Good bans vs rak. Rak is known to be a dirty lucker.

Obviously not only on WR templates :P

The Tour Finals News

• The master of desaster vs. malakkan semifinal battle were finished.
  After both their INSS and WR battles were tied, the match was decided on SR templates.
  MoD was the better bean counter this time, congrats for the final!
  
  • MoD won on British Raj (MoD's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24101471
    
  • Malakkan won on Old 1v1 Ladder (Malakkan's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24101481
    
  • MoD won on Guiroma 16% SR (MoD's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24154444
    
  • ]MoD won on Volcano Island (Malakkan's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24154451

The actual bracket:



https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSg7-qC69t9dyLCK7r1ML0BOFRLmYQnvzahr_nxhfZaorgtyCXges8-uCNiJs8TFYzrvPM1TcloaE5G/pubhtml

The ongoing games:

• Semifinals
  
  • rakleader vs. Suschel (1:0)
    
    • GAME 1 - Belarus
      https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24025328
      
    • GAME 3 - British Raj
      https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24101447

Nice, Suschel at least takes a point unlike his predecessors :D

The Tour Finals News

• The rakleader vs. Suschel semifinal battle were finished.
  As Meldarion has already noted, Suschel managed to break Rak’s unbeaten series, but that was enough only for avoiding the 4:0, Rak still won the battle smoothly with a score of 4:1, congrats. So no ONE! in the final :(
  
  • Rak won on Belarus (Rak's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24025328
    
  • Suschel won on British Raj (Rak's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24101447
    
  • Rak won on Blitzkrieg Bork (Suschel's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24723945
    
  • ]Rak won on French Brawl (Rak's choice)
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24723953
  
  
• In the meantime, the pick/ban phase of the master of desaster vs. rakleader final battle were finished too:
  
  • Pick/ban steps
    https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24900813
    
    • The 12-12 additional templates
      
      • were chosen by rakleader:
        Blitzkrieg Bork, Strategic Commanders, Turkey LD, MA Battle Islands V, EA&O SR, Strategic Greece, Battle Islands V, Phobia SR, Treasure Map, Pangea Ultima, Cat Fight, Gelvien Islands
        
      • were chosen by master of desaster
        MA Battle Islands V, French Brawl, Elitist Africa NLC, Landria, EarthSea, Guiroma 16% SR, Malvia, Old 1v1 Ladder, British Raj, Belarus, Treasure Map, China
    • rakleader chose Player A
      
    • rakleader banned Landria, EarthSea, Guiroma 16% SR, Malvia, British Raj and China
      
    • master of desaster banned Blitzkrieg Bork, Strategic Commanders, EA&O SR, Phobia SR, Pangea Ultima and Cat Fight
      
    • rakleader banned Macedonia No Split
      
    • master of desaster banned Blitzkrieg Bork
      
    • rakleader picked (game 1) Battle Islands V
      
    • master of desaster picked (game 2) Elitist Africa NLC
      
    • rakleader banned New 1v1 Ladder
      
    • master of desaster banned Phobia SR
      
    • rakleader picked (game 3) Battle Islands V
      
    • master of desaster picked (game 4) Old 1v1 Ladder
      
    • rakleader banned British Raj
      
    • master of desaster banned Strategic Greece
      
    • rakleader picked (game 5) Strategic Greece
      
    • master of desaster picked (game 6) Belarus
      
    • rakleader banned Volcano Island
      
    • master of desaster banned Turkey LD
      
    • rakleader picked (game 7) Gelvien Islands
      
    • master of desaster picked (game 8) Guiroma 16% SR
      
    • rakleader banned Biomes of America
      
    • master of desaster banned Treasure Map
      
    • rakleader picked (game 9) MA Battle Islands V
      
    • master of desaster picked (game 10) French Brawl
      
    • rakleader banned Treasure Map
      
    • master of desaster banned MA Battle Islands V
      
    • rakleader picked (game 11) French Brawl
  
  Will Rak manage to win the cup on his second try? Or MoD will be who stand in his way this year?
  We will see, stay tuned! :)
  You can find their first two ongoing games below.
  
  
  
• The actual bracket:
  
  
  
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSg7-qC69t9dyLCK7r1ML0BOFRLmYQnvzahr_nxhfZaorgtyCXges8-uCNiJs8TFYzrvPM1TcloaE5G/pubhtml
  
  
  
• The ongoing games:
  
  • Finals
    
    • master of desaster vs. rakleader (0:0)
      
      • GAME 1 - Battle Islands V
        https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24906980
        
      • GAME 2 - Elitist Africa NLC
        https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24906987

master of desaster banned Blitzkrieg Bork, Strategic Commanders, EA&O SR, Phobia SR, Pangea Ultima and Cat Fight
rakleader banned Macedonia No Split
master of desaster banned Blitzkrieg Bork

Banning Bork 2 times seems reasonable.

