2018 08:10:53

2v2 FE

(3-1) ONE!		- Suschel + PJ
(3-1) Outlaws		- Edge + Kezzo
(3-2) M'Hunters	- AI + Rogue NK
(2-1) Master Clan	- Deadman + Master Jz
(2-2) Lynx		- Rento + alexclusive
(1-4) |GG|		- MIFRAN + Ko
(0-3) VS		- Rocky1 + vicnus

Games finished since last update:

Rento + alexclusive (Lynx) defeat MIFRAN + Ko (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15560262
A game that keeps turning around in position. Alexclusive's 2-bonus gets broken on turn 3 already, leading to alexclusive being on 5 income. He grabs another 2-bonus the next turn. But then it gets broken. Alas, on turn 13 he manages to regrab his 2-bonus. But then it gets broken.
All in all, both teams played solid and GG's team surrenders a position that wasn't lost. But they did break the 2-bonuses.

Deadman + Master Jz (Masters) defeat AI + Rogue NK (MH)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15891286
Rogue and Deadman face each other in Africa first turn. While Rogue decides to smash Deadman, Deadman decides to expand for two-turn 12. Rogue NK is unable to expand more than the two 2-bonuses he has and faces both Deadman and Jz, while AI expands with everything he has whilst trying to pressure Jz out of South America. AI gets to 20 income, but Rogue is now facing elimination and is never going to get more than 5 income. Jz and Deadman realize that all they need to do is pressure AI and expand a little and so they do. They win the game in a nice fashion, outexpanding the one player who was trying to outexpand them.

AI + Rogue NK (MH) defeat MIFRAN + Ko (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16043263
From picks, this looks won for MH. AI gets a safe Brazil, Rogue gets a safe Greenland. All while getting a counter to West Russia. If AI manages to break Ko in West Russia, the game should be pretty much over. Only Ko predicts good turn after turn. He even takes another 2-bonus as a slap in the face. But alas, he can not predict forever, and with the help of Rogue pressuring Ko, it is game over.

Suschel + PJ (ONE!) defeat MIFRAN + Ko (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15891287
With Africa and South America being very safe, that's the spot you don't want to miss out on. But unfortunately for team GG, team ONE picks it as 1/2/3 mirrored. In the Africas some friendly tapping between friends helps them get Suschel income while MIFRAN and his pesky FTB in Europe tries to push him out of the America's. When MIFRAN is done harassing Suschel in America and just takes Canada, Ko starts harassing Suschel in Russia. Can't a Suschelbrother get some peace? The answer is no, as Suschel gets eliminated in Russian Far East and MIFRAN takes another bonus in Europe, leaving the ONE! team at TWO! income disadvantage. But the ONE! team doesn't want any of it and starts taking bonuses. They probably realize now that their chances of expanding are far superior to GG's chances and so they do. A ballsy take of Siberia, A nice break of Canada and the take of North South America; that's all it takes to get a FOUR! income advantage. The game scrambles on. Some nice predicts are made and some turn after turn smashes finally make the GG team bend to their knees. A very nice game to watch indeed.

Edge + Kezzo (Outlaws) defeat alexclusive + Rento (Lynx)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15891288
Until turn 4, the game looks pretty even. Everyone expands a bit and the only fighting is going on in the Middle East. But as Kezzo shows up in Canada and in Mongolia and South America, things start to change. Rento gets broken in canada, trying to save alexclusive in East Africa. And Kezzo gets gifted in Egypt. Kezzo has a lot of borders with the opponent and a lot of income. While Edge gets broken, so does alexclusive. The outlaws team celebrates a 5 income-advantage and Kezzo goes on the hunt for yet another border in South America. This guy doesn't know when to stop. One flank later in South America and managing to stay alive in Yakutia + Russian Far East, Edge is now on the verge of breaking Africa. Oh, and he eliminated Rento from Greenland. The Lynx team does the right thing and surrenders to the team of the edgy GOAT.

Edge + Kezzo (Outlaws) defeat Suschel + PJ (ONE!)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16043264
Outlaws acknowledge the importance of South America and decide to triple it. They expand in it and in the Americas. Meanwhile, Suschel and PJ are expanding in Siberia, Africa and canada. When the two teams meet on turn four, the ONE! team has 1 income advantage, but a serious position problem. Suschel is facing a double border on Canada by Kezzo and Edge has just entered Africa and is looking to do some damage. Kezzo manages to break Suschel and Edge gets a nice triple border on Suschel in Africa too. The next turn, the ONE! team gets a devastating hit. They're not able to retake canada, Edge breaks East Africa while also taking Central America and it's 21 vs 29 income. But. There's always a but. But PJ does some nice predicting. Not only does he take Central Africa, he also takes Northwest Africa, getting him to 17 income. The only problem is Edge just took a look in the Azores with a big fat stack. Edge slowly demolishes Africa while Kezzo and Suschel fight it out in the Canadas and in Siberia. The ONE! team ends up surrendering turn 10.

