for Soldiers of Fortune:

out: box
in: V
template: 3v3 biomes of america
subs: 11

out: box
in: V
template: 2v2 guiroma
subs: 10

out: box
in: V
template: 1v1 hannibal at the gates
subs: 9

french connexion

substitutions

timid land 2v2

player out : jojo
player in : WxD

hannibal 1v1

player out : jojo
player in : roronoark

Is there a way to know in advance the exact game pairings?

There is a general schedule, when rounds of games will start. But I cannot find info, who is playing against who on these dates.

Edited 1/14/2023 00:50:51

Nope the pairings are random

Is there a specific time that the games are launched?

No. I mean, I guess I could do it already now. Somewhere on earth it is already 15th January. But I think I will at least wait until it is for me 15th January, too.

I added reminder in my calender. So I hope I start all games on the days they are meant to start.

Edited 1/14/2023 18:48:05

Ok. It’s just that Africa NLC could be decided by who starts the turn timer first to get 2nd and 3rd pick in distribution. If there’s no exact time, it would be nice to get a rough time, even if that range is a couple hours.

You should check again how NLC works :)

Or you could just change it last minute to regular cycle move order ;)

Check what again? Whoever takes longer first turn gets 2nd and 3rd pick. With 15 days of banked time, it doesn’t seem in line with CL’s goal to make the run time of CL quicker if you can use the banked time for a tactical edge.

After the first round in a tournament, games will be made shortly after midnight UTC (assuming the clot is still up :P).

Just the first round of tournaments depends on LF.

Gotcha. Thanks Justin.

@Texx.
Whoever is faster in picking gets first pick. But it is not necessarily true, that if you commit first that you have picked fastest.
Other than that just on a side note, my goal is not to make Clan League faster. :)

LF, I know how NLC works. I’m saying that often you want to take the longest time in distribution so that you get #2 & #3 picks instead of #1. That means that whoever opens the game and starts the timer first will have more time to add to the timer. This was one of the reasons why I was asking if the games are launched at a specific time.

My side notes are to point out that this might be unfair for those in timezones that are sleeping when the games launch. I believe this is the reason that MTL and the World Tour use regular cyclic order for their Elitist Africa template.

Also to mention that this will result in purposeful stalling, prolonging the games and potentially CL. You say your goal is not to make CL shorter, but when I listened to the SDC episode with Cowboy, it seemed like the shortening of CL by removing vacations and adding banked time was something that he took pride in. Although it’s just a single 1v1 template and the odds of that isn’t very high, I don’t think the reason the banked time exists is so players can waste it in the distribution phase for a slight tactical edge. It’s obviously many months too late to change anything, but I would suggest avoiding NLC for competitive multi-day games in the future.

Anyway, this is just the 2 cents of a nobody. Love all the work you do LF, thanks for working hard to put this together. I’m excited for my Biomes game that starts soon. Good luck to everyone in their games.

hi, i'm sorry but we have a very late replacement:
- player subbed out: farah
- player subbed in: poldi
- tournament: biomes 3v3
- number of subs left: 11
thanks, poldi

Ah ok. Now I get it.

Though I think there are pros and cons for both variants.

I believe in most cases it makes sense to have 1st choice on Elitist. With 2nd and 3rd choice you also get last (14th) choice. With 1st choice you have 4 of 7 times an earlier choice. With 2nd choice you only have 3 times an earlier choice. NLC has its charme I think. But I am no real INSS expert either.

However the cyclic variant wasn't even suggested. Template choices have been made. That is it.🤷‍♂️😊

Edited 1/14/2023 22:18:07

no need to apologize i will try my best

MythBusters
3v3 Biomes:
Player in: knaan and forfun
player out: norme and shadow demon

2v2 timid:
player in: forfun
player out: john zou/tsunami


subs left: 9

Edited 1/15/2023 00:33:40

For Fun is not playing Hannibal in your current lineup

can we end cl and just say peepee poo fard won? thanks

mytbuster

1v1 hannibal:
player in: shadow demon
player out: usualsuspect

8 subs left