Congratulations to team Japan 
: DoomYoshi, Blitzkrieg Frank, loutil, Agent 86 Winners of the World Cup!
Congratulations to Agent 86! Winner of the Golden Boot!
I'm pleased to bring you another tournament designed to play maps from the monthly challenge!
All games are 4 players, etc – following the challenge settings.
[spoiler=Settings]Maps: Brazil, World Cup 2014
Players per game: 4
Game Type: Standard
Initial Troops: Automatic
Round Limit: 20
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Escalating
Reinforcements: Chained
Special Gameplay: Sunny (NO Trench)
Round Length: Casual[/spoiler]
This tournament will use the World Cup group stage format.
8 teams start in the Group Stage. All games on Brazil map. The top two from each group advance.
4 teams compete in a Knockout Stage using the same format as group play. All games on World Cup 2014 map.
Winning: The team that achieves first place in the Knockout Stage WINS!
GA Medal: The player who scores the most "goals" in the tournament wins a General Achievement Medal. (Tiebreaker on World Cup 2014 with tournament settings.)
Sign up as a team of 4 and pick a country from the 2014 World Cup.
EDIT: You may also sign up as an Individual and you will be placed on a team (if enough other individuals sign up while there is space).
Reserves may also be called in IF a team needs to replace one of their players.
Format
There will be three Match Days in each stage. A Match Day consists of 4 games with one player from each team in each game.
Each Match Day represents two matches per group (for example: Team 1 vs Team 2, Team 3 vs Team 4).
Each player who wins a game scores a goal for his team in that day's match.
(Although all four teams in each group are represented in every game, the goals scored by winning players will apply to the specific matches on that Match Day.)
By winning a match a team earns 3 points. A draw counts for 1 point.
[spoiler=Example]Group A
Brazil: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4
England: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4
Argentina: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4
Germany: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4
Match Day 1
Brazil vs England
Argentina vs Germany
Games (Game winners in bold = goal scorers)
Game 1: Player 1 (Brazil) vs Player 1 (England) vs Player 1 (Argentina) vs Player 1 (Germany)
Game 2: Player 2 (Brazil) vs Player 2 (England) vs Player 2 (Argentina) vs Player 2 (Germany)
Game 3: Player 3 (Brazil) vs Player 3 (England) vs Player 3 (Argentina) vs Player 3 (Germany)
Game 4: Player 4 (Brazil) vs Player 4 (England) vs Player 4 (Argentina) vs Player 4 (Germany)
Therefore the score in the matches on Match Day 1 is:
Brazil (2) – England (0)
Argentina (1) – Germany (1)
Group standings after Match Day 1
MP=Matches Played, W=Wins, D=Draws, L=Losses, GF=Goals For, GA=Goals Against, GD=Goal Differential, Pts=Points[/spoiler]
Match schedule/Game load
Once tournament privileges are granted everyone will be invited to 3 games. Once both group winners and runners-up are determined, the Knockout Stage will begin. All players in the Knockout Stage will get 3 games.
Freemium allowed if you have 3 spots open.
Game load = 3 simultaneous games per stage.
If there is time before the month ends, Knockout Stage Match Days will be spaced out a day or two.
Bracket
[bigimg]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii62/jonperu/JulyChallengeTeamsBracketFINAL_zpsddbc1917.jpg[/bigimg]
[spoiler=Tiebreaker]In the event of a tie for group standings the following factors determine the winner in order of priority:
1) Goal differential
2) Goals scored
3) Who won head-to-head
4) Tiebreaker 4-player game with tournament settings on the map for that stage with two representatives from each team. The winner scores a goal for his team and they win 1-0. If more than two teams tie, there will be a tiebreaker with the same map/settings with one representative from each team.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Rosters]After the tournament is full, the order of the teams will be randomized using Challonge.com.
