July Challenge: World Cup 2014

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:21 pm

Official Monthly Challenge for July 2014
Brought to you by DoomYoshi and the Community Team

CLICK HERE TO JOIN GAMES

By the time you read this, the Group stage of the World Cup will be over and we will be entering the tournament bracket. Hopefully, your favorite teams will have advanced. Hopefully, match fixing will be at an all-time low. Hopefully, you will enjoy this challenge.

This challenge is taken (almost completely) from an idea that Blitzkrieg Frank put together. This is our first community developed challenge. Hopefully there will be more, using a different format.

NO SIGN-UPS REQUIRED - Everyone is eligible!
To sign up all you need to do is join and win at least one game started between July 1 and July 31 with the following settings:

Settings
Maps: Brazil, World Cup 2014, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, USA, Germany, England, Ancient Greece, Portugal, France, México
Players per game: 4 (Four)
Game Type: Standard
Initial Troops: Automatic
Round Limit: Any
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Escalating
Reinforcements: Any
Special Gameplay: Sunny (Trench optional)
Round Length: Casual or speed

Medal Criteria
You need at least 50 Points for the Challenge Achievement Medal
Each bronze token is worth 5 points - for winning a qualifying (played in Group stage) country's map game
Each silver token is worth 10 points - for winning a 2014 World Cup game
Each gold token is worth 15 points - for winning a Brazil game
For a score to count, one must have 2 bronze, 1 silver and 1 gold

The settings that must be present are One of the maps (see above for list), 4 player standard, sunny, escalating, automatic, sequential
Please double check and make sure you have all these settings set.
The other settings are open.

Wins will still be counted until August 31.

Notes

Games must start between CC Time: 2014-07-01 00:00:00 and CC Time: 2014-07-31 23:59:59 to be considered for the Challenge.
Any issues will be solved by me, DoomYoshi and my word is final.

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:22 pm

FAQs

Who can play a Challenge?
All challenges are open to everyone, although freemiums may have a problem meeting the game load.

How do we join?
All you have to do is a)create games that meet the requirements or b)join games that meet the requirements. They can be private, public or even tournament games. Team CC is not creating any games, the whole thing is done by users. There is a game-join link at the top of the first post.

What are the prizes?
For reaching the Challenge Goal you get one of the rarest medals on the site, the Challenge medal. Challenges only come around once, if you miss it, you won't ever have another chance.

For scoring the most points in the Challenge: 1 Green Conquer Star

For those who finish in 2nd-5th place in the Challenge and achieve the Goal: 1 Blue Conquer Star

When do I get my prize?
Soon after you meet the requirements!

How is deadbeating dealt with?
Please report deadbeats in your games, I will do a random check. Inventory items will stay, but medals might be taken away if the deadbeats points do not allow for a medal.

Rulings
1. Deadbeats will have entry points stripped.
2. Wins by round limit count as normal wins.
3. Games can always have round limits but they never need to.
4. Inventory relating to the challenge will vanish at the end of August.
5. Bot games do not score tokens.

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by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:22 pm

Scoreboard.

by **hwhrhett** on Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:33 pm

so there will be no larger challenge for a medal on this one?

by **hwhrhett** on Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:35 pm

p.s. under rulings it says "4. Inventory relating to the challenge will vanish at the end of May."

by **Gilligan** on Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:04 pm

hwhrhett wrote:p.s. under rulings it says "4. Inventory relating to the challenge will vanish at the end of May."

I still have April tokens in my inventory...

However, I am looking forward to this one. It will be fun.

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:19 am

hwhrhett wrote:so there will be no larger challenge for a medal on this one?

Right, we are going back to the way the challenges used to be.

by **betiko** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:09 am

looks like you guys are back to reasonable and fun challenges. thanks!

by **jonofperu** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:56 am

OK, so
5 points for: Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, USA, Germany, England, Ancient Greece, Portugal, France, Mexico
10 points for: World Cup 2014
15 points for: Brazil

As I read the explanation it sounded like there was a group stage or some kind of tournament format...

by **Gilligan** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:01 pm

jonofperu wrote:OK, so
5 points for: Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, USA, Germany, England, Ancient Greece, Portugal, France, Mexico
10 points for: World Cup 2014
15 points for: Brazil

As I read the explanation it sounded like there was a group stage or some kind of tournament format...

group stage of the world cup

by **iAmCaffeine** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:23 pm

I will create several games on the 2014 World Cup and Brazil maps for 2000+ players. Let me know if you want invites.

by **Gilligan** on Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:31 pm

iAmCaffeine wrote:I will create several games on the 2014 World Cup and Brazil maps for 2000+ players. Let me know if you want invites.

meme

by **Donelladan** on Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:46 am

5 points for: Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, USA, Germany, England, Ancient Greece, Portugal, France, Mexico
10 points for: World Cup 2014
15 points for: Brazil

Is the map France 2.1 accepted too?

by **iAmCaffeine** on Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:20 pm

Still five Brazil and five World Cup games to fill. PM me for the password. I'll make more on other maps if people wish.

by **biscuit boy** on Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:55 pm

I won game Game 14602591 and didn't receive the the silver token for the July challenge. After doing some research there have been 3 games finished that should have gotten the token and the logs do not indicate this. Thanks

by **DoomYoshi** on Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:50 pm

biscuit boy wrote:I won game Game 14602591 and didn't receive the the silver token for the July challenge. After doing some research there have been 3 games finished that should have gotten the token and the logs do not indicate this. Thanks

I will get the code monkeys cracking right away!

Donelladan wrote:
5 points for: Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, USA, Germany, England, Ancient Greece, Portugal, France, Mexico
10 points for: World Cup 2014
15 points for: Brazil

Is the map France 2.1 accepted too?

No.

by **DoomYoshi** on Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:19 pm

World Cup was accidentally left off the list of medal maps. It should be fixed, and I am going through to award anyone who got missed.

by **RICHARDJOHN** on Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:35 am

if i win a Brazil game, does that count for both the Gold and Bronze token?

by **DoomYoshi** on Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:14 pm

RICHARDJOHN wrote:if i win a Brazil game, does that count for both the Gold and Bronze token?

No. Brazil did also qualify though, but they qualified via being the host.

by **jonofperu** on Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:11 am

Got a few spots left in this tournament:
July Challenge Round Robin

by **DoomYoshi** on Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:43 am

Just added a new ruling... bot games are not allowed.

by **jonofperu** on Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:56 am

One more tournament with challenge settings:
July Challenge Teams.

Form a team of 4 and sign up!

by **lokisgal** on Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:51 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:Just added a new ruling... bot games are not allowed.

I dont think you can add that ruling after the challenge has started. You can have it as a standing ruling for tournies from this point forward or for this one even from this point forward but to suddenly add it in the middle isnt right
just saying.... You cant make up the rules as you go along -