Conquer Club

Hi all.

Feudal war continues to grow in popularity, and for many players it is the ultimate map. It is simple in concept and yet incredibly rich in strategy. In fact in my opinion, and I know this opinion is shared by many, its is probably the map which is the most rewarding of skillful play and the least rewarding of luck in dice or drop. Although I have played more than 1000 games on FW - I still regularly see new strategic ideas being employed successfully against me and others. During this continuing evolution of feudal play - a number of very fine players have established powerful reputations. Many of these players have never played against each other. It is predominantly this fact that has inspired this tournament idea.

The time has come to pit the very best of the very best of feudal players against each other.

Masters of the Map of Kings will be contested by the 20 best available feudal masters on an all-play-all basis. Game play will be a combination of team play, 6-player escalating cards games and of course 1v1, with a variety of settings, but all on the feudal war map.

The tournament will be overseen by a committee of three: Army of Achilles, LFAW and fatharry.

We invite anyone interested to apply to play. From amongst those that apply, 20 will be selected as follows:

5 players selected on overall ranking points.
5 players selected on feudal maprank.
5 players selected based on recent feudal tournament results.
4 players selected by a count of votes cast by the committee members.
1 player selected through a knockout qualifying tournament (all players will be eligible to enter this qualifying tourney.)

1.Tournament Format.

The tournament format is not set in stone at this point, and the committee will welcome discussion about format in this thread. The format which we propose at present is as follows:

Each player will play 44 games over 11 weeks (4 new games per player started each week):
19 x 1v1
10 x 2v2 doubles
9 x 3v3 trips
6 x 6 player escalating cards standard games

Thus each player will play against each other player: once in a 1v1, at least twice and not more than 3x in team games, at least once and not more than twice in the 6-player games.
Each player will partner each other player at least once and not more than twice in team games.
Within the above constraints, pairings will be random.

The total number of games in the tourney will be 290.

2.Scoring

1 point for a 1v1 win
1 point per player in the winning team for the 2v2 or 3v3 games.
3 points for a 6-player standard win.

There will be a total of 440 points available - so an average of 22 per player.
The maximum possible points haul for a single player is 56.

The Champion will be the player with the highest score after all games have been played.

3. Settings

Each game will have a HOST. Each player will host 14 or 15 of his 44 games. The host will choose the settings i.e. fog/sun, freestyle/seq, reinforcements and spoils (except for the 6 player games which will all have escalating spoils.) The host (and his team where applicable) must also join first (this is especially for the freestyle games.)

Unfortunately there will be no speed games- it's just too complicated logistically to co-ordinate speed games. I realise an entire culture has arisen around freestyle speed on this site, and that most players with serious ranking points have earned these points through this game style. However the focus of the tournament is on strategic thinking rather than speed.

Please give your views freely about any aspect this tournament.

Please indicate if you would like to be considered as a candidate for the tournament.

We will also welcome nominations of players, so if there is a player or players who in your opinion are amongst the best of the best on feudal - let us know.

Every post to this thread will be taken seriously by the committee - so let us know what you think.

Best wishes to all

Top 5 by ranking points (as at Saturday 8 November) :

1.me-da-minority 3463
2.muld00n 3443
3.Clanlord Karl 2973
4.moonsoon7 2916
5.Gigadakh 2842

Top 5 by feudal war map-rank as at Saturday 8 November):

1.fatharry +5787
2.Daviedoo +4097
3.Tammy Delee +3740
4.Kotaro +3080
5.LFAW +3055

Top 5 by tournament results on feudal war:
(for an explanation of this point system - see below)

1.Chuuuuck 83
2.army of achilles 79 - replaced by the zepman
3.Grond 2cd. 64
4.White Moose 51
5. EckoJ 14 (top ranked out of 5 players who were tied on this score)

Players selected by committee vote:

1.owenator
2.daydream
3.duckers
4.Poisonous86



Point system for performance in recent tournaments.

The 6 most recent FW tournaments (4 completed and 2 near completion) have been used to allocate points for selection of 5 players. The total number of points allocated for each tournament is equal to the number of players that entered the tournament.