Team 1: Greece
--1. [player]jonofperu[/player]
--2. [player]tokle[/player]
--3. [player]dazza2008[/player]
--4. [player]ckyrias[/player]
Team 2: Japan
--1. [player]DoomYoshi[/player]
--2. [player]Blitzkrieg Frank[/player]
--3. [player]loutil[/player]
--4. [player]agent 86[/player]
Team 3: Cameroon
--1. [player]Evil Semp[/player]
--2. [player]denominator[/player]
--3. [player]notyou2[/player]
--4. [player]Chewie1[/player]
Team 4: Colombia
--1. [player]Gilligan[/player]
--2. [player]Donelladan[/player]
--3. [player]lokisgal[/player]
--4. [player]iAmCaffeine[/player]
Team 5: Australia
--1. [player]Dub312[/player]
--2. [player]Eternal Shadow[/player]
--3. [player]DukeHazzard[/player]
--4. [player]Tviorr[/player]
Team 6: Netherlands
--1. [player]JaneAusten[/player]
--2. [player]Pirlo[/player]
--3. [player]osman76[/player]
--4. [player]Graceless_[/player]
Team 7: Switzerland
--1. [player]ziggy62[/player]
--2. [player]rmjw10[/player]
--3. [player]Shady-Jim[/player]
--4. [player]Endgame422[/player]
Team 8: United States
--1. [player]pershy[/player]
--2. [player]BlackKnight_6[/player]
--3. [player]cooldeals[/player]
--4. [player]tenbar[/player]
Reserves
1. [player]wes.jackson24[/player]
2. [player]kentong[/player]
Randomized:
Group A
Team 1: Colombia
--1. [player]Gilligan[/player]
--2. [player]Donelladan[/player]
--3. [player]lokisgal[/player]
--4. [player]iAmCaffeine[/player]
Team 2: Switzerland
--1. [player]ziggy62[/player]
--2. [player]rmjw10[/player]
--3. [player]Shady-Jim[/player]
--4. [player]Endgame422[/player]
Team 3: Netherlands
--1. [player]JaneAusten[/player]
--2. [player]Pirlo[/player]
--3. [player]osman76[/player]
--4. [player]Graceless_[/player]
Team 4: Japan
--1. [player]DoomYoshi[/player]
--2. [player]Blitzkrieg Frank[/player]
--3. [player]loutil[/player]
--4. [player]agent 86[/player]
Group B
Team 1: Cameroon
--1. [player]Evil Semp[/player]
--2. [player]denominator[/player]
--3. [player]notyou2[/player]
--4. [player]Chewie1[/player]
Team 2: United States
--1. [player]pershy[/player]
--2. [player]BlackKnight_6[/player]
--3. [player]cooldeals[/player]
--4. [player]tenbar[/player]
Team 3: Australia
--1. [player]Dub312[/player]
--2. [player]Eternal Shadow[/player]
--3. [player]DukeHazzard[/player]
--4. [player]Tviorr[/player]
Team 4: Greece
--1. [player]jonofperu[/player]
--2. [player]tokle[/player]
--3. [player]dazza2008[/player]
--4. [player]ckyrias[/player][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Group matches layout]Match day 1 :: Team 1 vs Team 2; Team 3 vs Team 4
--Game 1: Player 1 from each team
--Game 2: Player 2 from each team
--Game 3: Player 3 from each team
--Game 4: Player 4 from each team
Match day 2 :: Team 1 vs Team 3; Team 2 vs Team 4
--Game 1: Player 1 (Team 1), Player 2 (Team 2), Player 3 (Team 3), Player 4 (Team 4)
--Game 2: Player 2 (Team 1), Player 3 (Team 2), Player 4 (Team 3), Player 1 (Team 4)
--Game 3: Player 3 (Team 1), Player 4 (Team 2), Player 1 (Team 3), Player 2 (Team 4)
--Game 4: Player 4 (Team 1), Player 1 (Team 2), Player 2 (Team 3), Player 3 (Team 4)
Match day 3 :: Team 1 vs Team 4; Team 2 vs Team 3
--Game 1: Player 1 (Team 1), Player 4 (Team 2), Player 3 (Team 3), Player 2 (Team 4)
--Game 2: Player 2 (Team 1), Player 1 (Team 2), Player 4 (Team 3), Player 3 (Team 4)
--Game 3: Player 3 (Team 1), Player 2 (Team 2), Player 1 (Team 3), Player 4 (Team 4)
--Game 4: Player 4 (Team 1), Player 3 (Team 2), Player 2 (Team 3), Player 1 (Team 4)[/spoiler]
[spoiler=GROUP STAGE -- Matches and Games]Group A
Match day 1:
Colombia 0-2 Switzerland .................................. 04' Shady-Jim
.................................. 16' Endgame422
Netherlands 0-2 Japan .................................. 57' Blitzkrieg Frank
.................................. 90'+3 DoomYoshi
--Game 1 (Game 14656245): Gilligan, ziggy62, JaneAusten, DoomYoshi
--Game 2 (Game 14656246): Donelladan, rmjw10, Pirlo, Blitzkrieg Frank
--Game 3 (Game 14656248): lokisgal, Shady-Jim, osman76, loutil
--Game 4 (Game 14656249): iAmCaffeine, Endgame422, Graceless_, Agent 86
Match day 2:
Colombia 1-0 Netherlands lokisgal 44' ...................