AI + Rogue NK (MH) defeat alexclusive + Rento (Lynx)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15730344
Alex counters Brazil through Africa. But Rogue didn't go for Brazil, so that's kind of a shame. A counter that does succeed though, is AI countering Rento in Greenland. What also works, is AI's predict that rento won't take back greenland and he blockades it. So far, very good performance from MH. Alexclusive breaks South South America but AI is fine with it and just expands elsewhere. Rento goed for some income and the position on East Africa, so Rogue is going to short on income soon. But then comes turn 6; AI predicts alexclusive in South South America and takes it back. Rogue breaks alex's 2-bonus. But then again, Rento now has a stack next to AI's bonus. Once again, AI doesn't mind that stack and just expands elsewhere. With some teamwork they eliminate alexclusive from brazil. Rogue gets brought down to 5 income, but he's fighting someone with only 6 income. He ends up taking back his own bonus, leaving him with a stack and income advantage against alexclusive. Rento and AI will be fighting it out in the Americas and Saint Helena, since Rento eliminated Rogue and AI from Africa. This doesn't work out for Rento, as he has less income and tries to take back East Canada. And alexclusive is on the brink of elimination. And that's where the game ends, it was a fun one to watch.

Edited 8/23/2018 08:16:15

2v2 Szeurope

(3-0) Lynx		- Juan + 90\(ºº)/
(3-2) |GG|		- Mike |GG| + JV
(2-1) ONE!		- FiveStarGeneral + Memele
(2-2) VS		- Buns157 + Nackickwind
(1-2) Master Clan	- Timinator + Xenophon
(1-2) M'Hunters	- Digital + hobo
(0-3) Outlaws		- Odin + Platinum

Mike |GG| + JV (GG) defeat Buns157 + Nackickwind (VS)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16023750
The strong combo of JV in Norway and their uncontested picks in the center get the GG team to 10+10 income fast. While Buns is preparing for a big UK-take and Nack is preparing for a big Bularia-take, JV shows up to spoil the party. And then Nack boots. Dangit Nack.

FiveStarGeneral + Memele (ONE!) defeat Digital + hobo (MH)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15710502
The old Warlight saying "Russia is worth it if you control all of it" applies here too. Not that ONE! gets all of Russia, MH just don't do anything there and sit, while letting them take their bonuses. The transfer from Memele gets FiveStarGeneral to a whopping 9 income after turn 2 and he shows up in center. Meanwhile hobo realizes that if they have only one pick in Russia, someone else probably has more there. He stacks his way to WCR but has too little income to actually break FiveStarGeneral. They do gain a slightly better position in center, but memele is just sitting there and he's on the verge of taking spain. Which will be bad news for MH, who are struggeling to get above 6 income. Next turn it should've been game over. Memele survives in center, taking over spain for 13 income. Meanwhile, MH still haven't broken Russia and if Memele smashes right, he guarantees them never getting any more income. And FiveStar is also in center. Which will mess MH up even faster. But then something happens. Right under the nose of FiveStar, Digital takes Poland. The ballsiest of ballsy moves. FiveStar doesn't seem to care about it and just eliminates Russia. Memele's stack makes its way to Poland, he breaks it and that's gg.

Mike |GG| + JV (GG) defeat Timinator + Xenophon (Masters)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15873802
At first, the game looks pretty even. But JV getting the first turn bonus in WCR and figuring out he has to counter Norway, sets the Masters team a step back. Not to mention that Mike takes Bulgaria and is trying to kick Xeno out of the Benelux. Way to go Mike!. He succeeds and makes his way over to the center of Europe where is pal JV got eliminated earlier. He brings a big stack with him to quickly end the reign of Timinator and Xenophon in the center and that makes for a good game.

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2v2 Volcano Islands

(3-0) Master Clan	- master of desaster + Xenophon
(3-1) M'Hunters	- Cluster + Digital
(2-1) Lynx		- AWESOMEGUY + Quicksilver
(2-2) ONE!		- Ispimus + FiveStarGeneral
(2-2) VS		- Steve1513 + DemHunt
(1-3) Outlaws		- Platinum + aoc
(0-4) |GG|		- EZPickens + Ko

Games finished since last update:

Platinum + aoc (Outlaws) defeat Ispimus + FiveStarGeneral (ONE!)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15932847
With the Outlaws team mirroring picks and the ONE! team picking their own combo's, this promises to be interesting. Spoiler alert: it ends in a boot, so it's not that interesting. The most interesting is the lovely quote by FiveStarGeneral right after booting: "OMG RUU SERIOUS. I EVEN HAD THE PERFECT ORDERS FUHHHHHHHH". Other than that, the game was pretty even, so it's a shame it had to end this way. If Platinum and aoc had played turn 4 out differently, they would've been in a good position. That's all i'm going to say. Stop booting guys. If I'm the one to have to tell you that, you're in serious boot-territory.

