Hello,


CLWO will now be hosting a FACEIT hub. The reason for this is because a lot of players seem to enjoy playing on faceit rather than matchmaking for a variety of reasons and have since been requesting a CLWO FACEIT hub to be made where they can play against their mates in a faceit format. As it turned out we already had a hub. We had only used it for the 2v2 tournament so far so the conversion was rather straightforward.


Currently one can only join using the following link -> https://www.faceit.com/en/inv/piN2eWc



What does this mean?

This means you can now enjoy playing FACEIT games with AND against clwo players on a separate hub. 
This will also remove your need to pay for popflash to host a 5v5.


Who can play in this hub?

Non-CLWO players are allowed to play in this hub when only missing a few players to meet the player count for a match to start. Although you may see some new faces expect the majority of players to still be part of the CLWO community.


What rules will apply to the hub?

Of course the CLWO general rules will still apply to the hub so a fun but competitive environment can be ensured.
These rules can be found here -> https://clwo.eu/thread-6.html

Besides these rules there will be a few more rules added specific to a FACEIT hub. These specific rules are subject to change depending on the difficulties that may arise. These rules will be updated here as well as under the 'rules' section of the hub itself.

1. You cannot throw any of your games.
2. As clarification on who can and cannot play:
-Players banned on individual servers other than the faceit hub will be allowed to participate.
-Players blacklisted from the community will not be allowed to participate.
-Players barred from tournaments will be allowed to participate. This may change for future tournaments organized on the faceit hub.



Thanks & enjoy!

Welcome to the third CLWO chess tournament!

NOTE: APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FROM NOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT OF 31st December 2020.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

• Blacklisted people are not allowed to participate.
  
• CLWO general rules apply throughout the tournament (breaking these might result in a punishment inside the community). Meaning: No racism, No cheating, No overly toxic behaviour.
  
• If a player gets blacklisted during the tournament, they will be disqualified and all their games will result in a loss for them and a win for the opponent. 
  
• If a player fails to turn up on a decided time, they will receive a loss for that game, unless a valid reason is provided.
  
• After each game, all the moves will have to be sent to the hosts. IF THIS IS NOT PROVIDED, THE GAME WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. Example
  
• The hosts can decide what is considered cheating for the player to be disqualified, even if the proof provided isn't a 100%.
  

HOSTS:

- Azure (https://steamcommunity.com/id/aZuRe1414/)
- Michiel (https://steamcommunity.com/id/Michiel312/)

PRIZES: (Thanks to IAmFat and an another person who prefers to remain anonymous, and nilo ofc)

1st place  - 10 euro steam gift card + Chess tournament winner icon (which will be removed from the current owners, unless they defend it) + partycrate
2nd place - 10 euro steam gift card + 3 freedays and 2 lootcrates
3rd place - 5 euro steam gift card +3 freedays and 2 lootcrates
4th place - 5 euro steam gift card


THE TOURNAMENT:
All the players will be divided into 4 or 8 groups of 4 and they will face each other in a round-robin bracket. Meaning every player in that group will play every other player in 2 games (once as black, once as white). Top 2 players of the group will advance into the next stage which will also played as a round-robin, and so on, until we reach the finals (a group of 4 people) where the winner will be determined by another round-robin.

The point system: 

• Win = 1 point
  
• Draw = 0.5 points
  
• Loss = 0 points
  
  

Tie-breaker used during this tournament will be the Sonneborn-berger.

Here's an example of a robin-round group: 


THE FINAL GROUP:



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

• The games can be played on either chess.com or lichess.org
  
• The length of the games should be 10 minutes given to each player without additional time.
  
• Players will be given a time limit (a week perhaps) to play all their games in their group, if they fail to do so and cannot provide proof of the opponent's unwillingness to decide on a time and play a game, both of the players will receive a loss in their name. Exceptions can be provided if the hosts are contacted before the time limit is over. 
  
• The brackets will be posted here after the applications have closed.
  

TO APPLY: 
Leave a comment on the thread with your steam profile link. To participate you must have at least 10 hours of playtime on our servers (doesn't matter if you got it this month, or 2 years ago).

Story

Quote:We let greed take over... The shadow realm gave us many gifts. But this time, we asked for too much... We asked for immortality; the power of the gods... They didn't like that, they told us. They warned us that if we asked for this power, they would show us their power...

But our avarice got the better of us. We were insatiable. A few years later, we asked again, and just like they said... They let us see their power. A dark portal opened, ripping open the wall. the world went quiet for minutes, no birds, no wind, nothing. And then they came...

Eldritch creatures came out of the darkness, and then, we were dealt a fate worse than death. A storm started, the place around us was froze... And soon, we lost our sanity. As I write this book, I hear the bloodshed, and I am slowly going insane... There is only one thing I am greedy for now... Death.

You will play as a set of miners who initially set out to earn riches but instead discover the ancient realm, as well as the horrors that reside inside.  Recover three unique blocks and return them to the monument to restore the realm to it's original state.

Event

This event will start at 8PM CET (7PM GMT) on Saturday 19th and is expected to take around two hours.  All players should congregate in Teamspeak, where the server IP, rules and instructions will be laid out.  We will be playing on Minecraft 1.16.2 and it will be enforced that you are using the BadLion client, which you should setup prior.  You will need to setup a BadLion account, which is separate from your Minecraft account.

You are welcome to turn up earlier if you wish.  The server will be available 30 minutes prior to the event and there will be Spleef, Parkour and an Archery Range setup to pass the time.

There will be 16 places that will be assigned on a "first come, first serve" basis.  Reply to this forum thread to sign up with your Minecraft username.  Signing up and failing to turn up / notify us in good stead will result in being temporarily banned from future events.

Brought to you by IAmFat and Popey, any questions should be fielded to them.

Signups:
1. Skimpie: Skimpiee
2. iiTrappinq_: iiTrappinq_
3. c0rp3n: c0rp3n
4. Michiel: ImMichiel
5. Harmless Telly Tubby: HamlessTubby
6. Jorgen: JorgenMC
7. yotengi: Szlo
8. Jamie Qew: Whalsey101
9. BaaX: baxdeee
10. Dimi3: mrbeansimulator
11. Drpapperskorg: Drpapperskorg
12. Wilko: Wilkoo
13. Jeroen: ItzMeOg
14. Kaili Chenner: Miku_Nakano__
15. IAmFat: IAmFat_
16. Popey: Popey456963

Reserves:
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• sm_store - Access to the merchant (Skill and Upgrades).
  
• sm_upgrades - Access directly to the upgrades section like sm_skills
  

• Health - Grants an extra 10 health at the start of the round.
  
• Health + - Grants yet another 10 health.
  
• Kevlar - Grants 10 armor at the start of the round.
  

For upto-date prices make sure to check the Store!

As always there is more to come.

Hope you enjoy,
- c0rp3n