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dance210: We currently do one about each quarter. If these are popular and were increased, how often would you want to see them...every other month?   (And I agree, this is one of my favorite tournaments to run!)  

dance210: Partly because of when registration closes and partly to use that email as a reminder that the tournament takes place in ~24 hr.   How much in advance would you like to see the team assignments for future tournaments?  

dance210: Oh jeez....not even sure what I was thinking there    Fixed, thanks for letting me know!

dance210: WGLNA Open Cup - Cup Point Leader Top 16 teams, based on final Cup Points after Cup 5 of 5, will participate in a Playoff Top 8 teams from the Playoff will earn a berth in the Bronze League next season   Congratulations to the top 16 teams, which move on to the Open Cup Playoffs! Good luck to all the teams! Captains, your team will automatically be invited to the Open Cup Playoffs using the roster from the last Cup you participated in. If you need to make any changes, please do so by emailing tournaments@wargamingamerica.com by Sunday, March 8, 2015.   Point Standings: Cups 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 Team Cup Points Earned Saved by the Shell 33 RED_K 27 The Devils Brigade 24 Belligerent Tankers Union 24 The Unbound Legion 17 Washington Battalion, L.Brigade 15 Gary Maxwell Force 15 Michael Westen Overdrive 13 Bad At Tonks 10 The SDD 9 Roll em 9 horse 8 Egg laying mammals of action 8 [-SMB-] Compañia 7 3CAB 6 Counter Karma Strike 6 True2Honor 5 -MNG- 4 ARAVT 2 Comando Tactico Blindado (COTAB) 0 -O_O- 0 Os CARAS DE CHIBATA 0 TAKA-SMP 0 Fluffy and her magical unicorns! 0 VamosCOTAB 0 KISSers 0 Sinful Delights 0 TheMidNightKillers 0 RGA 0 MONGOL 0 MNG 0 3Cab Blue Team 0 The Giggity's 0 Dream Killers 0 Tater salad! 0 MAS WARRIOR 0 DoomDeath 0 Crossfire 0 MIRMIDOES 0 ATOMS 0 Death From Men In Turrets 0 -MN- 0 Força Blindada Brasileira(-FBB-) 0 [REALS] Real Sociedad. -ELITE- 0 SUAF 0 R3ACT & . . . bros 0 odemmortis again 0 dog boys 0 The blues 0 Connection Lost 0 1st RNSTR 0 Unexplained Carpet Stains 0 Warriors Gaming 0 -DOC- 0 Lots of OXIGEN 0

dance210: WGLNA Open Cup 5 of 5 Group Stage Standings Top 8 teams earn Cup Points Cup Points can be earned every week. At the end of all 5 Cups, the teams with the most Points will play in a playoff, to determine which teams move up to the Bronze League next season. *Note: Standings are not final until after battles Group Stage Rounds 3 + 4 are finished.    Rounds 4 + 5 Rank Team Games Played Points Earned Points Possible Points Earned: Points Possible Cup Points 1 Bad At Tonks 10 24 30 0.800 10 2 Egg laying mammals of action 11 24 33 0.727 8 3 Michael Westen Overdrive 11 23 33 0.697 7 4 Saved by the shell 11 21 33 0.636 6 5 Gary Maxwell Force 10 19 30 0.633 5 6 Belligerent Tankers Union 10 18 30 0.600 4 7 RED_K 12 21 36 0.583 3 8 Roll em 11 18 33 0.545 2 9 -MNG- 10 15 30 0.500 0 10 The Devils Brigade 11 16 33 0.485 0 11 Washington Battalion, L.Brigade 10 12 30 0.400 0 12 [-SMB-] Compañia 11 12 33 0.364 0 13 Unexplained Carpet Stains 12 13 36 0.361 0 14 The Unbound Legion 11 10 33 0.303 0 14 Warriors Gaming 11 10 33 0.303 0 16 3CAB 10 7 30 0.233 0 17 The SDD 11 5 33 0.152 0 18 -DOC- 10 2 30 0.067 0 19 Lots of OXIGEN 11 0 33 0.000 0

