We will be streaming to select the Qualifier groups, go over some CL related stuf and revealing the lineups on Sunday. The stream will begin at 11AM PST

I expect some cunning tactical surprises.

Lol

EDIT - Who was that?

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MotD :

Paul Ince :D

haha.. If I had to guess, I would have totally guessed it was the Guv'nor!

did someone say tactical? :)

no tacky tickle!

Are Outlaws, ONE and French in or out?
Names are still neutral in the Spreadsheet.

Then you build a roster to counter it based on this logic. You focus on the templates that none of the majority of other clans focus on.

The main problem for such a planning is the communication effort:
You need to analyse the line-ups of all other clans and evaluate them. Then you need to come up with a plan and discuss with those who are involved.
Finally, you need to make sure nothing of your plan gets out. Once one player of your clan leaves, you would get problems doing so.

I think the risk is to high.

But lets be honest: For this exact reason noone did mail their template votes earlier as neccessary.

I think having some kind of platform which enables you to mail your line-up and reveal it exactly at the countdown, would help getting the mails in sooner.

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Are Outlaws, ONE and French in or out?
Names are still neutral in the Spreadsheet.

Can't speak for the other two clans, but we submitted ours on time.

They are all in. All the Clans who dropped out aren't included anymore in the spreadsheet.

Talking about the other thing. I trust MotD and Beren and don't think they would abuse their knowledge on the other lineups. Another point in my opinion is, that i don't believe any of the Division A Clans would wait until the last second to discuss a lineup. These talks are done weeks before the deadline, because u need to know which player is available for the lineup/roster and u need to talk about their best templates. So basically u're putting your lineup together weeks before the deadline.

A tad off topic but original CLOT thread is locked.

For when does one need to be the correct level? I would assume if someone only played in stage #2 then they would have untill the CLOTbot started allocating stage #2 games to reach the required level

@Rorschach, that is correct. You will need to be the appropriate level by the time games are being assigned. If a game can't be assigned due to level being too low you will get an automatic loss.

I think having some kind of platform which enables you to mail your line-up and reveal it exactly at the countdown, would help getting the mails in sooner.

I love how all of you guys have so many brilliant ideas. How about you spend some of your free time and implement this awesome feature eh? You take 3 weeks, and wait till the last minute to submit a damn line-up. But you're quick to demand new features from us. In all honesty, your expectations are unreal and you're paranoid.

And if it really bugs you, we have no objections with you collecting all the line-ups next season and giving us what we need. Unlike you, we're not so suspicious of people, and fully trust you. That sound good?

But lets be honest: For this exact reason noone did mail their template votes earlier as neccessary.

you live in a weird and scary world

For this exact reason noone did mail their template votes earlier as neccessary.

The reason Apprentice was slow is because we wanted to make sure everybody was happy with the templates they would play and because of possible last minute changes due to real-life getting in someones way. I think that this is the case for lots of clans.

^ya, couple of last minute changes here too for players who were a bit too busy

"And if it really bugs you, we have no objections with you collecting all the line-ups next season and giving us what we need. Unlike you, we're not so suspicious of people, and fully trust you. That sound good?"

Putting Lynx/101st in charge of CL would be like putting Donald Trump in charge of a country.

Make Clan League Great Again! (World ends in nuclear disaster)

#motd4prez

Aha, well there is one similarity, Donald trump threatened to put his opposition in jail, in our case, we'd have put you put in C with the other new clans ;)

Nah, in all seriousness, the past and present clan league organisers have been extremely dedicated in running this thing. Anyone who thinks they're petty enough to try and abuse this is clearly wrong. Keep up the good work guys.

When I read this first I thought it was unnecessary to comment on this, but just for the record:

Blitz trusts the CL panel members to not abuse their powers to their advantage.

But lets be honest: For this exact reason noone did mail their template votes earlier as neccessary.

Blitz did not, and did not discuss doing so in any way.

@MotD and Beren: Ignore this kind of behaviour.

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On a personal note:

Look at this thread!

• Math Wolf creating drama (mate, wait until you reach group A/B...) ;)
  
  
• Norman saying something that makes sense. Well done!
  
  
• @lynxies: I wish your parents would make your nannies preapprove what you post on the forums... Alternatively you can ask your big brother Hades, he seems to have some brain and manners.
  
  
• @krunx: pls stop distrusting the panel because they took one decision that was against your interest. Enjoy the game and enjoy the competition that they are organising for you. Just sit back, relax, and have fun!
  
  
  

edit: made use of my downvoting options and thanked god that I never have to read a lynx clan chat.

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It seems like many here prefer to just trust the organizers. I disagree for not the reasons that you think. That said, I don't think my proposal is needed. I've been convinced that logistically it's quite challenging to cheat even if you wanted to, so I'm fine with how things are.