Switzerland 1-2 Japan Shady-Jim 65' ............... 32' loutil
............. 61' Agent 86
--Game 1 (Game 14656252): Gilligan, rmjw10, osman76, Agent 86
--Game 2 (Game 14656234): Donelladan, Shady-Jim, Graceless_, DoomYoshi
--Game 3 (Game 14656238): lokisgal, Endgame422, JaneAusten, Blitzkrieg Frank
--Game 4 (Game 14656239): iAmCaffeine, ziggy62, Pirlo, loutil
Match day 3:
Colombia 1-1 Japan Donelladan 81' ................................ 45'+3 Agent 86
Switzerland 2-0 Netherlands Shady-Jim 28' ..................................
Endgame422 85' .................................
--Game 1 (Game 14656255): Gilligan, Endgame422, osman76, Blitzkrieg Frank
--Game 2 (Game 14656259): Donelladan, ziggy62, Graceless_, loutil
--Game 3 (Game 14656260): lokisgal, rmjw10, JaneAusten, Agent 86
--Game 4 (Game 14656265): iAmCaffeine, Shady-Jim, Pirlo, DoomYoshi
Group B
Match day 1:
Cameroon 1-0 United States Chewie1 24' ..................................
Australia 1-2 Greece DukeHazzard 73' ......... 40' jonofperu
.................................... 89' tokle
--Game 1 (Game 14656304): Evil Semp, pershy, dub312, jonofperu
--Game 2 (Game 14656302): denominator, BlackKnight_6, Eternal Shadow, tokle
--Game 3 (Game 14656298): notyou2, cooldeals, DukeHazzard, dazza2008
--Game 4 (Game 14656294): Chewie1, tenbar, Tviorr, ckyrias
Match day 2:
Cameroon 0-2 Australia .................................. 8' dub312
.................................. 49' Eternal Shadow
United States 1-1 Greece BlackKnight_6 77' .......... 20' jonofperu
--Game 1 (Game 14656286): Evil Semp, BlackKnight_6, DukeHazzard, ckyrias
--Game 2 (Game 14656283): denominator, cooldeals, Tviorr, jonofperu
--Game 3 (Game 14656276): notyou2, tenbar, dub312, tokle
--Game 4 (Game 14656274): Chewie1, pershy, Eternal Shadow, dazza2008
Match day 3:
Cameroon 1-0 Greece denominator 36' ...........................
United States 1-2 Australia cooldeals 69' ................... 12' DukeHazzard
........................................ 53' dub312
--Game 1 (Game 14656272): Evil Semp, tenbar, DukeHazzard, tokle
--Game 2 (Game 14656271): denominator, pershy, Tviorr, dazza2008
--Game 3 (Game 14656270): notyou2, BlackKnight_6, dub312, ckyrias
--Game 4 (Game 14656266): Chewie1, cooldeals, Eternal Shadow, jonofperu[/spoiler]
KNOCKOUT STAGE -- Matches and Games
Match day 1:
Japan 1-2 Switzerland Agent 86 20' .............. 45'+1 ziggy62
................................... 77' Shady-Jim
Australia 0-1 Cameroon ........................... 65' denominator
--Game 14773476: DoomYoshi, ziggy62, Dub312, Evil Semp
--Game 14773475: Blitzkrieg Frank, rmjw10, Eternal Shadow, denominator
--Game 14773474: loutil, Shady-Jim, DukeHazzard, notyou2
--Game 14773473: Agent 86, Endgame422, Tviorr, Chewie1
Match day 2:
Japan 4-0 Australia loutil 4' ...............................
DoomYoshi 8' ......................
Blitzkrieg Frank 49' .............
Agent 86 53' ........................
Switzerland 0-0 Cameroon --Game 14773472: DoomYoshi, rmjw10, DukeHazzard, Chewie1
--Game 14773471: Blitzkrieg Frank, Shady-Jim, Tviorr, Evil Semp
--Game 14773470: loutil, Endgame422, Dub312, denominator
--Game 14773469: Agent 86, ziggy62, Eternal Shadow, notyou2
Match day 3:
Japan 2-0 Cameroon loutil 32' ...............................
Blitzkrieg Frank 90'+1 ...........
Switzerland 1-1 Australia Endgame422 43' ................... 87' Eternal Shadow
--Game 14773467: DoomYoshi, Endgame422, DukeHazzard, denominator
--Game 14773466: Blitzkrieg Frank, ziggy62, Tviorr, notyou2
--Game 14773465: loutil, rmjw10, Dub312, Chewie1
--Game 14773464: Agent 86, Shady-Jim, Eternal Shadow, Evil Semp
[spoiler=Timing of goals]This is just for flavor, but here's how I'm registering the time at which goals are scored during a game:
For the sake of variety I will take all goals scored during a stage and order them. There are 4 games per match day per group, so the first two goals will come in the first half of those matches and the last two will come in the second half. With 24 total games in the Group Stage there will be 12 goals in the first half of those games and 12 in the second half.