Hypnotik: Night 2 groups are in! Surprisingly, the tiebreakers were sufficient enough to do the cutoff exactly at the 32nd spot! Here are your Group Stage 2 groups, the top 2 in each group will move on to the playoffs.   Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 [R-7] Regimiento Spartan
Pravda Academy
Kiwi [LOLI]pops
ESPRT - Esprit De Corps
Cães de Guerra
RDDT
MAHOU KAWAI
Armored Outlaws GOOGLYBOBBERS 2: VILINS BOOGALOO
_NPC_ Civilians
OTTER 1v1 Quickscopes Ghost Town
GOFD
D-T-R
-SBR- "é pra entrar na Batalha?"
W-D
AOD_Mr Steal Your Girl ßυℓвα
Foxey. They're OK. I guess. -loz
No Buneh nose
-FBB-
-GO-
PUMA (Oficial)
ANVIL
SNS - Stars and Stripes PLSGO Hood Squad
RELIC ARMOURED
TheBluesBrothers
Fusion
Total_Oblivion
Furianos
MVP
3MF   Tiebreaker Explained  Here's how the tie for the teams with 6 points was broken... 4-places available for 9 teams
1. Head to Head .... 3MF defeated AOD .... SNS defeated AO 2-places available for 7 teams 2. Head to Head vs Group Leader .... (has no effect) 3. Opponent Strength .... AOD defeated 4th and 7th ranked teams .... AO defeated 4th and 7th ranked teams .... The rest of the field defeated 6th and 7th ranked teams   If there is a tie for one (or more) of the 2 spots from each group that moves on that is unbreakable by tiebreaker rules, the tiebreaker matches will immediately follow group play. Captains, we will contact you via in-game message if this is the case.   Good luck in your matches tonight.

Lert: Read.

Lert: People barely talk constructively during the match. What makes you think they're going to start after?

The_Chieftain:   Probably the guy who's pushing, if there's nobody better. What's your point? You don't put yourself in the vanguard and not expect to receive damage, it's an activity which tends to attract attention. It helps to bring friends. But if I see there's a guy doing the assault, and a guy overwatching, I'm going for the guy overwatching pretty much every time. 

The_Chieftain:   If he's so far back that he's not contributing to the fight, I don't care. He's not helping his team win, his survival (in the short term) is irrelevant. If he's close enough forward that he can actually help with the offense, then good for him. He should likely be helping his team overrun the enemy, in which case the E-75 (and his pals) have done their job as well.

The_Chieftain:   You need to watch one of my streams, I guess. I am far from averse to lobbing rounds where I think the enemy might be. After over 20,000 battles, one can generally spot trends to indicate 'well, there's likely someone there'.... And as I said, I love shooting at the guys cowering 'arty safe'. I have tracks on my SPG, those fellows tend to be the easiest targets when I use them. That said, I think your definition of 'assaulting' and mine are different. "Assaulting" generally implies advancing, as opposed to "attacking" or "supporting the attack" which merely requires participation in the fight from wherever he is.

The_Chieftain:   1. Well, it is certainly true that there is no way of knowing for sure that an artillery piece is about to click "fire", but that doesn't mean that you can't reduce the overall chances by a read of the situation. Anyone who follows my streams will have observed how I will usually have made mention of a pending incoming artillery round just before it lands. On rare occasions, I'm actually self-disciplined enough to know I've been in one place for too long and move, just to see a round miss. More often than not, though, I try to get that one more shot in and die, promptly followed by "well, I saw that coming." It is my guess from observation that I am far from in a minority in this. Certainly one cannot eliminate getting hit, but as in all things, sometimes you can do everything right and still lose. 2. I have no opinion on battle assistant, but agree with you on XVM. 3.fair enough. 4. Yes, but the arty is taking a gamble in trying it in the first place. If he takes the shot and gets lucky, good for him. If he takes the shot and misses, as he is likely to do in that situation, he has just deprived his team of a likely damaging shot on a different target. It's all about how team members affect the team capabilities, not about how any individual player affects any other individual specifically. 5. I strongly disagree with that statement. If I'm targetting an assaulting tank, it's likely in desperation due to there not being much else to stop it. I have a very definite preference for aiming at stationary/predictable targets since I would much rather take the higher chance of a hit. That said, I do take a personal pleasure at hitting campers, particularly those who think they're playing "arty safe." They should be contributing to the fight, darnit! 6. Please reference my survival guide when I describe such a position. They are known as DIP Positions and should not be selected for your stand. If your team has utterly collapsed, blaming artillery is likely just grabbing at whatever blame you can lay for the fact that the enemy team was substantially better than your team. 7. It's not directly on point, but I find that sometimes just firing two quick rounds from a auto loader and moving tends to help my survival better than emptying the clip. 8. It's a force multiplier which adds an additional element of teamwork to the game.