Ipsimus + FiveStarGeneral (ONE!) defeat EZPickens + Ko (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15751480
I'm not going to say i love you, FiveStarGeneral, but you wasteland-countered with your 8th pick and got it. I like you.
Both teams get their safe-spaces on the map, with team ONE! being in the northwest and team GG being in the southeast. But suddenly something shows up in the south. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's Ipsimus and he's looking to do some damage and some serious flanking. He unfortunately has a massive income disadvantage fighting the two players in the south, so he has to circle around their bonuses, forcing their deploy. And then Ko makes a mistake. On turn 6, every sane person would blockade Kimo in the North. Ko stacks there and finds himself a barrier. Even though he can break it, there's a wasteland behind it and he has to deploy to break that to ever get to team ONE's income. FiveStarGeneral pushes on south to help his teammate in trouble and they get EZPickens down to his knees, leaving him on a mere 5 income. After some vicious expanding, FiveStarGeneral gets to a bigboy income of 26, while Ipsimus and EZPickens fight it out on 5 income. After that it's just two more turns of FiveStarGeneral playing it out in a slow pace until GG surrenders.

master of desaster + Xenophon (Masters) defeat Cluster + Digital (MH)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15751479
Sorry for the pun, but after picks, Cluster is clustered in the north. And master of desaster has the counter to Cluster's cluster. However, Cluster chooses to eliminate Xenophone from Alena and renders MoD's counter rather useless. But then he attacks the counter, losing all his armies, making the counter great again. Digital's trying to pressure MoD (We have a clan for you, digital) and is unable to grab his bonus. That's a big problem 'cause now MoD has a bonus and he'll keep on smashing. Digital realizes and decides to try his chances harassing Xenophon, of which i can only approve. Cluster has been expanding, but the MH team is still behind on income. When Cluster gets broken and digital fails to break Xenophon, it's game over time.

Steve1513 + DemHunt(UA) (VS) defeat EZPickens + Ko (GG)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16237179
Nothing to see here, non-join by GG.

Edited 8/22/2018 13:08:46

3v3 Biomes of America

(3-0) |GG|		- awesomeusername + fireice82 + linberson
(2-0) Lynx		- alexclusive + Octane + ZeroBlindDragon
(2-1) ONE!		- Malakkan + Muli + Adreso
(2-2) Master Clan	- Timinator + Master Moto + Master Jaesar
(1-2) Outlaws		- Facetroll + Edge + Platinum
(1-2) M'Hunters	- Jo Jo + AyanM + hobo
(0-4) VS		- johnmd20 + vicnus + Jef

Games finished since last update:

Timinator + Master Moto + Master Jaesar (Masters) defeat Malakkan + Muli + Adreso (ONE!)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15730347
A beautiful game for which I'm way underqualified to say anything about. But, that's never stopped anyone, so here goes. From picks, everything looks split. Jaesar and Malakkan have their little fighting ground in the south, Moto and Adreso have theirs in North South America. And Timinator has to take on Muli and Malakkan in the North. Muli gets to 10 income after turn 1 and eliminates Timi from the big 5 in the North. Timi however, is smashing Malakkan out of his comfort zone in California while moto casually predicts Adreso's moves. At turn 5, Malakkan's transfer to Tierra del Fuego really could've profited from "Attack teammates = True", since Adreso desperately needs to hold on to his income while Malakkan is free next turn. Anyways, that's just nitpicking. Timi pressures Adreso from the other side, Timi breaks Malakkan's blockade in California and makes his way to the East Coast to pressure Muli. Jaesar gets some nice income and expands some more. When Jaesar shows up at a double border to Malakkan's income, Timi breaks Adreso and Muli sees Timi on the East Coast, they surrender. Well played, both teams.

alexclusive + Octane + ZeroBlindDragon (Lynx) defeat Jo Jo + AyanM + hobo (MH)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15730348
Despite the 'picking your own combo's' strategy being good, JoJo kind of does it overkill, clustering his 1-7 around an efficient bonus and a bad bonus if he misses out on any picks. And nevermind, i just saw he got booted on turn 1. Not even gonna talk about this one. Lynx wins.

alexclusive + Octane + ZeroBlindDragon (Lynx) defeat Master Moto + Timinator + Master Jaesar (Masters)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15560263
In what looked like a won game for Masters, Timinator pulls the boothandle once more, resulting in the AI bombing him to 0 income.

Jo Jo + AyanM + hobo (MH) defeat Master Moto + Timinator + Master Jaesar (Masters)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16043265
In what looked like a won game for Masters, Timinator pulls the boothandle once more, resulting in the AI bombing him to 1 income. These updates are getting easier like this.

