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-- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:17 pm
by IcePack
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Table of Contents

Officialdom
War Games
Mess Hall and Rankings
Interrogation Room
Friendly Fire and Contests
Past Platoon Report List

Foreword

Welcome to the 11th Year of thrilling Clan action! =D> We apologize for going back to the 2016 version of the newsletter, if you haven't heard the plague is slowly making its way 'round the Clan Directors office. It seems all of us have been under the weather the past few weeks, so you might see a few things running a little later then usual until we are all back above board and healthy again. Thanks for your patience!

Last years forward was deep and thoughtful and intense, this year I'll keep it light and fluffy. In 2018 - we hope you have some fun!

IcePack & the Clan Dept

Announcements

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:17 pm
by IcePack
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2017 Year in Review by IcePack

In 2017 we focused on celebrating 10 Years of Clans on Conquer Club! We tried to do this in several ways, we held some really fun mini wars using old school maps and settings, we held a live raffle for every player in clans who participated, we redid clan logos to make them look medieval - and designed a wholly new game for clans called "Clan Realms at War: the Bannermen" to keep things fresh and interesting! We held random contests like "the Most Interesting Clan in the World", we read stories from clan members from different memories over the past 10 years, and we tried (and unfortunately failed) to bring you some throwback clan wars to see some of the old gang - but it wasn't a total failure as we have had a few people come back to enjoy clans once again!

We've seen the return of the Imperial Dragoons, the departure of Lindax and Catchersmitt14 from the clan team, a resurgence of Spanked and Milked, our first promotions and demotions of the new Clan League, OSA's continued dominance in the Random League, and also winning their first Mini Cup. We added davekettering and groovysmurf as Directors this past year, we saw the Fallen win the first ever Clan Poly Challenge, and TOP dominate the F400.

74 (+10) Clan wars started, and 71 (+13) Clan Wars completed. The Clan World went from 25 Ranked Clans, to 29 (+4). We finished with 810 (-8) players spread throughout 30 (+1) Clans. We had our first Claniversity graduates, and the unfortunate closing of the program. We listened to your suggestions, and were able to add how many active games players were in on the Clan Tab (thanks to codierose for the suggestion!) instead of just completed games. We expanded trench in official competitions. We removed some of the excessive penalties in the league. We focused on fun.

And finally, we never settled. Our goal was to dedicate 2017 to those of you who participated, who get involved, who volunteered, to those who make clans special. We wanted to push ourselves, and create a more enjoyable clan atmosphere that you could enjoy with your clan mates, your friends, and comrades. We hope you enjoyed yourself.

Whats Next: 2018 by IcePack

You might have noticed that the Platoon Report tagline has changed from "Celebrating 10 Years of Clan Life" to "Exploring New Realms". What does this mean? Yes, its a reference to CR@W Homeworld, however thats not all that it is. We believe that in order to grow Clans, we can't be complacent. We can't ONLY be about the Conquerors Cup, the Clan League, Random League, set it on cruise control and things will get better. We believe if we did that even though we all love clans - things would become stale. Stagnant. Perhaps even, boring.

More than ever before, activity seems centered around Clan Events and Contests. Therefore we want to bring new, exciting things to clans. We want you to be involved, and help us! This year while the "usual" suspects (CC8, CL9, RL8, etc) are ongoing, we want to bring you fun, fresh, new things as well. If you aren't seeing the type of events that interest you, PLEASE speak up with some ideas, volunteer to run something, or just contact us to chat about what you'd like to see!

The Clan Dept will be challenging all Clans to a battle in the CD's vs the World Event! We also are running the CR@W Homeworld event, which has been expanded by BigWham to utilize the site for map functionality on our newly created hex board! Later this year we will also be bringing a very interesting, totally unique event - brought to you by groovysmurf - that I think will be a lot of fun! And lastly, we are potentially looking at tackling an idea suggested by benga for a WWI or WWII themed event!

While all of that is happening, davekettering and I will also be working towards a few more Clan Tab updates and ideas. As always, if you have any ideas for future events or Clan area updates, please feel free to contact me. It might take awhile, but we will work towards implementing what we can!

War Games

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:17 pm
by IcePack
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Conqueror's Cup VII by Keefie

We're just over halfway into the CC7 final between Spanked & Milked and the Fallen and it looks like being very competitive. S&M will be taking a 17-14 lead into the second set, which began earlier in the week. Four set 2 games have already completed and the honours were shared. So, the Fallen are only three games behind with 26 still to be counted, giving them every chance to overhaul S&M's lead.

Mini War Cup 4 by Keefie

One Step Ahead have already qualified for the final, courtesy of winning the main draw. They await the winner of the losers bracket, the final of which is currently being contested by S&M and FOED, with S&M currently leading 6-3 in this best of 11 challenge.

Conqueror's Cup VIII by Keefie

January brings with it the start of the 8th Conqueror's Cup. There are three first round matches getting underway, HH vs RET, SOH vs MM & ID vs RA. It's great to see CC's oldest clan, The Imperial Dragoons, getting back into action after a long period of inactivity.
Full details of the Cup can be seen in the main CC8 forum thread.

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Clan League 9 by Keefie

Premier Division

There are still a number of matches from early rounds that have not been decided, nonetheless the table makes for very interesting reading. Currently top of the pile are FOED, with TOFU and S&M one point behind with a game in hand. Just behind them comes TOP. OSA could be ones to watch as they're still unbeaten after 6 decided games. If they win their games in hand they would climb right into the mix.