ElPozoleOlmeca: Por favor tomen estas noticias como pura especulaciones

PollotheDestroyer: Por favor tomen estas noticias como pura especulaciones

ApolloArtemis: Por favor tomen estas noticias como pura especulaciones

Lert:   I was given one as CC. It's not bad.  

Lert:   Added it.

Hypnotik: There are 49 teams which met the entry requirements. Since 32 teams move on to round 2, that means that 17 teams will be eliminated tonight (and the other 32 will earn 2,500 if they get at least 7 total points). Tonight's matches will be used in seeding the groups for tomorrow night, when only the top 2 in each division will make it through to the playoffs, so play your best to get the easiest road to success tomorrow night.   Tonight's matches begin at 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST)   Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 ANVIL
CLAN PUMAA
Kiwi [LOLI]pops
Legionarios Latinos
OTTER 1v1 Quickscopes Ghost Town
Pravda Academy
RDDT3 80prf
Cudas
Cães de Guerra
D-T-R
Total_Oblivion
[HAUL]
[R-7] Regimiento Spartan -NHL- National Hockey Lunatics
3MF
AOD_Mr Steal Your Girl
Furianos
Fusion
MVP
No Buneh nose -GO-
-THM-
MAHOU KAWAI
PLSGO Hood Squad
ROXY
SNOO
_NPC_ Civilians Group 5 Group 6 Group 7   -NA-
Armored Outlaws
ESPRT - Esprit De Corps
GOOGLYBOBBERS 2: VILINS BOOGALOO
PUMA (Oficial)
SNS - Stars and Stripes
W-D ACA
GEL
GOFD
RDDT
RELIC ARMOURED
TheBluesBrothers
[HMBR] KILLER PONYS -FBB-
-SBR- "é pra entrar na Batalha?"
8-WGP Einsatzgruppen
B13TH
Foxey. They're OK. I guess. -loz
ROTA2
ßυℓвα       The following teams had players removed from their rosters because they are not in the clan represented: MVP
BabyKrunch
Incurable
NiTr0

GOOGLYBOBBERS 2: VILINS BOOGALOO
BadAdvice
CHAI_Sniper

W-D
xX_ASHER_Xx

D-T-R
cayo1973
maticruz97

PUMA (Oficial)
Riafeliz

RGA
(After DQ's only 12 -RGA- remain on the roster. This team is DQ'd)

No Buneh nose
Arg0naut

Legionarios Latinos
_Predicador_
toallin
videographer1

Fusion
Wikkid304

GEL
yayoarmstrong

[HAUL]
myminecraft
tegoshi

Kiwi [LOLI]pops
n00bifier

GOFD
Alyxsan

-THM-
Gatoreyez

-NHL- National Hockey Lunatics
sleepersolara

Furianos
El_Krotos_del_Cerro

8-WGP Einsatzgruppen
yustin
z7z_R_I_C_A_R_D_O_z7z   Good luck.

dance210: Cup 4 should have been paid out already. I will check on it for y'all when I get in tomorrow. You can PM me, but did some get it and some didn't? Or is it missing for everyone in the team?  

dance210:   I will update the official standings tomorrow. That will also be when I announce the 16 teams moving on to the Playoffs   Gold is paid out after the Cup is over. So, Cup 5 should get paid sometime next week. Obviously, the Playoff gold will be paid once that is completed.