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3v3 Europe

(3-0) Outlaws		- Kezzo + Platinum + Odin
(3-0) |GG|		- FlyingBender + MisterT + Po1onius
(2-0) Master Clan	- Deadman + Master Jz + Master Moto - モトキ
(1-1) Lynx		- Dom365 + Juan + 90 \(ºº)/
(1-4) M'Hunters	- AI + Melethron + blobblob
(0-2) ONE!		- Suschel + Muli + Beren
(0-3) VS		- DarrenDieHard + INSIDE + tobe

Games finished since last update:

Kezzo + Platinum + Odin (Outlaws) defeat Suschel + Muli + Beren (ONE!)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=15540381
Despite Kezzo and Platinum not wanting to play with each other, they still manage to win against ONE!. Outlaws are underrepresented in Russia, but Kezzo has one pick there Beren needs to focus on eliminating. But since Kezzo took Benelux and Portugal and Beren has no income, Kezzo refuses to die in Russia. Meanwhile, Suschel is getting some good income from Finland and Norway, eliminating Kezzo from Denmark. Luckily, Odin has an uncontested Bulgaria and can pressure the center very effectively. As the turns go on, Outlaws get more and more income, while ONE!'s incomes are stale. At the end of the day, Odin eliminates everyone from center and Outlaws come out victorious.

Kezzo + Platinum + Odin (Outlaws) defeat AI + Melethron + blobblob (MH)
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=16023753
Kezzo helps Odin get some big income by turn 3. blobblob decides to opt for SWR, which is dangerous with Kezzo approaching from Finland. Meanwhile Melethron takes Ireland while Platinum is stacking up. Platinum's reaction is to take Iceland, from which Odin can send some of his massive income through. But Odin doesn't; he just stack and breaks center. An even better outcome. Melethron takes Bulgaria and is going to lose Ireland soon. Kezzo has now reached SWR and will be breaking it, at which point the game is over.

Standings:



Outlaws have a great month. They are competing again, recovering from Bonsai's boots earlier this season. Especially the teamgames are pushing them for a lot of points. Outlaws did all this going 8-2 by in the following fashion:

1v1	3-2
2v2	3-0
3v3	2-0

Lynx are completely back in the game after Masters booted on several teamgames and some 1v1's. It looks like we're going to have a nice competition at the top and at the bottom of this division. Healthy for the league and stuff. I made that up btw. They go 7-4:

1v1	4-2
2v2	1-2
3v3	2-0

Masters have a week with mixed results. They win a lot of 1v1's, yet their teamgames ended in some boots. Eh, at least they're in the positives, right? Hopefully this gets the flaming competition going again. Their score this month is 9-5:

1v1	6-2
2v2	2-1
3v3	1-2

M'Hunters are next. While they have a positive record this month, the losses on teamgames may hurt their chances of getting out of the relegation fight. I'm lucky i still have that darklords invite if they ever relegate. Still, they go 9-6, which is absolutely not bad in such a destructive and competitive division:

1v1	6-1
2v2	2-3
3v3	1-2

ONE! is doing semi-bad i guess. A negative record while M'Hunters have a positive one. What's worse for them is that they are winning 1v1's and some 2v2's, but losing teamgames. Here's what they did:

1v1	3-2
2v2	2-2
3v3	0-2

GG has had a rather rough month. It's not as bad as VS's but man, 4-10 gets you thinking. If they continue on like this, they will join the relegation fight with ONE! and M'Hunters. Which will be fun. Some competition again. Anyways, their results:

1v1	2-5
2v2	2-5
3v3	0-0

VS remains the worst performer. They aren't guaranteed to relegation whatsoever, but let's be real; they're not going to make a comeback with these track-records. Their final score is 2-11:

1v1	1-10
2v2 	1-1
3v3	0-0

Where is the mention of Min's stalling?

Edited 8/22/2018 13:27:36

Amazing read!

Well done Farah! I enjoyed to read it.

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This was amazing! I especially liked how many times u mentioned my name! <3

Great read! Thanks for doing this, I'm looking forward to Malakkans postcard.

Wow 3 out of 5 responses are from Outlaws so far. They must've really been waiting for this update to come out. Looking at the results I wonder why that might be? ;)

Good job Farah! And good job outlaws, nice comeback! Very interesting division.

3rd through 5th are separated by less than 1% in points contested, with MH not terribly far behind. It looks like Lynx or Masters will win and VS will relegate, but really all spots from 3-6 are rather up in the air. Any of Outlaws, ONE!, GG, or MH could join VS in relegating, and any of them (except perhaps MH) could find themselves as high as 3rd. Those schmucks in ONE! really need to stop stalling for us to get some more clarity in that race though.

Big thanks from Masters for this update.