Completed tourneys:

Ultimate feudal war singles - by Army of Achilles. 128 points = 64 for first, 43 for 2nd, 21 for 3rd [ratio = 3:2:1])

Most Ultimate feudal war singles - by Army of Achilles. 166 points = 83 for first, 55 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd [ratio = 3:2:1]

Feudal War doubles tournament - by blackraptor. 18 points = 9 for each player in winning team)

The decisive war: feudal triples - by nemrehs. 24 points = 8 for each member of the winning team.

Tourneys close to completion.

The supreme doubles feudal war tournament - by LFAW and t-o-m. 64 points = 8 points for each of the 8 players in the semifinals.

Feudal war 1v1 round robin - by fatharry. 112 points = 14 points for each of the 8 finalists.

Round 1 (single game)
match 1.01 calaador vs thedoggdakdes
match 1.02 pjk vs Captain Jack
match 1.03 The Chosen vs lemurkind
match 1.04 japser_be vs danfrank
match 1.05 jackin_u_up vs aaron234
match 1.06 thischarmingham vs mortarmaggot64
match 1.07 darin44 vs yazoochick
match 1.08 wrexham vs Paragon42
match 1.09 sd031091 vs beatfactor
match 1.10 cancermerchant vs acores2005
match 1.11 xruan vs Johnny Rockets
match 1.12 andreas1977 vs Quase
match 1.13 Moneymatt vs clericgs3
match 1.14 germwarfare vs goozook
match 1.15 soldier4christ vs -Maximus-
match 1.16 thrillomania vs DukeToshiro
match 1.17 hatta76 vs bighab
match 1.18 kcstuds vs megadeth666
match 1.19 Peter Perfect vs enterprise47
match 1.20 delboy01 vs siutiapik
match 1.21 mwcc vs Diamonds14
match 1.22 rom_tobins vs goozbeh
match 1.23 wowaholic vs elfcasino
match 1.24 phantomzero vs joshsoccer7
match 1.25 lawlgn vs rokov
match 1.26 ultrafit vs badlouie

Round 2 (single game)
match 2.1 winner1.01 vs winner1.26
match 2.2 winner1.02 vs winner1.25
match 2.3 winner1.03 vs winner1.24
match 2.4 winner1.04 vs winner1.23
match 2.5 winner1.05 vs winner1.22
match 2.6 winner1.06 vs winner1.21
match 2.7 winner1.07 vs winner1.2
match 2.8 winner1.08 vs winner1.19
match 2.9 winner1.09 vs winner1.18
match 2.10 winner1.1 vs winner1.17
match 2.11 winner1.11 vs winner1.16
match 2.12 winner1.12 vs winner1.15
match 2.13 winner1.13 vs winner1.14

Round 3 (best of 3)
match 3.01 thezepman vs winner2.13
match 3.02 BigRagooch vs winner2.12
match 3.03 spijker81 vs winner2.11
match 3.04 Juls vs winner2.1
match 3.05 downfall vs winner2.09
match 3.06 Hamanu vs winner2.08
match 3.07 blackraptor58 vs winner2.07
match 3.08 RKCVED vs winner2.06
match 3.09 heavenly29 vs winner2.05
match 3.10 gordito vs winner2.04
match 3.11 dustin800 vs winner2.03
match 3.12 Humanist vs winner2.02
match 3.13 MEP vs winner2.01
match 3.14 drasill vs kronic69
match 3.15 darcogoal vs qwert
match 3.16 gudor vs Dominator7

Round 4 (best of 3)
match 4.01 winner3.01 vs winner3.16
match 4.02 winner3.02 vs winner3.15
match 4.03 winner3.03 vs winner3.14
match 4.04 winner3.04 vs winner3.13
match 4.05 winner3.05 vs winner3.12
match 4.06 winner3.06 vs winner3.11
match 4.07 winner3.07 vs winner3.1
match 4.08 winner3.08 vs winner3.09

Quarter-finals (best of 3)
match 5.01 winner4.01 vs winner4.08
match 5.02 winner4.02 vs winner4.07
match 5.03 winner4.03 vs winner4.06
match 5.04 winner4.04 vs winner4.05

Semi-finals (best of 3)
match 6.01 winner5.01 vs winner5.04
match 6.02 winner5.02 vs winner5.03

Final winner6.01 vs winner6.02 (best of 5)

reserved

interesting. do i qualify?

im deffinately in
sounds awesome

PLease add my name to the list
cheers

pjk

im in

I'm in.

im in

thanks

g.