The same happened with phobia sr

And Braj, and treasure map

I am not sure that I understand well you, but those templates have simply been duplicated during the first step of the pick/ban phase of the final, according to the rules.

https://www.warzone.com/Forum/418858-awp-world-tour-finals-2020-magazine?Offset=6

The template pool expansion will be via private messages of the pick/ban dummy games between Tour admin and players.
Each player will choose 12 templates from these 35
https://www.warzone.com/Forum/262655-awp-world-tour-magazine?Offset=5
A maximum of 6 from the chosen 12 templates can be from the default 12 major templates (= duplicated)

A match has already ended in the final battle!
And it started with a huge surprise (at least for me)!

• Rak won on Elitist Africa NLC (MoD's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24906987

And the game was played real time!
I mean, MoD is one of the best real time player imo, and Africa one of his favorite template!

So the French leader started the battle very well!
And MoD now has to continue on two Battle Islands, which chosen by Rak (so seems that this is Rak's favorite template)
Good luck guys!
May the best win!

The ongoing games:

• GAME 1 - Battle Islands V
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24906980
  
• GAME 3 - Battle Islands V
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24919924

Although both copies of the blitzkrieg template have been vetoed, the speed of both Final players is quite blitzkrieg style :)
As an administrator, I’ve been the slowest so far, but I’m trying to pick up the pace.

Both ongoing BIV matches ended, with Rak winning in the first while MoD fought back with a nice game in the second.

• Rak won on Battle Islands V (Rak's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24906980
  
• MoD won on Battle Islands V (Rak's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24919924

Rak still leads to 2:1, and this great battle continues on the next two templates.

The ongoing games:

• GAME 4 - Old 1v1 Ladder
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24967595
  
• GAME 5 - Strategic Greece
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24967603

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24906980

Great game

Keep the pace up

Game pace of the Final is still fast as hell, Rak continues to play RT mode against MoD and with surprising success so far.

• Rak won on another of MoD's favorite templates, the Old 1v1 Ladder (MoD's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24967595

So Rak is currently leading 3:1, but the battle is still very long (need 6 wins for the title) so MoD still has plenty of opportunity to come back into the match.

The ongoing games:

• GAME 5 - Strategic Greece
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24967603
  
• GAME 6 - Belarus
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24977987

Another match of the final is over, MoD managed to come back again after his defeat on his own favorite template, MME.

• MoD won on Strategic Greece (Rak's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24967603

Rak is currently leading 3:2, the fight is very close!

Now they are fighting on two WR templates, whom will Fortuna like better? :)

The ongoing games:

• GAME 6 - Belarus
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24977987
  
• GAME 7 - Gelvien Islands
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25051286

Both ongoing WR matches have finished, MoD is in a triple winning streak and has reversed the match, now he leads 4:3.

• MoD won on Belarus (MoD's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=24977987
  
• MoD won on Gelvien Islands (Rak's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25051286

Exciting Final!

The current ongoing games:

• GAME 8 - Guiroma 16% SR
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25188813
  
• GAME 9 - MA Battle Islands V
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25188818

Will Rak only get second place again? :O
No-no, it is far from over and the match is very close!
Stay tuned! ;)

Edited 1/2/2021 03:28:05

The link to Gelvien Islands is the same as the belarus game

Here you go min

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25051286

@Min34
Thanks for pointing me to the bug, I fixed it.

@MoD
Thanks for helping Min34
(the correct link was there at the end of the previous post anyway :) )

Wow nice reversal mod! Good stuff guys

Again, both ongoing matches are over, poor admin has to work again :P
The game speed in the final is still insane.

Rak broke MoD's previous winning streak, defeating him on the MoD chosen Guiroma template (4:4), but then he lost on MA BIV template which he himself chose (4:5).

• Rak won on Guiroma 16% SR (MoD's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25188813
  
• MoD won on MA Battle Islands V (Rak's choice)
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25188818

Very very close Final!
Both remaining templates are French Brawl, so Rak can reverse the match at home :)
However, he can’t lose. If MoD wins one match, He will take the cup this year and Rak will only be second again.

The current ongoing game:

• GAME 10 - French Brawl
  https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=25239685

Very exciting!
Stay tuned! ;)