The_Chieftain: It's a mockup of the T-62A.

The_Chieftain: The OP's logic is unassailable. :-/   However, I do agree with his premise, and run it on very few tanks. It doesn't help me kill the enemy, and I'm so aggressive I assume I'm spotted anyway.

Pigeon_of_War:   Check your T110E5.

HBFT:   The payment request has already been submitted, but payment itself will likely occur early next week.  If you have not received it by Tuesday, please feel free to send a PM to pizzastorm as I may be difficult to reach in the beginning of the next week.  Congratulations again!

Lert:   What was this 'coin'? I got an ISU-130, but have no idea what that coin was?

dance210: Tournament page Registration   Welcome to the discussion thread for the Match-up Melee 2, where all teams are randomly assigned!    Please note the two ways to join this tournament:   Go to your email inbox associated with your account and follow instructions inside the email with the above title. Use our tournaments portal to register yourself.  
Prizes
The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team for each Sunday playoff bracket: 
  1st place: 10,000 2nd place: 5,000 3rd place: 2,000 4th place: 1,000  
Maximum Tier Limits Light: 5 Medium: 5 Heavy: 5 TD:  5 SPG: 5 Maximum Points: 25 Team size: 5 combatants + 8 reserves   Schedule  Tournament Stage Date and Time (PST) Map Group Stage Round 1 March 7 @ 16:00 Himmelsdorf (encounter) Group Stage Round 2 March 7 @ 19:00 Winterberg (encounter) Round of 16 March 8 @ 16:00 Ensk (standard) Quarterfinals March 8 @ 17:30 Mittengard (standard) Semi-finals March 8 @ 19:00 Widepark (standard) Finals/3rd place March 8 @ 20:30 Ghost Town (standard)   Registration Info Registration through the portal opens February 27, 2015 and closes on March 15, 2015 at 11:59 pm PST. Only individual players may register for this tournament. Players must have a minimum of 100 battles in order to participate. Creation of a team name is required only for the purpose of registration. This team name has no influence beyond registration. Team assignments will be dispersed randomly.  Temporary team names, through portal registration, are subject to standard forum moderating rules. By participating you agree to abide by the official tournament rules.

dance210:  Tournament Page   After tonight, the top 16 teams will be decided! Those teams will automatically be invited to the WGLNA Playoffs. The last submitted team will be the invited roster. Team captains can make changes to the roster by emailing tournaments@wargamingamerica.com by Sunday, March 8, 2015.   Schedule Tournament Stage Date & Time Map Round of 16 Monday, Mar. 9, 2015 @ 6:30 pm PSt Himmelsdorf Quarterfinals Friday, Mar. 13, 2015 @ 6:30 pm PST Murovanka Semi-finals Monday, Mar. 16, 2015 @ 6:30 pm PST Prokhorovka Finals/3rd place  Friday, Mar. 20, 2015 @ 6:30 pm PST Cliff   Victory Conditions: The winner of each round is determined as the first to 4 victories out of an unlimited number of battles. Each battle lasts 7 minutes with 2 minute break between battles. The Dual Cap Attack/Defense mode will be used.

veganzombiez: Registration ends on Feb. 28, 2015 at 9:00 am PDT (12:00pm EST).  Make sure you don't miss out on your chance to win gold and an invitation to the 2nd Clan Invitational!

Lert:   Tanks, yes. Because there are clear records of those tanks having been in that players ownership. Crew not so much.

Lert: Impossible, sorry.

Pigeon_of_War: What more info can I post without without more info to go off of?    I want to help everyone with the game, I truly do, but help me help you. Screenshots and replays are VERY much appreciated, but modified ones just cannot be used, unfortunately. 

Lert: Yeah, it's a terrible day for rain.  

The_Warhawk:   I am merely a Coffee retrieval specialist and knower of flighty things, and the occasional big grey floating thingie. You have nothing to fear.