Considering all goals in the first half, the first goal scored comes at 4 minutes into the game in which it's scored. The second at 8', the third at 12' and so on. The last goal comes in stoppage time at 45'+3. The same system applies to goals in the second half: 49', 53', 57'...
In the Knockout Stage, with 12 total games, there will be 6 first half goals at 4', 8', 20', 32', 43', 45'+1 and 6 second half goals at 49', 53', 65', 77', 87', 90'+1.
KNOCKOUT STAGE
Goals scored (first half):
loutil (Game 14773470) = 8-28 11:35 / 4'
DoomYoshi (Game 14773472) = 8-29 22:19 / 8'
Agent 86 (Game 14773473) = 8-31 10:39 / 20'
loutil (Game 14773465) = 9-01 10:31 / 32'
Endgame422 (Game 14773467) = 9-01 13:10 / 43'
ziggy62 (Game 14773476) = 9-04 16:31 / 45'+1
Goals scored (second half):
Blitzkrieg Frank (Game 14773471) = 8-31 17:31 / 49'
Agent 86 (Game 14773469) = 9-04 23:28 / 53'
denominator (Game 14773475) = 9-04 23:51 / 65'
Shady-Jim (Game 14773474) = 9-05 23:45 / 77'
Eternal Shadow (Game 14773464) = 9-06 12:43 / 87'
Blitzkrieg Frank (Game 14773466) = 9-06 20:14 / 90'+1
GROUP STAGE
Goals scored (first half):
Shady-Jim (Game 14656248) = 7-23 16:37 / 4'
dub312 (Game 14656276) = 7-25 18:59 / 8'
DukeHazzard (Game 14656272) = 7-27 17:45 / 12'
Endgame422 (Game 14656249) = 7-28 14:40 / 16'
jonofperu (Game 14656283) = 7-28 22:51 / 20'
Chewie1 (Game 14656294) = 7-29 12:20 / 24'
Shady-Jim (Game 14656265) = 7-30 11:01 / 28'
loutil (Game 14656239) = 7-30 12:26 / 32'
denominator (Game 14656271) = 7-30 20:34 / 36'
jonofperu (Game 14656304) = 8-01 00:18 / 40'
lokisgal (Game 14656238) = 8-01 08:51 / 44'
Agent 86 (Game 14656260) = 8-03 15:31 / 45'+3
Goals scored (second half):
Eternal Shadow (Game 14656274) = 7-29 17:15 / 49'
dub312 (Game 14656270) = 7-31 07:28 / 53'
Blitzkrieg Frank (Game 14656246) = 8-01 05:20 / 57'
Agent 86 (Game 14656252) = 8-03 08:33 / 61'
Shady-Jim (Game 14656234) = 8-04 09:25 / 65'
cooldeals (Game 14656266) = 8-04 14:57 / 69'
DukeHazzard (Game 14656298) = 8-04 16:17 / 73'
BlackKnight_6 (Game 14656286) = 8-07 06:59 / 77'
Donelladan (Game 14656259) 08-10 12:45 / 81'
Endgame422 (Game 14656255) 08-12 14:31 / 85'
tokle (Game 14656302) 08-14 12:42 / 89'
DoomYoshi (Game 14656245) 08-16 10:09 / 90'+3[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Golden Boot]"Goals scored" / games won
Congratulations Agent 86, winner of the Golden Boot!!
Tiebreaker: Agent 86 vs Shady-Jim (Game 14826920)
1. Agent 86: 4 ((Game 14656260),Game 14656252,Game 14773473,Game 14773469)
1. Shady-Jim: 4 (Game 14656248,Game 14656265,Game 14656234, Game 14773474)
2. loutil: 3 (Game 14656239,Game 14773470,Game 14773465)
2. Endgame422: 3 (Game 14656249,Game 14656255,Game 14773467)
2. Blitzkrieg Frank: 3 (Game 14656246,Game 14773471,Game 14773466)
3. jonofperu: 2 (Game 14656283,Game 14656304)
3. dub312: 2 (Game 14656276,Game 14656270)
3. DukeHazzard: 2 (Game 14656272,Game 14656298)
3. DoomYoshi: 2 (Game 14656245,Game 14773472)
3. denominator: 2 (Game 14656271,Game 14656275)
3. Eternal Shadow: 2 (Game 14656274,Game 14656264)
4. Chewie1: 1 (Game 14656294)
4. lokisgal: 1 (Game 14656238)
4. BlackKnight_6: 1 (Game 14656286)
4. Donelladan: 1 (Game 14656259)
4. tokle: 1 (Game 14656302)
4. ziggy62: 1 (Game 14773476)[/spoiler]
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