I reported that to fizzer immideatly (i got booted because my 5 days banked got wiped) but he didn't feel the need to officially announce this.

Today we can know something about the next cycle? thanks

@NoName: Soon, I sent out a reminder to submit templates, still waiting for 3 clans (sadly enough including my own clan).

Keeping secrets from yourself, MW? ;)

For future reference, can any template be proposed as long as the settings are considered strategic?
If so, would that allow new templates as well as well-established ones to be used?

@linberson: MW is a cheeky little *****, I bet he does try to rig this thing in his advantage.

@DanWL: yes and yes. New templates are welcome if they can be considered strategic. Hence, clan Cup may be an interesting competition to try out new templates and ideas.

@everyone: only one clan has to still submit their template (guess which one. -_-), for one other clan some clarification is needed. Templates will be posted no later than this weekend, giving everyone at least 3 weeks to submit their lineups.

Templates for cycle 2:

1v1s
Battle Islands V
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=1241030
Red Dead Redemption
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=1241031
Fast Earth
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=1241032
Small Earth
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=1241033

2v2s
MME
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=1241035
MME + LD
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=1241036

Please send your lineups to this account before July 14 (no later than July 13 or the night between the 13th and 14th). I will send a PM to remind everyone in the next days as well.

2v2 MME and 2v2 MME LD

Such variety, many wow.

@Cowboy: blame Statisticians (no joke).

As it's between halfway between the announcement and deadline, I sent a reminder to all clan contacts.

Meanwhile, cycle 1 has already advanced quite far. In the 1v1s, most tournaments are at the semi-finals, with only one quarterfinal still going on, and 3 finalists already decided. In the 2v2s, all first rounds have finished, although the majority is still playing the semi-finals.

Masters has pulled in the lead, but several other clans are following closely behind. Of note, each of the clans in the top 4 (Master, Apprentice, FCC & Statisticians) is still in the running in 4 tournaments and can still earn over 3000 points in this cycle.

Most recent rankings (whenever I update them) can always be found:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m1LHE-fg8_SjmfsnUWx971-LneIpVGFhMWmFiFftmMI/edit?pli=1#gid=0

Because
(1) I did not have time to send a reminder to every clan and
(2) I do not have time today anymore, nor tomorrow to make the tournaments, the new deadline for lineups is July 15/July 16. If all goes well, I will make the tournaments of cycle 2 on July 16 in the late afternoon or evening European time.

Note that I have a very busy week ahead and if something gets in between on Tuesday another delay may be necessary.
My apologies on behalf of the organizers -> my lazy main account.

Thx MW and gl all clans for this second cycle

The second cycle has started. Due to the delay, I allowed 7 days to join the tournaments.
Good luck to everyone!

Thanks Math Wolf.

Does anybody know if I can join the tournament without breaking my vacation?

Only thing that breaks vacations is committing in games. I can attest to that

Since there are only 6 clans in the draw for cycle 3 (18 clans joined 1 or more cycles, of which 12 have already chosen a template), I already performed the draw to decide which clan can propose a 2v2 and which one a 1v1.

> set.seed(3)
> sample(c("{101st}","Blitz","CORP","USSR","M'Hunters","Polish Eagles"),6)
[1] "Blitz" "M'Hunters" "Polish Eagles" "{101st}" "USSR" "CORP"
> sample(c(rep("1v1",4),rep("2v2",2)))
[1] "1v1" "1v1" "1v1" "2v2" "1v1" "2v2"

So the 2v2 templates of cycle 3 can be decided by {101st} and CORP,
The 1v1 templates of cycle 3 are for Blitz, M'Hunters, Polish Eagles and USSR.
Deadline for template submission is August 15. Templates used in cycle 1 can be proposed again, templates from cycle 2 not.

Where we can see all tournaments of second cycle?

Links are all in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m1LHE-fg8_SjmfsnUWx971-LneIpVGFhMWmFiFftmMI/ and will be added to the first page later.

The first two cups have been finished and they both went to Masters, who are now the holders of the 1v1 MME and 1v1 French Brawl cups! The finals of the other 1v1 tournaments of cycle 1 are ongoing, while both 2v2 tournaments are at the semi-final stage.

These wins also help Masters to jump to 1st place and immediately create a big gap with the chasers.
Meanwhile, first blood has been drawn in cycle 2 with both LuFredd and Outlaws using some early wins to get into the top 10 of the ranking. Top 5 clans Masters and FCC both have a limited roster in cycle 2, allowing for some other clans to step up and grab the spotlight.

As announced, cycle 3 will start mid September, with templates being announced mid August. Current proposals include a repeat of 2v2 Volcano Island, 2v2 China and 1v1 Elitist Africa, with 3 more 1v1s to be decided. As always, you clan can still join if it hasn't yet.

Edited 7/30/2019 19:08:26

Cool repeat Volcano Island 2v2