Lert: "Hey! Mark! Wake up!"   "... Wha?"   "Your interview!"   "... That's not until like three *hic* hours from - ... Wait, what time is it?"   "... It's time for your interview. Your interviewer is already here."   "Blech. Make them go away."   "She's cute. And wearing a sexy dress."   "Ради бога, I've got a *hic* headache. I just wanna curl up and puke."   "Hold on, let me try. Hey, Mark? Kapitan Taranov? There's a free bottle of vodka in it if you answer a few teensy weensy little questions for little old me ... "   "Yes Ma'am right away Ma'am reporting for duty Mama!"   -What part of the world do you hail from?   "I am from small village of Vengerovka, on west side of russia, right between Kursk and Kharkov. I grew up on farm there, lifting heavy things and drinking vodka. Or lifting heavy vodka. I can't quite remember."   -Why did you enlist as a tanker?   "When fascist pigs invaded country, big glorious russian bear needed slightly smaller russian bear to aim gun in refrigerator on top of Kliment Voroshilov tenk at fascist boxtenk and press bootton for glorious fatherland. I am big, proud russian bear. Plus, seeing puny american, japanese and german tenks go *POP* after I press bootton is very funny to me."   -Tell me about a couple of your most memorable experiences.   "One time, I make Ferdinand go *POP*. Other time I make M6 go *POP*. Sometimes I press bootton and no tenk go *POP*, but when I press bootton and puny tenk go *POP*, is always memorable, да?"   -Is there something special you do for "good luck"?   "Yes. I aim gun in glorious Kliment Voroshilov tenk and say prayer to tovarisch Voroshilov for guiding hand in making puny tenk go *POP*. Not always work. Comrade Voroshilov busy man."   -What kind of a career will you pursue after your last random battle?   "I will find other puny things to make go *POP*. Is always things to make go *POP*. Maybe I start soda factory and make everyone pop."   -Is there anything you would like to add that we have not covered in this interview?   "Да. Never stop making puny tenks. Is always funny to me to see tiny tenk in gun sight. Now where bottle of vodka?"  

ElPozoleOlmeca: Descarguen el common test de aquí, nada más debe ser 2.2 gbs   http://dl.wargaming.net/wot/ct/files/WoT_internet_install_ct.exe   Si todavía siguen con problemas borren la carpeta del WoT CT y instalalo de nuevo 

PollotheDestroyer: Descarguen el common test de aquí, nada más debe ser 2.2 gbs   http://dl.wargaming...._install_ct.exe   Si todavía siguen con problemas borren la carpeta del WoT CT y instalalo de nuevo 

ApolloArtemis: Descarguen el common test de aquí, nada más debe ser 2.2 gbs   http://dl.wargaming.net/wot/ct/files/WoT_internet_install_ct.exe   Si todavía siguen con problemas borren la carpeta del WoT CT y instalalo de nuevo 

ElPozoleOlmeca: Siguen con problemas???

PollotheDestroyer: Siguen con problemas???

ApolloArtemis: Siguen con problemas???

Pigeon_of_War:   I did read it, but if the only screenshot you send is with mods still on, I have nothing to go on but your word that it was removed. 

Pigeon_of_War:   Remove your mods....

dance210:   There is a tie for the last spot (16th place). Since there are no tie-breakers, the system is designed to move all teams that are tied for that last spot.    If you would like, we can make it explicitly clear going forward that the top 16 teams move on, except for when teams are tied; all tied teams will move forward, as they are all considered the same rank.   We apologize for the confusion, as we thought it was clear that if teams were tied for a specific rank, that all the tied teams were considered to be at that rank and are treated the same.

dance210:   Trevz is off today, so I'm going to take this, as I scheduled the battles on Friday.   1. He is neither confused nor wrong. He was giving the general overview of how this tournament works - which is that 16 teams move on to Thursday and Friday. He also mentions that if teams are tied at the 16th position that all teams move forward.   2. There is no way to exactly split 17 teams so that all teams have the same number of battles after two rounds. Sadly, it seems as though C.D.E drew the short straw for our random seeding and ended up with two less matches. While that is unfortunately, it shouldn't prevent that team from performing well and winning   3. All your questions assume that there is some sort of seeding; there is not. Random means that sometimes things like this happen - especially when there is an uneven number of teams.   Good luck tonight!