I'm in.

never played FW, but interested to be in...

I wanna play!

i got a om so does that mean i can play in it?

Count Me In!!!

The last one was great!

Johnny Rockets

( Like Johnny Rocket24 but younger, and better looking.)

dont think I'll fit the criteria but I'd love to be in, good luck all xx

so how do I find out what my map ranking is? and what will the game settings be? It's very hard for me to do a standard game other than that I'm game for it

I wish everyone luck in the tournament. Oh and do suck up if you want in via the 4th route ... I hear Harry likes hugs

And 101, based on Ranking alone you will be in (99% likely) and last time I checked you were on something like +1500 for Feudal

ok im in ,,, thanks for the invite

i'm in if qualified.

I'll play

i am in

Sounds great, count me in.

FATHARRY wrote:Hi all.

Feudal war continues to grow in popularity, and for many players it is the ultimate map. It is simple in concept and yet incredibly rich in strategy. In fact in my opinion, and I know this opinion is shared by many, its is probably the map which is the most rewarding of skillful play and the least rewarding of luck in dice or drop. Although I have played more than 1000 games on FW - I still regularly see new strategic ideas being employed successfully against me and others. During this continuing evolution of feudal play - a number of very fine players have established powerful reputations. Many of these players have never played against each other. It is predominantly this fact that has inspired this tournament idea.

The time has come to pit the very best of the very best of feudal players against each other.

Masters of the Map of Kings will be contested by the 20 best available feudal masters on an all-play-all basis. Game play will be a combination of team play, 6-player escalating cards games and of course 1v1, with a variety of settings, but all on the feudal war map.

The tournament will be overseen by a committee of three: Army of Achilles, LFAW and fatharry.

We invite anyone interested to apply to play. From amongst those that apply, 20 will be selected as follows:

5 players selected on overall ranking points.
5 players selected on feudal maprank.
5 players selected based on recent feudal tournament results.
5 players selected by the committee.

1.Tournament Format.

The tournament format is not set in stone at this point, and the committee will welcome discussion about format in this thread. The format which we propose at present is as follows:

Each player will play 44 games over 11 weeks (4 new games per player started each week):
19 x 1v1
10 x 2v2 doubles
9 x 3v3 trips
6 x 6 player escalating cards standard games

Thus each player will play against each other player: once in a 1v1, at least twice and not more than 3x in team games, at least once and not more than twice in the 6-player games.
Each player will partner each other player at least once and not more than twice in team games.
Within the above constraints, pairings will be random.

The total number of games in the tourney will be 290.

2.Scoring

1 point for a 1v1 win
1 point per player in the winning team for the 2v2 or 3v3 games.
3 points for a 6-player standard win.

There will be a total of 440 points available - so an average of 22 per player.
The maximum possible points haul for a single player is 56.

The Champion will be the player with the highest score after all games have been played.

3. Settings

Each game will have a HOST. Each player will host 14 or 15 of his 44 games. The host will choose the settings i.e. fog/sun, freestyle/seq, reinforcements and spoils (except for the 6 player games which will all have escalating spoils.) The host (and his team where applicable) must also join first (this is especially for the freestyle games.)

Unfortunately there will be no speed games- it's just too complicated logistically to co-ordinate speed games. I realise an entire culture has arisen around freestyle speed on this site, and that most players with serious ranking points have earned these points through this game style. However the focus of the tournament is on strategic thinking rather than speed.

Please give your views freely about any aspect this tournament.

Please indicate if you would like to be considered as a candidate for the tournament.

We will also welcome nominations of players, so if there is a player or players who in your opinion are amongst the best of the best on feudal - let us know.

Every post to this thread will be taken seriously by the committee - so let us know what you think.

Best wishes to all

In

sounds great

like to join , though i've played it a few times .. but loved the map straightaway , thanks goes to Gorehound for the great coaching .