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Second Division

Two clans, Spelunkers of Hell and Atlantis are starting to open a gap on the rest. SOH currently have the lead but ATL have a game in hand, which if won would put the top of the pile. Phoenix are currently third and shouldn't be written off just yet, if they finish strongly as they did last year they could also be pushing for the title.

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Random League 8 by Keefie
Random League 8 is tentatively scheduled for March, but further announcements will be made closer to that time.

Mess Hall

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:18 pm
by IcePack
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Vital Clan Stats by IcePack
Active Clans 30
Players in Active Clans 810
Wars
Active Wars 87
Games in Active Wars 997
Active Games in Active Wars 185
Players in Active Wars 800
Players in Active Wars that have Finished Games 470
Players in Active Wars in Active Games 371

Clan Rankings by IcePack & Keefie
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Clan Records by josko
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Clanaholic* Top 5 by IcePack
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Interrogation Room

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:19 pm
by IcePack
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Our interrogation target this month is the newbie groovysmurf! While new, she has dived in head first taking on a significant workload, most notably filling in for IcePack during CR@W the Bannermen so he could develop the 2nd Edition! But she's also taken on a role issuing medals, helping out with the Platoon Report, and much more. Get to know her a little better as she answers your questions, and a few others. :shock:

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Friendly Fire

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:19 pm
by IcePack
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Conquer Clue Update by IcePack
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CR@W: the Bannermen The Summary by IcePack & groovysmurf
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CR@W: the Bannermen The Overlords by IcePack & groovysmurf
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CR@W: the Bannermen What’s in a Name? by Conchobar
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CR@W: the Bannermen The Video by IcePack & groovysmurf
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CR@W: Homeworld by IcePack
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CDs vs the World Jan 2018 by Extreme Ways
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CC8 Prediction Contest by Keefie
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Past Reports

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:21 pm
by IcePack
Next Platoon Report Sneak Peaks:
- davekettering interrogation!
- A Cool New Look at Historical Clan Rankings
- A new contest!
- An overlook on CC7 Finals + hear from the winners!

Past Platoon Reports:
Oct 2017
July 2017
April 2017
Jan 2017

July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
Apr 2016
Mar 2016
Feb 2016
Jan 2016

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:59 am
by benga
It seemed odd that our mini war wins were calculated as clan war wins, but those are removed and that's fine.

The other thing that's also wrong are our CL9 results.

We currently have 2 wins vs GON with 3 confirmed ties, others are still open.

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:23 am
by IcePack
benga wrote:It seemed odd that our mini war wins were calculated as clan war wins, but those are removed and that's fine.

The other thing that's also wrong are our CL9 results.

We currently have 2 wins vs GON with 3 confirmed ties, others are still open.


The plan was always to handle mini wars that way, not all are completed yet so it’ll get adjusted one last time.

Regarding CL9 I’ll notify Keefie, I see 1 win and 3 ties officially. Idk what he’s basing it on but I’ll have him check on it thanks.

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:56 am
by rockfist
Good job! =D>

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:07 am
by benga
IcePack wrote:
benga wrote:It seemed odd that our mini war wins were calculated as clan war wins, but those are removed and that's fine.

The other thing that's also wrong are our CL9 results.

We currently have 2 wins vs GON with 3 confirmed ties, others are still open.


The plan was always to handle mini wars that way, not all are completed yet so it’ll get adjusted one last time.

Regarding CL9 I’ll notify Keefie, I see 1 win and 3 ties officially. Idk what he’s basing it on but I’ll have him check on it thanks.

There are bugs regarding finished games (not just for osa and not cause of players not being listed as clan members) so our both gon wars are completed.

Tnx!

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:13 am
by grt
Another excellent read. Thanks =D>

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:52 am
by IcePack
Note: Added the Conchobar article in friendly fire late

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:11 pm
by Keefie
benga wrote:It seemed odd that our mini war wins were calculated as clan war wins, but those are removed and that's fine.

The other thing that's also wrong are our CL9 results.

We currently have 2 wins vs GON with 3 confirmed ties, others are still open.


You are right and wrong.

The win against GON was still showing up as 4-3 so I didn't include it. However on closer inspection the games were all complete and a player was missing from the database. Check later, the table will be amended.

As for the ties, you have 5 decided ties so far.

Both matches against PACK, both matches against FALL and you home match against FOED.

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:23 pm
by groovysmurf
Updated the Premier Division table for CL9.

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:50 pm
by benga
Keefie wrote:
benga wrote:It seemed odd that our mini war wins were calculated as clan war wins, but those are removed and that's fine.

The other thing that's also wrong are our CL9 results.

We currently have 2 wins vs GON with 3 confirmed ties, others are still open.


You are right and wrong.

The win against GON was still showing up as 4-3 so I didn't include it. However on closer inspection the games were all complete and a player was missing from the database. Check later, the table will be amended.

As for the ties, you have 5 decided ties so far.

Both matches against PACK, both matches against FALL and you home match against FOED.


I don't see PACK games on my clan tab, so yeah forgot about that

Game 17776294 no nikola.milicki in our roster but game still counted as win

there are just some bugs, but it doesn't matter in the end, just wanted to clear those things now

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:51 pm
by benga
groovysmurf wrote:Updated the Premier Division table for CL9.



thx!

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:22 pm
by hjelp
=D> =D> =D> =D>

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:59 pm
by PROFITS
=D> =D> =D> Thanks for doing these.

Re: -- Platoon Report: January 2018 --

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:38 pm
by uckuki
tx bud

I'll start signups for RL8 soon. the plan is to kick off soon after CL finishes up, early-mid march.